Adopt A Boxer Rescue is proud to
be the recipient of a grant by The
Boxer Rescue Foundation
Adopt A Boxer Rescue -
proud and grateful recipients of a grant
from the ASPCA
AABR recently received a
grant from the ASPCA Philly RAP for $2,050.
Thanks to the hard work and good
relationship of AABR Philadelphia, PA area
volunteer Colleen Kane, this grant will help
AABR rescue and care for many of the dogs
coming for the Philly area.
Philadelphia, PA is one of
the ASPCA's targeted Mission Orange Sites.
You can read more about it by clicking on
the link below:
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AABR
Animal Rescue Site Fundraiser
Enter "adopt a boxer rescue" in the name field,
and "PA" in the state field. Hit "search", and VOTE.
It's that easy.
Thanks! We are very close to winning $3000 for
the boxers, with your help.
We at
AABR, believe that a Boxer is just about the perfect
friend. However, he or she will demand a lot from
you. They'll rely on you for nearly everything; food,
water, shelter, protection, training, exercise, grooming, veterinary
care, and of course love and companionship. While it is important to choose the right
Boxer for your needs, it is equally important to ensure that you
can meet theirs. You must prepare for their arrival, and
make them a well-mannered and welcome member of your
community.
The responsibilities of being a guardian of any dog are great,
but the love and friendship you'll receive in return is
priceless.
On Thursday, May 10,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) announced its intention to release
proposed regulatory language to close a loophole that has
“threatened the health and humane treatment of pets sold sight
unseen over the Internet and via phone- and mail-based businesses.”
Due to the wording of the federal Animal Welfare Act—passed 40 years
ago, before existence of the Internet—a large (and growing)
population of commercial breeders has been able to escape licensing
and regulation. Currently, only breeders who sell dogs to pet stores
or to puppy brokers are required to be licensed and inspected by the
USDA.
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***Adopt A Boxer Rescue is actively trying to get
legislation passed that will prohibit the sales of Puppy Mill dogs in
pet shops. Laws like that have passed in cities in California, New
Mexico, and Florida. Click on the link below and add your comments
to this article. These comments will be passed on to legislators
that we are asking to help push similar bills in our area.
Click to add comments to this article...
Unusually High Number of
Dogs Being Surrendered to AABR Due to New Babies in or Expected in the
Family -
The best way for pet parents to help
a companion animal cope with the arrival of a new baby is to plan
well in advance of delivery day. Goals should include:
Designing a daily schedule that covers all your
pet’s needs for good nutrition, physical activity, and social
interaction/playtime.
Making gradual changes to your pet’s daily
routine before bringing the new little person home.
Reviewing training needs, especially for dogs in
the household. If your pup’s response to commands and general
behavior needs some fine-tuning, the time to do it is now,
before your hands are full with a new little one.
Familiarizing your pet with all the new gear
that comes with baby, especially in the nursery.
Below is a video that Dr. Post and the Petside team created
featuring my Boxer, Rocky (AABR alumnus). Dr. Gerald Post is
the wonderful Veterinary Oncologist in Norwalk, CT that treated
Rocky's cancer back in 2009 (when 3 other vets said it was
hopeless) and he continues to treat Rocky today with Palladia.
Rocky's cancer appears to be in remission and he is doing
fantastic! He is a happy, healthy and joyful senior Boxer and
makes friends wherever he goes.
I am truly grateful to Dr. Post - not only is he an exceptional
Veterinarian, but he is an extraordinary human
being. Please read more about the Veterinary Cancer Center in
Norwalk (www.vcchope.com)
and the Animal Cancer Foundation (www.acfoundation.org)
which was founded by Dr. Post. Help spread the word that cancer
is not a death sentence and that there is hope!
Also, special thanks to Colleen, Amy & Dawn for their critical
role in saving Rocky from certain death in the shelter he came
from.
On May 4, 2012, Diamond Pet
Foods expanded a pet food recall due to possible
salmonella contamination. More than a dozen people in
several states may have been infected due to contact
with contaminated pet food. Affected foods
include specific lots of dry dog and cat food branded
as:
Diamond
Pet Food
Kirkland Signature (Costco brand)
Natural Balance
Wellness (WelPet LLC)
Canidae
Apex Pet Foods
Solid Gold Health Products For Pets, Inc.
