Remember year-end donations to RLRR

Almost every day I have another story from Karen to share about the rescue of an animal that had no hope without Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. We are so grateful to the volunteers and rescue groups that partner with this mission across Minnesota and into Wisconsin.

We love the stories of happy endings when these animals find good homes, but because RLRR doesn't adopt out animals, we don't receive adoption fees to help with our costs. We depend entirely on donations from our supporters and grant money that is available typically only for specific work like spay/neuter clinics.

Again this year, we are pleased to have matching funds available for our year-end fundraiser for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. The Lawson Foundation will match up to $5000 in donations and Friends of Flicka will match another $2500 -- Every dollar donated up to $7500 will be matched!!

Please consider including RLRR in your year-end giving. If you follow us on online, you know how many animals we help in a year! Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible.

You can donate on our website (www.redlakerosie.org), our blog (www.redlakerosie.blogspot.com), Facebook, or send a check to:

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue
23880 So. Good Road
Trail, MN 56684

We also always LOVE updates from the new homes of the RLRR animals.

Chico II

A family could not keep Chico who had been their pet for 8 years. He was nipping at the small grandchildren, and so was surrendered to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue.

Thankfully, Chico was accepted by Pet Project Rescue. We are so happy that he will have a second chance, and this time be adopted to a home without children. I am so happy for him!

Karen

PET PROJECT WRITES:
Chico is doing just great!! He's in a foster home with two other dogs and is loving it. We are getting him into the vet to get neutered and get his teeth looked at, which probably will mean a dental eventually, too.

He's beautiful and so sweet, just needs a little confidence building! He's with a great foster home and she already sent me a few pictures for you!

Lindsay Ellis
Director of Adoptions
Pet Project Rescue
www.petprojectrescue.com

Geronimo finds a home

From Red Lake Rosie's Rescue to Act V and now to his forever home, Geronimo, known as the "one-eyed wiggler" has inspired many.
 

ACT V SHARED ON FACEBOOK:
So here is a story of sacrifice, a lesson in giving and a sharing of the philosophy "it's better to give than to receive". Laney is 10 years old. Her mom and dad adopted Geronimo.

Laney just celebrated her 10th birthday and in lieu of gifts, her friends were asked to bring dog treats and toys to be donated to ACT V Rescue & Rehab...! Not only that, the kids made fleece blankets for our puppies and senior dogs. What an amazing kid...!!! (And a truly amazing family.) We sure know how to pick 'em... :-)

Carolyn Scales Allen and Alisa Noffel Laramy posing with "Laney" and and her sister and the fleece blankets they made for ACT V Rescue and Rehabilitation.

Please donate during Matching Fund!

Almost every day I have another story from Karen to share about the rescue of an animal that had no hope without Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. We are so grateful to the volunteers and rescue groups that partner with this mission across Minnesota and into Wisconsin.

We love the stories of happy endings when these animals find good homes, but because RLRR doesn't adopt out animals, we don't receive adoption fees to help with our costs. We depend entirely on donations from our supporters and grant money that is available typically only for specific work like spay/neuter clinics.

Again this year, we are pleased to have matching funds available for our year-end fundraiser for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. The Lawson Foundation will match up to $5000 in donations and Friends of Flicka will match another $2500 -- Every dollar donated up to $7500 will be matched!!

Please consider including RLRR in your year-end giving. If you follow us on online, you know how many animals we help in a year! Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible.

You can donate on our website (www.redlakerosie.org), our blog (www.redlakerosie.blogspot.com), Facebook, or send a check to:

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue
23880 So. Good Road
Trail, MN 56684

You could even enclose it in a Christmas card for Karen Good; she'd like to hear from you! We also always LOVE updates from the new homes of the RLRR animals.

Merry Christmas from Dani!

Dani was a tiny pup found wandering alone on the highway and was picked up by Merri Jo and brought to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. She was transferred to Act V on December 1st and is enjoying Christmas in her foster home.

FROM ACT V:
Imagine this- you are about 7 weeks old, separated from everyone and everything - it's cold and dark outside and you are all alone with no food. That's what "Dani" has been facing.

Thank you Karen Howells for fostering her for Act V.

