Leech Lake Legacy: Puppy Roundup

Leech Lake Legacy in partnership with the Leech Lake Tribal Police is hosting:
The Great Puppy Roundup
Saturday, September 22, 2012

The Great Puppy Roundup is a day when residents of Leech Lake Reservation can surrender their unwanted puppies at no charge. The surrendered puppies will be transported to rescues and shelters in other parts of Minnesota where they will be vetted, checked out, spayed/neutered and then placed up for adoption.

Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Location: Leech Lake Tribal Police Headquarters
6530 U.S. Highway 2 NW, Cass Lake, MN

If you have puppies to surrender, please contact us at leechlakelegacy@gmail.com.

Rules:
Person surrendering must be at least 18 years old
Person surrendering must be a resident of Leech Lake Reservation
Person surrendering must show ID
Person surrendering must sign surrender form

The Great Puppy Roundup is held in memory of Little Dougie, an eight-week-old puppy who was found alive by the side of the road in Leech Lake with three bullets in his spine.

We were unable to save his life.

Little Doug

Hi Denise,

I wanted to thank you again for transporting little Doug to the cities yesterday. We unfortunately had to let him go late this afternoon. The vets checked him out and reviewed the x-rays. One of the bullets was in his spinal cord and the other 2 were very close to his spinal cord. Because the bullet was in his spinal cord and where it was he would be paralyzed forever. He said that the slight movement we see in his rear area was reflex. His lower organs were also not working and he had no control of his bodily functions.

YUMMYHe is an absolutely sweetheart and I am just so glad he got to experience love for his last 2 days. Jenny and I spent time with him this afternoon ...he peed on me and pooped on Jenny :) He gave lots of kisses but it was apparent he would get frustrated because he couldn't get around. In his kennel he couldn't get up and move around to get to the water bowl.

GRASS TIMEi know in my gut it was the right decision but it certainly doesn't make it any easier. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate you bringing him down to the cities and dropping him off at AHS last night. This morning Melissa (the animal care tech lead) gave him a bubble bath and the vet tech supervisor carried him around all day :) He was definitely loved. Jenny and I were both there with him when he crossed Rainbow Bridge ..

Marilou
President, MnPAW (Minnesota Partnership for Animal Welfare, www.mnpaw.org)
Board member and former President, Pet Haven Inc of Minnesota (www.pethavenMN.org)
Co-Founder, Leech Lake Legacy (http://leechlakelegacy.blogspot.com)

I would just like to add the Little Doug rode up front with me from Bemidji to Golden Valley in an open-top carrier so he got lots of pets and even some singing from me backed by the chorus of mewing kittens in the back seat.

He truly was a darling and was so tame and loving that it is clear someone cared for him before he was shot and left for dead. I hope that people will learn that there are options to avoid unwanted puppies and kittens -- free spay/neuter clinics are coming up both at Red Lake and Leech Lake.

Denise

Kitty transport, plus a pup

Lots of kittens, an injured cat, Tate, and a special puppy, Little Doug, rode out with Denise to the metro on Thursday, June 14th.

TATETate came to the shelter because he and a small dog were friends and the dog used to carry Tate around by the neck over a period of time causing a open wound on the back. Poor Tate put up no resistance to the dog and used to sleep beside him, only to be further injured. Thankfully Tate was brought to the shelter and Feline Rescue took him in. Shan and Brian of Shan's Shack made the rescue.

Another sad case was Little Doug, a tiny puppy unable to use his hind legs, who was rescued from a ditch in Cass Lake. Leech Lake Legacy had him in Animal Care Clinic where he was x-rayed and they found 3 bullets in his little body. The puppy was about 6 weeks old and very darling. Nancy and Tom brought him from ACC and he rode out with Denise to AHS and met Jen and Marilou. Little Doug is being assessed there and needs all the prayers he can get.

KATNISSPUFFFERRISALMONDA litter of kittens found at a farm in Goodridge went to a foster home with Feline Rescue. They are Puff, Almond, Katniss, and Ferris (named by the students from Youth Works) They were rescued by Shan and Brian of Shan's Shack.

IZZYAnother kitten named Izzy went to foster care with Denise. Along the transport route Karen stopped and picked up another little tabby kitten, named Squirt, which Denise also kindly took into her care.

TOM, DENISE, NANCYThank you Shan, Brian, Denise, Nancy, Tom, AHS, Jen, and Marilou for your commitment to help these animals. We all made a difference!

Sincerely,
Karen and RLRR

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