These foods were widely distributed in the
U.S. and Canada.
You can check your pet food to see if it has been
recalled. Affected bags of food have best-before
dates between December 9, 2012, and April 7, 2013.
Recalled foods include:
· Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
· Country Value
· Diamond
· Diamond Naturals
· Premium Edge
· Professional
· 4Health
· Taste of the Wild
· Kirkland Signature Super Premium Adult Dog Lamb
· Kirkland Signature Super Premium Adult Dog Chicken
· Kirkland Signature Super Premium Mature Dog Chicken
· Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Dog
Formulated with Chicken & Vegetables
· Kirkland Signature Super Premium Maintenance Cat
Chicken & Rice Formula
· Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Cat
Formula
· Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain Salmon Meal & Sweet
Potato Formula for Dogs
· Wellness Complete Health® Super5Mix® Large Breed Puppy
· Canidae Dog, All Life Stages
· Canidae Dog, Chicken Meal & Rice
· Canidae Dog, Lamb Meal & Rice
· Canidae Dog, Platinum
· Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Venison Dog
· Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog
· Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Bison Dog
· Natural Balance Vegetarian Dog
· Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog Large Breed
Bites
· Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog Small Breed
Bites
· WolfCub Large Breed Puppy Food
· Solid Gold WolfKing Large Breed Adult Dog
We have a lot of Seniors and some
Extraordinary medical bills to pay... Please sponsor a dog, attend a
fundraiser, or purchase flower bulbs, soap, or wine in support of AABR!
Adopt A Boxer Rescue takes in sick dogs,
injured dogs, and older dogs. We do it because it is the right
thing to do, and also because you expect us to... You call us and write
to us when you see a boxer that needs help. Now we need your help
to continue to help the dogs.
If you would like to help with a
particular cause, please write it in the memo field of your donation.
Some of the dogs with big medical
bills are...
Harley - Double hip replacement - Going
this week to Veterinary Specialist - Estimate ~ $3000 / hip
Max - Mandibulectomy $4000,
complication from mandibulectomy requiring removal of salivary
glands $3000
In
response to concerns raised by the ASPCA and its national “No Pet
Store Puppies” campaign, measures will be put in place to ensure
that puppy mill dogs will no longer be sold via Marketplace on
Facebook. The ASPCA is working with Facebook and Oodle, the online
classifieds service that powers Marketplace on Facebook, to restrict
listings of puppy mill dogs on the popular social media site.
Through an ongoing removal process, ads placed by puppy mills have
already started coming down. The process was designed to ensure that
individuals may continue to post dogs available for a nominal
adoption or rehoming fee. The ASPCA believes that reducing Internet
venues through which puppy mills can offer their dogs will help
combat the inhumane puppy mill industry. Many puppies sold online
come from puppy mills—these are large-scale, commercial facilities
that commonly keep dogs in unsanitary, overcrowded and often cruel
conditions without sufficient veterinary care, food, water or
socialization.
Read full story
We need Help... There is an
epidemic of UNWANTED DOGS!
Looking for someone in the Philadelphia
PA area who can contact the Philadelphia Inquirer and get a story out on
how full the shelters are and how over worked rescues are.
This is a crime. These dogs don't
deserve this. "Having a new baby" is not a good reason!
We need help. It takes a lot of $ to help the old ones.
They are great dogs... but everyone wants a young dog!!! We
pay for them for life. Its sad. We need the Philadelphia area to
help out. We need fosters badly to help with the shelter
there. We need help with the transport of dogs out of there. We took
4 in 2 days. Its insane. What's going on here? Its never been worse!
Hey boxer folks!
We are full to capacity here at ACCT and euthanizing
due to lack of space. If you can rescue this sweet Boxer
in the next 24 hours please let us know ASAP!
Thank you!!!
Natalie
Meet Cash (A15496999),
a handsome ~9-10 year old Boxer. Cash’s owners were preparing to
have a baby…and one of the preparations involved dumping this
dashing older guy at ACCT. Cash doesn’t seem to mind much, though:
he’s such a wiggly guy, he seems happy to meet anyone! He loves all
kinds of attention, and the more he’s pet, the more his little nub
tail wags! Cash has a handsome rust-colored coat, with the typical
black around his face (which is peppered with white), and cropped
ears. Cash lived with dogs at his last home and, per his former
owners, was good with them.
