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sarah ernhart :: owner, photographer
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RLRR DOG TEDDY2012 will be the third year of my Giving Back Program in which, every month, I donate $20 from every pet photo session to a local rescue or nonprofit. Red Lake Rosie's Rescue is the Rescue of the Month for August 2012!!

RLRR DOG ORLANDOSPECIAL OFFER FROM SARAH BETH:
For clients, I offer a $75 print credit to anyone who's adopted their pet(s), and a $150 print credit if they've ever adopted from the Rescue of the Month. For organizations that don't adopt out, I extend the credits to those who financially support them. Here's some more information about the program: http://sarahbethphotography.com/giving-back/

I really like your organization, what you do, and what you stand for. It's been a while since I've been up there, and I hope to attend the August 20-22 Clinic, too.

Upcoming events

There are lots of fun events coming up in the next few months for Rosie's supporters/animal lovers.

Pins for Pets http://www.pinsforpets.org/index.html is on August 4th and 5th. All proceeds go to MN SNAP to help their spay/neuter efforts.
Some Red Lake Rosie's Rescue volunteers have already signed up, including last year's highest scorer and three generations of one family! Who else would like to join us? You can bowl on either Saturday or Sunday and lunch is included. There are great prizes, too.

If you aren't bowling on Sunday, August 5th, join us at Paws on Grand http://www.grandave.com/events/paws-grand. RLRR will have a table there from 11-4. It's a fun, dog-centered event.

On August 18th, The Girard Gala debuts http://www.tcmnre.com/the-girard-gala.html. It's a benefit party set in a beautiful, restored home on Lowry Hill in Minneapolis. Rosie's, along with two other rescues, will be a beneficiary of funds raised at this exciting inaugural event.

RLRR will have a table at Woofstock http://www.lindenhillswoofstock.net/Woofstock/Home.html in Linden Hills on September 8th, another festive event for dog-lovers.

On October 8th, Pause 4 Paws http://pause4pawsmn.org/events/ is holding its second annual fundraiser. The evening will benefit 17 rescues, including Rosie's. It was a wonderful event last year and promises to be even better this year.

I am sorry to say, there are no events/benefits on the schedule expressly for felines. I think there is an opportunity awaiting someone!

The events and links are all listed on the RedLakeRosie.org home page, too.

DeeDee

Update on Sista' Sage

Poor baby Sage arrived at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue with a nasty rubberband embedded around her neck. After surgeries, healing and love in foster home, she has now found her forever home all thanks to Act V Rescue & Rehabilitation.

FROM ACT V ON FACEBOOK:
With ribbons and bows (and Frontline!), Sage is headed to the lake for a long weekend. Her new family sent us this picture after her first official Spa day. Isn't she pretty...!!

MORE PHOTOS OF SAGE FROM FOSTER CARE:

Girard Gala August 18 benefits RLRR!

Please join ACE Financial Investing and TCMNRE (Twin Cities MN Real Estate) on August 18th, 2012 for the 1st annual Girard Gala. This Gala is the first annual black tie charity Gala benefiting No-Kill animal shelters in the Twin Cities.

The event will be held at The Girard Estate, 1903 Girard Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for cocktail hour, dinner begins at 6:00 p.m, and the social event after dinner begins at 7:30 p.m.

You may reserve a table, buy individual tickets to dinner (includes cocktail hour and the after party social event) or tickets for the after party only below. Seats are limited to 100 guests for dinner so hurry up and reserve your spot today! You may also choose to provide a general donation to our cause.

Throughout The Girard Gala, the three animal rescue organizations (including Red Lake Rosie's Rescue) will have booths set up to showcase their admirable work throughout Minnesota. Additionally, there will be a cash bar and smaller event stations set up such as a wine pull and a raffle.

Check out their website for more information:
http://www.tcmnre.com/the-girard-gala.html

Big Glad Joe

Good news update on Big Joe the St. Bernard who went from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue to Pet Haven for foster care. He has been adopted!

NOTE FROM FORMER FOSTER FAMILY:
Joe (or Joey as we called him) went to his forever home today. He has a wonderful family, including two moms, a doggy brother Earl who is a smaller St. Bernard mix, and a foster sister. His new family fosters dogs as well.

SPA HANDSOMEWithin the first 15 minutes of being in his new home he was playing with his new siblings. His foster sister is much smaller than him so he showed his consideration by lying on the floor to play with her and gentling his energy to play tug with her. Such a sweet gentle boy!

BFF FOSTER BROTHER REXHe lives in south Minneapolis near a lovely park and his new family loves to take long walks with their dogs. There will be plenty of opportunities for Joe to meet other people and dogs which is great since he's such a social guy. They also have a cabin up north so he'll have plenty fun playing on the shore.

X-LARGE BED IS JUST RIGHTHe was only with us a month but his sweetness and gentleness rooted deeply into our hearts. We wish him much happiness in his new home!

A&M

June 30 Transport

This was a combined transport with two Red Lake Rosie's Rescue dogs, and 18 other animals from Leech Lake Legacy, Bemidji Pound, and Roseau Pound!

