Hi everyone- for those of you who noticed your emails were less from me for the past week I was up north at the latest Red Lake Rosie's Rescue spay neuter clinic.... so I thought I would take a minute here and give you all a quick review of the trip.
This clinic was with ANIMAL ARK'S NEUTER COMMUNTER and AKIN HILLS PET HOSPITAL vets working on the animals. I am unsure of the total numbers but quite a few animals were fixed- and the majority of the folks who brought in their animals seems pretty responsible and genuinely grateful for the service. RLRR made a concious decision to limit vet care/ shots etc to people who got the animals spayed or neutered. This was done to limit the "free" shots to breeders and the gang bangers who breed pitties and other dogs for resale.
There were a number of sad stories and while I don't want you all in tears, these dogs deserve mention. There were 2 parvo cases. This is the first time I've seen parvo come to the clinic and one of them did not make it. He was a lab x about a year old and just couldn't pop back even tho he was given meds and fluids. The younger dog was still doing ok when we left on Sunday.
There were 2 dogs euthanized because of dog/ car injuries more severe than could be rectified. A third dog- a mother of 12 puppies had a fractured leg and she left for Akin Hills Pet Hospital with the vet on Saturday. Hopefully she will do ok, and her puppies were taken to ARK.
There is a dog named Bubba you can see on the RLRR blog who is a white american bull dogx of some sort- very sweet dog- more than 1/2 starved and in need of TLC. He's going to be a strong- very big lug so will need someone large enough to handle him and some training. He has heart worm so will need a fairly quiet space to land. He is absolutely gorgeous tho- and we were lucky to get him away from the folks who had him.
The worst case came in Saturday when a fellow brought in 2 dogs. One- BARNEY a 3 year old St. Bernard so starved he couldn't stand and had a front leg injury. The guy wanted to neuter him, and was surprised we couldn't consider it with him in that condition. [ he said he was sick] and when we got him inside he was a rack of bones. We groomed him / de ticked him and fed him hourly. We evacuated him out the next morning to the chagrin of his "human". Send good thoughts to Barney he is going to need them.
Barney came in with Peaches. A CHOW with 4 years of matted hair/ bugs/ ticks etc. that it took myself, and another woman 3 straight hours to shave off. This dog unfortunately was reclaimed by this man and now lives back on site with a person who DOESNT HAVE A CLUE.
as you can tell there were some pretty good highs and lows at this one- I can't express how hard and rewarding this work is- and so if any of you are considering it-please go up sometime and help. There are never enough hands on deck and the work is hard. There is indoor camping at the warehouse, really NICE COTS and a special thank you to all who donated towards them... they are wonderful and will see alot of use!
there are showers and alot of really good food!! thanks to Linda R and Claudia~! Anyway- while it isn't easy it's still a good few days of animal work and you are always welcome!
stay tuned to the RLRR web site and blog space and you can keep up with the animals we have saved!
thanks all-
Colleen
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