One week later Dani's 2 littermates are rescued by Merri Jo as well and also go to Act V. Thank you everyone for saving Dani and her littermates!

Annual Christmas greetings from 3 RLRR canines in one family!

We wanted to send you Christmas greetings again this year from former Red Lake Rosie's Rescue kids!

Phoenix (aka Cinnamon) is doing very well. She is quite the love and is learning hand signals! No formal training on this either - but if we point in one direction, off she goes in that direction! If we put our finger up to our lips & say "sshh"..she immediately becomes quiet and listens. She is also quite the mouse hunter - I'm thinking it's from surviving alone for 1-1/2 years. But she never bothers my inside cats when she's in the house. She is incredibly smart and is still the "boss" of all the boy dogs.

Dylan is still doing great too. He still goes to the chiropractor every 6 months, but we have seen no indication of issues with his back, which is very encouraging! He loves to play with the other dogs, but has no interest in hunting anything (unlike Phoenix). He appears to be a "lover" and not a "fighter"! He is also the instigator to get the other dogs running over to the fence to bark at our neighbor dog. He'll start running over to the fence - stop and look back at them - and pretend to run again to get them to run with him. Quite the tease! The Husky is also coming out in him - boy, can he talk! It's fun to hear him carry on.

Casey (aka Eddie) is doing good too. He watches Phoenix & I know is learning a lot from her. He's not quite so interested in hunting as she is, but will run with her if she chases something. If he's alone, he doesn't "hunt" like she does. He loves his stuffed toys and loves to play football outside. He is always carrying around some stuffed animal toy, and I have to keep him from going outside with them, where they'll get lost or weathered. He's learned to throw the toy at the door before going outside (tantrum??) He has learned what "football" means and will run and find one of his 3 outside footballs when we ask him where it is. He loves to chase it, but not quite willing to give it back all the time! When he gets frustrated (when Phoenix steals his toy) or excited (when we just get home), he howls like a train whistle! Not sure where he gets that from, but we love it!

Apollo, the big cream/white shepherd in the picture, is from a local rescue and tries to keep Dylan in check. Even though he has slight difficulty walking now, he still tries to chase Dylan occasionally. He's doing great for 12 years old!

They are quite the crew and we love them so much. Each has their own personality and it's so fun to watch them together. Thank you Karen for all you do and for rescuing these beautiful babies. Have a very safe and Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Love, Cliff and Tammy

Molly Christmas!

We took some Christmas pictures of our Molly and just had to share them with you, Karen.

Molly is just the most wonderful dog ever. She gets more mellow every day, has lots of new "people friends", and we now call her "mush pot" as she gives kisses and hugs, and we taught her to smile!

My latest nickname at work is "Crazy Dog lady" because of how we spoil and love on Molly.

Molly is the smartest dog that Tom and I have ever seen and both of us have had lots of dog pets in our lifetime.

Everyone says she acts like a "person"...Molly is our "fur baby" for sure...Thank you for letting us have her in our lives!

Happy Holidays!
Love, Tom, Marci, and Molly

Holiday Fundraiser with Matching Funds!!

Almost every day I have another story from Karen to share about the rescue of an animal that had no hope without Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. We are so grateful to the volunteers and rescue groups that partner with this mission across Minnesota and into Wisconsin.

We love the stories of happy endings when these animals find good homes, but because RLRR doesn't adopt out animals, we don't receive adoption fees to help with our costs. We depend entirely on donations from our supporters and grant money that is available typically only for specific work like spay/neuter clinics.

Again this year, we are pleased to have matching funds available for our year-end fundraiser for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. The Lawson Foundation will match up to $5000 in donations and Friends of Flicka will match another $2500 -- Every dollar donated up to $7500 will be matched!!

Please consider including RLRR in your year-end giving. If you follow us on online, you know how many animals we help in a year! Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible.

You can donate on our website (www.redlakerosie.org), our blog (www.redlakerosie.blogspot.com), Facebook, or send a check to:

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue
23880 So. Good Road
Trail, MN 56684

We also always LOVE updates from the new homes of the RLRR animals.

Shyla, the odd-eyed lab from Ponemah

On December 6th, a lab we named Shyla came to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue in the evening from Ponemah. Merri Jo had found this young female black labbie under a burned up mobile home. She was hungry and very frightened, but trusted Merri Jo enough to be rescued.

