Chandra moves on to greener pastures

Chandra was just recently transported from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue to ARVSS (Animal Rescue and Veterinary Support Services) in Wisconsin, but this smiley girl has already found a home.

Congratulations to Chandra and her family!

ARVSS is on Facebook!

Bert & Ernie

On April 26th, Karen, Geri, and our friend Jill White from the metro made visits to the Red Lake communities. On the trip delivering food and medications, they took 2 surrendered small breed dogs which were later named Bert and Ernie.

BERTBoth Bert and Ernie were injured. Bert, the little black chihuahua was run over by a car and lived outdoors and was found actually able to walk on his front two legs while balancing his injured rear legs in midair.

ERNIELater on our journey we got Ernie, a white jack russell mix which had been attacked by a husky. He had bite wounds on his chest and torso.

Both little boys went to the vet for assessment that afternoon where X rays determined that Bert had one broken leg and one hip that needed surgery- so both rear legs were damaged. Ernie had lacerations and was put on pain medication and antibiotics.

Thankfully, Akin Hills Pet Hospital , Dr. Bartsch, Lindsay, and Mallory of the Animal Ark agreed to take the boys and get them the medical help they need.

They were able to leave with Jill White at 7:00 am, Thursday, April 28th and were transported directly to Akin Hills where they are in surgery today the 29th.

BERTWe want to thank Dr. Bartsch, Lindsay, Mallory, and Jill for helping Bert and Ernie. Without their kindness it looked rather bleak, especially for Bert.

Karen

UPDATE FROM AKIN HILLS:
ERNIESo the little one that was more white, is doing fine. Still has a bad infection but we started antibiotics and that should clear up soon. He will be going to animal ark with me tomorrow:) The broken leg guy is a little more severe, he will have to have the broken leg amputated and the dislocated one will have a femoral head resection.

BERTWe will take good care of both of them. They are so very sweet! We renamed them Bert and Ernie. Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow so I will keep you posted on how things are going:)

Take care, Lindsay

Thanks to fosters & adopters of RLRR animals!

Here is an update on Samson, black lab from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue adopted by D&M from Animal Ark several years ago. Samson was rescued from the projects in Red Lake where he was suffering malnourishment and mange. We are so thankful that Samson now enjoys the good life with D&M who are great blessings to Red Lake animals. [Samson and his family have been featured a few times on the blog, so you can search the blog to learn more!]

They are now fostering Mosey, a chocolate lab juvenile, also taken by the Ark. They have also fostered other Red lake animals.

Karen

SAMSONThought you'd enjoy this picture of Samson lovin' life on vacation. This was last Labor Day weekend in Detroit Lakes.

Enjoy!
D&M~

BACKGROUND ON MOSEY:
Mosey was brought to the shelter in early November by a local farmer. Apparently Mosey was a stray dog who discovered this man's "doggie door" and would make visits to his house when he was not home, making complete mayhem of his house. So- the man called and said if he did not find a place for Mosey, then he would have to shoot him. Well we took him at RLRR shelter where he made his home the next few months until Animal Ark took him where Maggie and Dan became fosters. I have attached pics of Mosey at the shelter.

Karen

MOSEYUPDATE FROM ANIMAL ARK FOSTER HOME:
We are doing well. Mosey is just a doll. He is now housebroken, knows how to sit, stay, kennel up. We are working on the "shake", which he has not quite figured out yet.

MOSEY & FRIENDS AT RLRRWe also have him on some pain management meds, as a few times during play with the other dogs, he has fallen on his side (his poor little hips) and started to cry in pain. Even though he has a bad "back end" he is full of pep, and runs around chasing balls. He loves to fetch.

He loves Dan, and loves to sit on his lap when we watch TV. For some reason, all of our foster dogs want to sit in Dan's lap and chew on kongs, or toys of some sort. We haven't figured out why they insist on sitting on Dan, rather then next to him.

Love from D&M, Samson, Phoebe and Gracie, and of course, Mosey!

Thanks, Liz, and Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlets!

Thank you Liz for your great help with the Red Lake Rosie's Rescue foster program. Liz does a great job and has the talent of accounting so that our records are always in great shape for our accountant.

KAREN & LIZAlso- Liz picks up donated food at Chuck and Don's in Elk River where Karen met Liz on March 28th for a load of cat and dog food.

In 2010, Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlets were our main food contributor. We received a very generous 13,100+ pounds of good quality food for the Red Lake dogs and cats. THANK YOU!!

We are so thankful for the many volunteers who all have gifts and talents to share with RLRR to benefit Red Lake animals.

