We have one more fur baby who will be arriving soon looking for a new forever home. She is a 2 year old heeler feist weighing 25 lbs. As you can see from the photo she is a very happy girl who loves everyone, adults, kids, dogs of all sizes, and cats. Plus she loves riding in the car. If you are interested in making this lovely lady part of your family please fill out an adoption application. Thank you for considering adopting and have a Woofderful day :)
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Hello Everyone. We have four adorable fur babies, pictured above, arriving soon. They came from a hoarding situation. They are fine with other dogs, but need some socialization work with people and probably work with house training as well in addition to lots of TLC :) If you are interested in fostering please email [email protected] for more information. We provide all food, medical care, etc. If you are interested in adopting please fill out our adoption application under the adopt section of the website. Thank you for looking.
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! We have been working all week on finding other shelters to pull dogs from and I am excited to announce that we are in the process of arranging to pull dogs from a shelter in Mississippi and a couple shelters in Texas. I hope to have more information and pics of adorable fur babies looking for new homes soon :)
This is the first of what I hope to be a series of blogs on common issues people encounter while working with or when adopting a rescue dog. I hope people find them helpful.
When one adopts a dog, often times the dog may have issues that need correcting. A common issue is not being house trained. Here I distinguish between not being house trained from marking behavior. I will discuss marking behavior later. Among dogs I have fostered I have encountered adult dogs who were not house trained at all or were somewhat house trained and it is possible in most cases, assuming there is no physical reason such as incontinence due to age or disease, to house train an adult dog. You use some of the same techniques for house training an adult dog that you would use for a puppy. One of the advantages with an adult dog is that biologically speaking a healthy dog doesn't usually need to go potty as often as a puppy once house trained. It is usually a matter of teaching the dog where he is supposed to go potty. If you have another dog who is already house trained taking both dogs outside together so that one dog can learn from the other is very beneficial. If you only have one untrained dog who doesn't seem to know where to go potty try collecting some of the urine and/or feces on paper towel or a potty pad and put the soiled material outside where you want the dog to go potty. The next time you take the dog potty take him directly to that spot. You may have to repeat this several times but eventually most dogs will smell the urine and understand that this is where they are supposed to go potty. Once the dog does go potty in the appropriate place make sure you positively reward the dog with verbal praise, a pet, a treat or by looking approvingly at the dog. Another aid to use while house training is a belly band. A belly band can be worn inside the house to prevent your dog from going potty inside the house and once partially house trained as a reminder to not go potty in the house. They are readily available at most pet stores or online. I prefer belly bands to disposable diapers because belly bands are cheaper and eco-friendly. The most important thing to remember when working on any issue with your dog is patience, persistence, and TLC. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to email. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season. Thank you to everyone who gave us donations and helped in other ways last year. I would like to wish everyone a happy healthy safe New Year and for anyone looking for a new furry family member please check out our dogs available for adoption. Petsmart in Williston will be having an adoption event in February so come visit us. I will post more information about the February adoption event when I know the date and time.
Does you Fur Baby need a bath or a haircut? Now is a great time to schedule a grooming appointment and help a wonderful cause at the same time. The grooming students at Bow Meow on Susie Wilson Rd in Essex Junction are eager to try out their grooming skills in exchange for a very small donation to Emma's Foundation for Canine Cancer. To schedule your appointment today call 878-3647 Monday, Tuesday or Thursday after 5:30pm.
While I was contacting animal shelters last week to see if there were any small dogs who needed rescuing I heard a story about a lost dog who had been turned in to an animal control shelter with a tag with her name on it. When the dog was taken to the vet and scanned, they found a microchip, but the company that the microchip was registered with was no longer in business. So even though they could retrieve the number from the microchip, it was not possible to connect the number with the owners. This was the first time that I had heard of or thought about a microchip becoming ineffective in helping a lost pet become reunited with it’s owners because the company who the microchip was registered with wasn't in business anymore. Thankfully in this case the dog was reunited with her family through other means. This made me think that even though one of my fur babies has a microchip, that both of them should also have a tag with a phone number to call in case one of them should somehow get separated from us.
I wanted to share this story because I now think it is a very good idea for a pet to have both a microchip and a tag with a phone number to call in order to increase the chance of your pet being returned safely. Concerning the microchip, there are three things to do to ensure that it remains able to help reunite you with your pet: 1. Have your vet check the microchip occasionally to verify it is still electronically readable. Most pet microchips are estimated to remain functional for 12 to 20 years, but some pets have lived longer than their microchip remained functional or the microchip simply quits working. 2. Check yearly to confirm that the company that your pet’s microchip is registered with is still in business. A shelter or animal control agency would use the ID number read out of the microchip to contact that company, who will then connect you with whoever found your pet. 3. Make sure the information you have registered is up to date. Phone numbers and emails change, households move. I am happy to announce that Finney was adopted on September 13th and is happily settling into his new home :) We are planning on having more rescue dogs soon. Also we will be at the Jericho Farmers Summer Market one more time on Thursday October 1st. We will be doing the Jericho Farmers Winter Market which starts Thursday October 15th and is the first and third Thursdays of the month until December 17th. Hope to see you at one of the markets and a big thank you to everyone who has stopped by to see us and make donations over the past few weeks.
I am excited to announce that Little Woof Small Dog Rescue will be at the Jericho Farmers Market September 3rd, September 17th, and October 1st selling dog treats to raise money for the rescue. I would like to send a big thank you to everyone that stopped by to visit me and made a donation on my first day at the Jericho Farmers Market on Thursday. I enjoyed the beautiful weather and meeting everyone and all their fur babies :) For those of you who would like to visit upcoming farmers markets it is held at Mills Riverside Park on Route 15 in Jericho from 3:30pm until 6:30pm on Thursdays. I look forward to seeing you soon.
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. I would like to thank everyone who came to visit us at the Lucy's House event last month. Thanks to everyone who supported us we raised $46.00 and received two bags of the food Finney eats, Zignature trout & salmon. Finney and I enjoyed seeing everyone and spending the day with Jen and Zach who very generously brought people treats to sell.
Finney is enjoying the summer walking with his furry friends and spending a little time on the weekends being a therapy dog. |
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