Monday, June 28, 2010

Duke ADOPTED

Duke (now named Oliver) was born to a stray mother outside with 5 other siblings. He was destine for a life on the streets and becoming feral. Thankfully we were contacted, and intercepted his fate along with his siblings and mother's. They were all placed in foster care to be socialized and the mother is sweet as can be.

Oliver is the first of his siblings to be adopted, and as you can tell is enjoying his new home already.

Leon ADOPTED

Hard to imagine this little angle face could have ever found himself homeless? We unfortunately pet abandonment in Montreal has no limits, not even cute little guys like Leon. He was dumped, found himself scared out of his mind in someones garage and then eventually with us.

He has now been adopted, and never to be dumped with the trash again.

Bowser ADOPTED

Bowser wound up in someone’s garage as a kitten and they occasionally gave him food, so he stayed around for 2 years! Finally 2 days before the elderly couple had to move into an old age home they realized the boxes were packed, couches wrapped in plastic, movers booked but wait, the cat in the garage? At least they remembered him. As they were seeking a cheap place to ‘dispose of him’ they did not want to pay veterinary euthanasia fees, and then came across Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue as a cheaper alternative to ‘dispose him’. Point being, he has been rather neglected for the first two years of his life, but now things have turned around for him and after 6 months in foster care he has finally found a family all to himself.

Cash ADOPTED

Cash arrived to us 5 months ago as an emergency 'dump' because his owner was ticketed for having 3 dogs in an apartment. He was only 6 months old, a pet store puppy impulse buy, scared out of his mind because he has no idea what happened to him that day.

He has now found a loving family to call his own, with another friend to play with, big back yard, and a whole family to love him.

Mom + babies need a foster home

Mom + babies need a foster home asap! She has 4 babies, but now also has 2 surrogates. One surrogate is about a week older than the rest of the litter, the other is 2 weeks younger and is being bottle fed 3 times a day (drinks like a champ!), but also left with the mom + litter. Just being bottle fed because the others are too big, and not letting him drink enough.

*Needs to be secluded from dogs

Sunday, June 27, 2010

'Moving Day' and its effects;

It is that time of the year; I am sure you have heard everyone saying this. The ‘moving day’ syndrome. Well I am sure you have heard of it, but let’s put things into reality.

At least 90% of cats in shelters at this time of the year are being euthanized. When I say cats, I mean kittens (regardless of how cute), pure breeds, regardless of temperament. They can sweet can be, and purring right up until the last minute. At this time of the year, there is not much to save them. The sad reality is, there is just not enough space. What kind of world d is this, where a life is terminated cue to ‘space’. This is the reality; there are too many and not enough resources for them.

Dogs are also in the same position; breed, sage, cuteness, all aside.

If you have ever considered fostering, adopting, or donating. Now is the time, lives are on the line. Anything and everything will help. Please talk about this with your friends, co-workers, and family members. Fostering SAVES LIVES, adopting SAVE LIVES. If you are unable to do either, spread the word, play your part. Be the change you want to see in the world. Together, we can do this, we can save these lives.

Please see our website for more information; www.elevenelevenanimalrescue.org


Here is a list of dogs in Montreal that are currently on death row RIGHT NOW:
- X2 German shepherds
- Husky, blue eyes
- Husky, brown eyes
- X2 chocolate labs 2 months old
- White miniature poodle
- Beige shih-tzu
- X2 lab crosses 6 weeks old
- Pointer cross
- Rottweiler
- X2 daschounds (red and black/tan)
- Golden cross
- X2 golden retrievers (in 2 different shelters)
- Bichon Maltase
- Pug
- Black Chihuahua, male
- Spaniel cross
- Husky mix breed
- Femal Shih-tzu

*These dogs are not on death row for health or temperament reasons, they are great dogs that are just victims to humans irresponsibility.

Cats and kittens; to keep things short. There are HUDNEREDS being euthanized DAILY. Unfortunately we do not have a list, as there are so many and have a high turn over. (are being euthanized with in 1 day or more, while many more come). Any breed, color, age, temperament you are interested, is sitting in a pound on death row right now.

ADOPT a pet, SAVE a life.
Don’t breed or buy while shelter pets die.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

TO BE EUTHANIZED:

***Please note this is a post for Paws For Life***

THEIR TIME IS UP AT THE POUND:

-TINY TERRIER/BOXER MIX PUP MAYBE 8WEEKS OLD

-HUSKY MALE ADULT

-STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER MALE TIMID BUT VERY AFFECTIONATE

-5 MONTH OLD ROTTIE MIX MALE PUPPY(SUPPOSED TO GO TO FOSTER SUNDAY)

-MOUNTAIN CUR ADULT, GENTLE TIMID BUT SCARED BOY

-BICHON MIX MALE

-JACK RUSSELL MALE ADULT


REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO STEP FORWARD AND HELP THESE SOULS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. HUSKY, HAS UNTIL FRIDAY JUNE 24TH AND STAFFIE AND ROTTIE HAVE UNTIL JUNE 26TH OTHERS CAN BE EUTHANIZED ANY DAY THEY CHOOSE!


