Another fabulous mystery mutt from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

Hi - I got Lorna's crazy dna results so I thought I'd share them. Not sure how accurate they are though. Would never have guessed any of these.

37-74% Keeshond
20-36% boston terrier
10-19% bull terrier
10-19% irish setter
10-19% Afghan hound

I was thinking maybe Schnauzer, Wheaten Terrier, husky, some kind of wire haired terrier. Some of the Keeshond descriptions I've read sound right though. She has a really loud bark and her coloring seems to match the keeshond's.

Lorna's mom, Mary

October 2 Transport: A Baker's Dozen

Another weekly transport of puppies and dogs happened on Sunday October 2nd. We sent out 13 with our faithful transporters Nancy, Carolyn, and Barbie on Sunday, October 2nd. We have had weekly transports since the August clinic.

5 OF 8 SHEP PUPS3 OF 8 SHEP PUPS2 OF 8 SHEP PUPSThese little friends came as surrenders during the past week, and two including Tinkerbelle and Wheely had been at the shelter since the August clinic. Twelve went to Tricounty Humane Society and Charlie the pug mix went to All Dog Rescue.

NANCYWe got another load of food from Barbie's porch which will help with our growing food need. There are many hungry animals on the reservation and people are coming daily for a bag of food from our shed. We thank our friends in Bemidji and the metro for all your help for Red Lake dogs and cats.

BABY GUSGUSGus, a little shep mix pup came in as a lone pup surrender. He went to TriCounty.

WHITNEYWHITNEYWhitney, the regal husky came in from one of the housing projects. Lisa told us that Whitney's brother was hit and killed by a car earlier in the week, and she was hanging around her house looking for food.

CHARLIECHARLIECAROLYN & CHARLIECharlie was surrendered by a lady who could no longer care for him.
he had been vetted at one of our community clinics and was a real hit. He rode on Carolyn's lap on the transport and was a very happy camper.

TINKERBELLETinkerbelle was a surrender at the clinic. She came in with a litter of 8 pups and was very malnourished. She has spent the last 6 weeks fattening up and got spayed and vaccinated.

WHEELYWheely was a surrendered boxer/small dog mix. The owner said he was named Wheely- because he was "wheely cute"! ;-)

Karen

Kona is growing

We just wanted to let you know that we were at the dog park with Kona (aka Thailia, Raccoon) and happened to be chatting with some other folks on the way out of the park. Turns out that they adopted a puppy from ARVSS that you fostered as well. His name was Spartacus, about 9 months old. I think they renamed him to Chunk.

Sounds like he was adopted in June, like Kona was. It's always exciting to find another puppy who came from the same home!

Kona is doing really well. She's at 40 lbs now and still growing. She just
graduated from puppy school, and is going to be taking her second round of training in October. She is such a fast learner!

We are having a great time with her. Our fence gets installed next week, and we are hoping to have some of the other puppies and their parents come over for a play date. It will be fun to see her littermates.

Thanks again for all that you do for so many dogs who need homes!

Take care,
R&M and Kona

Justin Leo: another transformation

Justin was one of the most heartbreaking cases of the summer. See his first post. It was wonderful to receive this update from his family.

Hi all,
Thought it was time to check in with an update on Leo, now that he has been in our home for 3 months.

JUSTIN/LEO HAPPYI am so happy to report that everything has been excellent for the young boy. All of his health issues have resolved. He still has one bald patch on his tail, but other than that, he is really healthy.

HEALTHYHe has gained at least 15 pounds and is well-toned from all his exercise. He is a really good dog and he has so much fun with my daughter and I and our 3 other dogs. He even comes to our horse barn and is very well behaved. Every hair on his body stood on end the first time I clomped out with one of the horses ("what is THAT?!"), but he has always been respectful - no barking, chasing, nothing.

JUSTIN/LEO & FRIENDSThe Gang o' Four (Jesse, Lily, Mickey and Leo) go to the dog park, swimming, car rides, and every day is filled with wrestling matches. Each has their own spot in the back seat and in my bedroom at night. It amazes me how they all blend so well.

JUSTIN/LEO WHEN HE ARRIVEDLeo still shows some random signs of skittishness, but nothing like when he first arrived. I really think that watching the other dogs showed him how to behave. I can't tell you how happy we are to have Leo as part of our family. He is very well loved.

Thank you again for sending him to us!

XO
C~, E~, J~, L~, M~ and B~ (the 24 year old cat he tries to wrestle with)

Karen needs RLRR crates for Oct. clinic

Please return crates and bedding to RLRR. Karen reports that she is lacking many of her crates and they are needed for the clinic and for transports -- large and medium ones, in particular.

Susan S. has storage space for supplies going up to RLRR or connect with someone driving up to Red Lake before the clinic.

Direct questions to blog@redlakerosie.org.

Winter needs at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

With winter approaching we are well prepared with the new straw, but are in need of tarps and zip ties to insulate the 22 outdoor dog kennels. The tarps are necessary to keep the snow and cold winds out and help the animals stay warm.
KENNELS WITH TARPS IN FALLWe need all sizes of poly tarps -- 8 x 8, 8 x 10, 10 x 12 -- any sizes as we cut them to fit.

We apply the tarps with the medium and large size poly zip ties which are also spendy.

KENNELS WITH TARPS IN WINTERWe have a team coming October 22-24 and we could get some of these done. Winter typically arrives here the first week of November and we would like to be prepared.

We thank anyone who has a tarp or a package of zip ties to donate for the animals.

OLD COLLAPSED HAYSHED IS GONEThe old collapsed shed has been burned down and replaced with a new one!!
I am happy to report that the straw shed was completed today--what an improvement!!

NEW STRAWSHED AND STORAGE SHED300 bales of fresh dry straw is scheduled for delivery on Saturday. It will be kept nice and dry from the elements.

STRAWSHEDThank you again to the ABE! Fund for the straw which will keep many dogs and pups warm this winter!!

Karen and RLRR

Help!

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is contacting all of our supporters in an effort to save some of the 25 wonderful cats (most less than one or two years old and already vetted) that are languishing in small kennels at the cathouse.

There is another spay/neuter clinic in a week which usually means additional surrendered animals and cold weather will move into northern Minnesota any time now.

If you or your organization can take even one or two cats at this time, you will be saving their lives. When we are out of room at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue, there are no other organizations to send the people to on the reservation and we don't refuse to take the animals for fear of what might happen then.

Sadly, euthanasia is a better solution than what awaits an unwanted cat on the reservation.

I understand that everyone is pushed to capacity with cats at this time of year, but I wanted to at least ask before it was too late.

Please contact Karen or DeeDee or me at blog@redlakerosie.com if you can help.

Thanks again for all your help in the past and in the future.

Denise