Bottle Drive - now till Jan 29th

Empty bottles for full stomachs and vet care! The money raised will go directly towards providing veterinary care for our pitty paws at NARC. We are collecting beer, wine, cooler/spirits bottles to raise funds for our rescues. Drop off your bottles at 4388 Navan Road, Navan, Ontario, K4B 1H9 at any time from today till Jan 29th in our donations drop box at the front of the property.

Santa is coming to NARC

Join us this Saturday, December 17th from 1pm to 5pm, bring your kids and pooches as Santa will be there with his photographer to take nice pictures for you! $10 gives you a high quality link to the picture for printing anywhere, the chance to sit on Santa's lap one last time and of course helps our rescue takin in more dogs off death row and ables us to spay/neuter and vet them properly. Thank you for your support, hoping to see many of you at this last event in 2011!

Vote for NARC to WIN!!!

Now you can help The Animal Rescue Site choose which eligible Petfinder.com animal rescue organizations will receive special funds to help animals! It's easy and we would love to be able to win the animal shelter challenge this year so please go and vote for NARC - every day!

You can vote daily here:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

We would love to be able to do more and grow, we need your help so vote today and tomorrow and the next day until the challenge is over to help us win it. Thank you all in advance for your help!

Join NARC at Santa's Parade of Lights - Nov 26th - 6pm

Once again the Ottawa Professional Firefighters Association will be hosting SANTA'S PARADE OF LIGHTS on Saturday, November 26th 2011 @ 6PM on St-Joseph Blvd. in Orleans and NARC is part of the Parade this year. Come join us and see our pooches and float at this event! Hope to see you all Saturday!

Great work this weekend!

Thanks to Coralie, who was actually in the Ottawa Citizen yesterday for her devotion to volunteering, she organized a cleaning and renovations crew to come to NARC on Saturday. It was amazing, 8 of her friends showed up, 2 were tearing apart the flooring, installing new plywood and tiles in one of our main doggy rooms, 2 were up on the roof tarping it for the winter, temporarily keeping NARC dry until we can afford a new roof hopefully next spring!? Few of the girls re-organized our supply trailer and others were just picking up and throwing debris in the bins while our volunteers took care of the dogs needs, food, water and walks... Next day, few of NARC volunteers came and helped finish what was already an amazing start, we organized another 2 sheds and threw out more debris and wood, put away the tables and chairs for the winter while Coralie returned with her husband to grout the tiles they installed the day before. What a weekend, the farm looks amazing, back to it's original cleanliness without debris from renovations lying around in piles... Thanks everyone for your help - it was wonderful to see and volunteers that came Sunday were amazed about all that had been done in just one day! Now we have more room for visitors to park and it's definitely better for our dogs with the new tiles in the back room. I am overjoyed about it all, it lifted a big weight off my shoulders knowing the dogs are living in a non mouldy room and freshly renovated and clean tiles. I don't even know how to thank everyone, all I could give back were hugs and thanks but you have certainly changed NARC for years to come!

Get your Entertainment Book through NARC

Yep, we are back on and now selling Entertainment Books for $35.00 each to raise funds for NARC. This is obviously non-negociable as the books don't belong to NARC but Entertainment will give us a percentage once we have sold the books we have ordered. Of course, if we sell more than 50 our percentage is bigger so let's get together and fundraise for NARC... Spread the word to your friends and family members that they can purchase their Entertainment Book through NARC to raise funds for our rescues. www.entertainment.com for more details.

The Entertainment Book is filled with hundreds of 50% off and 2-for-1 discounts for your area on the things you do everyday like dining, groceries, shopping, services, and attractions. Plus great discounts on travel, home furnishings and much more!

I personally love these books, I enjoy dining out with my daugther once in a while and use the books to get her meal free - this way we can go out more often during the year. They are also great for theatres, cleaners, hotel discounts, car rental discouts and so much more. I have been buying my entertainment book since I am 18, every year and save hundreds of dollars yearly in purchases. Start today such as myself and save, save, save!

Garage Sale Update - Lending a HAND next weekend!

We raised $580 for NARC this weekend at our Garage Sale, thank you everyone for your support and thank you all volunteers for your help with this event!

The renovations are still under-way, going well and definitely easier for us to maintain although we still have 2 rooms to tear apart, install plywood, tiles, etc... Anyone willing to donate some time and muscles to help out are more than welcomed.

We are also calling on everyone, all volunteers or anyone wanting to spend 1 or a few hours at NARC next weekend to clean up. We have garbage bins coming this weekend for the debris we've accumulated and need a few volunteers to fill them up - carry wood and debris into those bins. Come join us in our clean-up weekend at 4388 Navan Road from noon to 5pm both saturday and sunday Oct 29th and 30th.

Thanks again to everyone for their support - either it be from a volunteer, adtopter, donor, foster home, etc... If it wasn't for people such as yourselves, we wouldn't be able to take in and care for all the beautiful doggies you now either own, helped care for, have met at NARC or seen on our website! Big Thanks to EVERYONE!

Phone, Internet - Paperwork now e-mailed

Bell finally came last night and fixed/installed our new permanent phone lines. For those that haven't received your pooches veterinary documentation, they are on their way. I bought a new scanner so will scan the documents and e-mail them this weekend. Sorry for the delay although if you hadn't received them by mail it was due to us not having your postal codes and not being able to search for them on-line! All is resolved though, we will be back on track with our files very shortly. Thank you everyone for your patience in this matter!

We will also be returning all the phone calls we weren't able to get to in the past few weeks without a phone line!! Sorry for the delay all...

Thanks again to the wonderful guys/volunteers who came to start the tiles last Monday, they are great and so easy to clean. We need a few more hands this weekend in order to finish the tiles in that room... if anyone is interested in donating some time, we will supply the materials...

Garage Sale October 22nd & 23rd - renovations started

If you have items to donate, drop them off this weekend as we are holding our garage sale on Oct 22nd & 23rd - weather permitting of course! All volunteers will be needed for this event and at NARC to care for the dogs so if you are free, come on by as we will need all the help we can get!

We have started renovations, a client and volunteer's husband were nice enough to come by yesterday, holiday Monday to tear off the old flooring in the living room and install the new tiles that were donated. We worked really hard on a nice hot day for our lovely doggies to have a new clean space to call home! We've noticed that the tiles we were accumulating were just enough to finish that room so we need more tiles in order to finish the other 2 doggy rooms in the modular home and hopefully the main entrance. I already had bought the plywood, grout, cement and sealer but are out of those items too for the next few rooms. If you have any spare tiles, we need them! Talk to friends and neighbors, if we all get together, we will be able to accumulate enough to finish the other two rooms and our dogs will have a clean and fresh environment to live in. We were all excited about this project, it was long overdue and certainly will last quite a few years coming!

