The weather has decided to give us a break from the water water everywhere syndrome so Dave hastaken the adopted dogs down to Surrey. He, Stan, Kelsey and Bear left at 7.30 pm with 8 dogs ready to go to their new homes.
They are :
  Jesse James going to a family in Vancouver.

Rose going to Ken as his companion and workmate.

Ginger going to a performance home in Toronto - Nicole is picking him up in Vancouver then flying home with him. Look for him in agility and rally O.

Rina’s family is in Courteany

Anna will live in Pemberton with Warren and Delphine

Her sister Bella will live in Vanvouver.

Emma’s family is in North Vancouver

And last but not least Jaime is going to a foster home in Vancouver!! Good luck Jaime - soon you will have your family with kids to play with!

Jaime the last of the Hazeltom demodex dogs!

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

The sun is shining today! It was cold last night so the water level is staying the same - everything froze! The weather sure has been good for the flooding - it isn’t as bad as early as expected. Gives us time to get everything under control. It sure helps to have a hard working son and grand daughter here to help. Couldn’t have doen it without them!

This is the cute mini husky girl! Mom is 23 pounds so she will eb  a medium size - all th elooks of a siberian husky is a small package - what a great city companion!

Silvern has a sponsor to name her!  Thank you Jean for your donation to sponsor and name our puppy. Good name too!

And a Happy Endings :

Good Morning Yvette:

Always checking your website to get the latest news, do hope the weather

stays cooler for you so that it is a slower melt, my thoughts are with you

and all the family members as the waters rise.

A couple of pictures of Sassy - previously Sally, as you can see she

definitely has a Diva attitude now and certainly lives up to her name, plus

picture of Toby who joined me 2 months after Sassy.

I am now fostering for Furever After, presently have Hannah with us and

Sassy each day shows her motherly instincts when it comes to keeping a eye

on Hannah. Also assist with small breed transport that arrive at the Comox

Airport by Coastal Air for Second Chances and Furever After. After adopting

Sassy and learning more about her experiences and the private surrender of

Toby to me from his situation, I knew I needed to get involved in what ever

way I could.

God bless you and your husband for all you have done to assist all the

furkids you have taken care of, to find a better life and forever homes. 

Barbara Tonnellier

Sassy & Toby

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

Rocky the oh so calm and placid pup has gone to his new home in Telkwa today! He will be a much loved family member - going fishing, hiking, camping and long walks. Good luck little guy and come back to visit so I can see how big you get!!
Rocky

And a Happy Endings from this fall - in beautiful Yukon!!    - Marka - this is your Riley’s mom!!

I just wanted to send you a photo or two and tell you how much we are enjoying our time with Dutchie!  She is wonderful and doing great.  She is also spoiled rotten by our guests at the lodge.   Thanks again, and the best of luck to all of your other dogs.  I hope that they will also find loving homes.  Keep up the amazing work that you do!!!!

The Inn on the River in the Yukon!!

And Little Ned now Truman - one of Nell’s pups.

I saw your pictures on the blog - I hope everyone is staying safe and dry. We’re on an alert for flooding in Pitt Meadows too which is worrisome. Crazy weather!

Just thought I’d update you on Truman (Ned). He’s already 17lbs as of his vet visit on the weekend. Sadly he had a bout of worms but is recovering well. I didn’t realize he needed more than the monthly dewormer so we learned the hard way. Anyhow, he’s doing much better all around. He’s really great on leash, his recall is good, he hasn’t had a housebreaking accident for several days despite the fact that we don’t crate him. He’s also getting lots of socialization - he was very popular on a walk at English Bay where he got to dig in the sand and he’s already a favorite at my daughter’s school with all the kids!

We’re training him with positive reinforcement and noise distraction. The girls are able to maintian pretty good control of him by shaking a penny filled can when he jumps up or gets rowdy with them. When they need to burn off energy he loves to be chased in the backyard while the girls try to get his ball from him - he dodges and weaves to get away and then lays down when he realizes they can’t keep up. When he’s tired of the chase he lets them take the ball and they start all over again.

