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Lots of puppies and kittens come into our rescue because pet owners did not get their dogs spayed/neutered - I understand that this is expensive (I just got my puppy spayed two weeks ago), but there are low-cost spay & neuter programs out there. Google will assist in finding one in your area.

What really pisses me off though is the fact that there are 3 8-month old "Boodles" up for adoption with us. Boodles are Boxer/Poodle crosses - "designer" mutts. Our rescue got them from animal control... they had been in another shelter for so long... instead of putting them down, they knew our rescue would try to the best of our ability to find homes for them. Uneducated breeders of these designer mutts are just... I don't even have words to describe how sick it makes me... people breeding dogs for money without adhering to breed stadards (I have no problem with AKC and CKC breeders who breed responsibly - any that you speak to will let you know that they make very little, if any, money off the sale of their pups). And then, to make matters worse, the Boodles in question were given to animal control when they couldn't be "sold" - just tossed away, leaving these puppies to live in various shelters from 2-8 months of age. They are beautiful dogs, but soooo incredibly timid! The three were obviously very stressed when their sister got adopted today - they had never been separated. Poor things

Granted, Boodles and Schnoodles and Yorkipoos and Pomchis & Puggles are adorable, but so are the other puppies you can find through organizations like Petfinder.com or Adoptapet.com

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I did have a very fun time playing with the puppies today I LOVE puppies. There were the four Boodles (8 months old), a lab/husky puppy with brilliant blue eyes (~3 months), a cream-coloured terrier mix (~3 months), a HUGE shepherd/rotti cross (~3 months), a big lab/shep/akita cross (~3 months) and then a dog with severe separation anxiety that someone came in and dropped off to the rescue today. Petsmart let us use the "Training Centre" for all of our puppies to run around in - it was great. The boodles were hilarious, and the best fetchers I've played with in a long while. The little lab/husky was the second smallest there, but he was clearly the boss of everybody

Here are some pics


"I can haz adopshun?"


the little terrier cross... and my bewb


the lab/shep/akita and the shepherd/rotti cross all snuggled up awwwwwwwwwwwwwww


the four boodles - one was adopted today woo hoo!


my favourite boodle ~ the name "Wiggle" would suit her perfectly

I has Kittehs

As the evening wound down at the adopt-a-thon, I went to the kitty adoption area to pick up my new foster kittens. I have been wanting to take in kittens again for awhile, and the opportunity came up to take in four little ones who were 8 weeks old. I was told that they needed eye drops a few times a day before they could be adopted out - no problem, thought I. Holy smokes... they need a lot more than eye drops!

Their mother abandoned them at four weeks old - I was honestly too shocked by the look of them to hear any more of the story. I don't know if they were bottle fed from that point or if they've been given regular cat food or what... all four of them are underweight and from the look of them, dehydrated. I've never seen 8 week old kittens so small! I've been taking in cats & kittens for the last two years now (this Fall's adopt-a-thon marked two full years with the rescue for me), and never have I ever been able to feel so much bone definition. The smallest of the kittens is extremely weak and I fear she might not make it.

I've posted in the Kitties group here on SG asking for any pointers in helping these little ones. I have drops to help the infection in their eyes, lysene suppliment, very good kitten food & some wet food. I have a dish of fresh water for them at all times, and I'm also keeping an eye on who uses the litter box and when.


"Zero" - not the smallest, but I think her eyes are worse than any of her siblings'



"Doom Kitteh" (see the gooey eyes?) with "Fussy" in front (aptly named... Fussy hisses at everything)


This is the smallest one... she's weaker than the others, and by far the skinniest. Maybe that's why I haven't named her - I'm too reminded of what happened with Bug only a year ago