Jessica and her bff Sampson

The Mother's Day post for Jessica triggered an update from Jessica's new family which includes another Red Lake shepherd, Sampson:

JESSICA & SAMPSON SNUGGLINGHi There!

Just wanted to send some pictures and let you know that Jessica (who thanks you very much for the Mother's Day post about her kids) is happy and healthy here with her brother Sampson (also from Red Lake and Second Hand Dogs).

SAMPSON & JESSICA OUTSIDEWe play most of the day and love to chase squirrels and robins. We've had to back off on her food now as she is rather curvy and muscular now.

JESSICA & MOM & KITTIESShe is such a sweet girl and takes good care of her kitties too.

JESSICA COUCH POTATOShe loves to snuggle on the couch snoring away.

SAMPSON & JESSICA SNOOZINGThanks again for my beauties and for all you do. Hope to make it up some weekend this summer to volunteer.

Happy Mother's Day to Jessica!

Back in September of 2009, Karen received a call about a skinny sick dog with 14 pups that were dying. Jessica and her pups came to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue and seven pups survived.

JESSICA BEFOREThe pups went to TLC Rescue when they could leave their mom. Jessica went to Secondhand Dog and recovered beautifully.

JESSICA AFTER
Here are the pups at the age of seven weeks:We recently received updated photos from TLC Canine Rescue. Didn't they grow up beautifully and change from looking so much alike when they were tiny?!

NINARAVENNOLALEO (who was the runt)ELLIAPOLLOWe are only missing a photo of Koda!

Jessica is looking happy and healthy

Jessica came to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue starving and with her large litter of pups that had already started to die of malnutrition. Look at her today:

Jessica is blossoming!

Angela
fostering for Second Hand Dog

Same old story: starvation and mange

We had another transport on Saturday October 24 and I have lost count but I think it is 10 or 11 consecutive weeks of transports! Definitely a record-breaking time for us, and we are all hoping things will slow down.

I drove 15 dogs and puppies to Bemidji where I met the O'Sullivans, and they drove on to Motley to meet Barbara Olson, who went on to the metro to meet Dee Dee. It was a load of some very wonderful animals, many of whom suffered starvation and mange, who got a chance for a brighter future.

STARVING RENAERENAE AND HER PUPSRenae was a bag of bones when she came in. Thankfully no mange was detected on her or her pups. She is eating regularly spaced mixed puppy kibble and canned foor which she gobbles up in less than 10 seconds. We are so happy that our generous donors send food to help starving animals such as Renae. Renae is young by looks of her teeth. She and her pups went to Animal Ark.

BABES IN THE WOODSBABES IN THE WOODSBabes in the Woods are two tiny husky mix puppies we found in the woods following a tip by a student. We saw the mama and daddy dogs, but could not catch them. They had mange so we left ivermectin in food for them. The puppies are very young- I would say 3-4 weeks old. Not in bad shape at all- eating moist canned and puppy milk replaced with a syringe They are very large for their age. They have no mange, but no doubt will develop it.

PEGGY IN HER SWEATERPATTY IN HER SWEATERPATTY & PEGGYPatty and Peggy went to TLC Rescue.

REGINATINY REGINARegina also went into foster care with Linda for Animal Ark.

WHITE OWLWe found White Owl, Ronelle and Jocelyn at the same place. White Owl was hungry but not as bad as the girls. He is really packing away the puppy kibble. He got his lst parvo/dis shot, ivermectin treatment. Jocelyn and White Owl went to Pet Projects.

JOCELYNJOCELYNJocelyn came in starving -- near death. She is a husky mix about 12-16 weeks old. She walks hunched over from losing strength on her hind legs and could not hold up her head on the way to the shelter. Now She is eating good quality meals at regular intervals and LOVES her little dog house and her straw bedding. She is so happy to be rescued. I started ivermectin for her mange, but no parvo shot yet as she is too weak.

