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Renee Leger, President ANML-RESQ Network of Ontario

Friday October 13, 2017

A few weeks ago we were asked to help a very sweet rottweiler boy. If you hadn't noticed we were full up with rottweilers and as much as we wanted to help

him, we had no foster homes available. But thanks to some very caring shelter workers who didn't want to see him be put down due to lack of space they

offered us an amazing foster family and we could not refuse this opportunity to save this sweet boys life. We got him vaccinated as quickly as possible and

today he went for his neuter. Here is an update and a couple of pictures of Bowser and his foster sis, Mimi. Welcome Bowser! We are so glad we could help,

thanks to a caring foster mom, Cindy.

Greetings Renee, Sending you an update about Bowser. So Bowser has settled in quite nicely. He loves everyone and every

animal he meets. He’s so patient with our Jack Russell Mimi. He shares all his toys and sleeps with her most of the time. He

is food motivated and loves mealtime. He will sit patiently if asked and will wait for the command before eating. He knows all

the basic commands like sit, lie down and give a paw. He's great at playing fetch and gives you the the toy so you can throw

it all over again and again and again. Lol He’s super sweet and loves to cuddle and be by your side at all times. He loves

bones, squeaky toys and of course tennis balls. (We buy the oversized ones). He does have some separation anxiety and will

tear up paper or go through the garbage. We are working on that. He has a pretty good recall but we have him on a leash

most of the time. He’s great on walks and has decent leash manners. Above all he’s a snuggle bug and just loves to hang

around with everyone. 

HUGE thanks to Cindy and family for welcoming Bowser into their hearts and home.

Monday October 9, 2017

We received some great pictures and update from Cricket’s mom, Jackie. It looks like he is totally enjoying life and we are thrilled for this handsome boy. Here is our update:We wanted to touch base and let you know Cricket is doing great, keeping us active (every evening) and taking an inch every chance he gets. Happy Thanksgiving ... We hope everyone, and animals, are well and looking forward to a great long weekend. We wanted to touch base and let you know Cricket is doing great, keeping us active (every evening) and taking an inch every chance he gets. Cricket, or Crix for short, has been enjoying our apples so, getting his fresh fruit intake (although this has made for messy scooping. We found a great name tag for him: He's been enjoying the beach and probably should have had sun screen on his nose this September. We'll send some more pics over the weekend; thanks for introducing us to our "Crazy Crix" ~ Jacqueline  Thanks for the update, hugs to Cricket from all of us at ANML-RESQ! Happy Thanksgiving to all. 

Sunday October 8, 2017

We are pleased as punch to introduce you to our newest rescue girl, Lola. This sweety was picked up as a stray and her owner never came to claim her and we cannot understand why. Lola has been waiting at the shelter for a rescue to step forward and as soon as a foster spot came open we had everything crossed it would work. When Lola first arrived at the shelter she was great with dogs but after a couple of months, every time she had a meeting, things did not go well. Lola was so stressed out that she just wasn't herself. We had hoped that Jason and Julie's boy Kilo, who is a pretty calm, cool dude would be the one that Lola would warm up to and we were elated to hear that they got along GREAT when meeting at the shelter. Arrangements were made and our transporter extraordinaire Debbie picked Lola up on Wednesday and whisked her away and into the arms of Jason. She arrived at Jason and Julie's with Kilo anxiously awaiting her arrival. These are pictures of Lola's very first night in foster care. As you can see, she has made herself right at home and she had the most amazing sleep .... snoring and wagging her tail. Thank you Jason, Julie and Kilo for welcoming Lola into your hearts and home. A HUGE thanks to Debbie for taking the day to pick Lola up and bringing her to her foster family. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We know it will be a very special Thanksgiving holiday for Lola.

Sunday October 8, 2017

Wow ... Remy’s foster mom received a wonderful update and pictures of her previous foster boy Remy. As you can see, he is enjoying life to the fullest!!! Here is the great update:  Dear Sharin  I am mindful of your special place in Remy’s new life at this special time of year for us – nearly two years of Remy – of course at this time two years ago we were still ‘dating’ but it is October 13th, 2015 I believe Remy came forever home. Wow – how can that time have passed? Remy is doing so well. He is sure the king of his castle. Attached are some pictures of him. I think he might be the happiest dog I have ever been around. And, my Dad says for sure he never thought it was possible for a dog to be more loved and more spoiled than Levi but Remy brings spoiled to another dimension. He is so loving but he still does everything in a really big way – gorilla type take down hugs you have to be ready for.He enjoys time at the Hillsburgh property – we are finally under construction – thus the very deep hole in the ground in the picture. Remy loves to supervise the contractors. I have to laugh when I think of us literally shoving him, tricking him, luring him in to your car on the first visit here. Now it is hard to get him out and you have to really watch him because he can get himself in through an open window. He loves to be in the car – he never sleeps, he is always looking around – he and I got quite the birthday gift and Remy loves to ride with the top down in ‘his’ car. He still has his chiro adjustments monthly – we are trying to keep ahead of the small bit of spondylosis and an easy to aggravate neck - he is certainly no more graceful or careful with himself than he ever was – big bold movements – action first, think later. He runs in to trees while showing off. He does love to go to the park and run through his obedience tricks – especially on nights when the beginner class is having a practice – he is a super show off.We worked a lot on guarding his high value toys. For sure the IKEA stuffed lab (the placebo Levi) is not to be loved by anyone but Remy, however, he will let you see it for a short time. He gently removes it and places it on his bed or window seat with a look that says, enough is enough. However, there is no growling or aggression. His ball is of course also super special and he will trade it for a treat but I just do not let him be in a situation where he could be challenged for it. He still stays with my friend who has a huge pack of dogs when I am in Uganda. He has a girlfriend there – a shepherd that was left there for day care and never picked up. He plays very well with her. He has to have ‘Remy time’ when the husky he sent to the vet for stitches earlier in the year is visiting. ‘Remy time’ works for Rey as he gets a great treat in his room he does not have to share. He also gets pretty tired as there is lots of playing with his pals there. I think it is really good for him. Our scent classes are not on this fall but I hope to go further with that.Warmest regards and a take down style hug from the big lug RemyB. ~Kelly He went from being crated his entire life to living the life of luxury and being spoiled – everything Remy deserves. We could not be happier for our beautiful boy.

Sunday October 1, 2017

We are thrilled to have received these pictures of Charlotte aka Savannah. Our biggest wish for Charlotte was a doggy friend as she LOVES to play! She has a cute little doggy brother named Oreo but best of all, her dad tries to get her to the dog park every 2 days and she has made LOTS of doggy friends.  Charlotte and Oreo are fast friends and she is doing awesome with her new family. She got to spend a week with her grandma while her parents went away on vacation. She had another doggy friend while staying there as well.  We have no doubt that Charlotte is in her glory and getting everything she ever wished for. Thanks Ian for sending these pictures ... we couldn’t be happier for Charlotte.

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