Thank you so much for all of your support and for our wonderful volunteers who like me, dedicate their precious time so that we can take more dogs off death row and keep them in a nice, clean and safe environment! If it wasn't for your support - we wouldn't be where we are today - GROWING! Thank you...

Star has had 8 puppies

Her puppies were born Friday, September 30th in the morning. She gave us 8 beautiful and healthy puppies. She is a good and protective mom, is by her pups side all the time but does leave them to go on her nice long walks at the farm. They will be ready November 25th so if you are looking for a rottie puppy, it's now time to send in your applications from http://www.narc-charity.ca/ under downloads, we need a reference, preferably a vet if you already have one!

The other doggies are doing well although they were so dirty yesterday with all the rain - worst than ever! I've never seen the house so dirty with mud everywhere! Most of them will certainly need a bath this weekend - yet some managed to keep very clean such as Matic - he is such a cute and good dog and always the cleanest of the bunch!

We've had a few matted dogs come in as you have probably seen from the website and are getting them the much needed groom, we will post after pictures for you to see how cute they really are underneath all those clumps!

Smartie is lost!! If you see him please contact me.

We've lost our house cat, with client visits, volunteers in and out and door remaining opened, he has dissapeared on us. We've been looking for him everywhere in hopes to bring him back home safe! Smartie is our white indoor gorgeous baby with black ears and black spots on his nose and face, few on his hind legs too. He is a sweetie, loves to be loved and certainly doesn't mind being carried around. He will come if you call him, say his name and he usually runs to you. We want our sucky baby back!!! Please, if you do see him do call or e-mail us so we can pick him up - he is probably very scared and when he is, his greenest eyes become very wide! He is not the type to stray, he had never seen outside in the 2.5 years we've had him except this summer, few steps outside in the big bad world and now he's gone.. He is neutered, etc... so wouldn't have wandered for female companionship!

Phones always down!

It has been a very long summer not having a phone 3/4's of the time - well full time for us as it seems to always be going down at night when it's time to return client's phone calls. We are sorry but there is not much we can do - unless all of you call Bell and COMPLAIN so that they fix the problem permanently. It's all of Navan Road from 10th Line to Trim, all of our neighbours are complaining yet - still our phone lines are down... So, that being said, please e-mail if you want an immediate response as we won't be able to return your phone calls that promptly without phone lines! Thanks for understanding!

CLOSED Sat Sept 24th

We are closed this saturday, September 24th, 2011 but will be opened Sunday from 1pm to 3:30pm during our regular summer hours. In a few months, we will return to appointments only due to the lack of room in the mobile home for pop-ins. Summer is almost done, meeting clients outside won't be an option any longer in approx one month so back to appointments during winter months!

7 new arrivals this morning!

7 new doggies have joined us this morning, few shih-tzu's, a female Boston Terrier and 2 shaggy looking dogs - will groom and see what they are - look like maltese! One of our shih-tzu's is blind in one eye but has settled in nicely and is quite sweet!

We are still looking for ceramic tiles of any color or size, 1/4 or 1/2 plywood so we can start renovating the mobile home and change the much needed commercial tiles that is in place now! It will be our winter project but winter is soon arriving so any help is greatly appreciated!

News and needs at the rescue!

8 new doggies have arrived from the pound today, they are in the clinic being dewormed, multi-advantage then will be introduced to their chosen pact mates. They will also be vetted this week, trained before posting up for adoption. One Daschund, 2 shih-tzus, 2 maltese, one terrier, one Lhasa Apso and one Yorkie-Poo.

We still need ceramic tiles, we are soon in the process of tearing this house apart and build our new ceramic floors everywhere - we need your support as it is very expensive. If you have some plywood we would also need quite a few sheets to get the job properly done! We need epoxy grout, cement - the works to install those tiles!

Also needed are leashes and collars, HUSKY cleaning products, comet, javex, paper towels in industrial quantities Ha! Ha! Thanks for your support, if it wasn't for all of you out there giving NARC a hand by purchasing or donating products, we wouldn't be able to survive!

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.

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!!!

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!

Puppy mill dogs

Well, we are working hard with the pugs and others we've taken in from the puppy mill - they are quite scared and won't walk on the leash but - baby steps!! At least now they are wagging their tails when they see me althouh the moment I come near - oops - not too sure lol. They are now enjoying lots of attention and are a bit less freaked and stiff when I pick them up. In time, they will make really good pets, they are all so adorable and you can tell they all want to please so much! Poor females really were used and abused, they have had quite a few litters and you can really tell. I can't wait for them to be ready for their spay and neuters and never see the life of puppies again - unless it's someone elses!!! I took a few with me to the vet's this week while dropping off or picking up others - not to be seen - just for the car ride but to get them used to riding along with humans just for fun! Baby steps but one by one, they will come around.

MORE doggies are here!

We picked up a very sweet older maltese at the SPCA. Our wonderful volunteer driver went to Montreal to pick up 2 female and 2 male pugs, 1 male poodle, 1 female bishon, 1 female Shih-Tzu x Daschund, 1 male maltese and a male Chocolate Labrador. Quite the busy week for NARC and will be quite the busy next few weeks for our vet! This bunch from Montreal are from a puppy mill so they will need some training, grooming, lots of vetting before re-homing. So far so good although will need training on the "no barking in the house" and "no marking their territory". Big job ahead but in time, they will be ready for loving homes! We will hopefully post pictures and bios this weekend for you to see. Our volunteers will have their hands full in bathing and grooming these guys to get them ready for the vet's (spay & neuters) next week!

The other group from last weekend are already trained to live with their chosen pacts, are really nice and friendly so we are quite sure they will be able to leave us the moment they are spayed or neutered! Very sweet little ones!

New doggies are here!

Our wonderful volunteer went to the pounds for us late last week and brought back a male and female Daschund, male Chihuahua x JRT, male Shih-Tzu and a female Bishon Frisé. We've Multi-advantaged and dewormed them and will see the vet next week for spays and neuters, etc... They are adorable although two needed training for whinning too much, the chihuahua x JRT is so cute but was barking all night to be with us so we've trained him out of that and finally was able to have a restful sleep last night - YIPEE! The little Bishon is also a big whiner but we are working with her - bishon's are a bit more hard headed so a few more days of work and she will be fine. Yes, a lof of dogs arrive with separation anxiety but no worries, you won't be able to tell once they are ready for placement...


We also helped an SPCA by taking in a male Yorkie that may need his hind leg amputated, a male black Cocker Spaniel with eye and ear infections, a female tiny little Pomeranian who will be with us for a while due to possible ringworn and hair loss and a Female Corgi x Chihuahua. All very adorable and very young - Yorkie is only 3 months old and the Cocker and corgie between 6-8 months - pups!! The only one that is an adult is the pomeranian and they are all big sucks and so friendly. Already dewormed and multi-advantage, DHPP and Bordetella for these 4 babes! We are also going to receive a few more pooches Monday evening from the pound and SPCA so keep looking for updates. Pictures and bios will follow shortly on our website of these adorable new pets of ours!

