Join us on Saturday, July 14th

Come and see us and a few of our dogs at the Pet Value on Centrum Blvd in Orleans, the one besides Place D'Orleans.  NARC will be there from 10am to 4pm on July 14th for a show and tell and also to raise funds or donations for our rescues.  We are in need of canned goods, are accepting Canadian Tire Money to purchase supplies needed on a regular basis such as paper towels, Husky cleaning products and Javex.  We also always welcome paper journal, the non glossy ones if you wish to drop them off at NARC or at this event on Saturday, July 14th.  That being said, the NARC location will be closed that day and re-opening Sunday, July 15th from 1pm to 3pm.  Hoping to see you all there!

One eyed Willy!?

We were called this week to see if we could take in a dog that needs his eye removed, called the vet to see how much it would cost and decided to save this little one!  That being said, we picked up a few dogs this morning including the eye surgery patient which we are thinking of naming "One Eyed Willy" from an old movie I saw when I was younger lol.  We brought home a German Sheppard puppy, a Golden Lab puppy, the Brussels One Eyed Willy, 2 Bishon Frisés and a Chihuahua.  They will be seen, spayed or neutered and given shots in the next few weeks, probably the following week as we already have One Eyed Willy booked in this week to remove his eye and hopefully Shanelle for her Patellar surgery (depending on price still waiting on) on top of 4 spay and neuters so these new guys will have to wait till the following week.  The puppies will go this week for first shots for sure then be ready for adoption after a nice bath, dewormed and multi-advantage doze.

Update at vet's

I was able to bring Sheenah back home last night, she seems to be doing well, have to feed her multiple times, soft food mixed with water for it to be very liquid and soft!  We went for a nice short walk, she seemed very happy to be back, tail wagging and sniffing everywhere.  She will stay with us over the weekend so we can give her the medications prescribed but we are looking to send her to a foster home on Monday for the 14 day waiting period before going back to the vet's to remove her stitches.  This was a major surgery so we really prefer they recover in a home environment instead of at NARC where we bring in sick doggies every week and they can transmit it to our healthy dogs who have gone through surgery.  Their immune systems are down when they are on antibiotics and have been through surgery so they are prone to catching things quickly!

We brought Prinston back to the vet's for another check-up, they prescribed another antibiotic and we are sending him to a foster home tonight for the 10 days of antibiotics to hopefully be able to adopt him out afterwards.  The vet wouldn't administer his Rabies again due to him being sick with the sniffles and kennel cough so that will hopefully be done in 10 days.

We are running out of canned dog and puppy food so if anyone has some to donate, we surely could use them or Canadian Tire Money so we can go purchase some.  We have run out of paper journal and paper towels if anyone has the "Droit", "Citizen" or any non glossy journal, please drop them off at NARC or even pee pads will do the trick!

Sheenah and others at vet's

I picked up our little Pug named Ryder from the vet's after he stayed a few days on IV, he seemed quite happy to be coming home.  He ate a whole can of dog food with his medications when we got home so seems to be doing well.

Buttercup had her spay, dental cleaning and extractions and she had 2 lumps removed from her abdomen.  She will be on a few medications for some time to help with pain!  She also was very happy to see me and pleased to go home.

Sheenah seems to be doing well, she was up and giving me kisses and of course whining as I was loading the others but not her...  We left her at the vet's again tonight, maybe she will come home tomorrow or saturday - only time will tell, they will be giving her some water tomorrow to see how that goes down after her surgery.  She is on IV fluids right now with strong medications in IV.  At least she was up, they weren't sure the day before if she would make it so I was very happy when I saw she was up and complaining - always a good sign and of course a better sign is tail wagging a bit when they see me which is great.  I spent some time snuggling with her and giving her attention so she has someone to fight for!

Good People out there - THANK YOU so much

Kathy had her 30th year wedding anniversary last week to raise funds for NARC, she is the one who adopted Criole last year.  Thanks Kathy, family and friends for your donations and supporting NARC.

Vincent who adopted Deb 3 years ago came to donate some money, gas cards and my favorite a Tim Horton's card for my Ice Cap addiction - they don't know me at all now do they Ha! Ha!  Vincent - you are the best and thank you again for your contribution to help us along with our surgeries.

