Lizzie is not adapting to her new home. She is bullying the tiny resident dachshund. The little one is very sad. Lizzie is very active – an energizer bunny if you will – she is a single breed smooth fox terrier! Lizzie is 5 years old, spayed, housebroken and loves walks. She is affectionate with her people maybe a tad too possessive. She is in the lower mainland and needs a foster until adoption or our next TG Bus Run. Can anyone help??

Please keep voting – we are now #9!!! tell your friends, facebook your friends, email your friends. Together we CAN!!

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Just in case anyone out there is a bit confused on what to do for this new challenge, here’s a little more direction for how to go about voting for the first time. Please remember there is a one time set up of your email address and password. You do not need to do this everytime you vote. Once you are set up you only click the sidebar button and you can VOTE Everyday

I don’t have much energy and it’s really hard to type from the camper. That’s right mom and dad decided to spend one more night in Vancouver. I can’t wait till we’re home again but this is ok. Except that Molly keeps poking her pointy paws into me and Seven keeps stickin’ his little tail in my nose. Oh my, oh my. Thank doGness for Laptops. ( ‘cept the keypads are so tiny for my big ole paws.)

I wanted to take a few minutes to say how much we all enjoyed the Turtle Gardens K9 Rescue 2010 Reunion! Cynda has already sent a couple of pictures to me and mom. She has promised to send me something to post for her in the next day or two.

I’d really like it for people to write me and tell me if they don’t want me to use a photo of you on the blog. If you have some you want to share please send them to the email I have below here. There was also alot of people who wanted to email me and order a personalized bandana, etc. I said I would put my email here, so open your email address book and add me NOW okay (wink, wink) It’s kingsurvives2008@yahoo.ca
It was GREAT to meet and revisit everyone who was there. I personally think it was an AWSOME turn out. I really liked meeting all the new adopted and foster doggies and their new familes. I’ll write about it soon.

I thought many people might be just itchin’ to see a Reunion update. So untill Yvette gets back home and onto her computer, I’m doing a quick blurb and this one will have to do.

Turtle Gardens newest supporter, Little Ila and Grandpaw Stan Well Ila, This is it. Your very first TG K9 Rescue Reunion. Okay. I think you girls have done your job. Let’s begin the Reunion No, Wait, We have to find MAMMA YVETTE! I think I saw her with Gryphon, just over there It’s okay I found her! Gryphon thinks – I knew where she was all along.

Much, much, much more to come very soon!

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I just heard Yvette is bringing little Audie down with her. He is the special needs pup with canine megaesophagus.
This is just another example of how selfless and caring Yvette is with her canine crew. Audi is one lucky pup!

For those who didn’t get a picture of the Olympic torch, here’s your chance – Yvette is bringing her torch down to the reunion – everyone will have a photo op! How cool is that?

BTW – The entrance to Everett Crowley Park is just south of 63rd Ave on the East side of Kerr. The parking lot is quite small but there is plenty of parking on the street.

FYI – Washrooms are not located in the park, but are across the street from the parking lot.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

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Hi Yvette – I just wanted to share another success story for Turtle Gardens.

This is my Bella – the cat loving, housebroken, waits for her dinner border collie mix I adopted May 1st. As you can see, she is also a quilter and must test-drive all quilts (with her pal Otis the cat) before the quilts leave the house.

She has just learned how to run along side my bicycle on the trails for exercise and has shown potential for the Superdogs. She arrived with some very good basic training, and I think I have Turtle Gardens to thank for that.

Finding Bella was like winning the lottery and we can’t wait to meet everyone next week at the reunion. See you there.

Colleen and Bella the Wonderdog

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Foster puppy Dillon (now named Riley) has been adopted! Riley will live in Vancouver with a 4-legged sister named Ginger. We’ll get some pictures for you soon. In the meantime, here’s some pictures of Riley while he was still in foster.

Puppy Dillon (Riley) chewing on Teya’s favourite toy	What !! ?? You want me to puppysit AGAIN?
Teya thinks -Oh, alright, I will.	Yes! Of course! I’m paying attention!
Gryphon thinks – Puppysitting is easy!	Nothing to it.
Told ya’ it’s easy!	Yaay! No more Puppysitting!
Have a Great life in your New Family Riley!

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Hi Yvette,

It has been almost seven months now since Trixie joined our family. When we chose Trixie, her bio indicated she’d be a great companion for an older couple who liked walking and puttering in the garden. We’re the “older couple” and Trixie is the perfect dog for us. She takes us for an hour hike every morning through the bush and lets us know about every squirrel and rabbit and all the other important things her nose observes. In the afternoons, it’s ladies’ walk and we go through the neighbourhood so we can gossip with the neighbours and meet other dogs. Trixie’s little black body can’t deal with the heat so our afternoon summer strolls have been quite short and, unfortunately, a bit of weight of has snuck up on her. The poor girl is on a diet, but don’t worry, she’s really not suffering.

As far as gardening goes, Trixie has lots of flower beds. She scrapes the mulch and dirt aside to make a nice little hollow and lies in her “bed” to watch us or the birds or have a little snooze. Amazingly, she can motor through the gardens and make beds without damaging anything. It’s us, with our big feet, who tromp down the plants.

Trixie’s temperament continues to be extraordinary. Back in June, she had a little accident. Unbeknownst to us, she had climbed into the compost bin and was frantically digging for critters. By the time we noticed her whereabouts she was covered in rotting garden and kitchen scraps and had managed to tear a toe nail almost down to the quick. We had one very stinky dog with a sore, bleeding foot. The best we could do was a sponge bath before we took her to the vet. It turned out that her toe nail had to be removed. She was given a mild sedative and a local anaesthetic and the vet pulled the nail out. Trixie didn’t fuss or flinch, just lay politely while her nail was pulled. Afterwards she had to go for a couple of bandage changes and she trotted happily into the vets office and was totally cooperative. We had to keep her foot dry for about two weeks and she politely offered up her foot so we could put her bootie on. I’m afraid that, under the same circumstances, I wouldn’t be nearly as cooperative.

Unfortunately we can’t attend the reunion but we’ll be there in spirit and look forward to seeing your photos. The attached photos are of Trixie in one of her flower beds and Trixie supervising our gardening.

All the best,

Margaret, Hubert & Trixie

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