Funny dogs

It's summer and it's HOT but they seem to be enjoying their baby bath tubs and kids sand boxes full of water. Too funny to see them every night when it's hot, I rinse out the muddy yuk they left behind and replenish with very cold clean water and in they go!! Some just lay in the cold water with that look in their eyes saying "ahhhhhhhhh"! Of course, that makes them very dirty doggies but hey - if people don't get that they are having fun in their nice cold baths, then be it... Muddy and dirty dogs but happy and refreshed pooches! Now to train the big guys to get in the tubs - they don't seem to like it too much but they still get a hose down although I get it worst once they shove it all back on me!! Oh well, thank god for laundry machines lol. I've taken tons of pictures of wet dirty dogs just for the fun of it - I'll post them below for your enjoyment - sure my volunteers will hate me when they have to bathe all the dirty doggies this weekend with baked mud on their backs OOPS Hee! Hee! It wasn't me - it was the hose gone crazy - I swear!! I have to remember to bring the camera once I am filling the tubs just so you can see them lie down in it to refresh themselves - by the time watering and feeding is done - they are too so I see all the action but would like to share the beauty of it with you! Enjoy this heat guys as in a few months time - we will complain it's getting cold again - YUK - wish summer was forever!!

CLOSED - Sun, July 24th, & Sat, Aug 6th - 2011

We want to inform all of you that we are closed next Sunday, July 24th, 2011 and also Saturday, August 6th, 2011. We also have a few events coming up this summer in which we will be closing for so keep looking at our blog to find out which days we are closing!

More dogs have arrived! INFO for Clients

We picked up a few more dogs from pounds and SPCA's last week and this weekend, we are posting them on the website tonight with pictures and bios - have a look if there is a doggy in the window for you!!!

A reminder for those who have adopted a NARC pooch recently, we have information on our program of Wild Oil of Oregano, Coconut Oil, Tea Tree Oil Shampoo and a non-shedding easy recipy on our website. www.narc-charity.ca under "downloads" then click on "links" to see all of the information if you wish to keep your doggy on our natural health program. Good luck with your new NARC dog and don't forget that we are always here to help you no matter what you need - even dog sitting when it is quiet here at NARC. We have many clients that return our pooches during winter holidays and I certainly love taking care of them again when you are away. We ask for a donation to NARC and we get to play with our old NARC doggy!

New doggies are here - great weekend!

What a beautiful and HOT weekend! I'm loving every minute of it but the doggies just kept in the shade today - they don't know what they are missing - I surely got a great tan going on Ha! Ha!

We have a few new arrivals, a gorgeous brindle female Dingo who our volunteer says is a LOT of FUN, a cute little male Brussels Griffon who loves being carried, a tiny little male maltese x who seems to be devocalized but very sweet and friendly, a friendly male black schnauzer x who is very quiet, another big sucky baby german sheppard x rottie? who's quiet and so nice, a male Jack Russel Terrier who loves to run outside, and a female Heinz 57 looks like boxer face but certainly small dog - dashund long body - really mixed but cute and so sweet! Most have gotten baths today and were great with the volunteers, all have been on few walks and were great with everyone they have met. They are in training to live with different pacts, few are already fitting in very nicely and sharing with the others already! They will be vetted this week and next week as there is quite a few here still awaiting to see the vet and then ready for adoption once trained! We'll post bios and pictures very soon - keep a lookout for their cute faces!

Phones are up and down!!!

All summer now we've been having problems with our phones, one minute it's working and then oops, it cuts some client's conversation off and then dies. Try to call them again and forget about it, the lines are down for hours on end... Navan is having issues with Bell Canada, we've all made complaints but it seems this is an on-going problem which will take another 2-3 months to rectify. So please, if you are trying to get in touch with us - e-mail is best right now as we are sometimes without a line for a few evenings so we can't return calls promptly as we normally do.

All the new dogs are fitting in nicely, training has strated and they are quite smart and grasping the concept pretty quickly. They are all adorable and we may be having puppies born here at NARC which will be amazing! Keep looking for updates on our beautiful pregnant Shadow - or so she seems pregnant - will have the vet confirm next week!

New doggies have arrived!

Gorgeous Scottish Terrier female, probably pregnant so will be with us for some time to give birth, etc... if she is pregnant - we will have the vet confirm soon! She is adorable and sweet but a bit shy and afraid of sudden movements, we will have plenty of time to work with her although she is already getting better with the over manipulation this weekend, good groom, bath, etc... Large Daschund x, cream colored male, black female Daschund x, male Shih-Tzu, female westie x very sweet but shy with strangers - we will work with her but she is already getting better after only a few days with us! She was really nice with the groomer and let her do everything including nails although I held her for that part being that she had probably never been trimmed prior, her nails were so long it was painful to see! She gave me kisses throughout the whole ordeal and was really sweet about it - she will make someone very happy, we can tell right away she is a doll. 2 beautiful puppies, 3 months old, males, one is a husky x with blue eyes and the other is a Bernese Mountain Dog - just beautiful. A male Golden Retreiver, 11 months old.

All are now in our training program, multi-advantage given, dewormed, etc... Will post bios and pictures soon - keep your eye on our new gorgeous babies soon ready for adoption. Will be vetted, shots, spayed or neutered this week then up for adoption!

New doggies arriving again this weekend!

More and more are in need of our help so we are running to pick up a few new pooches this weekend! They will go in the clinic for 48 hours while we deworm and multi-advantage them so we don't spread any disease to our healthy dogs in the mobile home. Then they will be introduced to different pacts, depending on their size and trained to live together as a family!

If you know of anyone wanting to give up a dog run or dog house, please let them know we are always in need of extra runs/space during summer months so we can save a few more lives or have runs to play ball with our existing pooches - one on one!

A special thank you to all our great volunteers, if it wasn't for them this place wouldn't be running as smoothly and clients would be waiting a long while before having service! Thanks guys, I don't know what I would do without your help - you are AMAZING! Because of you, I take in many more dogs these past few years and due to our team, we are saving more lives...

I am a bit sad! But happy at the same time - wierd...

