Red Lake Rosie's Rescue at PET-A-PALOOZA: Saturday, June 25

PET-A-PALOOZA: A FUN FILLED FREE EVENT AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR DOG!!

Date: Saturday, June 25
Hours: 9:00-4:00
Location: Minnesota State Fairgrounds (Machinery Hill area)
Address: 1265 Snelling Ave, St Paul, MN
Website: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/pet-a-palooza/
Sponsor: CBS RADIO
Presented by: Urban Dog

COTS AND QUILTED PADS

If you didn’t visit us at the Minnesota Pet Expo last weekend (or even if you did), here’s another opportunity! You can support us at this fundraising event and learn more about Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue. We also like to meet and thank people who have adopted Red Lake dogs!

Shop our wide selection of handmade items that have been graciously donated. We have quilted dog and cat pads, raised beds, fleece pads, totes, dog hoodies, dog toys, pillowcases, wool mittens, pot holders/trivets, scarves, a batik robe, a Kitty Fisher Nottingham Lace Scarf - a supplier for Downton Abbey, and many other things for sale. Our tables will be packed and ALL proceeds go to RLRR! 

We have RLRR t-shirts in assorted colors and white!! Handmade wool mittens, felted with fleece lining.

DON’T MISS:

LIVE MUSIC (4 BANDS), PET ADOPTIONS AND RESCUES, EXHIBITORS, KIDS AREA, DOCK DOGS, PET BUFFET, INTERACTIVE GAMES, DOG WASH, WEINER DOG RACES, CUTEST PET COMPETITION, FLYBALL, K9 DEMONSTRATIONS, RABBIT AGILITY

Lynn Mecum

Update on Buffy's recovery from embedded collar

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue introduced you to Buffy with the horrific embedded collar injury earlier this week (see post HERE) and we knew you would be waiting anxiously for an update. This recovery will take a long time, but she is receiving antibiotics, pain meds, laser treatments, and lots of love.

SQUEEZE CHEESE AND LASER TREATMENTS HELP BUFFY HEAL

Thanks to the staff at South Hyland Pet Hospital for caring about her emotional well-being, as well as her physical state. <3 span="">

UPDATE FROM ACT V FOSTER MOM:

I am fostering this love bug!!! She is so happy and squiggly and just overjoyed at this happy turn her life has taken. Thank heavens for Red Lake Rosie's and ACT V Rescue! My first foster was Bryan, also a wonderful dog with an embedded collar. Thank you for saving them!!!

UPDATE FROM BUFFY:
"I am feeling better!! Thank you for helping me!"

White Earth clinic THIS WEEKEND: June 18, 19

The horror of an embedded collar

It was a sad night at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue when a juvenile puppy arrived with an embedded chain around its neck. Poor Buffy, a beautiful German shepherd, is about 6 months old and only weighs 25 lbs.

She is very malnourished and has suffered all her life with this tight chain which now had grown into her neck leaving a large gash all around her neck, very deep and infected. The deepest laceration was under the chin. The odor was so strong I had to drive with the window open on the way to the vet. 

Buffy had a severe infection and a high fever. This sweet soul, immune to her pain, was wagging her tail as I took her into the vet. 

LOOK AT THE EMBEDDED CHAIN

There is a risk that the chain could cut the carotid artery and the animal will bleed to death or that the larynx would be destroyed in the process of removing chain. But, my fear and sadness turned to joy when I heard from the vet that she successfully removed it. Then, I knew Buffy's healing could begin.

Thank you to our supporters who make funds available to provide life-saving medical care.

There is not greater joy than to free an animal from an embedded chain or collar. The suffering leading up to their freedom cannot be imagined. I know that these photos are shocking, but this is the reality. Healing will be long and slow.

We are so happy that our wonderful rescue partners ACT V Rescue & Rehabilitation were willing to take on Buffy's care and she was transported to them over the weekend.

Sincerely, Karen 

UPDATE FROM ACT V:

BUFFY AND HIS FOSTER MOM

WED., JUNE 15: MEETING FOR FRIENDS OF RLRR -- EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!

Please plan to attend a social event and meeting of the friends of Red Lake Rosie's Rescue on Wednesday evening 6:30-8:30, June 15 at Pizza Luce' in Richfield, MN (800 W 66th Street, Richfield MN 55423,
612-767-8603).

It's a great chance to eat  and drink at a wonderful restaurant that offers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free food and a generous selection of interesting beers, along with discussion of this fine organization.

Everyone is welcome!! We want to see our volunteers and supporters from the last ten years as well as adopters of our dogs, volunteers from our partner rescue organizations, and anyone who would just like to learn more. Bring a friend and please spread the word!

Two new members have been added to the board of directors for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue: Kim Williams and me (Denise Luke). We are organizing this meeting and we are anxious to get ideas from you all to take back to the board. This is a fresh start for the RLRR Metro Support Committee.

If you have ideas for the agenda or you want to be added to our e-newsletter mailing list, please send your e-mail address to me at d4luke@gmail.com.

