Milo - Adopted!

Milo (left) had no trouble settling into his new home!

FOSTERS NEEDED!

... 'Tis the season.. we have not even hit moving day or summer yet and everywhere is full to the brim with dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. We have been very overwhelmed and saddened with the amount of emails we have been getting, most of which we are completely unable to help from how full we are right now.

With that these two pups urgently needs fosters:

Maybeline is a young boston cross who has been in a shelter for over 2 months. She is going insane locked up 24/hours a day and the shelter is full to the brim. Literally, they are over their limit and Maybeline has been there far too long for such a good dog. They would like us to get her out as soon as possible, so her sanity can be saved and so they can free up cage space.

Brittany is a 6 months old, spayed, vaccinated, de-wormed lab cross who needs a new foster home ASAP. She is quite, gentle, and very well behaved. Needs to be crated, is fearful of new people and tall men. Issues that are easily worked through. She is house trained and great with other dogs.

If interested in fostering please see here:

http://www.elevenelevenanimalrescue.org/Fostering.html

Sponsor an Animal – Speedy had his surgery!

Yesterday Dr. Plante of The Poirier O'Brien Veterinary Clinic and an Eleven Eleven Tech / Founder Caroline Ross both went in on their days off to perform the surgery Speedy desperately needed. Speedy needed an amputation after his knee was broken 4 months ago and left untreated by the previous owners. The surgery took over 2 hours, and Speedy was a trooper. Everything went very well, and should heal beautifully. He now no longer has a dangling leg to trip on.

Waking up was hard, as an amputation is a huge surgery and very painful. He was given a morphine injection before he woke up, has a Fentanly transdermal patch on, had a Metacam injection post-op and will be on oral pain killers for the next week or so. Needles to say, we have him on good pain management. He did loose a decent amount of blood during the surgery, as we had to go through a few very large veins and arteries so we kept him hospitalized and on fluids for 24 hours. We are going in to re-rvaluate him tonight and see if he is ready to come home or not.

Here is a video of him waking up from the anesthesia:

If you would like to contribute to his medical care please see here:

http://www.elevenelevenanimalrescue.org/Sponsor_an_Animal.html

Surrogate Father??

So we have all heard of surrogate mothers... what about fathers? Speedy is the best surrogate mother-father out their, and soon to be a tripod.

New Arrivals - the itty bitty kind

NEW ARRIVALS: These kittens arrived to us after being rejected by their mother who was sick from a mastitis. They were 4 days old, and had not been fed in over a day. Listless, lifeless, and on deaths door.. but thanks to 'round the clock feeding and a whole lot-a TLC they are now healthy little critters. We were also luck enough that we were able to place them with Charlotte, a mother kitty who we took in very pregnant and gave birth Thursday. Charlotte was very quick to pick up the new babies, and place them with the rest of her litter. Everyone is happy and doing really well, purrrrrs all around.

New Arrival - Brittany

Meet Brittany

Age: Puppy 5-6 months
Sex: Female / spayed
Breed: Husky x Lab
Size: Medium
Date Rescued: April 16th 2010

Reason Rescued: Brittany was abandoned in a house when her owners moved. They left her and another pup, George, without food or water, until the city discovered them. They were then brought into a clinic to be euthanized by the municipality, as they do not have a pound.

Brittany, despite the hard start.. is a fantastic pup. Loving, affectionate, forgiving, smart, and all around awesome. She is fearful, of many new things, people, and dogs. But with a little reassurance she quickly overcomes her fear.

She wants nothing more than to just be right by your side, all of the time. She has great re-call, and picks up new tricks and commands very quickly. In fact we tought her to lie down in 5 minutes. She is crate trained, and house trained.

Charlotte finally has her kittens!

When Charlotte first came to us, we were told she was ready to give birth any day now, and it showed, her baby bump was already huge. Well "any day now" turned into two weeks, and she only got bigger by the day!

Everyday we'd thought we'd seen the signs and were on the lookout for kittens. Well this past Thursday morning, our patience paid off, we woke up to four beautiful, healthy, fluffy kittens. She must have given birth just as we fell asleep, because by the morning they were all cleaned up. The kittens are absolutely adorable (as most are), three tabbys like Charlotte and one black and white kitten. Charlotte's amazing character is really shining through, as she still loves company and sneaking in a cuddle while her kittens nap. She is a great mum, very attentive and always purring, although she wouldn't mind getting some of the attention that her kittens are getting!