The Mesa Verde RV Park resident Labradoodle, Weaser is about the same age and size as our Irish Setter, Devin. They have been having a blast playing together.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
HAPPY EASTER
Lyla with the Easter Bunny (me). I inherited this bunny outfit from an old boyfriend. In 2007, I dressed as the Easter Bunny to raise money for our ENGLISH SETTER RESCUE. This was held at the PET VALUE in Gilbertsville, PA. We had a nice turn out. I held lots of little dogs, a couple very young human babies, guinea pigs and even a snake. The little boy that owned the snake was THRILLED that the Easter Bunny wasn't afraid of a snake.
Above is a photo of Poppy. She's my brother's rescue American Eskimo dog.
Animal rescue work has grown so much because of the internet. Most of my rescue work is record keeping and communicating via email. I do not like to talk on the phone. A few years back, I volunteered on a yahoo group for NJ/PA area and stated, I could help transport, pull, check out needy animals if they needed help in my area. Within 1 hour I got an email from ESKIE RESCUERS UNITED. They needed to have an Eskie picked up from a home giving her up after adopting her only 3 weeks prior. So I picked up Poppy & was told they were giving her up because she wouldn't play with their other dog. (Yea, right). Ended up we fostered her for a couple of weeks, then drove her to PA to be fostered. Had a great time meeting, Gina with Eskie rescue. I knew nothing about AMERICAN ESKIMO DOGS. We ended up finding out, Poppy is not the norm. She gets along very well with most dogs and is well behaved. She is fine around children she knows. It was heartbreaking to leave her in PA. She is a sweet dog. But we are setter & large dog people.
A week later, we got a call from Gina asking if we could foster Poppy again because they were getting in 21 Eskies that needed to be taken into rescue. Sure we could. We couldn't give her up again though.
My brother dog sat for Poppy for a week and we asked if he wanted to keep her. He said yes. The rest is a beautiful love affair.
...and by the way...Poppy loves to play.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Adopt an Irish!
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| Ryley 2001-2011 |
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, this post will just be about my Irish Setters and Irish Setter Rescue. See above links if you are interested in adopting an Irish Setter.
Adopt-a-Setter deals with NJ, PA, CT, DE, based out of NJ.
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| Pillsbury ambassador for Setter rescue. |
Magnolia Setter Rescue deals with the Southeastern States, based out of FL.
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| My gentle giant, Irish Setter, Pillsbury. (Gone Feb 2011) |
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| Pillsbury's cowl to keep his ears out of his food. |
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| Pillsbury (pre-dog cart) watching squirrels |
Ryley was named "telethon dog" because since we had him as a pup, he has always had major problems that were fixable$$$. It would take a telethon to pay for all his medical procedures. We did fix all his health issues and he recovered quickly and happier than ever, until his last bout with bone cancer. He passed Sept. 2011.
Below is just a sampling of his health issues...
As a pup, he had HOD Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy) He went lame at 4 months old. The HOD flared up and down for 3 months. Below is Scott helping him to walk so he can go potty.
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Below is after Ryley's Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) & Correction of Angular Limb Deformity Surgery for a Ruptured Cranial Cruciate Ligament.
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| Pillsbury & Ryley tent camping |
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| Ryley checking out squirrel looking for peanuts |
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| Ryley checking out a funny looking Irish Setter (my foster guinea pig) |
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| Ryley's favorite comfort toy, my neck roll pillow. |
And yes, we have to add Devin to this page. I hope someday, I'll feel as close to him as I did to Ryley & Pillsbury.
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Misc. Irish Setter Rescue photos
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