See you then!!
Denise & Kim

The Richfield Pizza Luce' is located on the north side of West 66th Street between I-35W and Lyndale Avenue South. It is the former location of a Bridgeman's restaurant. Here is a link for more information on the restaurant: https://pizzaluce.com/locations/richfield/

Bronco Billy

 

A little puppy named Bronco Billy was surrendered to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue with a damaged and infected eye. RLRR got in touch with ARVSS who gladly helped get a transport organized. 

Bronco Billy left for Wisconsin on May 25th along with 5 other puppies and Rusty, an adult dog that had been a victim of a dog attack. We've had a great report on this pup already!

Karen

UPDATE FROM ARVSS:
I took Bronco Billy to be evaluated at the clinic I work at and the veterinarians there decided that his eye needed to come out right away. The pressure on his eye was 34--and glaucoma is anything over 20. So they gave up their lunch hours and they took it out. I have included before and after pictures for you- And he is acting like nothing happened!!!

Matt calls him a scoundrel--and he is playing and acting and getting into a lot of trouble just like a regular puppy. We all so happy for him!

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue at the Minnesota Pet Expo: June 11 & 12

MINNESOTA PET EXPO: A FREE EVENT!!
Dates: June 11 & 12, 2016
Hours: Saturday 10-6, Sunday 11-4
Place: Minneapolis Convention Center (Hall D) BOOTH #426

Address: 1301 Second Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Phone: 612-335-6000
Website: minnesotapetexpo.com

Bring your dog (see rules & tips on website minnesotapetexpo.com)

This event has been a great fundraiser and a way for people to learn more about RLRR. We also like to meet and thank people who have adopted Red Lake dogs! We will have RLRR t-shirts!!

Visit our booth and see the wide selection of handmade items that have been graciously donated this year. We have quilted dog and cat pads, raised beds, fleece pads, totes, dog hoodies (a sell-out last time), dog toys, dog treats, pillowcases, wool mittens, pot holders/trivets, scarves, a batik robe, nottingham scarf, and many other things for sale. Our tables will be packed and ALL proceeds go to RLRR!

We also have one very special quilt that honors military dogs (59” x 31”). 

Minnesota Pet Expo includes 100 exhibitors, an adoption event, prizes, agility, lure racing, pet/owner musical chairs, pet talent contest, pet costume contest, veterinarians, groomers, and trainers. See Pet Expo website minnesotapetexpo.com for more information.

Come and visit us at BOOTH #426!

RLRR at MN Pet Expo June 11 & 12: Volunteers needed!

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue will have a booth at The Minnesota Pet Expo June 11 & 12.
http://www.minnesotapetexpo.com/

ONE OF A KIND MILITARY SERVICE DOG QUILT (59" X 31")

The Expo has been a great way to introduce people to Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue and has been a major fundraising event for us.

During the last 5 Pet Expo's, we raised over $7,000 with the majority of the proceeds coming from donated items. You can help by donating handmade items or merchandise for us to sell at the booth. Handmade items don’t need to be pet related.

The Minnesota Pet Expo
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 2nd Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN

Saturday, June 11 10:00-6:00
Sunday, June 12 11:00-4:00

FREE ADMISSION

Please contact Lynn Mecum if you can VOLUNTEER (We'd love to have adopters and their Red Lake dogs at our booth to greet people), donate items or have any questions.

Lynn Mecum
Lmecum4@msn.com

RLRR at Animal Welfare Conference

Three Red Lake Rosie's Rescue Board members recently attended the 15th Annual Minnesota Animal Welfare Conference 2016 on Thursday, May 26, at the Best Western Kelly Inn in Saint Cloud, MN.

Carol Priest, Kim Williams, and Nancy O'Sullivan joined many other Minnesota attendees for a full day of learning from an impressive line up of speakers. There were two tracks to select from....the veterinary track and the general track. The RLRR board members selected the general track. Our workshops included:
#1 A Matter of Trust: A Humane Approach to Animal Welfare, speaker B.J. Rogers
#2 Customer Service Strategies for Animal Welfare Professionals, speaker Cathy Rosenthal
#3 The Difficult to Place Continuum - Practical Applications to Placing Challenging Cats and Dogs, speaker Mike Keiley
#4 Adoption Ambassadors: How Your Community Can help Save More Lives, speaker B.J. Rogers

The speakers were outstanding. They were interactive with the listening audience and each speaker delivered high quality learning information. At the end of each workshop, we were treated with snacks and could visit exhibitors (Austin Cotton, ASPCA, The HSUS, GBC, KindestCut, Minnesota Animal Disaster Coalition, Life Vantage Canine Health, Roadrunner Pharmacy, Tomahawk Live Trap). Additional door prizes and handouts were donated by ID Tag.com, MN School of Business, and our host, Tri-County Humane Society of Saint Cloud. A silent auction was held, along with lunch by poolside.

What an incredible day. For myself, I greeted old friends whom I haven't seen for several years, met up with partnering rescues who wanted to talk "RLRR", and made new friends. Thank you for making this special day possible.

~Nancy O'Sullivan