Quite the week!

We met new people at the Navan Fair who came to pick up some of our pooches, one couple in particular has been coming back almost every day/evening to help out at NARC. Wow, they have built shelves in the shed and it just looks amazing - definitely was needed and strong wood shelves won't break with the weight of the dog food bags, etc... There is so much room in there now compared to just enough to get by - what a difference! I don't know what I would do without all my wonderful volunteers, donors, clients and other rescues who always seem to be able to find drivers to bring us our pooches! You guys are the best!

New doggies have come in, they are very sweet and will certainly be up for adoption soon. We have a few issue dogs but are prepared to home them with "special" families only. One is a boston terrier, he likes certain individuals but if he doesn't like you - he just doesn't and could bite or snap. He is perfect here with everyone but then again he knows he can't get away with much here at NARC that is if he doesn't want to spend the day in a crate if punished... He needs someone with doggy experience yet a very quiet home that has little visitors as we would be worried if there were too many visits - what if one of them is un-likable from his point of view. Obviously was not well cared for and he probably will get better and better in time but we are being overly careful.

A black lab aslo is very fearful with strangers, he will growl but if I tell him to be nice and say hello, he will come for some loving but with his tail between his legs. He is perfect here with us and is really a good dog but needs a home without many people and hopefully in the country as I wouldn't see him in the city with all the people on the streets - he would litterally freak out and probably try to escape.

They are not posted on our website as we don't want people calling for them unless they really want to work with them such as we are doing now. If we can't find them good homes, they will remain at NARC for months until we feel 100% secure they are well socialized in every environment and situation.

Navan Fair Parade - outcome

It was a gorgeous day, the pooches did an amazing job yet again today especially with all the excitement, people, noises, horses, tractors, sirens, music, etc... They were all so well behaved, luckily they get used to the horses and other farm animals here as we wouldn't be able to bring them! We were right behind the horses today and they didn't even care! We brought our 2 NARC dogs (Casey and Tila) and a few rescues such as Poochie, Honey, Max, Oliver and Puppy. 7 volunteers came to walk with 7 our of doggies, we passed flyers, had made a banner for NARC, doggies were wearing new collars with "bling bling" and new leashes. I gave them all a bath the morning of as the grass was wet and of course the few white dogs got their paws all black from running in the wet grass then sand! Couldn't bring dirty doggies to the Parade now could we... Some of the town's people recognized NARC so that was pretty good and we are sure everyone enjoyed our pooches, especially the kids! We got a lot of Ooooh, Aahhhh, Cute, Look at that one and of course the "you shouldn't have told me he was up for adoption!", etc... Many were amazed at how well trained, quiet and good they all were.

They were all pooped when we got home! Poochie wanted to be carried all the way back to the car, guess it's a long walk for a tiny little house doggy! Honey made it almost all the way back, she probably would have but I took pity on her and carried her back to the car - she looked exhausted and was almost falling asleep when we took break before heading back to the cars!

We made a mental note that next year, we should leave a car at the Navan Fair to drive the doggies and us back to the "start" location and our other cars as it is quite a long haul on a hot day! Or, get someone to pick us up! Certainly hope we don't forget it...

Navan Fair Parade tomorrow 11am

Yep, it's already time again this year for the Navan Fair Parade and NARC is participating and bringing quite a few pooches to the walk! It's Saturday 11am (tomorrow). Hope to see some of you there, it'll be quite fun such as last year and we will surely be pooping out a few pooches after their long walk during the Parade then long walk back to our cars! Hopefully all of them make it back, last year one of our pooches wanted to be carried all the way back to the car, Lucie decided halfway through that she didn't want to walk anymore and was quite stubborn about it Ha! Ha!

Refer NARC - help by giving today!

100's of doggies are put down weekly! Help us or other rescues by giving today so we can get these decent pooches from a faith they have not earned nor selected... If it wasn't for NARC and many other rescues that work together on a daily basis, many dogs would be euthanized every day!! We, and I mean all of us rescues putting our heads together to pull these dogs off death row can only take in so many at a time... So, there are still some we can't help due to the lack of funds, dog runs, dog houses, foster homes, etc... Yes, we still manage to reduce the euthanization rate in Canada but we, together, could do so much more! For the cost of one pack of cigarettes weekly, 2 ice caps at Tim Hortons weekly, you could really change a few doggies faith! It doesn't take much, one individual giving us $5.00 weekly or even monthly may not look as much but when you have 50 people giving $5.00 each every month - THEN we can make the world spin! REFER a RESCUE or NARC today!

I know many clients are referring NARC and we thank you for that, if it wasn't for all of you out there who's thoughts and concerns are sent our way - we wouldn't be able to remain in business. There is no way to THANK YOU the way we wished we could so we will send you all hugs and kisses from our pooches that made their way here because of YOU.

NARC very rarely takes releases, our spots are kept for death row dogs and this is a HUGE cost to us! Taking releases is fairly simple and has less cost but also reduces our vacant spots for the ones that really need them, our death row doggies... NARC was created with special care to take on special needs, abandoned or negledted animals AND reduce the euthanization rate in Canada. Make a difference today and help us eliminate that euthanization rate.

Our usual costs are:
Spay/neuter, shots, dewormers, multi-advantage, pain medications after surgery, other surgeries (hernia, tumor, cherry eye...) or dental work/cleaning as needed, etc... of course the extra veterinary care - such as dental work or cleaning and cherry eye is only done if we have the funds to provide it to our pooch.

Picking up a pound dog who will be euthanized if we don't has extra costs such as our gas from Navan to somewhere in Montreal or Quebec, paying the pound up to $150 to have them release the dog to a rescue. Of course the death row dogs cost us more in veterinary care as most do need the dental work or have other surgeries such as hernias/tumors. Although pound dogs are more expensive to NARC - they are worth every penny.

Needs at NARC

We have built a few new dog runs, one was donated which is perfect as we've been rescuing like CRAZY! Now we need a few dog houses to provide shade to our pooches during the day. It doesn't have to be the perfect dog house as they only need it when they are playing outside and do have in and out priviledge in the mobile home. Of course when it does rain - they all run inside and have me mopping every minute! But, some doggies just enjoy spending the entire day outside and I see them always looking for shade after having basked in the sun so the houses would help them with that! A few of our pooches have to be forced inside such as Bear, he certainly would stay out all night if he could but I won't let him. I guess the house is too hot for him but I always worry he will catch cold or something... Same as Page, she has a house of her own, and her 8 pups of course, but on rare occassions we find her out at night - crazy doggy!

Other dog runs are needed too so if you know someone who doens't need theirs - send them our way!

What a great weekend!

We've had a great adoption week and weekend and tons of help from our volunteers. We've placed 7 of Miley's puppies into great loving homes. 2 came back yesterday for their last dewormer and visit and our clients are very happy with their tiny little babies and the fact that they were paper trained to start their new lives.

It has been quite busy the last few weeks and I have been running around every week night either at the vet's with pooches or picking up new doggies - quite hectic if you ask me!!! But, needs to be done.

Page's puppies will get their shots sometime this week then ready for adoption, they are just so adorable. Once all the pups are placed, I am not sure what I will be doing with all my spare time Ha! Ha!

Belvedere didn't last long, he was so beautiful that he immediately found a home and so did Chikita. Now to neuter Jasper and the 4 other new doggies so they can find their loving homes.