Happy grooming photos from first clinic

A big thanks once again to Carma and Julie for their hard work grooming dogs at the first clinic of the year for Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. It is especially gratifying that people now bring in their dogs regularly for grooming. Following are Carma's photos and remarks:

WOOPS & JOE WILLY: These two touched my heart!  Both severely matted, BUT, friendly and well behaved little guys!!  I hope to see them again so I can provide some comfort and TLC!!

 

 

RELUCTANT CLIENT: Julie is pictured here with a little one that did NOT want to be groomed.  They were a comical pair as she tried to keep him on the table and not on her back!

 

SURRENDERED & ABANDONED PUPPIES: These are some the little ones that came to the clinic and changed our lives.  As you can see....Justine and Andrea wanted to hang onto them forever!!!

MOMMA: This beautiful dog belongs to a beautiful young woman, named Kim.  She is so loved.  Her hind quarters were matted.....I wish I could say that I did a great job....but...I had to shave her bum.  I hope to see Kim again at another clinic, so that I can check on Momma.  When I was done grooming for the day, I sat with Momma and brushed her.  I didn't want her to be alone while she waited for Kim to pick her up.  She is such a gentle dog, just laid with her head in my lap!!!  Thank you Kim for allowing me the privilege of meeting you.

MARTY FROM PONEMAH: Marty!!!!  What can I say!!!  He is the best!!!  He comes from Ponemah to Redby to be groomed.  He is always a mess, BUT, he is well..well..well...well fed!!!  His family loves him and it shows!  He is very well behaved, but usually his coat is a mess.  This time I found burrs, sticks, & lots of straw in his coat!  I think the straw must come from his winter straw bale house!

CHIP aka PICASSO: Chip is a Shih Tzu that comes to every clinic to be groomed!!  He has a brother named Dale!  Chip was stepped on as a puppy, but that hasn't stopped him in life!  He is a wonderful little guy and his family loves him dearly!!!  Julie & I look forward to seeing his "lovely", little face!!!

November visit to RLRR

Kathy, Jason and Rachel decided to make a trip up to Red Lake Rosie's on Saturday 11/5. We also met Darcy and Tom, two volunteers from the Metro.

We helped organize the shed.

Darcy and Karen set up some outdoor kennels.

We got our puppy fix. These little ones were rescued from the dump, skinny and had mange. They have come a long way thanks to Karen. They are so cute.

We got our kitten fix. These are the two bottle babies that went to PetHaven. They are so adorable.

We met Marty (we were calling him Simba the Lion).

We met the nicest, sweetest puppy we all fell in love with. Look at those ears!

Stormy was a gentleman and introduced himself.

Bridget wanted to come home with us!

Marty

One day in mid-October Karen and Geri got a call at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue that 4 puppies were in a refigerator in Ponemah, and so we went off on a road trip to find the puppies and bring them to the shelter. There had apparently been a fire at the residence and the puppies ended up placed in an old refrigerator.

Well when we got there, we found the refrigerator - but could find no puppies. We searched the area, and soon we hear a loud commotion and a few houses down saw a golden fluffy dog laying on his back and 4 large shepherds attacking him.

Geri and I immediately ran over and got the dogs off the fluffy dog and he went running to what we assumed was his porch. So we thought we had done a good deed and saved this dog, we called Marty.

As we backed out the van to leave the area, disappointed that we could find no puppies, we saw the 4 dogs circling around the house and saw Marty shaking in fear on the porch. We inspected Marty to find a large laceration on his abdomen and realized his life was at stake. No one was home, and so we made a decision to rescue Marty from his attackers and left a message on the door of his owner that we had him and would get him medical attention and return him home.

Marty went to the shelter, and on to the Akin/Ark clinic a day later, and had his abdomen stitched, got him neutered, vaccinated, groomed and bathed. The owner asked us to keep Marty for a while until he was healed and then return him. We returned Marty to his home on November 8th, and left food and straw in his doghouse.

Thank you all for supporting RLRR and our recent work at Ponemah.

Sincerely, Karen

Thanks to all who made weekend transport possible

We are so thankful today that we were able to place 30 dogs and puppies through a transport with Barbara and Jodi and her friend Chuck and Dee Dee.

In addition to the 18 tiny pups that went to Tricounty Humane Society for foster care, there were 12 others. I understand that there is going to be a reporter doing a newspaper story on the puppies that arrived at Tricounty in St. Cloud. I will be giving you more details on that as I get the information.

Here is who left:

HANNIBAL going to RLRR foster home

IDGIE going to Tricounty Humane Society

MARTY, DOUG AND BIF going to RLRR Foster home

MARGO is going to Dee Dee for foster care

HARLEY is going to Pet Haven foster home

SASHA just had heartworm treatment and is going to Patti Simonette, Second Hand Dogs in Claremont

JOY, little female shep spayed goes to TLC foster. Joy is absolute doll.

ANDY goes to RLRR foster home. He is such a great guy. He loves sitting in cars!!

CASEY is off to Act V. She is a great small to medium size husky mix with one blue eye and one brown eye. She has been spayed and has received mange treatment.

Last, but not least, is TWIZZLER, a smaller breed dog who came here Thursday as a result of a dog attack. He was already neutered at our May clinic and the owner decided to surrender Twizzler so he could get vet care. He went to the vet and had a leg wound treated and got an e-collar which earned him the name of "cone-head" by Jodi and Barbara. He moved into the cat house with Andy while here--a wonderful guy who will be missed. BTW, Twizzler loves black twizzlers and that's how he got the name. He is enroute to All Dog Rescue.

We want to give a great big hug and thank you to rescues and transporters who make this all possible. We think this group of dogs was one of the BEST. We could open all the kennel doors and they would all get along!! Even with Grandpa dog.

Sincerely, Karen and RLRR

URGENT NEED for fosters/rescues to take puppies

Last night was probably a record-setting animal surrender night at Red Lake Rosie's, other than the clinics -- We took in 22 animals yesterday. Click here for more information on how you can help.

EMERGENCY PUPPY PENSThankfully Jodi and Barbara were here and together with the help of Mike we were able to erect new housing for the incoming animals. Everyone has been such hard workers.

BARBARA & JODIJodi and Barbara have cleaned out the cathouse and organized and cleaned everything. It looks wonderful!

Needless to day we have all dog kennels full to overflowing, and 16 cats in the cathouse.

10 SHEP PUPS8 SHEP PUPSIONE, A FERAL PUP FOUND ALONEIDGIE3 SHEP PUPSMARTY, BIF & DOUGCLOVER & ABBYBARBARA HOLDING BIFBarbara and Jodi plan on taking some animals out tomorrow.

We are thankful that Tricounty Humane Society, St. Cloud has responded so kindly and are taking the 2 large litters and Idgie as soon as we can get transport for them. But we need foster homes or rescue organizations to contact us to help the rest.

Perhaps the saddest story is that of Margo. She is a young small-breed dog and her litter of pups was attacked and killed by another dog. She is depressed and really needs some tlc.

MARGOClick here for more information on how you can help.

Sincerely, Karen Good