I know I can't keep all the rescues and boy is it ever tough sometimes... Royalty has gone to his loving home and it really saddens me as I fell for the big guy - even my neighbour came and said - WHAT - you didn't keep him!!! Chika is another that I adore and she is, such as Roy, Bart and Ean such a big suck, now she is leaving us sometime this week - although I am spoiled and get to keep her a few more days. I know, I know they all go to very good homes but it's been a tough month with quite a few dogs that I certainly would have kept for myself!!! Bart is another, I know he won't last long as he's too good to be true... One of my volunteers saw that in him and she requests him when she comes to give him a nice long walk - that from someone who doesn't like walking our big dogs hey Carole!! He snuggles with me in the grass and on the kitchen floor, he was so shy and abused - same as Roy, Ean and Chika.... I guess I'm a sucker for those who need me more and get more attached as they also are the ones that need more of my attention and training!!! Like the song "If I had a Million Dollars" well I wouldn't buy a new fur coat, I would fence this whole 22 acres off and have all the rescues live the life of kings and queens and probably keep them all Ha! Ha! Yeah, I know I'm a bit dog crazy but hey - someone has to be in order to save all these wonderful and beautiful creatures god has handed over as partners and man's best friend right? I may be dog crazy but when I see the volunteers coming on a weekly basis - they are too Hee! Hee! I've created other crazy doggy lovers and we are enjoying every minute of it... It's very addictive and once you start coming here to help - you can't stop - it's a proven fact! Well, good night everyone, it was a wonderful weekend, plenty of people came and went, dogs are pooped and snooring with their bellies full and surely dreaming of one of our volunteers walking them at the farm!

Sale - Husky 4 ltr household cleaner, DOG houses needed

If you want to give us a nice donation, the Husky 4 litre household cleaner is on sale at Canadian Tire for $7.someting insteand of $14.something. I just bought 2 yesterday with the Canadian Tire money that a few of you donated - thank you for that... We use one big container per 2-3 days! Yep, doggies get the household and their crates very dirty!!

We are also looking for dog houses or igloos as we are expanding with 2 new dog runs which we hopefully will be installing this weekend! Need 1-2 dog houses or igloos per run for shade!

We always need small leashes, collars, javex or any cleaning products.

Items desperately needed

We need Multi-advantage, Revolution or Advantage. We dose all of our dogs each and every month, winter included so they don't spread disease so it is important to be able to keep it up, especially during summer months. We've had a few doggies that came in with fleas - YUK so we had to double dose this month, not only did they get their regular Multi-advantage on the 1st of June but we had to give them revolution on the 12th of June just in case. Although Chaz and Ean who came in full of fleas didn't have contact with the household until they were dozed with Multi-advantage and given Capstar at the vet's after surgery - double dozing to ensure it doesn't spread - we always like to be extra careful as fleas can do a lot of damage on dogs! So, all that being said, we've used up our July dosage in June and could use your help. We need the box that says puppies and dogs up to 4.5kg, the next one is for dogs from 10-25kg and the larger breed one for dogs from 25-45kg. If you can help in this department, please let us know. You can drop off or mail your donations to 4388 Navan Road, Navan, Ontario, K4B 1H9. We are opened Sat & Sun from 1pm to 3:30pm or there is a donation drop off box at the front of the property. Thank you everyone for your support - it is greatly appreciated and certainly much needed!

Lovely weekend yet sad - few updates!

It's been a busy weekend with clients and volunteers walking dogs, our groomer working to get them all prettied up, volunteers running around bathing, feeding, walking, cleaning and more cleaning Ha! Ha! We educate some of our clients on how to train or teach not only our dogs but their own dogs new tricks; our pooches get more one on one with families visiting, get tons of cuddles and loving so who can complain when they are all exhausted and snoring by 6pm!? I can't - they all seem so happy and content! We've had many appointments booked this weekend to meet with our pooches, some have been adopted, others are awaiting adoption or leaving this week or next weekend once the references are done - quite exciting!

Jaki is our bee buster, few bumble bees have made their way into the house and the moment she sees me come in with my zapping racket - she's there way before me chomping on the bumble bee and killing it instantly. At first, I freaked thinking she was going to get stung but she's an expert and grabs them so quickly that she doesn't get hurt! Quite the character, very quiet for a JRT yet such a sweetie and wants to please by getting mom's bumble bee out of the house - she will be exceptional with a family that gives her a job such as fetching the morning paper or your slippers - she really wants to please!

We've lost Tappie to what we thought was parvo but they tested negative and we aren't sure if her brother Tonka will make it - he is very week and his temperature is really low. Although it's summer, we have to keep him warm with blankets and hot water bottles! Send your prayers so he makes it! This is the part I don't enjoy from NARC, when you spend the whole week recovering a dog and he/she doesn't make it - it's really tough and saddens me that we can't save them all!!!

12 dogs spayed & neutered this week!

It's been quite a busy week, running to the vet's every evening to get 12 of our dogs spayed/neutered, rabies, DHPP, annual vet check, etc... But, this means they are or will available after their recovery! All the dogs are really nice, few are extremely gentle and such friendly pooches - it's hard not to keep a few for ourselves!! We've posted almost all the bios and are working on all the pictures although most are on our website. It is going to be a weird weekend with 12 dogs in crates on short walks but they need to recover properly so the females don't get henias, etc... Chika was such a suck, didn't want to walk to the car so I had to carry her and same when she arrived home, she didn't even want to get out of the car - so funny! They are smart and know their NARC mommy will carry and take care of them no matter what. Had to carry her into the house and settled her in her crate - poor thing - it must really hurt! Bibi was just crying, didn't want to be picked but fell asleep in the car on the way home. She also didn't want to be picked up to put her in her crate - she too was groggy and in pain! Oh well, that is why they are on pain medications for 4 days after surgery, to help them recover well and not feel the pain as much.

If you are interested in a NARC dog, please fill our adoption questionnaire at http://www.narc-charity.ca/ under downloads so we can approve you prior to meeting them, we need a reference, preferably a vet!

Need support!

It's always nice to get these dogs off death row and bring them home but there are costs associated with taking them in... We need your support, if any of you have a few bucks to spare, run to the dollar store and buy a few items needed for NARC! We need cleaning products, Pine Sol, Javex, comet, etc... Anything to help us keep this house smelling fresh and clean! We also need leashes and collars for the new arrivals - think small most of the time even cat collars for the smaller doggies are needed. We have very nice companies helping with food and treats so are always fine with those needs but certainly could use help for cleaning products and collars or leashes! Your support goes a long way, we had a donation this week from a client out of town and she helped us by taking in more doggies off death row - thanks Lin for you donation - we can now get a doggy spayed with shots from your support! One more life saved thanks to your support!

New doggies are here! More coming tomorrow!

