Mom is leaving soon

Our whole human family is leaving soon to go see Great Grandpa in western NY. This will be the first time in quite a few years that Mom and Dad have left us at the same time....(they usually go separately so one of them is here with us). Mom is very excited about showing off her grandkids to her family up there and getting to see the autumn colors. She says that fall is her favorite time of year and that she really misses that living here in FL. She might take the kids to Niagara Falls too. They say that is one of the seven wonders of the world...are we the 6th wonder?

 

And we are so lucky because our petsitter is our vet! Mom feels comfortable leaving knowing that we will be well taken care of and also that someone savvy with multiple dogs will be here with us. We are not sure what that means, but if she is okay with that then we are too.

 

Mom hopes to get some great photos while she is there and we are sure she will because she has that black thing in front of her face all of the time

 

Mom leaves on Oct 6th and Dad and our human pack will all fly up there on Oct 10th (Mav's b'day).

 

 

WARNING about pimple ball

This is true as posted on snopes...

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/pimpleball.asp

sorry we haven't been on

We wanted to apologize for not being here much lately. Our mom has some health issues and has not been feeling so great. She is doing better now and is able to be on the computer a little more...YEAH!

Fay update

Unlike other areas in FL, Fay was relatively gentle with us. She dropped about 12" of rain and the yard was a small lake, but is quickly draining.

 

M&M survey their kingdom...

 

 

Busy, busy, busy!!!

Mom hasn't been able to post much lately because she has been helping dad completely renovate our house. So she has either been working or sleeping because she is exhausted!

 

They put tile down for us and we had to stay outside with access to only one room during the day--HOW DARE they do that to us! Now they have installed something called a pocket door, which is quite confusing to all of us and on top of that they got new furniture that we can only get on when we sneak up on it!

 

They are still doing stuff, so Mom will probably still not be around much but the house does look very nice!

A story behind every face

Please come and see some of the rescue Aussies and their stories on MDS at AussieResortRescue. IStories and pics will be added as time allows, so be sure to check back often.

Time to fess up....

Okay... the few on MDS that have asked where I have been lately, it's true...I have been busy. Between having out of town company and remodeling it's been hectic.

 

BUT the truth of the matter is that when I posted about my sweet rescue dog, Blue, passing away I thought this dog community would be empathetic and kind and post condolences for me to pass along to Larry. Evidently the dog community is no more empathetic to others than the rest of the general population since we got 5 barks. FIVE out of 71 views. This is not only disappointing, but downright disgusting, particularly given the situation. Poor Blue was as close to death when I got him as he could have been. I wasn't even positive he was an Aussie because he looked so bad. You could literally feel every bone in his body. He not only weighed next to nothing, he had lost all of his muscle mass. Do you have an inkling of how starved a dog has to be to lose all their muscle??? We couldn't even get a blood draw for a heartworm test, because there was just nothing in his system. I fed him rice, yogurt, cottage cheese and chicken every couple of hours for weeks because his system couldn't handle the food. When we finally got some muscle on him, then we had to almost kill him again to treat for heartworms.

 

Needless to say, I am totally stunned by the lack of compassion here, so I have been debating whether or not I should keep my profile up. The reason I set one up was because I was told this was such a great group...and there are a few absolutely wonderful folks I have met, but normally when someone is in pain, you extend a hand....even if you don't know them.

 

You would think after so many years of rescue I would have got it through my thick head that people can be quite self-centered, but I continue to give the benefit of a doubt. Now I see more responses to fun and/or trivial things than to reach out to one of the best people I have met in my life (and being military, I have met LOTS of people). This is such a sad time....both from losing Blue and losing some more of my belief in people.