It shows how teamwork and cooperation improves opportunities for the animals we serve!

GINNYGinny came in as a surrender at the clinic. She came in the last day so we did not get her spayed at the clinic, however, when taken to Gonvick vet they found the scar and tattoo so we knew she had visited one of our previous clinics.

AURORAAurora was found by Polly under a porch as a stray with cockleburs all over her fur. Both Ginny and Aurora got to go to All Dog Rescue.

Thanks to Marilou for sharing her photos!

Thank you all-
Karen RLRR

Hope remains

FROM MARILOU'S BLOG:
Jenny reached out to Jean of Carver/Scott Humane Society about the possibility of taking Hope and her 3 surviving pups, and without hesitation Jean said YES! Jean and her husband have been angels for so many of the animals. Hope and her 3 surviving pups are loaded up immediately and are transported to the cities by volunteer Heather who has just spent 3 long days up at Red Lake Reservation volunteering at a spay/neuter clinic. She stops every 2-3 hours to feed the puppies.

Jenny and I head over to Jean's house and around 6 pm Heather arrives with Hope and her 3 pups (Faith, Wendall and Leonard). Jean immediately takes the less than 24 hour old pups into her house and she and Jenny begin syringe feeding the pups some goat's milk. I'm hanging outside with with Heather and Hope ... her ribs are protruding and a couple of her mammary glands are wide open and it looks like her insides are coming out. Despite all she's been through, her calm, gentle, loving spirit was all I could feel. Once inside the house, she lays like a perfect angel on a blanket. After her babies have had some goat's milk we bring them over to her and she kisses them and cleans them off. What a kind, gentle mama.

Dr. Vicki of Act V Rescue offered to come over and check on Hope and the pups. I call her and she immediately comes over to Jean's house. The pups are not doing so well. Their bodies are cold and we do everything we can to warm them up. Hope's IV needs to be replaced as she is also dehydrated. Dr. Vicki tells us we need to head to her clinic. Shortly after arriving at her clinic we place Faith, Wendall and Leonard under blankets and a warm air blower. Heather is rubbing them and trying to warm them up and whispering to them to keep fighting! Vicki told me at Jean's house that she was very concerned about Wendall. Less than 5 minutes after we arrive at the clinic we lose Wendall. Heather holds him and kisses him and tears start flowing. She brings Wendall over to Hope so she can say goodbye ... Hope kisses Wendall. Ten minutes later, we lose Faith. Hope kisses Faith to say goodbye.

All this time Hope is laying on the table and being a perfect angel and not even flinching with all the poking and prodding. Vicki stitches up her gaping open mammary gland ... while Vicki is working on Hope and cleaning her wound, Hope calmly rests her head on my right hand and arm. I start to feel my hand vibrating and moments later I hear Hope snoring. She's sound asleep (without the help of any drugs). She has got to be beyond exhausted after being in labor for more than 2 days and after enduring so much pain and suffering.

At this point Leonard is still hanging in there and Hope has been stitched up and a new IV put in and given fluids. It's almost 9 pm. They head home with Jean who will ensure Leonard is fed every 2-3 hours. Leonard ate at 1 am this morning. But it is with great sadness I share that Leonard passed away at 4 am to join Faith and Wendall, and their other 6 siblings.

So now, as Jean shared this morning, she must focus her efforts on helping Hope get well. It's hard for me to even comprehend the level of suffering Hope endured, and despite what she endured, has such a loving, gentle spirit. Many hearts are hurting for the loss of Faith, Wendall and Leonard. My only consolation is in knowing that for their brief 24 hours that they were surrounded with love and that Hope is now free of a life of suffering.

I remind myself as well, that for all the losses, there are many happy endings. Thank you Karen, Heather, Jean, Dr. Vicki, Jenny for all you did for Hope and her puppies.

I found a beautiful prayer from "Prayers for Healing"...

May our eyes remain open even in the face of tragedy.
May we not become disheartened.
May we find in the dissolution
of our apathy and denial,
the cup of the broken heart.
May we discover the gift of the fire burning
in the inner chamber of our being ~
burning great and bright enough
to transform any poison.
May we offer the power of our sorrow to the service
of something greater than ourselves.
May our guilt not rise up to form
yet another defensive wall.
May the suffering purify and not paralyze us.
May we endure; may sorrow bond us and not separate us.
May we realize the greatness of our sorrow
and not run from its touch or its flame.
May clarity be our ally and wisdom our support.
May our wrath be cleansing, cutting through
the confusion of denial and greed.
May we not be afraid to see or speak our truth.
May the bleakness of the wasteland be dispelled.
May the soul's journey be revealed
and the true hunger fed.
May we be forgiven for what we have forgotten
and blessed with the remembrance
of who we really are.

~ The Terma Collective

Heartfelt thanks to those who risk being vulnerable and having their hearts broken, over and over again. Please continue to keep Hope in your thoughts and prayers .....

For more photos of Hope and her puppies:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mchanrasmi/sets/72157630274706568/