Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue

The sun was shining in a brilliant blue sky this morning when I got up at 6 am. It was cold tho -4!! I stayed up, made my coffee while I topped up food and water bins and swept the floors before mopping. I am enjoying my second cup of very good coffee while I remember last night.

Lady and Jack were wrestling in the common room while I watched TV. This breed likes to grab each other by the neck ruff while they wrestle. They are the same size – 23 and 24 pounds and siblings. But when I heard kiyiiyying I looked over at them to see Jack had his jaw caught in Lady’s collar and she was strangling. Thank doG we never leave the dogs alone! I rushed over as did all the dogs (and they did NOT want to help – the high pitched noise threw some into prey drive). By now a minute had passed as I struggled to hold them down so I could see the problem. Jack was bleeding. Lady ’s eyes were bulging. I couldn’t find the collar. Then lower down I felt the web and slid my fingers down to the latch – she was wearing a quick release collar. She was soon free. Jack too. Jack had a cut tongue but Lady…. her eyes were blood red. It was less than 3 minutes but any longer and we would have lost little Lady. The quick release collar saved her but it was supposed to break in this type of situation. Which is why they wear them. I will have to rethink keeping collars on the dogs. It gives us something to hold onto when we need to work with (ie trim a matt or take one for a walk) an individual dog or when they decide to be bullies. But this was scary. Mind you it is the first time I have encountered this type of accident in all my years of living with dogs.

Lady is fine this morning after her ordeal. She slept in my lap all night. She ate this morning. Her neck is swollen a bit and her eyes are still red. But she is fine. She isn’t wearing any collar. And she isn’t playing with her brother either!

This morning with 3Penny.

This morning outside – tomorrow’s blog will showcase the faces of TG!

And now more updates from TG Alumi! I really really love the updates – you make my days so much brighter – thank you.

Hello Everyone,

It is Allie Pup (remember me? I starred in the slide show that Kelsey put together). I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. I’ve been with my family for a year now. Hard to believe. My family was just talking about what a year it has been. When I adopted my family we were living on Vancouver Island. A short time later Dad had to leave us for a couple of months, something about a new job in Alberta. Then one day Mom packed us all up (me, my beagle brother Charlie, the two girls and Dumas the cat) and we all got in the station wagon and drove and drove and drove. I was still just a pup then but Mom said I needed to be good and please don’t eat too much of the car! I mostly listened.

Wow you wouldn’t believe the place we moved to. There was snow!!!! I love it, love it, love it.

I do have to tell you that it hasn’t been easy training my family. The girls no problem. It is mom and dad that I worry about. Mom is home with me during the day and when they would all go somewhere and leave me at home I would do some rearranging. One time I had the great idea of shaking the cocoa all over the floor kind of as a room freshener. The living room had not smelt that good in a long time. I also rearranged the photo albums, the couches, basically helping out where I could. And then one day dad came home with a great big box. Of course I was very curious. Inside was a huge play fort for me! Dad was so cool, he set it up right in the middle of the living room, this thing is huge. So now when they leave I just go into my fort. I feel bad that I can help out around the house when they are gone but honestly it takes a lot of stress off my shoulders. Now I just take a huge nap, chew on my bones and watch the Dog Whisperer. I really can’t complain too much.

At night I sleep under the girls bed. It makes me feel better knowing they are safe. I love those girls! They even let me dress up for Halloween. I finally got be the Dalmatian. Anyways, it is about time for my walk. Mom and I go out for a walk every morning by ourselves and then at night we all go out for a play in the field. I can’t complain. Oh mom wants to write a quick note to you before our walk. I guess I will just lay down at her feet and be patient.
Much love,
Allie Pup

Hi Yvette,

Oh my goodness I totally forgot how much work puppies are!!!! Allie just turned a year and we are still trying to use the excuse she is just a puppy. Every night Tim and I laugh about how a puppy is more work than a baby!!!! We love Allie so much and she is becoming an awesome girl. We are really working on obedience and are having lots of training sessions. By nature she is a dominant girl. We’ve had a few battles but she is doing great. Now that the weather isn’t minus 30 we are able to get her out for lots of exercise. She never minded the cold but boy this Vancouver island girl has certainly had to adjust.

Anyways thank you so much for all you do and for our Allie pup. Can’t imagine our lives without her.
Sarah, Tim and the girls

Hi Yvette,

Just wanted to touch base with you. Every day when I check the blog, I also go to the “this day last year” page. And today- there she is- the new arrival Nonie from Burns Lake pound. You describe her as “just a little thing”, and a “cutie patootie”.

She is still both! A little darker, a little bigger (about 22
pounds), but the same cute face and inquisitive expression.
Sometimes when she stands and looks up at me it is exactly like that
first photo.

Without a doubt, she is the most agreeable dog I have ever known.
Just wants to love and be loved, and do the right thing. At the same
time, she is full of spunk and “p and v”.

I am so lucky!

Barb

Hi Yvette
We took Duchess to the beach today.
She was running around like a puppy. It was so nice to see!
My camera battery died so I didn’t get a photo. Next time.
Lori

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