It's been and remains a busy day! We took in 7 dogs from an SPCA this morning and another 8 dogs taken off death row at a pound. Tomorrow, we are picking up another 6 puppies. So, if you are looking for a companion, if they aren't ready for adoption yet, they will be quite soon! We have a gorgeous male Boxer, a male Beagle, a said to be Min Pin female but really not sure of her mix, a tiny little male Papillon x Pomeranian, a small female Japanese Chin, a male Bishon Frise, a female Corgi x Chihuahua, a long haired male Chihuahua, a female Shih-Tzu, a female Husky, 2 Husky x pups, a mixed large breed, Bishon Frise x, a Jack Russel Terrier and a Poodle x also came in. Yep 16 dogs today and 6 are being picked up tomorrow morning. Most have been introduced to the pacts, all seem to be working out well so far with the ones that have been introduced. The gorgeous Husky female got her crate opened somehow and ended up loose on the property but came to me right away. I introduced her to Hannah and left her in the dog run to play with Hannah but she jumped out of two dog runs to be by my side again. Certainly wants to be with her people and although an escape artist, she sticks around which is an important trait especially for a Husky! The little Shih-Tzu female and Jack Russel terrier got out of the van when our volunteer driver arrived and them too, although shy at first, finally came to me and didn't run off! Great little dogs, really don't understand people out there as these little guys are really sweet. Some are shy so we will work with them and others need house training which will also be taught before they are re-homed. This week will be a busy week for our vet and although we are sure he can't take all of these new dogs this week, be patient - they will be ready in time!

Saturday is going to be a big day

What a rush the last few weeks, getting almost 10-15 dogs in weekly, rushing to the vet's nightly to get them spayed/neutered, shots, etc... NARC is certainly keeping me on my toes, now how can it make me shed a few pounds Ha! Ha! Saturday is a big day, have to visit Rideau River as they want to hold a BBQ for NARC sometime this summer so that's my first stop Saturday morning. Then drive to the SPCA to pick up approx 7-10 dogs at 10am - hopefully to be back at NARC at noon to prepare for clients. Will probably have to return on Sun morning to get the rest - 10 certainly doesn't fit in my small car - a Van or SUV would come in handy on days like these. Then, one of our volunteer drivers is going to the pounds in Montreal to pick up another load of dogs, probably 5-8 coming to NARC - will certainly be a busy busy day! Busy weekend too, I have to train all the new comers not to bark at clients who visit, etc... I hope we have nice weather so I can run them on the property to get their energy level down a notch or two in order to be able to work with them properly - send your good wishes for a sunny weekend!! My daughter is only excited as she gets to pick a few puppies she wants to bring home from the SPCA - funny girl! Oh well, at least I have a little helper weeknights and weekends, following me to the many vet appointments, getting dogs back in the car - she is quite the handy little helper!

Quite the weekend

Yep, still hate the rain - had to javex the floors non-stop due to the muddy paws and couldn't clean the dog runs so they will need major clean-up this week! Can't wait for nice weather and I'm sure the dogs want me to start jogging again instead of short walks in the rain! The 2 new pups are doing well and so is the bishon x and Schnauzer, still haven't named them but it will come in time... We've already introduced the Schnauzer and Bishon x to the pact, they are happily living together with the rest! The matted Bishon got the much deserved groom and bath today, he certainly looks good now for sure!

King is a lot better but still shy with certain men, he recovered nicely form his neuter so is out and about now. Star, Polly and Melandra are still crated as they were getting too excited with the pact and that certainly won't help their recovery!! Star and Polly are NOT liking the idea of of being in crates but it's for their own well being - they drove me crazy whinning all day, wanting to come out to play with the volunteers! Melandra, well she's so quiet in her crate that you can forget that she's actually in there!! Such a sweet little dog but we are still working on the NO JUMPING on people - otherwise she is so well behaved! Well, good night eveyone, till the next blog!!!

Now doggies have arrived tonight!

From the pound, 1 female Schnauzer, 1 male shi-poo, 2 pups probably border collie? a little female and a little male, brother and sister! Thanks again to our wonderful volunteer driver for picking them up and bringing them to NARC.

We picked up Melandra, Star, Polly and King at the vet's tonight, they got spayed/neutered, their rabies, DHPP and check up. Poor Star had a hernia and a lump on the side which were removed today - three surgeries in one poor little girl!

More doggies and stray still at large in Blackburn Hamlet

Sunday we picked up another 2 gorgeous large breeds, one is a male Doberman, just a sweetie but a bit skittish around people - we are working with him and he is getting better already! The other is a nice, really good looking Briard male, cream and white, beautiful - this dog is just gorgeous. He is such a sweetie, training is going very well, he's still sometimes excited when I get home but this is normal. Tonight, I was training with bones, large bones to see if he would drop it and pay some attention to a human or attack - never know with new doggies. Both the Dobbie and Briard passed with HIGH flying colors. Both wanted attention more than their bones so we ended up playing by fetching the bone and giving it to mommy. Great dogs, they will make great pets! We named the Dobbie - KING and our gorgeous Briard is Roy for Royalty!

Our little stray is still at large in the Blackburn Hamlet area - see comments on my last blog with Pepe being our work dog... He is a hard little guy to catch, the whole neighbourhood is trying, we went and tried, the by-law officers went - jeez - we need to get this dog to the rescue immediately before something very bad happens!!! Although, this isn't asking you to run after him as he will bolt and once afraid - this is when accidents happen and they cross the road without paying attention... He will have to gain the trust of one of the people on that street, little by little - he will eventually let himself be caught - we hope!

New dogs were picked-up this morning

Another car full of doggies joined NARC on this beautiful and warm Saturday morning... We have 7 new arrivals, a male bishon frisé, a female Bishon x, a tiny female beagle, a male lhasa apso, a Border Collie x female, a terrier x Shih-Tzu female and a male Lhasa Apso. Look at our website soon for pictures and bios of these beautifull little creatures! Are now in training to live with the pact and also share everything from space to food, toys, attention, water, etc...

Quite a few of our volunteers gave them and the other dogs we've received this week good baths while others groomed them so they are really all looking great! We took some pictures and will share them soon on the website!

Pepe the NARC volunteer and work dog - Blackburn Hamlet LOST DOG REPORT

We were asked tonight by our vet and a few families in the Blackburn Hamlet area to help out in catching a stray dog who is obviously afraid of people and would not come near anyone. Many neighbours and by-Law officers had attempted to catch this stray, yet it always managed to get away.... So, I had Pepe in the car with me and decided he would be our NARC work dog for the evening! Took Pepe out of the car, walking near the other dog but totally ignoring the stray, obviously trying to get it to befriend my new NARC volunteer and eventually me - the big scary human... It worked, the stray came and sniffed Pepe and wanted to play... Pepe did such a good job, was calm throughout the whole exercise even with strangers around him, he was such a good boy. Unfortunately, the moment our little stray saw the other leash I was carrying for it - it bolted. It did manage to eat all the treats I had which was good as we are sure it is quite hungry. This dog has supposedly been out there for 2 days - if you have lost your pet - please claim it NOW at the baseball field in Blackburn Hamlet or it will get hit by a passing vehicle... We stayed on for over an hour, trying to gain it's trust again in hopes that it would come back for Pepe but this stray is really afraid of people so we weren't able to restrain it at all tonight although the families on that street are still trying even at 10:33pm on a Friday night - hats off to them all - God Bless. Hopefully we can all work together to catch this little dog before it gets hit by a car. Although he/she is afraid of people, it wasn't afraid of cars and crossed the streets quite a few times making me hold my breath in, praying while cars were driving past him/her... God, what an evening! All the families that worked with me have my number, if they catch him tonight he will be placed in someone's garage for us to pick up in the morning. Please send your luck our way so this little being makes it and gets to us or the Ottawa Humane Society where it will be in safe hands!!!

