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February 28, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Dog; SOAR Needs Help; Paws'N Claws; Big Red; Adoption of Vader; Snow Day(s); Fundraising; Adoption After the Storm; Ladybird; Wee Willy; Sending A Call; Valentine's Day; Storm Brewing; Storms Storms...; Be Prepared?; Puppies; Spotlight; Funny?; Reese; Boomer; Catch-Up; Mixed Feeling?; Place Your Order
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Place
Your Order Today Baby's mom and dad
(who had adopted a puppy), brought me some excellent cheer up stuff. The
hugest thank you to them. It was cheering me up enough to see
"Baby" one of our last pups and see how loved and grown she was.
Thank you for the cleaning stuff, blankets, tons of pet toys and pictures.
I shouldn't mention that they brought me soup and garlic bread - all home
made - how can you beat that?? Thanks to Baby's family for making my day
much better. Playing with puppies and having homemade soup ... just
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The Bulb order forms arrived today in time for the Spring Bulb Fundraiser!!!! Todd and I have decided to award a prize to the person who sells the most bulbs during March. The prize will be 2 tickets to the Galaxy Movie Theatre. So, get competing everyone... Max was adopted today, and another young cat. So, the stress of 2 many cats has been lifted, hopefully, for the rest of the week. One can't get enough soup and garlic bread for the soul! |
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February 27, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Mixed
Feelings? Then my warm happy feelings started to fade, as the rest of the day cats came in and kept coming in. Every time someone came to the Shelter door, there was another one. In total, by 6 pm, I received 3 adult cats, 1 male - not fixed, 1 female expecting kittens, and a mom with 5 five-day-old kittens. Instantly - 'poof' - eight cats. These 8 cats will with me a while, as it will be at least another eight weeks for the mom with her kittens. I then had three more calls about cat surrenders. The rest of my day was a bummer. Normally, I try to be up-beat, but unfortunately, the reality is that some days it just don't work! Today was one of them - must have been because it was Monday? Hopefully, tomorrow will be better. |
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February 25, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Catch-Up Way to go girl. |
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February 24, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Boomer Then Robin Wood's husband showed up ... yup, the on-air personality's hubby. Since Robin loved him, they both spent about an hour with him, then Robin went home and came back with their cat (who hated Boomer) and Boomer liked the cat very much. We had a visitor show up with more treats. She had adopted a dog from us 6 years ago (now 16 years old ... isn't that the greatest). Silken is still going strong - for those that may have met her. The dog walkers wanted to walk Boomer extra long cause he's a star! Robin and family came in to see Boomer again (with the kids). I have spent the entire day covered with dog slobber and a dog bigger than I am on my knee and licking my nose ... something he really enjoys and a variety of dog treats under my nails. Boomer will sleep very well tonight. Rest up big boy ... I think you're going home. |
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February 23, 2006
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Reese YES, he's been adopted! It has been hard seeing people look in on him and leave and poor Reese not finding a "forever home"... I am posting 2 pictures of Reese and his new sister. I suspected it was a possibility as I had been chatting with his new mom Cathy for some time. Cathy made the trip from Clinton ... yes, now that the sun is shining she brought little Miss Lucky (his new sister) for Reese to meet ... as we always recommend. |
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As you see in the first picture ... my concern was "is Reese gonna eat" little tiny Miss Lucky (16 years old and a 3 pound mighty mouse)? This quickly ended as Miss Lucky put him under the chair!! This boy who snarled at all those who approached his cage, was brought to his knees (or more aptly ... belly) by this little 3 pounder - she sure told him. |
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In the second picture you can see they were both playing by the end of their visit and even sharing mom (who was in love). |
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I made sure they had a crate, and all the necessary tools. I gave Reese the biggest kiss as I wished him the best of luck, and hoped he will be happy in his new "forever home" - we want to see updates for sure! Many tears were shed ... tears of joy. Way to go Reese! |
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February 22, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Funny? Local dog rescue friends Renee and Bill from out of town stopped by to deliver us raw bones. The dogs are in their glory and us too, keeps them happy and they have their mouths full! Drako's owners popped by to update us on what a wonderful cat he is. Hey, we already knew that! Love those updates! Both puppies were adopted ... both out the Penninsula way, and our Shelburne visitor finally had a chance to see what we were all about. Shyne was adopted, and two dogs reclaimed. It was great to see people out and about. |
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February 21, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Spotlight He was a hit! The residents loved him, and the staff are all working on finding him a home; they were so impressed. He got tons of attention and was appreciated. Tammy was in to do massages this evening, and since Shyne was sooo busy today, thought he would enjoy it. Now, he has been spoiled and pampered. Boomer got a relaxing massage as well. Lucky guys! |
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February 20, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Puppies We received 5 puppies in and there are only 2 puppies left. All the puppies adopted out were welcomed to loving and giving homes to which they will be part of the family. To see them go to that perfect home is why I am here! |
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February 18, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Be
