Friday, August 19, 2011

Cats, Kittens for adoption - desperately needing homes!

Ladies and Gentlemen.... A neighbor is nice enough to be feeding approx 20 cats and kittens who are all strays in Navan/NDC. If you are looking for a cute kitten or wonderful cat, please give us a call as we are desperately in search of homes for this lovely bunch. The couple came to plead for help and of course, our big hearts can't just leave those cats and kittens, pregnant mothers or mothers with litters outside without shelter or a home to call HOME! Talk to friends, family, anyone looking for a lovely little kitten now or soon ready for some loving. If you can take a pregnant female or a female with kittens until you can find them all homes, this is also needed. This couple is nice enough to be feeding and caring for all these cats/kittens, let's get together and try to place them in forever homes. All the rescues are too full to be able to take them in, we are trying to see with other rescues but I know that they are, as us, quite full and overwhelmed with animals... Pass the word around, tell everyone to contact NARC - these are all free to loving homes. We are helping the family with food, flea treatment and whomever takes a kitten or cat, we are offering a dewormer doze (Strongid-T) here at NARC! Anything to help these beautiful and friendly creatures in finding good homes.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The Navan Fair Parade was a success again this year

We were part of the Navan Fair Parade again this year and it was a great success! We brought 7 of our NARC pooches for the walk, they had a lot of fun and met tons of new people. They did such a great job! We brought Mia, Blaze, Scotch, Kaliar, Boots, Simon and Peet. Of course that weekend Pete, Mia, Kaliar and Simon found a home which was wonderful for them and our clients. They know these dogs passed the Navan Fair Parade event which means they were our best and quietest dogs, those that we know won't be too surprised with all the noise, horses, police sirens, etc... If only we had more room so we could bring the larger breeds - next year we'll have to figure something out and bring the larger dogs with us! I know for sure that Sasha, Bart, Trix and Balou would have been wonderful and would certainly have enjoyed the event! If we can get a float for this winter, we'll try to get on board for the Christmas Winter Parade in Orleans. Certainly need a float as our doggies won't be able to stand the cold winter weather for a whole hour but on hay - that's another story - they'll have their feet warm and will be able to lay in the hay for warmth too! Let's try to make this happen!!!

Monday, August 8, 2011

I'm impressed - guess we're doing a very good job...

From the doggies themselves, telling us how good a job we are doing...

I woke up late on Sunday morning, usually get woken up by the doggies around 6:30-7am, telling me they want my company and attention... It was 9:30am, the house was so quiet and when I opened my eyes, I thought for sure it was probably around 5am. Looked at the clock to see 9:30am - wow so decided being that they were so quiet, I'd read a bit. 2 minutes passed and I realized, it was too quiet!!! Got up to see what they were up to - like kids - you know they must be up to something... Well, the living room was empty so figured it was funny that they were all outside and yet so quiet. Looked out the window and found the dog run completely empty - no doggies left and we are talking about 30 pooches here so my heart stopped beating and I FREAKED! I rushed to the front door and when I opened it, they were all out there in the front lawn basking in the sun and looking at me as in saying - IT's ABOUT TIME YOU WAKE UP! Most ran right in to see me and I went out looking for the others and they were all around, even the 2 beagles, Chester came running the moment he saw me and Jenesse was under my truck taking in the shade. I went to get Jenessee, Scotch, Casey and Boots but besides that every one of them had already run into the house. Amazing little beings, stayed on the property and waited for mommy to wake up - very happy to say we must be doing quite a good job for 30 dogs to stick around and not run!! Even the 2 beagles - quite amazing. Guess they are really comfortable at home and don't mind living with us until they find their permanent homes! Good doggies, you certainly got tons of praise and cookies for being there and not running away.

Our dog runs are 1 foot in the ground so very safe and we were sure they could never get out. We never anticipated one thinking of digging under the mobile home to get out... but that is what they did, dug a whole under the mobile home, walked underneath it and went out the front trap door which wasn't completely closed! Now, we have to put patio stones the length of the mobile home so they don't get that idea again! I've already started with the area they dug out and put bricks the length of the house until we can finish with the patio stones. Smart puppy - even outsmarted the humans!