TLC News - July 30th, 2009
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Well, a LOT has
happened since our last newsletter!
Jayda has had her surgery to repair the broken
leg she had, and endured with during her stint
in the shelter system (plus delivering 4
puppies while there also). Thanks to the
generosity of Dr. Novy of Valley Veterinary
Hospital, another rescue and the general
public, Jayda did not have to lose her back
leg and we have GREAT hopes one day we'll see
her not only walking on it, but RUNNING!
Keep tuned to
Jayda's blog for the latest in her
recovery. It is possible she might need
another less intense surgery to remove the
adhesions that formed around the kneecap
during the weeks she had the broken leg, but
we won't know about that until the 3-week
checkup on August 4th with Dr. Novy... keeping
our fingers crossed here!
All of Ginger's
puppies found great furever homes as well as
Bingo and Mr. Freckles... Even Chloe found her
furever home, which just goes to show that if
we have enough time, no dog has to die in a
shelter once they've been dumped like
yesterday's newspaper! Chloe found a
great home with someone who is willing to
understand, show compassion and give her the
additional time to make the leap of faith from
not trusting humans ever again to devoting her
unconditional love to her new furever
family... Way to go, Chloe! More of our
successful furever home placements are listed
here.
We got back
great news about
Kimberly - we just happened to be in the
right place at the right time with this little
one and she's now gotten a clean bill of
health. Another one of the TLC dogs
currently up for adoption,
Kelly suffered at the hands of those who
engage in dog fighting - she had both upper
and lower canines removed and therefore had no
way to defend herself. Arriving in the
shelter with a skin condition, she spent 6
weeks in isolation. She's been going
rehabilitation at one of our foster homes and
is learning that she can exist in a canine
community without having to fight for her
life.
Ruby's mastitis is now gone and both she
and Kelly have been spayed, licensed and now
ready to be adopted by their furever families.
Ruby and
Bella play together all day long, so we'd
really like to adopt those two together if
possible to a home that wants active and
energetic dogs.
We have LOTS of
puppies coming up in the next few weeks - see
the list of our available dogs
here and keep up with everyone's blogs
here.
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More news:
ChemNutra
Pleads Guilty: The Department of
Justice, Office of the United States Attorney,
recently released news that owners of
ChemNutra pleaded guilty in federal court “to
distributing a tainted ingredient used to make
pet food.” How many more cases of intentional
pet food ingredient contamination are there?
Read further details
here.
$5.00
Rabies Shots: In today's economy,
every little bit helps. Don't forget
that Ventura County Animal Regulation holds
monthly rabies shots clinics for $5.00.
The next one is being held at Port Hueneme
fire station (304 Second Street) at 7PM on
August 11th, then on September 1st in Moorpark
at the fire station at 295 High Street.
See VCAR's website
here or call them at (805) 388-4341 for
more details.
FREE Cesar
DVD: TLC is part of the "Shelter
Stars" program with Cesar Millan and as such,
you can receive his DVD "People Training for
Dogs" for FREE (even the shipping is free) -
simply visit
http://www.MillanFoundation.org, click on
"People Training for Dogs" and in the coupon
spot type in the code ADOPT at checkout to
receive this DVD for FREE!
Honest, I just went through the process myself
personally!
Hot Dogs
In Cars: Ever get tired of seeing dogs
in hot cars during the summer? Do
something about it - download and print out a
few of these flyers "Is it too hot to take my
dog along today?" from this website
HERE and store in your car. The next
time you see a dog in a hot car, leave it on
the person's windshield (and hopefully monitor
the situation to make sure the dog is OK or
call 911). I do this frequently and I
truly believe people just aren't thinking when
they do this to our canine pals!
Great buy
for Xpens & crates: Great place to buy
exercise (Xpens) and crates online -
DigItPet.com - call and order it for
pickup, then save the shipping if you're in
their area!
REMEMBER ALWAYS
TO ADOPT AND NOT SHOP! THE
DOGS WILL THANK YOU FOR IT!
This is an
opt-in newsletter, so you're free to come and
go as you please. We're hoping you'll
be with us for a very long time. Feel
free to pass on our newsletters to other
dog lovers... and encourage them to visit us
as well! If you like to suggest a topic
or have a question, please
contact
us. We'd LOVE to hear from you!
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