CHUBSChar and Chubs went to Tricounty Humane Society. Chubs is a little tan and white male shep /lab mix. Very sweet and in fairly good shape. He got wormed, and his first parvo/dis shot

JESSICA'S SCARSJESSICAJessica, a german shepherd went to Second Hand Dogs.

RONELLERONELLE'S SORESRonelle, a Saint mix, female, about a year, came in starving with sores on her legs and ears from mange. She has a darling personality. She is getting small portions of puppy kibble and canned at regular intervals and has started ivermectin treatments. She went into foster care with Dee Dee.

Petey, a cute little doxie mix, is also in one of our Red Lake Rosie foster homes.

A special thank you to the Red Lake community members who rescue animals, our metro support team, our Petfinder fosters, our transporters, the rescues that take the animals, and our faithful financial supporters.

We need all of these valuable players on our team or we could never hope to accomplish the level of help we are providing to the Red Lake animals. I am amazed at what we have done together!!

Karen and RLRR

Jessica's pups find love

Darcie adopted Moxie from RLRR and is currently fostering Jessica's two pups from Red Lake.

Loving up the babies at my house!

Thank you so much for all the love & care you give to the animals.

Love,

D ~ mom of Moxie

Jessica's pups in foster care

You can read more about Jessica and her pups in an earlier blog post.

These pics are of Jessica's litter of 7 sheps that went to TLC.
Peace- Karen

FOSTER HOME REPORTS:
Here are just a few pictures of the little ones. They are doing awesome.

CHOWTIMEWe gave them two bowls of food and a bowl of water and it's all gone.

I have been paying for it trying to keep the pads clean.

Haha, We have washed two loads already and it is only 11 pm.

NAPTIMEThank you and Dog Bless
Lisa
TLC Canine Rescue

Lauren's weekend at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

Mike and I packed the car full of donated food before heading up to the shelter this past weekend.

LOTS O' PUPS

We arrived very late Friday night, but when we woke Saturday morning, we saw that the shelter had tons of animals!

KITTENS

Puppies, dogs, and cats were all over the place!

FOGGY MORNING AT RLRR

We helped out with the chores and took some of the doggies for a walk in the field. It was gorgeous weather, not too hot or humid.

BOTTLE BABIES

Karen and I bottle fed some tiny pups whose mama had died.

JESSICA

We played with a special mama dog, Jessica, who is the biggest sweetheart! She is going to make a great companion when she has weaned her pups and puts on some more weight. Even though she has some hairless spots, she is so beautiful!

GIRL DOG

There was also a poor, very overweight lab, "Girl Dog", who has an injured back paw, but is still a very lovable dog.

TAFFY

TRUMAN

I just loved two of the dogs we transported back: Taffy - a sweet, docile adult and Truman - a handsome, playful pup. I'm sure these guys will get great homes!

CARMEL

It amazes me what great animals come from the reservation, given their sad circumstances.

SPRINKLES

We headed back to the Twin Cities on Sunday with 19 animals to go to foster care. We will be fostering little Sprinkles, a tiny, spunky kitten - so, if anyone knows of someone wanting to adopt a little one, let me know!

TAKIN' A WALK, GETTIN' A DRINK

Thank you to everyone who took in foster animals - the shelter really needs to free up some space! It was another great weekend. Thanks to Karen and Mike Wilson, who work tirelessly up there!!

SUNRISE AT RLRR

Also, I have organized two more fundraising events at the Mall of America's Nickelodeon Park: Saturday, Oct. 24th (4:15 - 10:15pm) and Sunday, Nov. 29th (11 - 7pm). Each volunteer will earn $50 to be donated to RLRR. Please email me at coxla03@aol.com if you would like more details or would like to volunteer your time.

~Lauren

SUNRISE AT RLRR

P.S. - I have made a RLRR Group on the Best Friends Network. If you are a member of the Network, please become a fan of RLRR. We will soon become a Best Friends Network Charity, so people will be able to donate money through our group on the network. Thanks!