100 Ways To Help A Rescue

1. Transport a dog?
2. Donate a dog bed or towels or other *bedding* type items?**
3. Donate MONEY?
4. Donate a Kong? A nylabone? A hercules?
5. Donate a crate?
6. Donate an x-pen or baby gates?
7. Donate a food dish or a stainless bucket for a crate?
8. Donate a leash?
9. Donate a collar?
10. Donate some treats or a bag of food?
11. Donate a halti or promise collar or a gentle leader?
12. Walk a dog?
13. Groom a dog?
14. Donate some grooming supplies (shampoos, combs, brushes, etc.)?
15. Go to the local shelter and see if that dog is the breed the shelter says it is or go with rescue to be a second opinion on the dog?
16. Make a few phone calls?
17. Mail out applications to people who've requested them?
18. Provide local vet clinics with contact information for educational materials on responsible pet ownership?
19. Drive a dog to and from vet appointments?
20. Donate long distance calling cards?
21. Donate the use of your scanner or digital camera?
22. Donate the use of a photocopier?
23. Attend public education days and try to educate people on responsible pet ownership?
24. Donate a gift certificate to a pet store?
25. Donate a raffle item if your club is holding a fund raiser?
26. Donate flea stuff (Advantage, etc.)?
27. Donate hw pills?
28. Donate a canine first aid kit?
29. Provide a shoulder to cry on when the rescue person is overwhelmed?
30. Pay the boarding fees to board a dog for a week? Two weeks?
31. Be a Santi-paws foster to give the foster a break for a few hours or days?
32. Clip coupons for dog food or treats?
33, Bake some homemade doggie biscuits?
34. Make book purchases through Amazon via a web site that contributes commissions earned to a rescue group?
35. Host rescue photos with an information link on your website?
36. Donate time to take good photos of foster dogs for adoption flyers, etc.?
37. Conduct a home visit or accompany a rescue person on the home visit?
38. Go with rescue person to the vet to help if there is more than one dog? 39. Have a yard sale and donate the money to rescue?
40. Be volunteer to do rescue in your area?
41. Take advantage of a promotion on the web or store offering a free ID tag and instead of getting it for your own dog, have the tag inscribed with your Club's name and phone # to contact?
42. Talk to all your friends about adopting and fostering rescue dogs?
43. Donate vet services or can you help by donating a spay or neuter each year or some vaccinations?
44. Onterview vets to encourage them to offer discounts to rescues?
45. Write a column for your local newspaper or club newsletter on dogs on dogs currently looking for homes or ways to help rescue?
46. Take photos of dogs available for adoption for use by the Club?
47. Maintain web sites listing/showing dogs available?
48. Help organize and run fundraising events?
49. Help maintain the paperwork files associated with each dog or enter the information into a database?
50. Tattoo a rescued dog?
51. Microchip a rescued dog?
52. Loan your carpet steamcleaner to someone who has fostered a dog that was sick or marked in the house?
53. Donate a bottle of bleach or other cleaning products?
54. Donate or loan a portable dog run to someone who doesn't have a quarantine area for quarantining a dog that has an unknown vaccination history and has been in a shelter?
55. Drive the fosters' children to an activity so that the foster can take the dog to obedience class?
56. Use your video camera to film a rescue dog in action?
57. Pay the cost of taking a dog to obedience class?
58. Be the one to take the dog to its obedience class?
59. Go to the foster home once a week with your children and dogs to help socialize the dog?
60. Help the foster clean up the yard (yes, we also have to scoop what those foster dogs poop)
61. Offer to test the foster dog with cats?
62. Pay for the dog to be groomed or take the dog to a *Do It Yourself* Grooming Place?
63. Bring the foster take out so the foster doesn't have to cook dinner?
64. Pay a house-cleaning service to do the spring cleaning for someone who fosters dogs all the time?
65. Lend your artistic talents to your club's newsletter, fundraising ideas, t-shirt designs?
66. Donate printer paper, envelopes and stamps to your club?
67. Go with a rescue person to the vet if a foster dog needs to be euthanized?
68. Go to local shelters and meet with shelter staff about how to identify your breed or provide photos and breed information showing the different types of that breed may come in and the different colour combinations?
69. Go to local businesses and solicit donations for a club's fundraising event?
70. Offer to try and help owners be better pet owners by holding a grooming seminar?
71. Help pet owners be better pet owners by being available to answer training questions?
72. Loan a crate if a dog needs to travel by air?
73. Put together an *Owner's Manual* for those who adopt rescued dogs of your breed?
74. Provide post-adoption follow up or support?
75. Donate a coupon for a free car wash or gas or inside cleaning of a vehicle?
76. Pay for an ad in your local/metropolitan paper to help place rescue dogs?
77. Volunteer to screen calls for that ad?
78. Get some friends together to build/repair pens for a foster home?
79. Microchip your own pups if you are a breeder, and register the chips, so if your dogs ever come into rescue, you can be contacted to take responsibility for your pup?
80. Donate a small percentage of the sale of each pup to rescue if you are a breeder?
81. Buy two of those really neat dog-items you "have to have" and donate one to Rescue?
82. Make financial arrangements in your will to cover the cost of caring for your dogs after you are gone - so Rescue won't have to?
83. Make a bequest in your will to your local or national Rescue?
84. Donate your professional services as an accountant or lawyer?
85. Donate other services if you run your own business?
86. Donate the use of a vehicle if you own a car dealership?
87. Loan your cell phone (and cover costs for any calls) to s/one driving a rescued dog?
88. Donate your *used* dog dryer when you get a new one?
89. Let rescue know when you'll be flying and that you'd be willing to be a rescued dog's escort?
90. Donate a doggy seatbelt?
91. Donate a grid for a van or other vehicle?
92. Organize a rescued dog picnic or other event to reunite the rescued dogs that have been placed?
93. Donate other types of doggy toys that might be safe for rescued dogs?
94. Donate a roll-a-treat or Buster cube?
95. Donate clickers or a video on clicker training?
96. Donate materials for a quarantine area at a foster's home?
97. Donate sheets of linoleum or other flooring materials to put under crates to protect the foster's floor?
98. Donate an engraving tool to make ID tags for each of the rescued dogs?
99. Remember that rescuing a dog involves the effort and time of many
people and make yourself available on an emergency basis to do *whatever*
is needed?
100.Do something not listed above to help rescue?

**gently-used dog equipment is always welcomed.