Sweet Charity

At 10:30p.m. on August 12th, a young mother and her 3 little kids in Barton’s Projects in Red Lake heard someone on the road by their house, and then they heard a dog crying and screaming. The mother was too frightened to go outside and see what was going on. She called the police, but no one came. 

She waited until morning and found a young female dog lying on the road in front of her house. They dragged her off the road and she laid in the grass whimpering.

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue got the call that someone had clubbed up a dog and picked up the dog at 10:30 am, twelve hours after she was injured, and took her to the vet. She was named Charity. Charity was left at the vet to access her injuries.

She had two what appeared to be stab wounds on her face and pain in her hips. She made no attempt to walk. She is about 1 year old and has evidence that she has had one previous litter.

When we got the diagnosis on Charity, it was another sad day. Poor Charity was busted up badly and crossed the rainbow bridge at 12:39 p.m. today.

An old wise elder told me once that all beings have their hands on a big circle. When evil is put on the circle it goes around and hurts all those on the circle - and then will circle around and come back to the originator.

Whoever hurts these innocent animals will have to be the receivers of their bad deeds someday. In the meantime, Charity is no longer suffering, but died a cruel and untimely death!

I know these posts are sad, but the truth of the perils faced by the Red Lake animals must be told.

Karen :(

Another option for ordering food for RLRR

Hi Friends:

If anyone wishes to donate any of the following bags of food for a Red Lake clinic dog they may call Gully Coop at 218-268-4181 to order any of the following:

Tuffy's Classic Hi Pro 50# $30.45

Country Pet High Pro 17.6# $12.35

Tuffy's Gold Premium Puppy Food 20# $14.69

Although they are not the best brand of food they will provide protein and fat needed for the dogs who have nothing to eat and are showing physical signs of malnourishment.

We don't want to see dogs in this condition again

The Gully Coop will provide free delivery when 10 bags are ordered in any combination, so we are hoping to get at least 10 bags before the week is over.

Thank you if you are able to donate a bag.

Karen and Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

Need for food donations for August Clinic

Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard is getting bare at Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue.

We were so happy to have two food deliveries recently to replenish the supply of dog and cat kibble and canned food for the shelter animals.

Bob and Deb arrived from Welsh, MN, with a load of cat and dog food from Riverside Regional Animal Shelter as well as some flea and tick meds. They also brought a nice load of food collected from Chuck

and Don’s by Liz.

Nancy and Tom arrived with a load of kibble and canned food and kitty litter that John had collected from Eric at the Shed. John met Tom who then made the delivery to RLRR shelter. They also brought a load that Jane collected from Chuck and Don’s.

Many animals at the shelter and in the community depend on these donated foods as malnourishment is one of the plights of the companion animals in our communities.

Unfortunately, with the August clinic coming up and with the numbers of animals we are feeding at the shelter and in the community, we do not have enough dog food once again. Please contact us if you can help. 

Money donations always help or you can order food off our Amazon.com wishlist.Check with the Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlet or Petco or Petsmart in your area to find out if they have food available as a donation.

Thank you so much to the donors, collectors,  and transporters of the food and supplies- We could not survive without it.

Karen

Spud

Red Lake Rosie's Rescue received a call from a local lady who lives in Circle Pines. She had rescued a small-breed dog that a group of kids were hurting. She had witnessed the kids being mean to this little dog on several occasions, so Spud came to our shelter and went to All Dog in foster care with John.

Now little Spud has a great life and we want to thank everyone who made that possible. Have a great day. Good news is wonderful! Karen

UDPATE FROM ADOPTERS:
Spud was rescued in December 2011 while being abused by a group of children in Northern Minnesota. But you would never know it from his gentle, loving and playful disposition!

DNA tests tell us he is 1/2 Jack Russell Terrier Mix and 1/2 English Springer Spaniel Mix. Within those mixes are Chihuahua, Pointer, Papillion, Welsh Spaniel and Terrier. Quite the mutt, eh?

Spud now lives a charmed life in South Minneapolis. He enjoys running around in the backyard, playing with his best friend, a 4 year old Vizsla named Miete, going on walks, doing tricks for new human friends and will do ANYTHING for a piece of dehydrated lamb lung! uggggh!

Update on mini horses

UPDATE FROM RESCUE:
Hi Karen, just wanted you to know that the filly and colt went to great homes, the paint with the torn lid doing great and the two older mares are not far behind. I have only the sorrel left and I think she will be going to live with the paint

I have since decided to follow my dreams and also have an Equine assisted activities program here and would take the stud colt when weaned if you can get him here. I would love to train from the beginning and use him in the program. I will send some pics of where the horses went. I think you will be pleased.

Miniature horses

Six miniature horses were rescued and sent to a Miniature Horse Rescue on Saturday, June 8th.  This rescue was organized and facilitated by ACT V Rescue & Rehabilitation of Bloomington, MN, and Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. 

The owner was unable to provide adequate food and care for the horses.  We are happy they now have hope for a bright future. 

 REPORT AFTER TRANSPORT:

The horses are all settled in. It rained here all day yesterday so pen is a bit muddy but dry on one side now. 

They got wormed today and will slowly start a feed pail. The paint horse is a bit of concern to me as she is wobbly and unstable and will take to vet as soon as possible. It appears that she had a HUGE wood tick on her eyelid but it is a pussy mess. The eyelid is ripped and just dangling in front of her eye. I think it has been that way a while as it is not bloody. It almost looks healed but is infected as the pus is draining. 

The others are very thin under that winter coat that has still not shed due to poor nutrition and most likely worm overload. I notice the stud colt and filly are still nursing on the mares so I will be weaning them in a few days after everyone is a bit more settled. The mares cannot recover with those yearlings on them. 

Everyone will be looking great in no time hopefully and we will get the colt gelded and that eye looked at this week ASAP. That is my update for now.

More pics to follow.  Thank you for helping Red Lake animals and those in the surrounding area!  Karen :_)

ANOTHER UPDATE FROM RESCUE:

The horses are on the mend now.

The paint went to vet today and he said the eyelid tear is at least 7-10 days old but was able to sew it back on. We will see what happens. The colt got gelded today as well.

The colt did this yesterday while getting shaved. All the white strings are worms!

Foster Bear

Bear was fostered in Bemidji by Michelle Stapleton and her children. Michelle is a teacher at the Red Lake Elementary School and coordinates Kindness week activities and Red Lake Rosie's visits to the classroom.  Thank you Michelle!

Karen 

NOTE FROM MICHELLE:
My children and I were so happy to welcome timid little Bear into our home for a month this summer.  His shyness didn't last for long though; not with my kids and our 2 dogs around to love him up!

 Bear was found by YouthWorks workers while working in Red Lake this summer.  One of the workers, Laine, fell in love with Bear but couldn't take him home with him until he was finished working on the road for the summer, so Karen called us to see if we could care for him until Laine was headed home.  Of course, we would! 

 Bear got tons of snuggles and loves from the kids and learned to have fun being a dog from our two.  We all had plenty of adventures together-pack walks, barking at bunnies, wrestling, and playing at the beach. 

 We love to foster because I believe it is such a wonderful experience for my children that benefits the pups as well; they learn responsibility caring for the animals, empathy giving them the love and attention they need, patience remembering they're just little kids, really, and it's great for all of us to see those little furry babies blossom and grow.  

We were a little sad when it was time for Bear to go to his forever home, but the kids are already looking forward to our next furry foster.