Karen

Brother & Sister together forever

Here is an update on two of my former foster kitties from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue. I called them Samantha & Daren, but they are happily Sophie & Shadow in their new home.

SOPHIE & SHADOWSophie (Samantha) and Shadow (Daren) are wonderful!. They sure are fun to have around. They are really good kitties and love their surroundings. We love them so much and can't imagine life without them. They do keep us busy and are always entertaining us.

SHADOW & SOPHIEShadow loves the spring weather. He sits by the window at about 5:30 every morning waiting for the sun to come up so he can start watching the birds. We put a bird feeder right out side the one big window so he has lots to watch. Shadow is definitely the more energetic one of the the two. He can't sit still for very long unless he is laying on hid back by the fireplace. But he does love to be petted and showed affection.

SOPHIE & SHADOWSophie is still a little diva. She is a mama's girl. She would like nothing better than to be held by me or lay in my lap all night long. She likes to let Shadow "investigate" things, then if he does not get in trouble or hurt, then she will join him. I think that shows she is a smart girl.

DAREN/SHADOWBoth kitties are big. I would estimate they are about 9+ lbs. They were 8 lbs in December when we took them to the vet for a check up. Sophie looks big because of all her fur, but I think Shadow weighs more. He is long and lean.

SAMANTHA/SOPHIEI have attached some pictures. Sophie seems to like to close her eyes in pictures. She must do that a lot because she is always running into things.

SOPHIE'S BELLYA little about the pictures. The one of Sophie all stretched out on my lap - that is her usual position. I have to hold on to her because she relaxes so much she is lit a wet noodle. The picture by the window shows what the two of them like to do every day now. Lots happening out the window!

Thanks for the wonderful kitties. We love them very much and are so lucky to have them. I sure wish Charlotte and Amelia would be adopted!

C&D~

AMELIATheir mom Charlotte and sister Amelia are also great and still available for adoption! Click on their names to get more information from the Red Lake Rosie's Rescue website (www.redlakerosie.org).

CHARLOTTE

Gina's new life as Juno

Puppy Gina left Red Lake Rosie's Rescue to go to ARVSS for foster care. Her poor face was covered with mange then, but she is in her new home now with a new name (Juno) and a special new friend.

GINA BEFOREUPDATE FROM NEW FAMILY:
We are having an absolute blast with our new pooch! She is so smart and attentive, sweet and loving. I love coming home to her full body wag greeting me at the door. The house training has held up great - with only one accident early on before we learned her signs. She's totally mastered sit and down and we're starting to work on stay. She's just over 50 lbs now.

GINA/JUNO NOWI've attached some pics i took of her playing with one of her dog friends, Hokkaido. (Hokkaido is one of my best friend's dogs and lives a few blocks away, so they get to play a lot). We also love taking Juno to the dog park near our house where she enjoys running around and playing with whatever dog is there.

Well enough daydreaming about my dog, back to work now. I'll be in touch with more updates in the future.

R~

Ellen visits Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

Ellen made a visit to the RLRR shelter on April 17th. She had planned on coming on Friday, however had a one day delay due to bad weather. We had a great time with her overnight stay. She made time to visit the animals, help in the cathouse and left early Sunday with a load of 5 kittens and 8 dogs and puppies packed neatly enroute to ARVSS in Wisconsin in her mom's Subaru.

LIOLABarbie Olson, our dedicated transporter, met Ellen and took the 8 pups and dogs to Black River Falls, WI to meet Susie.

ELLENEllen has been a great blessing to the Red Lake animals and a great help at clinics providing food that her mother, Claudia, has made over the years feeding the vets and clinic volunteers.

We first met Ellen 3 years ago when she singlehandedly managed the RAVS clinic kitchen serving up to 50 people with a smile on her face. She was just 17 years old at the time and was truly amazing how she handled the job, and did so well.

GERI & ELLENEllen plans more visits to the shelter and will also be at the May clinic. She and Geri, another volunteer became good friends.

CHANDRAWe enjoy volunteer vists and encourage anyone wishing to come up north to see the shelter and lend a hand.

LINNETLinnet and Liola were rescued from the Red Lake garbage dump by Polly. They are darling pups that rode out with Ellen.

BLACK & WHITE KITTENSLitter of 5 kittens went to Pet Haven into foster care with Mike and Lauren. The mother of this litter had disappeared so we took the kittens to the shelter.

SCARLETScarlet was on death row at the Bemidji Pound and was brought to the shelter. She went on for one week to stay with Jenny Wolfe and her daughter to have some fun waiting for the transport.

Thank you!! Karen RLRR