Just want to thank you again for sending him down to us. We’re totally smitten with him and he’s really endearing himself to everyone we know. We have friends with small children and they all feel very comfortable with him. He’s becoming the kind of dog every family wishes they had. Thanks.

And finally Mairin who earned her Herding Instinct Certificate at 7 months of age!!

And Indy - her big sister at the National Agility Trial - also a TG adoptee!!

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

This is just a short blog as there really is very little time for the computer. The water is past the greenhouse and coming into the yard. The river is over its banks below us. But the hill acroos the road is melting into our yard! Lots of snow this year. 

This article from www.interior-news.com titled: Flooding, not a matter of if, but when: Stoltenberg Says it all! the entire Lakes District/Bulkley Nechako is going to flood. It isn’t just us but all of us. The plus side is how green and clean it will be afterwards. The positive is what I need to look at not the negative. Not whether we will have enough money to do it all but Yes we will be able to do it. all. The money will be there when we need. I believe.

Water by the greenhouse - this is draining into the yard. The gate pathway is under two feet of water.

behind our house.

over the bank!

Thank you Kate for the gift of Jellybean’s Chimes. They are hanging in the kitchen doorway next to his old spot - they ring every time we go through to remind us. Your letter of condolence touched both Dave and I. Thank you for remembering our Jellybean. (The bird in this picture is Eric the Red our retired breeder Crison Rosella - he is a rescue too. )

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

April 20, 2007

Hi..

Well here is the box of things I’ve sent, I really wish it could be a really, really big box, and if this is something that you think will help, I will put together another box for you…

Now before you think that it cost, well money of coursefor a working person is always hard to come by, but I know every little bit helps… and you know its nice to be involved in something I believe in.  Geesh if everyone sent a box, you’d be swimming in collars and leashes! The paks were not that expensive to make, when you sponsor a dog, I think you should go the whole route, until they find a home.  If anyone wants to make one here is the breakdown.
Collar…. $1.00
Leash..$8.99 for a 6ft lead.  (the 4ft lead is 7.99 Petsmart was sold out tho, or I would have sent those)
Bandana…  .98 (I make these for Lucy, cause this is what I suppose a bandana should look like, the bought ones are crazy for price, and there is no material in them, it takes 10 minutes to make, I put Velcro on hers but you have to know the neck size.  So for a little over $11.00 you have a nice home pak, to send to your sponsor.
If you like the bandanas, I’ll make enough for your resident dogs, I think SweetPea would look nice in green, you’ve mentioned Squire, and Daves dog, but I’m sure you have more….  Hmmm just what you need "Bandanna Dayz at Turtle Gardens"  lol !   Like you don’t have enough to do!

All the best,

Kate
and of course
Lucy

Which one is mine? The leashes are reflective for at night safety! Sponsor this pup and you can name her! She is Emma’s pup so is from the nautical family. She is 10 weeks old so will be a small medium size but will look like a miniature  german shepherd.

Will I get big enough for this collar? This two babies are 12 days old - their eyes have been opened for two days!! They don’t have names - their mom is Bonny Lassie and there is 10 of them that need their own sponsors to name them. Can you help? 7 girls and 3 boys - 5 are siberian husky - 5 are blonde like mom. Only 1 husky boy!!

"Can I see, can I see" says Ginger the busy - super busy toller pup.

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

I was awake a few minutes before the alarm and was just going back to sleep when the radio turned on. Rats another spay day! Soon the coffee was on and Possum was in his crate for his big adventure. The puppies were all around my feet complaining  about their breakfast. Sorry - you have to wait a half hour until Dave leaves with the speuters. It didn’t take long and Dave was up and ready to go. He carried Possum and I lead Emma and Bella out the gate. Both girls balked - there was a large pool of water at the gate - they didn’t want to get their feet wet. The TG Bus was on his way to Burns with the speuters - SPay and nEUTER. Three more puppers getting ready to go to their new homes.