New doggies have arrived and update!

Well, it's been a busy week as you probably saw from the updates on the website. From last we told you, we had taken 4 dogs from the pound. The little Westie died of parvo the first few hours we received him which was very sad... The 3 others seem to be doing well so far but were in quaranteen due to this! The Lhasa is at the vet's tonight for his neuter tomorrow with another 3 buddies we've picked up last weekend at an SPCA. All in all, we picked up 8 dogs last weekend to help out an SPCA who is over filled with doggies coming in as strays, etc... Most of the profiles are on our website except for the little Shih-Tzu from the pound late last week who seriously needs to gain tons of weight and also has a skin condition which is being treated with medication. Tonight, we had 4 arrivals from the pound again, this time we've put them in quaranteen right away in order to ensure they don't have Parvo such as the other last week. We've received a Beagle, a Cocker Spaniel, a german x pup whom we have to closely watch as he was vomitting on the way here from the pound and last but not least a maybe Maltese who really needs quite the groom so we can tell what breed it really is! Nope, that's not it as I am returning to the SPCA on Saturday morning to pick up another few doggies in need! Spring is in the air, people are loosing their pets but not going back to claim them or maybe they just don't know what the process is? When adopting a dog, ensure you know the SPCA, Humane Society or Pound near you. Many areas will have an SPCA or Humane Society but towns away from big cities will usually have pounds - call your city to find out where the pound is and keep the contact information close at hand - just in case! It's also always good to have your by-law officer's number at arms lenght as they usually are the ones picking up stray animals so if you call in time - you will find your sweetheart and bring him/her back home safely! Our work here at NARC is to help these dogs in need, your homework is to find those numbers and post them on your fridge - what are you waiting for?

Cages, crates, accessories, dog beds, FOR SALE

We have many small critter or cat cages to sell, we need the funds so are making an all summer garage sale (or until items last!), every weekend from 1pm to 3:30pm. We are opened at that time, pop in to see if we have something you like - great prices to raise funds for NARC. We also have bird cages, critter cages, bunny cages, large and x-large metal dog crates, x-smal to medium cat plastic crates, tons of accessories for all critters and bird cages. Fish tanks and accessories - you name it, we've collected it to raise funds and now need to make room for our new clinic. We also have x-large and large square or round DOG Beds.

We will have the volunteers set it up this weekend in a location that everything will be laid out and easily seen so give us the weekend to set it all up and then you'll be able to pick and choose the item you want or like. Once the set up is ready, we will also take pictures and post them on our website http://www.narc-charity.ca/ under the "for sale" section. There are already pictures of some of the items we have right now available but tons more to show you!

If you do have donations, please bring them on weekends between 1pm and 3:30pm or leave them in our donation drop box at the front of the property at any time. We rely on your donations to raise funds for our beloved pooches! Your scrap is our savior! Without donations, we can't pick up more dogs that are on death row...

New doggies have arrived

Thanks to wonderful volunteer drivers out there, we've managed to rescue another 4 dogs from the pound south of Montreal. A little West Highland x Pincher who is quite sick, has diharea and vomitting but we've put him on medications right away so he should be fine in a few days. He is barely a year old, born in November 2010. A little Lhasa Apso, cute but definitely in need of a good bath - well, they are all in need of some grooming and good bathing! A large Schnauzer, not sure if Giant Breed and if so is certainly a growing puppy, will check his teeth to see approximate age - if he is a mini, he is a bit larger than the others we've had. Another came in but we will have to give him a good groom in order to tell what breed he is!

They are settled in for now, will be introduced to the pact this weekend, neuter/spay next week for those who aren't sick then up for adoption once trained!

We are getting more dogs on Saturday - keep looking to see if your breed comes in over the weekend, we should have pictures and bio's early next week of all or most of our new arrivals!

Good Mother's Day to every mom out there

It's a wonderful, warm and sunny day. We wish all the mom's out there the best on this beautiful day.

Our little Tintin, the daschund with a major black eye is completely healed, now for his neuter and shots, he is such a sweetie but somewhat still shy with sudden movements but we are working with him on that! He will be a changed little man when he leaves us.

Plutot the Bishon is also doing extremely well and is going for his neuter this week also, he is a big baby who loves cuddling with us.

Everyone else is doing fine except Katie is still fighting her lung infection, kennel cough gone bad and this is her 2nd antibiotic so hopefully it works out for her. I hate the fact that I can't do much more for her... it just kills me to see her cough like that all day, must be hard on her! She is such a doll though, never says anything and never complains!

Well, have a good day all - enjoy the SUN!

Update at the farm!

Well, we have this tiny little Daschund that we picked up at one of the many pounds, he arrived on Monday with a huge black eye, swollen and huge - same as in the movies when boxers go at it with each other! Poor boy, what the hell happened to him! He is much better, the swelling has gone down with compresses and medicated eye drops. It almost looks semi-normal now after only a few short days with us! We have a before picture - wait till you see this!

Our little Bishon is doing so much better, we had picked him up at an SPCA, he was very sick with diharea and quite frail and skinny. He is doing well, eating and drinking plenty and is quite active now that he has strength. He is such a sweet thing although he was not too happy at the SPCA and agressive with the staff so we are keeping an eye on his behavior.

We always need help, strong arms for renovations and strong minds for training and working with our dogs. If you want to volunteer for NARC, please feel free to contact us by e-mail information@narc-charity.ca or call us at 613-834-7005. We have tons of renovations to do, floors to fix and tiles to install so if you have some experience or knowledge and want to lend a hand, even for just one day or weekend - we need you!

Things needed, update at the farm!

We are in need of more Javex, Pine Sol, mops and more mops - yep, we use and abuse our mops that's for sure. We could also use Glade plug-ins re-fills so that the doggy home smells fresh for visitors! A few new brooms, vim, comet, cleaning products of any kind and yes more Javex!

The pooches that remain are doing extremely well, we've found homes for quite a few of our dogs recently and are proud of having found nice loving homes. They've all been spoiled over the easter weekend with treats and tons of attention. We've cleaned up the property outside so there is now parking space and it really looks good - although there is still much more to do!!

We should be getting new dogs sometime this week or weekend, keep checking our blog to find out who joins us soon!