She turned out to be a very sweet little girl with one brown eye and one blue eye. Her rear leg was drawn up to her side and she hopped on three legs. Shyla was very thin and dehydrated. There was evidence that she had recently, perhaps 3 months ago, had a litter of puppies. There were, however, no puppies in sight anywhere.

It just so happened that John was bringing a load of food from the metro the next day- so I was hoping to get Shyla help as she obviously had a broken leg. Thankfully, Dr. Vickie of Act V stepped up and agreed to take Shyla the next day. So, Shyla was a guest at RLRR shelter for only one night. She was fed, watered, and given a nice straw bed to lay on.

The next day, she was carried to the transport pickup and she got to Act V that evening. It was a dream come true for Shyla. She went from suffering, hunger and loneliness within 24 hours to a warm bath and belly rubs, as well as much needed medical care.

Dr. Vickie took the first photographs when she arrived in Bloomington. Dr. Vickie X-rayed Shyla and discovered 2 breaks in the leg and also buckshot in her abdomen. Thank you to Merri Jo, John and Dr. Vickie for getting Shyla on to a good life. This is what rescue is all about, "teamwork brings results."

Karen

ACT V ADDS:
Sweet, shy Shyla is with our most experienced foster family. She has a lot of buckshot in her abdomen and had pups not too long ago. Her right femoral head is busted apart and I think there is also a break in the femur just below it. Her leg is much shorter as a result and it is an old break. I think she'll have the same surgery as Isaac had. Will keep you posted on that.
Vicki

UPDATE:
Shyla had her leg surgery on Monday the 17th- and went back to her foster home.
Her leg was saved. :-)

Karen

Be kind. Donate in kind.

Special Thanks to Mary Wick for creating another way to donate to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue.

We now have a Wish List on Amazon.com. Karen suggested what is most needed and you can select and send what you choose directly to RLRR.

You can cyber-shop year-round! Check it out at: http://amzn.com/w/3TKM4Q9EEQ7CB

Nine tiny orphaned pups

On November 25th, Red Lake Rosie's Rescue got a call that a mama St. Bernard dog had been attacked by three dogs and killed east of the Redby area. She left behind nine beautiful orphan babies who now had not eaten for two days. The owner said they were two weeks old, but they appeared younger.

The nine hungry orphans arrived that Sunday night and were all in need of bottling. Needless to say the next week was continuous feeding and toileting of these babies to try and keep them alive. At one point I wondered if I was going to make it. Some of the runts were not doing well, and I was running out of milk.

Thankfully at midweek, Polly visited the shelter and helped adjust the nipples making the feeding much easier. Polly has a great knack at bottling kittens and puppies.

Then Susie and Matt of ARVSS stepped forward offering to take the orphans. It was a great relief.

The puppies joined a giant transport of 45 animals with Jenny Fitzer and Diane Dunker. We were all concerned that the puppies might not survive the trip as a couple of them would not eat. The trip was very stressful for them.

Kristin Ripley met the transport, fed and toileted the babies and went on to Black River Falls, WI, to meet Susie and Matt.

Miraculously, they all made it and look at them now!

Thank you to all the transporters, bottlers, and to ARVSS for taking on this tremendous challenge.

Sincerely, Karen Good

Cardew

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue received a call from Linda, a resident of Bagley, MN. She told me that a few days earlier she had stopped and picked up a little black chihuahua standing in the ditch on a rural road.

She soon discovered that this little boy not only shivering cold and hungry, but could only walk on this front legs, balancing his rear legs in the air :-(

Linda felt so sorry for the dog she took him home with her. For the next three days, she said, he ate and ate. He got along well with her dogs and also tried to make friends with her cat.

Linda found out about Red Lake Rosie's at the local vet and brought him to the shelter that evening.

I named this little guy Cardew; it is a Gaelic name meaning "from the black fortress". I set him up in a cage in the cathouse where he remained for three more days before leaving December 7th enroute to Dr. Vicki Schultz at Act V Rescue and Rehabilitation in Bloomington, MN.

We are thankful to Linda for stopping to help an animal in distress instead of simply passing by. With the turn to wintery weather Cardew would certainly have died by now.

