Rescued Is My Favorite Breed

The Capital’s Canine Rescue Crew

Ottawa Dog Rescue Team

Adoption Coordinator – Andrea ValoisIntake Coordinator – Wendy BolfFoster Coordinator – Susan CianciEvents Coordinator – Andrea McCoyVolunteer Coordinator – Terry MiltonGeneral Coordinator – Sara CollinsTreasurer – Megan Brown

Founders – Andrea Valois, Wendy Bolf, Susan Cianci, Stephanie Sousa and Sara Collins

What We DoRescue dogs from situations that are deemed abusive, dangerous or neglectful;Rescue dogs in danger of being euthanized at area shelters/pounds;Place rescued dogs into well-matched carefully screened permanent adoptive homes;Provide all the necessary veterinary care for the dogs taken into our care;Provide support for dogs in need through our adoption and fostering programs;Offer the Owner Surrender Program, as an alternative for dog owners who are no longer willing or able to keep their dogs and are considering surrendering them to a shelter or animal control facility;Educate and promote the importance of spaying/neutering companion animals, positive behavior training, good canine nutrition and educate the public on how to help prevent animal cruelty.

Occasionally a dog or puppy will be adopted out prior to spay-neuter. In these special cases there will be an adoption contract that includes a “spay or neuter clause”. We will schedule the appointment when the time comes and we will follow up to ensure the appointment has been honoured. Failure of the adopter to follow through is instant grounds for us to take the dog back.

Veterinary Care

All of our dogs are adopted out fully vetted, which includes an exam, core vaccinations, rabies vaccine, heartworm testing and deworming. We treat any existing conditions (worms, mange, allergies, dental etc.) and our dogs are spayed or neutered prior to being adopted.

Procedures that Ottawa Dog Rescue Covers for our Dogs

September 2014 Procedures

• Max - Neuter, vaccinations, Heart worm test, Ear mites treatment• Stella - vaccinations, deworm, spay• Bernie and Wally - vaccinations X 2, dewormer X 2• Tusker - vaccinations, deworming, neuter• Simon - vaccinations, Heart worm test, neuter• Harley – neuter, Heart worm test and vaccinations• Kobe (previously Franky) – neuter• Amos – vaccinations• Charlie # 1 (Pekinese) - dental, Heart worm test and neuter to

follow• Kora - vaccines, dental and major mass removal X 2, special

dietary food, Heart worm test• Lexi - multiple x-rays, teeth extractions, vaccinations, eye exam

and multiple eye treatments, Heart worm test• Bruin - Treatment for kennel cough, Heart worm test• Miguel - treatment for urinary infection• Watson - blood work and treatment for urinary infection,

Giardia, possible Cushing’s disease (more blood work needed), Heart worm test

• Angel and Misha - vaccinations and deworming (spay to come)• Rosie - rabies, heart worm test, assessment and surgery to

remove several very large bladder stones, Heart worm test• Ivy - treatment for urinary infection, CBC blood work,

vaccinations, Heart worm test• Charlie #2 - vaccinations, deworming, heart worm test, fecal

exam, groom• Jinx and 7 puppies – exams, vaccinations and deworming X 8

Upcoming up in October so far

• Jinx - Spay and lump removal• Polly (previously Oreo) – Spay• Cosmo – vaccinations, Heart worm test and neuter• Newton – vaccinations, Heart worm test and groom • Buddy - full dental, Heart worm test, treatment of anal

gland infection, tapeworms• Bueller - Vaccinations, full dental, heart worm test and

neuter• Cosmo - vaccinations, heart worm test neuter• Hannah - Heart worm test, vaccines, eye treatment and

spay• Luna – treatment for cuts on her feet, vaccinations, heart

worm test and spay• Amos – Heart worm test and neuter

600,000* dogs in Canada are euthanized every year (500,000 in Quebec alone)…

Statistic on Euthanasia in Canada

The clock is always ticking for shelter dogs. A stray will have about 4 days of safety, whereas an owner surrendered dog can be euthanized on the same day it is brought in if there is no space or if they have any medical issue or are older.

Importance of spay/neuter

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I Am Alive

Because someone fostered me

Fostering Isn’t A Lifetime Commitment – It’s A Commitment To Saving A LifeSo many innocent animals are euthanized for no other reason than lack of space. By becoming a foster, you are literally saving a life.

Why Foster

In reality you are actually saving 2 lives, the dog that comes into foster care and the stray or Owner surrender that can now be taken in at the shelter. Ottawa Dog Rescue does not have a shelter or physical location, all of our dogs are placed in foster homes where they are loved and where we can learn about their personalities and quirks. This knowledge is extremely important in finding the most perfectly matched forever home and ensuring our dogs live long and happy lives in their adoptive homes. Having the dogs in a home also allows us to provide the medical care they might need.

Lexi – 6 years old dumped at the shelter with her 12 & 16 year old companions. Hairline fractures in both hips & legs, ulcers in both eyes and infected teeth.

Twist – 3 month old puppy dumped at the shelter with a fractured leg. He was set to be euthanized as the shelter cannot take on medical bills of that extent.

Kora – 10 years old. Thrown from a vehicle. 2 extra large lumps removed, 4 teeth extracted. Morbidly obese and on a special diet.

What Type of Dogs do we RescueWe take dogs of any size, any breed, any age and no matter their medical condition

We received an e-mail one day from someone who needed help to get 2 moms and their litters of pups out of deplorable conditions. When we arrived at the home we found Jinx, a 9 year old Shi Tzu, and her 7 puppies living in garbage, cigarette butts and filth. They were covered in feces, mats and had worms. We brought them into care, cleaned them up - Jinx had to be shaved down completely because her fur was so badly matted that she couldn’t walk properly.

Not only was Jinx way too old to have puppies (It’s like a 56 year old woman having septuplets) but the pups father was a husky which made nursing such big puppies very hard on her body.

The Story of Jinx

Happy Tails

Many pet store puppies are born to suffering, malnourished dogs in puppy mills. The females used for breeding are bred every heat possible, resulting in two litters a year until they are six to eight years old when they are often killed because they are too worn out to produce anymore.

Puppies bred in these mills often develop behavioural and health problems and may have difficulty adjusting to life with a family because of the lack of socialization they have had with humans. After living at the mill for as little as six weeks, the puppies are either sold directly to the public (usually through newspaper classifieds), directly to a pet store or to a broker, an independent agent who then sells them to pet stores across the country.

Adopt Don’t Shop – Puppy Mills

Puppy mill owners are intent on keeping costs down to increase the profits of their puppy sales. Dogs are, therefore, kept in unsanitary cages, often in cages or crates where they hardly have room to move. In some of the worst mills wire cages are often stacked on top of each other and excrement falls through from one cage to the next resulting in dogs with matted fur coated in feces and urine.

In other mills, dogs are kept in stalls thick with excrement or in crates hanging from the ceiling. They are fed just enough to keep them alive, and the food is the cheapest the owner can find. The dogs rarely necessary veterinary treatment, so preventable diseases can run rampant through puppy mills.

These are the highly profitable puppy mills you are likely supporting when you purchase a dog from the pet store.

What YOU can do to help

If you can’t adopt- fosterIf you can’t foster – sponsorIf you can’t sponsor – donateIf you can’t donate – fundraiseIf you can’t fundraise - volunteerIf you can’t volunteer – network (SHARE)

There are so many ways you can help us in our mission. Bottle drives, food drives, collecting items for the dogs, car wash, photo contests etc. You can also be part of the solution by adopting a dog rather than buying one in a pet shop or from a backyard breeder on Kijiji.

Tusker

Contact Information

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