Quick note.

Just a quick reminder about the Dog Park tomorrow evening. We meet at Gyro Park, corner of 16th Street and 10A Ave South. At 6:30pm.

We have much to post about the recent intakes and upcoming events, but because of all the things happening during the past week, we haven't been able to have the time to post anything! Stay tuned this week for all the catching up.

We have many volunteer opportunities now as well, if you are interested, please email the group at prairiedogcaninerescue@hotmail.com, or come out to the dog park and ask us about what you could do.

Hope to see you there, we have a couple of dogs coming out for their debut!

The new boys

DEWEY IS ADOPTED!!!

Dewey is such a cute little pup. He was picked up as a stray in Taber, taken back to the shelter, and waited, like so many do. He waited and waited, but no one came to say he was theirs. The wonderful bylaw officers in Taber called me let me know his time was up and could be available for adoption, but due to space issues in the shelter there, could we take him. Of course, I can't resist!!

So, Dewey came into our system just a few days later, on Friday. His foster mom, Roberta, was trying to get over the quick adoption of her first foster pup Finn, and snatched Dewey up right away! He is proving himself to be such a wonderful puppy. His biggest 'no-no' is that he likes to jump up when he meets new people, but other then that, he is a pleasure.

Dewey is obviously a Shar Pei X, maybe with a Shepherd to give him the markings? He has very short, I call it velcro, hair on his legs and toes and also on his face. The rest of his body is still short haired but longer then the other spots. He is about 4-5 months old and still on the small size, so thinking that he may only get to around 40-45 lbs full grown, that perfect medium size.


His foster home is also very amazed at how gentle he is around children. Dewey plays daily with a little girl, guessing she is 6?, that is his best friend until the evening comes and he wants to cuddle on Roberta's lap. So, Dewey would be a great pup to join a family even with younger children.



Our other newest addition is this handsome boy:

I know the picture isn't that great, but its obvious he has ears!! I think they are so cute.

Norris hasn't had the best life. He was picked up as a stray as well in a town called Estevan, think its in SK. They picked him up and there he sat.....since February!!! We think he is maybe just a year old, so he has literally spent his whole puppyhood in a cage. He is a wonderful, happy guy who is trying to make up for lost time! He is already impressing his foster family by listening very well, he plays great with other dogs, and is learning how to walk nicely on a leash.

Storage Issues

Lots of people that call us to view dogs, or who want to volunteer assume that we operate out of a building. Lots are then surprized to find out that we house all our dogs in real homes around the city which is better for the dogs, but may be a bit difficult to view the dogs on a Saturday afternoon, or come to walk dogs. Maybe one day in the future we will have the funds that would allow us to move into an actual facility in order to help more dogs, but until then, we do the best we can with the support of foster homes.



This does present challenges though, too numerous to get into, but one issue that we are hoping to find assistance with is our need of storage. During the summer months, my own personal backyard and garage are filled with crates, boxes of collars, leashes and toys, bags of food, and other supplies. Many foster homes store supplies for us as well. When winter comes, and my hubby wants to use the garage for his car however, we run into a snag as my basement won't hold the PDCR contents of the garage either!



We are asking the public's help in finding us a little garage or part of someone's warehouse to keep our supplies in. If you have a super single garage but drive a Hummer, please let us know as we would love to rent your little garage. Please email us with any offers of space or suggestions, prairiedogcaninerescue@hotmail.com

HATS OFF....

TO THE DUKE!!!

They put on a great pancake breakfast, it was their first, and what a success. In three hours, they were able to raise a whopping $880.00 for PDCR. We couldn't believe it. I personally was hoping that 100 people would stop by, the Duke was shooting for 300, not sure what the end count was, but definately over 300 people attended.

Thanks to all our supporters, lots of past adopters were able to come out to brag about their babies, it was great to hear you came out.

Thanks to Global TV, Mark Campbell came out to do a quick interview with the lovely Colleen. Colleen showed off her little dog Ollie that she adopted from us, and Dewey also got a debut. We haven't posted about Dewey, but he sure made a great impression on people who met him at the breakfast, watch for his write up.

THANKS AGAIN TO THE DUKE!!! Great bunch of people.

Doc is SOOOOO Happy!

Doc has the best news ever, he has a home of his own! The wonderful couple met him at the dog park when he had four legs, and waited patiently for the week he was gone to Calgary and arranged to meet him again with three legs. He won them over again and he was gone!