Rina has a clean bill of health yesterday - she weighs 17 pounds while Anna also ready for her new home - she weighs 23 pounds! Little Peanut weighs all of 6 pounds and is on antibiotics for gingivitis from her rotten teeth. She is about 9 years old and will be put under to clean her teeth and extract the bad ones as soon as her antibiotics ar edone. Lilianna is in full blown demodex so she has antibiotics for th esecondary infection, a new treatment ofr her demodex and an appointment for her spay - urgent as she is pregnant.  So next week Lilianna will have surgery. My vet was enthralled with her loving temperament and sweet personality. We will do our best for this girl.

Dave had quite a wonderful surprise when he got to the vet yeaterday. Our two sons and two grandkids were there.

Stan and Dave leaving Surrey!

Dave came up with Stan - Stan did the driving up in Dave ’s car to help with moving "stuff" to higher ground!! Aren’t kids the greatest!! Dave spent the day with us and drove back to Surrey with Calvin - Dave had to go back to work and Cal to school. Thank you son!

Stan has a type A personality so a lot has been done!! We ARE flooding - how bad it will get remains to be seen. Thank goodness for a hard working son who rushed up here to help his mom and dad. And all the dogs too. We are very lucky!

Water is up to the greenhouse!

4 wheel drive needed !

Soon all of this will be in our yard, next to the house! I have started packing my valuables and files. There will be nothing on the floors - we need to be ready to leave. On the plus side big big news:

PLATO HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!!!! He will live in Smithers with a family with two small children - he was excellent with the 3 year old - so very gentle. His walking skills were a major factor in his adoption as was his placid nature. Good luck big fellow - be good!

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

It was chilly this morning when the alarm rang - we have been letting the woodstove go out during the night. It looks like rain and is quite damp. Today is spay day for Rina and Anna two little girls that have adoptive homes - Rina in Coutneay and Anna in Vancouver.  Both were looking for food  and water this morning as were the puppies! Everybody fasts on spay day eve. The girls were leashed while the coffee was brewing. Dave was up lickety split and food and water was put down for the hungry mob as Dave walked out to the TG Bus. Rina pulled out of her harness at the gate and Dave spilled his jar of change (gas money). Anna went quietly to the van while I called Rina to me. She was not a happy camper. She knew something was up and she wasn’t having any part of going out the gate. She likes it here! Lots of food and water, good company and a dry soft bed to sleep in. It is the best home she has ever had. Dave picked her up and she was soon in the van - sorry girl but you have to be spayed, and vaccinated. The best is yet to come - a yuppie puppie home for you.

Rina - wearing her harness.

Anna - sur elooks like Rina doesn’t she? No relation tho.

I like the pictures with the background removed and the green colour added instead. It shows the dog’s face so much better. Especially with the dark/black dogs. I have been told that they look phoney. What do you think?

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.

 since March 13,2007

My name is Ben and some one is trying to keep me. I sometimes wonder and because I am a pup I don’t realize how important it is to be at my real home. I love everyone and every dog I meet and sometimes that distracts me from going home. I need help getting back to where my family is. I apparently am living with someone that is not my owner and my family needs me to come home.

very much and I have 2 kids at home that are missing me dearly. I did have a red collar on with my name, address and phone numbers. Someone has changed my collar to a blue one (apparently). I’ve been seen in the Silverking area. My real owners have been driving around town every day looking for me. Please help me get home.

This dog is more than just a pet to us, he is a real big part of our family. We adopted him because we want him. We will not give up our search until we get him back. If anyone has any information on where he is we would be forever grateful. It’s been a long 4 weeks and we just want to have Ben back. Our whole family is missing Ben and we desperately want him home. I know that he is absolutely wonderful and anyone would love to have him but the fact is he already has a wonderful home with us.

Please help us get our boy back! Thanks! 847-9029 hm, 847-0419 cell, 877-7729 wk.

©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.