Busy Busy

2 new puppies have joined us, they are just too adorable... We named the girls Janelle and Canelle, they are not siblings but almost the same age so having fun together at the farm. 1 matted Lowchen we named Quasi, he did get the much deserved groom so we will take pictures of him and show you quite a difference from what we posted. I did post him in his uglyness as I wanted all of you to see how they come to us. They are not all the cute faces you see when you visit our website or even come see us at the farm. When you visit, they are ready for adoption, healthy and cute - certainly not the way they arrive!!! A tiny little Maltese x Yorkie we named Tweety, such a sweet little thing, probably 4 pounds and certainly a purse or lap girl. Another beautiful black and white Shih-Tzu we named Coco, very very sweet but an escape artist always finding his way to our bedrooms Ha! Ha! Obviously belonged to someone and wants to be with people more than with the doggies although he certainly loves playing with all of the others!

Robert - I know where Freddy is!!

God I hope you check our blog once in a while. We know you've lost your pooch Freddy, he is safe and sound although we don't have your new number so please call us so we can give you the information of the people who have Freddy right now. If anyone knows Robert Calter, his new e-mail or phone number, please give us a call - we need to get him back with his lost pal Freddy! Luckily, Freddy was wearing his rabies tag so the nice people called our vet who then informed us that our client's pooch was found and is safe. You should get your pet microchipped!! Or at least keep your NARC file up-dated with current information. Certainly keeping their rabies tags on, if he/she is a NARC's dog, the vet's will contact us and we can easily find out whom the tag belongs to and let you know your dog is safe and it's location. It's not the first dog we re-connect with their adoptive families and we are sure he won't be the last - these things sometimes happen. Let's get Freddy home with Robert safely and soon!

We need help and items...

We are very low on Javex, Comet, PineSol, rubber gloves, paper towel, Tea Tree Oil and could use your help! Any cleaning products needed to keep NARC dust and smell free. We are also looking for more ceramic tiles, spring is here so we will be gutting the house and installing ceramic tiles hopefully everywhere if we can accumulate enough tiles. We could also use plywood, wood screws and handy men to help out! Many things to do, we have the material for the deck but need labors or volunteers to help build it - if you or your family want to pitch in, let us know! We also need a roof for the mobile home, it's raining now and leaking which is NOT GOOD! If you know of anyone or any contractor willing to donate a roof (trusses) or shingles - we can help them by give them a receipt for gift in kind to help with their taxes at the end of the year!! I'll explain when they contact us!

Update at the farm - microchipping with NARC!

All the new doggies are doing extremely well, can't believe how nice they are and don't get why they ended up on the streets or at pounds... It's funny to see them all pile up on doggy beds together, some on top of the other - all dogs that didn't know each other are now all best buds. NEW Microchipping your NARC Pet: We have received our microchips so if anyone wants to microchip their NARC Pet it is now doable and comes with 6 weeks gift of pet insurance. Give us a call for more details!

Closed Sunday April 3rd

To answer a poster's question about when the Schnauzer's picture will be on the website, probably next week when he is ready for adoption. Our photographer comes on weekends and sends us the pictures the following week - if she comes this Sat, then he will be posted next week. We are closed this Sunday for those who though of popping in - no one will be available to take your visits!

4 new doggies have arrived!

Our wonderful volunteer picked up another 4 dogs at the pounds yesterday and brought them home to NARC. We have a very quiet male Schnauzer, very small and quite the looker... he certainly belonged to someone as he is freshly shaved with the Schnauzer cut, why did they give him up or did they just loose him and didn't come to reclaim him? God knows! A male Daschund who seems very sweet, probably very young as he was very excited to get to us. A male Jack Russel Terrier, very friendly and definitely excited to arrive after certainly a very long time in crates in a car. And last but not least - a "mouton /sheep" - yep, looks like a sheep but surely there will be a dog under all that matted hair. Bishon frisé or poodle mixed Maltese? We will be able to tell you once it's matted hair is removed which breed! It is very hard to tell when we see that big fat chunck of hair walking around... We will make it shed over 4-5 pounds of hair tonight! Obviously this dog was not in a regular household, was afraid of walking on the leash and although afraid of us, still let us pat and pick him up which is a good sign. Probably coming from a puppy mill or horder!

Update at the farm

The doggies are doing well, those that needed immediate medical attention were seen and are now being taken care of. Few had imbedded collars or large gashes on their bodies, they will be here a while while they heal before being able to get spayed or neutered. We're certainly keeping our vet's busy and myself, running around to vet appointments daily! We've been running out of water on and off for over a month now, lines are freezing and driving us crazy but next week will be warmer so we're not going to have that problem any longer - I hope!!! Yesterday, after adding a new heat trace on the line, we had water for a few hours BUT it still managed to freeze on us last night, with the heat trace on and during a load of laundry - imagine that...plumbers say if the water is always flowing it won't freeze - news flash - NOT TRUE! Today, too cold for water so we've been borrowing from neighbors again! Natalie Shumovsky Photography came today to take pictures of the new arrivals, check out our website at the end of the week, the moment she sends me those pictures, I'll upload their beautiful faces!

New doggies are here!

7 new arrivals, all very sweet and well mannered... 2 Beagles, one female and one male, extremely friendly and the boy is very quiet. A Pikengese who has a problem with his right eye, not enough to take it out but we don't think he will be capable of using it much. Needs drops a few times daily and hopefully it will help! 1 female Bishon Frise, very sweet and friendly who wants to be with us all the time. A grey/silver Miniature Pincher, he's quite the character and just loves to play with the other dogs, he was said to be very shy with people at the SPCA but so far he's really enjoying my company and wants to be my lap dog while I'm trying to type here Ha! Ha! We will see how he reacts to all our volunteers! A very sweet pomeranian x, she is just too adorable and will make someone very happy - she is so cute too - wait till you see her little face! A male Spitz, very sweet and friendly, loves to play and getting along well with all the other dogs, I'm sure they will all be exhausted after running in and out playing all evening!

Well, we'll keep you posted, I've added a bit of information on our website and pictures will come shortly of these amazing little dogs we've taken in recently! Just too adorable, all of them! We are sure they will find homes the moment they are ready, too nice to pass up and way too friendly to be at rescue!

More babies arriving tomorrow!

We are picking up another group of dogs in need of homes tomorrow, keep your eyes on our website for updates, pitures and bios. From what I hear, there will be a few beagles, a poodle, miniature pincher, chihuahua and husky puppy - all very cute from the pictures I've seen!

Few are older dogs in need of their last forever home... No matter, they will all be spoiled rotten until they find their forever homes... Loved and kissed by our many volunteers and they'll have many play buddies with all the other doggies we have waiting to accept them into our loving rescue!

If you are interested in any of the new dogs that have come in or are coming in, e-mail us as we've already tentatively placed a few that aren't up for adoption yet but will be leaving us the moment they are!!!

We are now temporarily opened Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 3:30pm, you may drop in and see all of our babies! Although, we do have booked appointments so if we have a set appointment for the dog you are looking at, we won't be able to release it until the family booked in meets with them!