And finally Clementine's new adoptive family, Hoda and her husband also gave us a nice contribution which will help for next week's patellar surgery for one of our dogs!  I can't believe what you have given us and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

We also have Dave from DJ Sign who has come today to start installing our new NARC sign, now people will be able to see where we are while driving by which will promote NARC to those who don't know we are here and for clients to find us easily!  Another few weeks and we will have our new sign installed at the front!

I was very emotional with Vincent this week, asked Clementine's family tonight if they were sure about their donation and am just amazed at the great people out there and their support!  I can't thank you enough - don't have words to express what I am feeling.  As you all know, this is my baby and I have and am dedicating my life to it because I know for a fact that all these beautiful creatures deserve a good life, good people and TO BE SPOILED and loved - starting here at NARC until they find homes.

Vet Emergency Operation

Last night, I brought a few dogs at the vet's for check-ups in hopes of having them spayed or neutered today and bring them home safe and sound - as I do every week for over 5 years now!  Ryder our little Pug we just took on Sunday is a bit too sick and dehydrated so we left him at the vet's on IV today.  We will see how he is doing tomorrow.

Doogie was the first to get a clean bill of health and his neuter today which was good but then came Sheenah...our great dane!  Somehow, god knows how, while under for her spay, she managed to chew the tube and swallow it, so quickly that they weren't able to stop it in time so she had to be operated on to get the tube out - open her esophagus and remove the part she swollowed.

It isn't the first time our dogs play tricks on our vets and me!  Twiggy, when she went to get re-stitched after re-opening her spay surgery, they were slowly waking her up as they always do with any dog brought in for surgery - yet, she woke up instantly, jumped off the table and ran for the door...  Thank god nothing was attached to her when she did!

Then there are others like Baltazore whom we brought for another eye test and he just wouldn't let anyone touch him so we decided to put him to sleep for a little while so we could do his dye test.  Well, mister didn't want to sleep and fought through the medications and stayed up, groogy but up - until he got home and was comfortable enough to start snoring that is.  We still managed to do the test but not as well as we would have liked and of course it took over an hour for the whole process for a 5 minute test!!!

Needless to say, Buttercup's dental cleaning with extractions and spay wasn't done today due to the last minute emergency surgery so we left her there again tonight so she can be done tomorrow.  All three are sleeping at the vet's, Sheenah for the week on IV, Ryder for a few days for dehydration and Buttercup only tonight for tomorrow's surgery!

Quiet Long Weekend

Although Saturday some volunteers came out to the rescue and a few clients to meet dogs, the rest of the weekend was really quiet, just me and my daughter.  We tried the garage sale on saturday and sunday and called it quits for Monday - too quiet and people weren't stopping in.  We'll try again next weekend if I can get a few volunteers to take care of it while I care for clients at the rescue - anyone interested please e-mail me to let me know!  We are also looking for more garage sale items to raise funds for Juliette, Monty, Shanelle and Eewok.

We also need paper towel, we are completely out!  We are still taking in empty bottles, cans for beer, wine and spirits to help with fundraising.  After the July long weekend, we are sure to get some empties in!?

Ramses is doing well, his scraped skin is healing and although he is still on antibiotics and pain medications, he was rolling in the grass this weekend so it surely isn't hurting as much.  Only 2 spots left to cream and heal properly and then he'll be growing back his hair - poor little guy!

Clementine is doing extremely well, she is a little pig who would eat everything and the kitchen sink, she has a great appetite and eats a full can in the morning and evening with a few hot dogs with her medications in them.  She also is on an antibiotic and pain medication for a few more days.

The puppies are in my basement, take a look at their picture on the website, they are so adorable and up for grabs if anyone is interested!

Iko's skin is healing, the medicated baths are helping so we will continue with them until he isn't so itchy!

I've Multi-advantaged the whole house this weekend, a few were very quiet afterwards, guess it is going through their system so once again, we are parasite free until next month!

To the vet's tonight with our new addition, a Great Dane female named Sheenah and finally Buttercup will have her dental cleaning and extractions, the equipment at the vet's was fixed so we are bringing her tonight with Bunny and Doogie who is now 6 months old and ready for his neuter.  His skin has cleared up, he is looking good, only one patch on his ear to worry about so hopefully the vet will prescribe something else to help him with that. 

We also have 2 new puppies, German Sheppard crossed with Lab, fluffy little 8 week old boys - they are too adorable.  I've posted posted pictures on our new site, have a look, as of next week this will be the NEW NARC website.  newsite.narc-charity.ca - enjoy and let us know what you think!