FOSTERS/ADOPTERS NEEDED

VOLUNTEERS NEED FOR PICK UPS IN ST HUBERT AND ST ADELE AND TO CONTINUE TO OTTAWA
RELEASE FEES NEEDED TO BUY THEIR FREEDOM CAN BE DONE VIA WWW.PAYPAL.COM AND USE OUR EMAIL PAWS.FOR.LIFE

IF YOU CAN HELP EMAIL PAWS.FOR.LIFE@HOTMAIL.COM








Tuesday, June 22, 2010

'Compassion fatigue'

With such a sad reality of homeless pets in Montreal, and nation wide, many people feel helpless. In this field of work we are faced with neglect, abuse, death, and defeat on a daily basis. There is just such an immense number of animals needing help, and not enough resources. Which leaves us knowing as many as we help.. there will always be many more un-helped. Especially when public icons like Maria Carrie tweets a picture of her new puppy 'da baby' born to her female Jack Russle 'Chacha' that she bred beacuse, as she said to Barbara Walters; "I want my dogs to have puppies, they're going to be cute" (See article here). It is people like this, that make me want to give up and spend the day in bed.. instead of waking up at 6am everyday to get a start of the long day ahead (that will probably end at 2am and then start all over).

People ask us, what can we do to help? The answer is simple; if everyone adopted instead of going to a breeder (any pure-bred you wish to purchase can be found in rescues/shelters) and sterilized their pets (instead of waiting for their 'kitten' to have a litter before realizing its time for the 'kitten' to be spayed).. this sad reality would be a thing of the past. Shelters would be empty, dare i say.. us rescuer could go on vacation, take time off (what ever that feels like)? The steps to solve this problem are there, we just need to spread the word and actively get our co-workers, neighbours, family members educated.

Conveniently, after reading the article about Mariah Carey breeding her dog to have cute puppies, and realizing as hard as i work and as little sleep as i get, this problem will never end. I then came across this article "Animal welfare workers cope with compassion fatigue".. dealing with such huge and hopeless issues on a daily basis is hard. Many of us quickly feel extremely overwhelmed with the reality, as it really is an overwhelming problem. This article probably relates to a lot of us who work in this field and feel the same way.

Take care,
Caroline

Friday, June 11, 2010

Meet Whiskey

When we were told there is a terrier cross about to be euthanized... we did not expect to pick up this strange looking miniature hyena hybrid. Whiskey was a pet store impulse buy, is 8 months old, and until now spent around 20 hours a day in his crate. When the girl and her boyfriend broke up, Whiskey had no where to go and was on his way to be euthanized. He was rescued, and now in a safe foster home.. but is looking for a home as unique as he is :P

Meet Walker - The get-away pup

Walker is a 3 year old collie, hound, shepherd, god knows what else cross. He grew up in a home with over 40 other dogs, he was a victim of a hoarder. Because of this, he was left traumatized, unsocialized and is now a fully grown 3-year-old puppy that has a whole lot to learn about 'real life'.

Regardless of how terrified he is of all the new things he is now experiencing everyday, he remains gentle, loving and slowly becoming affectionate. He is learning to not only trust, but seek humans.

On Tuesday as he was being walked (and making great progress), unfortunately a truck drove me and scared him. He broke loose and bolted all the way from Westmount to NDG. Within 30 minutes of it happening we had people across the city looking for him, swapped the area with posters and corss-posted online through hundreds of people across Montreal (and as far as Florida!). We did not find him before night fall, and did out last round of looking for him at 12am. Thankfully our extensive efforts worked, and the next morning he had been found hiding between two cars in a garage. We were contacted immediately, as there was probably not a person in the area that did not know we were looking for him. He was returned safe and sound, went to the clinic to make sure he was all right and then was microchipped incase this happens again. He doe have some cuts and scraped on his pads, but other than that is in one piece.

He is now back safely in his foster home and happy to be there! He is also for adoption and looking for a family to see him through the development he needs.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

URGENT - PLEASE CROSS POST! WALKER HAS RUN AWAY!

At 4pm on Tuesday June 8th Walker was spooked while being walked and bolted. Last seen at Giraud and St Jacques Street heading towards NDG.

Walker grew up in a hoarding situation, from that was unsocailized and very skittish. Because of this he spooks at anything, despite the fosters best efforts to always keep a tight hold on him.. he managed to break loose. This also means he is scared out of his mind, chasing him, running after him, or any quick movements will make him run faster. He will probably not let anyone approach him.

IF SEEN: It would be best to keep him cornered and wait for us to come as he know us.

PLEASE CALL US: 514-661-0388 or 514-585-5670

We are actively in a car in the area trying to find him ANY LEADS WILL HELP!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Allie a kitten raised by squirrels - ADOPTED

She was adopted Monday, hours after we had to transfer her from her foster home to a veterinary clinic as her foster was leaving for the summer and we had no where for her to go. It was a miracle as well, as our hopes were well below low at finding her a home as she would not let anyone touch her. She spent her days following her foster mom around the house like a little duckling, playing with pens and socks like the kitten she is and sitting as close to her mom as possible without touching her. With so many other friendly kittens for adoption in Montreal, she had tough competition and our hopes were low for her.

She is adjusting well to her new home and her adoptive mother has already been able to sneak a good purr out of her!