Doc and all of us from PDCR want to send out a really warm thank you to all of you who helped with kind words, coming to meet Doc at the park, and for the monetary donations for Doc's care.

His first foster mom, Samantha, took great care of his poor little foot. When he first came, the foot had open sores on it and Samantha was able to keep it nice and clean, give him the pills, and keep him happy.

His second foster mom took such great care of him and gave so much heart to this little guy, he will be forever in your debt Constance (and John, who gave heart to Constance!)

More thanks to Constance for playing on the weaknesses of all your dog-loving friends who opened their wallets and were able to raise almost a thousand dollars for Doc. It simply wouldn't have been able to happen if it weren't for you and your great gang of friends.

And, Chris, his foster dad in Calgary, thanks for all your 'big city' driving, your patience during the surgery and the extra care afterwards.

Mmmmm........Pancakes!

Its that time again here in Lethbridge, Whoop Up Days!!!

With Whoop Up Days comes the parade and the fair grounds which are all great fun, but my personal favorite are the pancake breakfasts held around the city every morning during the week of the festival. The lovely people of The Duke (of Wellington Bar) contacted us as they are huge fans of PDCR and have chosen us as the recipients of the funds raised at the pancake breakfast they are holding!!

We warmly invite all to come out on Wednesday, August 19th from 7am - 10am to eat some hot pancakes, fresh off the griddle, and of course the bacon, oh, the bacon! Or sausages, whatever...it will all be great. People of all ages are welcome, the cost is a minimum donation of $2 for the breakfast, anything more would be the, syrup, on top.

The Duke is located in the parking lot of Dairy Queen on the west side of Lethbridge. Easy to find as it is located along Columbia Blvd. If you have any questions or need better directions to the building please email us at http://www.prairiedogcaninerescue@hotmail.com/

Update on Doc

Well, we promised an update sooner then this, but the weekend got away on us! Doc did very well during the surgery, of course he did!, he was asleep!! The waking up part was pretty bad for the little guy as that is when the pain and confusion starts. Poor Doc was in alot of pain and looking for someone to help him. His foster dad, Chris, did a great job this weekend of being very attentive to Doc and tried so hard to help him manage. Chris told me how even thru the pain, Doc still ran to the door to ask to be let out to pee! What a good and smart little man. Doc is already adjusting to life with three legs, he is bounding around the house and yard with only a few tumbles when he tries something too fast and is thrown off balance. Here is a picture of Doc after the surgery.

We are looking forward to bringing Doc back to Lethbridge later on in the week.

Newbies

Here are some of our new guys to put a smile on your face and get you ready for the weekend!

TIMMY

Timmy is a 2 year old male poodle cross. He was found wandering the streets in a local town and after spending a few days hanging out at the shelter waiting to be claimed has come to stay with us as his owners did not come for him. His foster mom says he is a shy little guy who loves to lounge on the couch wrapped up in a blanket.

FINN

Finn has been adopted!
Finn is a cute little 5 month old lab cross. His owners had to move and unfortunately were unable to take little Finn along. He is great pup and loves to play and romp in the yard.

ARLO

This handsome laid back gentleman is Arlo, a 3 year old Pyrenees Cross. He is a big teddy bear and loves to lay in the yard and watch the world go by. He is a shy guy and is still getting used to the idea of the big city.

Have a good weekend everyone from the 2 and 4 legged members of PDCR!

The Trooper Keeps Trooping

Well, little Doc had another bandage change on Tuesday. The results of the exam weren't good. The vets have been able to rotate his leg alot, but not enough that he will ever walk properly, or without pain and possibly need many surgeries in the future.

The decision to amputate is something that we try to use as a last resort, so we sent him and his xrays up to a vet in Calgary. They met today and the vet there was in complete agreement that amputating his leg is going to be the best thing, long term, for Doc. He is in a great foster home in Calgary now, and due to his special needs right now, the vet is getting him into surgery first thing tomorrow, Friday, morning. His foster dad is going to wait at the clinic for the day and I am going up also to check in on him. He should be out of surgery and on his way to his Calgary foster home around 4 tomorrow. Then, he will get to relax and get spoiled there for about a week, then come back to Lethbridge. I will get word to the group after his surgery and someone will be able to post a comment on this entry saying how he did.