Prepared? Todd spent two hours looking for a stray dog in the snow. The weather has affected some stuff, but we still have power, water and all those important things. Will have to keep smiling ... did someone say spring??? |
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February 17, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Storms,
Storms, Storms ... Ice Luckily, we did pack to stay in town - just in case. We need to be with the animals who still need to eat, be walked, and get medicated... Soooo, we inched our way to town, to find the roads were a sheet of ice and the Shelter doors were frozen. |
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We eventually worked our way in ... to spend three hours at the Shelter. Couldn't get to the Mix this morning and there was nobody at Rogers'. We will have to wait until this storm is over. TGIF???? |
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February 16, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Storm
Brewing We heard the storm was coming, so in anticipation of no power ... it wasn't too long ago we had the last storm ... made sure that everyone is clean, and lots of water and blankets, just in case the power goes out for a bit. Everyone is well exercised too, so they hopefully will sleep well and not notice the thunder. The dogs hate thunder! Here's hoping it will pass easily, but all precautions have been taken just in case! Footnote: My evening chasing a dog was not wasted - it can be disheartening when you can't catch them, or when you can and they don't belong to anyone. But, as it turned out the dog I was chasing was old ... we were first paged about at 7:30, searched for him, then we were paged again at 8:30 and then at 9:00 found him with no id ... we did locate his owner who was glad to have him back safe and sound, and we were too! It was so worthwhile. |
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February 14, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Valentine's
Day They welcomed me with coffee, they wrote me a poem and sang it ... how wonderful. It will be a Valentines' I will not forget. I chatted about the Owen Sound Animal Shelter for an hour - stayed longer to answer all their questions. A great group of guys who support the cause! Later I spent the night looking for and picking up a stray dog. One great day! |
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February 11, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Sending
A Call Had a visit today from Cuddles' owners (aka Flopsy), they have updated me on what a wonderful cat she is - other than waking them up during the night she is purrrfect. They promised to send an update and a picture. I can't wait! |
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February 10, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Wee
Willy Now, I can be updated weekly on Wee Willy's progress. As you know - I love those updates !! |
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February 9, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Ladybird
I knew the right home was there for her, and I am so pleased that she has found it. It was worth the wait. |
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February 8, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Silver
Lining Leo and Emmanual have both been adopted together - the word is they are doing fine with more information to come soon. Drako was adopted to a real cat lover with a country home - Drako you "lucky guy". No more of my reno stories for you my dear. Bonnie the guinea pig - the beautiful black one - has gone to her new home - real animal lovers. Such a nice day after such a rough start to the week. |
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February 7, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Fundraising Now that we have the Paypal, I think we will try to use it for ordering the bulbs. Will get the information together and let you know how it goes. After this past weekend's snowstorm, thinking about spring and flowers is so nice. |
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February 6, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Snow
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I couldn't get in ... I had to plow my way into the Shelter - you know it feels good when you can finally make it where you are going - especially in a snowstorm. I spent three hours cleaning, walking and medicating the animals. By this time, I knew I had to leave or risk being snowed in for the evening. Shoveled my way out and drove home. I found it a challenge to just keep the vehicle on the road, forget getting to where you wanted to go. It was a long drive home. |
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As I am about to pull into the driveway what do you think I find ... I have to shovel out again. Needless to say, it was a long night ... I fed the kids, fed the dogs and cats, cleaned the house, did some reno (put on trim in the back room - long needed to be done). I surfed the real estate pages .. tired of renovating. Very long day, and thankfully no emergency calls, as we were really snowed in. Snow up to our eye balls. I hope tomorrow has a little less snow in the forecast. Didn't 'Willie' say we only had 6 weeks left? All snowed in? Nah... |
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February 5, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Adoption
of Vader |
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February 4, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Big
Red |
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She also sent along a little information about where she moved to London and had checked our web site and noticed Emanual on the Adopt A Cat web page and knew that she wanted to adopt him, but the distance was too far. |
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If anyone knows of transportation from Owen Sound to London, Ontario, use the comments link below and send me an email. |
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February 3, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Tammy
from Paws'N Claws February 2, 2006 |
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February 1, 2006 __________________________________________________ |
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Missing
Dog We had a great guestbook notice from Candice - a must read (we were so impressed). Lots of great pictures have been coming in from all over Ontario and Canada for the 2006 Photo Contest - we love them all - keep them coming. |
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