Thank you to Dr. Vickie for helping so many animals, and to John for transporting them safely to their destination.

Karen

UPDATE FROM ACT V:
Cardew is a hit at work! Everyone is in love with him. One of the doctors might even adopt him. Keep your fingers crossed.

He has a broken right rear tibia with his fibula intact. However, his left rear tibia is fine but his fibula is broken! That is not common and now I understand why he was walking on his front legs-the rears are both broken! He's doing much better now that he is on pain medication. Hopefully he will have surgery on Monday.

Vicki

Please donate to RLRR during Matching Fund!!

Almost every day I have another story from Karen to share about the rescue of an animal that had no hope without Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. We are so grateful to the volunteers and rescue groups that partner with this mission across Minnesota and into Wisconsin.

We love the stories of happy endings when these animals find good homes, but because RLRR doesn't adopt out animals, we don't receive adoption fees to help with our costs. We depend entirely on donations from our supporters and grant money that is available typically only for specific work like spay/neuter clinics.

Again this year, we are pleased to have matching funds available for our year-end fundraiser for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. The Lawson Foundation will match up to $5000 in donations and Friends of Flicka will match another $2500 -- Every dollar donated up to $7500 will be matched!!

Please consider including RLRR in your year-end giving. If you follow us on online, you know how many animals we help in a year! Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible.

You can donate on our website (www.redlakerosie.org), our blog (www.redlakerosie.blogspot.com), Facebook, or send a check to:

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue
23880 So. Good Road
Trail, MN 56684

You could even enclose it in a Christmas card for Karen Good; she'd like to hear from you! We also always LOVE updates from the new homes of the RLRR animals.

Ponemah puppy love

Karen sends a huge THANK YOU to Act V Rescue & Rehabilitation for taking in the broken animals from Ponemah.

CHACO

RUN, CHACO, RUN!!

ACT V WROTE: "You are welcome. We all fell in love that night... what can we say. Definitely not a sacrifice at all - more of a privilege. We also owe a huge thank you to Sandi Kettler Johnson - she is a CVT at South Hyland Pet Hospital and volunteered her time after a full day of work to help us triage the gang."

DANI

Dani was actually rescued by Merri a week earlier, so she had already gone to ACT V. Merri went looking for more pups from Dani's litter. Chaco might be, but Cora and Panda really look like a match!!

CORA & PANDA

Merri Christmas for Ponemah pups

A week ago, Merri, a girl from Ponemah (the remote village 65 miles from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue), called and offered to round up puppies and any needy animals she could find that day. I told her fine. If you find animals that need help, bring them out to me at the shelter.

CORA & PANDA

She arrived at 3:30 with FIFTEEN animals: a litter of 4, four litters of 2, one adult dog, Shyla with a broken leg, and a juvenile small to medium size breed dog and one cat!! All are very needy and would have died. I'm so glad I got them.

SHYLA

Suddenly, all the outdoor kennels were full here along with 3 cages in the cathouse and one cage in my house with puppies. I almost fell over when Merri arrived with so many animals, but I told her we would contact her again these are placed.

Karen

CARDEW

DENISE SAYS: Act V Rescue & Rehabilitation took several of these animals and I will have more photos and updates in coming days.

Holiday Fundraiser for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue!

Again this year, we are pleased to have matching funds available for our year-end fundraiser for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. The Lawson Foundation will match up to $5000 in donations and Friends of Flicka will match another $2500 -- Every dollar donated up to $7500 will be matched!!

Please consider including RLRR in your year-end giving. If you follow us on online, you know how many animals we help in a year! Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible.

You can donate on our website (www.redlakerosie.org), our blog (www.redlakerosie.blogspot.com), Facebook, or send a check to:

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue
23880 So. Good Road
Trail, MN 56684

You could even enclose it in a Christmas card for Karen Good; she'd like to hear from you! We also always LOVE updates from the new homes of the RLRR animals.

Where did those long legs come from??

FROM ACT V ON FACEBOOK:

Remember Dirk and Gracie...? Well, HERE is Max (Dirk) all grown up. (He LOOKS like a Max) and his family sent in this updated photo. Smiles all 'round... (he's so stinking cute.)

Here's a photo of baby Dirk!!