P.S. Bring your rubber boots, the property is a muddy mess Ha! Ha! Until we are sure there will be no more snow and whatever is left dissapears, we can't have loads of rocks dropped off - it will be quite muddy for the next month or so... spring is here!

11 new doggies have arrived

We've taken all the small dogs out of 2 pounds today and have 11 new arrivals that will be ready once vetted, dewormed, spayed or neutered, trained, etc... A 2 year old Yorkie female, a Sharpei puppy, a black lab female puppy born December 26th, a 6 year old female pomeranian, a 3 year old Bishon Frise named Smartie, an appricot female poodle, a female small Shih-Tzu who is named La Poune and approx 6 years old, a black pomeranian, a female Chihuahua x Pug and 2 male Shih-Tzu's.

Most have already settled in and are getting along well with the other dogs and a few are just snuggle bugs and certainly want all the attention they are getting! The little white Bishon, the little Yorkie are still shy but they will come around in a few days.

Volunteers: quite the weekend ahead of us, bathing, grooming, deworming, administering multi-advantage for all the new comers and updating the in-house system on top of taking pictures for our website... Should be lots of fun especially since we are getting another load of doggies probably this weekend!!!

We also have a stray Cocker Spaniel that arrived, if no one claims her by Sunday, she will become a NARC pet and will be vetted and then looking for her forever home. If you have lost your Cocker Spaniel, call or e-mail us with details as we may have her with us right now! Proof of ownership will be required with pictures in order for us to release her to her family - if any!

Few new dogs arriving or already here!

I know it's been a while since I've blogged and kept you guys in touch with what is going on here at NARC. We've had a few accidents which de-motivated me a bit but things are slowly looking up. We've had to rip the main entrance floor due to water damage, with the snow melting and rain we've had a few leaks in the roof and shortly thereafter we had NO running water for a whole week. Finally, after a full day in the rain with the electrician and 4 days with the plumbers working at it, they've finally got us hooked up yesterday so we were able to clean up and are back in business for this weekend. What is up with all this bad luck!? We'll have to change that to good luck very very soon! Any roofers out there who can lend a hand? A temporary fix until we get money or a new roof donated!!

We have a new arrival and a few others arriving this weekend, we will be posting bios and pictures on our website shortly!

Sorry to all the volunteers for sending you all back home last weekend but there wasn't much to do without running water - we'll have plenty to do this weekend that's for sure! After this ordeal and rain this week, all the doggies need a good bath so we certainly will have our hands full!

Ceramic Tiles - URGENTLY needed

It's now become a bit more urgent and we need many ceramic tiles to re-do our main entrance floor. We've had a minor set back and due to water damage, we had to rip off the flooring and would need to get it fixed as soon as possible so we don't damage the aspenite. It doesn't matter if they are not all the same color, texture, size - we will work them all together and create something nice or funny for our new floor! We just need ceramic tiles so if you know anyone who is keeping extras in their basement or garage, tell them to send them to NARC for our re-build.

Puppies are still looking for homes!

We still have 3 cute little puppies, border collie mixed collie looking for forever homes. 1 Black female, 1 Golden female and 1 Black male. All adorable, DHPP, annual vet check, healthy and growing daily.

We'll try hard this weekend to post new pictures of our pooches as some have gained weight, look better and changed in color since we've had them. Good nutrition, supplements, a clean environment and water daily certainly makes them look great!

We are still looking for tiles to replace the main entrance floor and hopefully be able to finish the grooming area. If anyone has extra ceramic tiles or cushion floor please drop them off in our "Donations Drop Off Bin" at the front of the property or on weekends between 1-3pm when we are there, feel free to drive them up to the shelter!

We are also hoping to finish the renovations to the mobile home and trailer this year so that we have more space and our own in-house clinic!

Few notes

First off, I'd like to thank some of our precious (little) clients for their GREAT donations lately, we've had many Oil of Oregano bottles donated and that is amazing, not counting everything else they brought... Have to say, these came from two young little ladies who asked for their x-mas gifts as donations for NARC... Now that is something! Girls, you made a big difference and it's people like you who make us stronger and helps us to keep NARC alive. Another little girl decided to give up some of her toys for our doggies too. Thank you!


I have to say, I am always amazed at our young generation out there and it's people like them that will hopefully run NARC one day and keep it going! In hopes, for a better future for everyone...


Rousse the Cocker Spaniel is still with us, she is just the sweetest thing here and even though she gets excited around cats, we are sure someone will fall in love with her as her personality is just perfect. She loves cuddles and of course wants to be a lap dog Ha! Ha!

Same with Harley, although he is a big boy, he is really the smartest dog here! He is great with everyone including kids and other dogs and even perfect with our cat... He listens very well and although he is a big lug and loves to play, he will make someone very happy!

Our new Shih-Tzu, which we've just named Benjamin came in with a matted chin and belly and long hair, we gave him the much deserved trim and he is so cute! He will be neutered and checked next week by one of our vet's then up for adoption. He's already been dewormed and had his multi-advantage and is now living happily with his play mates. I will take time to post pictures very soon on our website. He is still a bit shy with strangers but certainly coming around quickly, he does this funny little spin dance when I pull out the leash or even go near the door, he certainly loves his walks!

Overall, the household is keeping us busy and active, it's always great to have all this life and joy around! We've placed a few in foster homes and hopefully a few more will either find permanent homes or foster homes before I head out for a week's holiday - sunny beach here I come!!!

Fosters needed from Jan 27 to Feb 9th

We will need a few foster homes for that week while I am on holidays, our volunteers will be coming daily to play and feed the dogs but I always prefer for them to live with someone as they are accustomed to now. So, if you want to foster for us for that week (or longer), either e-mail information@narc-charity.ca or call us at 613-834-7005. We will provide you with everything you need in order to properly care for our pooch such as food, bowls, bed, crate if wanted, etc... And if all goes well and you want to foster again, we probably will need foster homes again in April for 1-2 weeks.

Update from the farm!

Well, we took a nice holiday between x-mas and new years, the doggies were spoiled with treats, x-mas cookies and chicken chew sticks every single day and had tons of loving... I am sure they are sad we are all back to our regular work schedules!

The new puppies that arrived during the holidays are doing well, they are still a bit skinny but are gaining daily now that they have been dewormed - wow that was gross! I went to the vet's this week with them for their check-up and DHPP and we will give them the much needed bath this weekend so they are all clean and fresh for their new homes.

We are re-opening this weekend and have many families coming to meet with our pooches and volunteers coming back to their regular schedule so it will be a busy weekend for sure. There are a few projects still on the go and a few new projects starting this weekend which will certainly benefit NARC and give us more space!

All in all, it is so far a start of a good new year, let's hope that NARC survives yet another year!