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Canine
Vaccination Task Force has updated their vaccination guidelines for
2011.
For those of us that have been watching this and
speaking about this for years, it is good to see the AAHA Guidelines
changed. We have known much more about the good and bad
aspects of vaccinations, for a very long time. We have been
over vaccinating our pets for years, and over vaccination is just as
bad or worse, in some cases, as under-vaccination. I posted
this in 2008, see below...
Consider this about yearly vaccinations:
"Would you rebel if your doctor told
you to have measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
and hepatitis shots every year of your life until you died, instead of
only a few doses as a child?" [Michele Welton]
The truth is that it would be wrong to do it to
ourselves or our children, and it is wrong to do it to our pets.
The highlight is that all core vaccines with the
exception of the rabies (1 yr dose*) are now recommended at 3-year
or greater intervals.
*note: Rabies vaccination is strictly governed by
law. Check your state law to see if a 3 yr rabies shot is
permitted. If so, ask your vet to administer the 3 yr dose.
Consider going to a vet who will administer the 3 yr dose, if your
vet will not work with you on this request. [Please do not be a even
a day late on renewing your dog's rabies vaccination, unless you and
your vet have a medical exemption for your dog.]
Even more exciting is the task force has
acknowledged that in the case of the non-rabies core vaccines,
immunity lasts at least 5 years for distemper and parvo,
and at least 7 years for adenovirus.
Hopefully these new guidelines will help more dog
owners understand the long-lasting effect of those puppy shots!
And hopefully, more dog owners will now request
titers , (a blood test to test
immunity in lieu of automatic re-vaccination), rather than
automatically revaccinating their canine companions for distemper,
parvo and adenovirus.
A link to
the actual AAHA Guidelines is posted on our health
page. They are long, complicated,
and written with veterinarians in mind.
Summary of New AAHA Canine
Vaccination Guidelines for 2011
Danger to Harrisburg, PA dogs...
Resolved - Update 02/06/12
Mission
accomplished for animals in the Capital city?
Frankly, given
all the fits and starts, misinformation and
excuses from both sides, I am reluctant to share
news reports that Harrisburg's animal control
contract is signed, sealed and delivered.
After more
than three months without contract, Mayor Linda
Thompson signed the animal control contract with
the Humane Society of the Harrisburg Area,
according to the
Patriot-News of Harrisburg.
The humane
society says everything is good to go and all it
was waiting for was Thompson's signature to
begin taking animals again.
Nevetheless,
late last week a sticking point cropped up over
a $250 contract fee charged by the humane
society. A local realtor and City Councilman
Brad Koplinski volunteered to write a check if
it would resolved the dispute.
But in the end
Thompson inked the paper. So, unless there's
another snafu - which is not out of the question
- Harrisburg strays will again have a place to
go. It's not to say they had no defenders in the
interim.
During the
time the two sides were locked in a dispute over
the city's debt from last year and terms of the
new contract, the
Central
Pennsylvania Animal Alliance, an
all-volunteer group, stepped in to protect the
animals.
At last count,
rescuers picked up a total of 17 dogs, provided
vet care - some of it very expensive - and
farmed the dogs out to fosters and rescue
groups. Three dogs required behavior assessment
and none was claimed by an owner.
Two of the
last dogs taken in deserve mention. One Boxer/pitbull
mix suffering from burns on his body - clearly
an abuse victim - is getting veterinary care
thanks to the group. The second dog, a female
pitbull, was finally caught in a trap after
three years of roaming the streets - yes, three
years.
CPAA president
Zella Anderson said people had been feeding her
in different spots but had been unable to catch
her. Finally last week they lured her into a
trap and whisked her to the vet, where they
found out a few things: one, she was
micropchipped with a Georgia phone number that
was disconnected and two, all she wanted - after
three years on the streets - was love. Anderson
reports she put her head on a volunteer's lap on
the way home from the vet. We hope the mystery
girl from the South finds a very happy home
soon.
The CPAA
deserves accolades and donations for its humane
work during a time when life on the streets of
Harrisburg for unwanted animals was made worse
by an unnecessary contract dispute. The CPAA, a
coalition of rescue groups in the Harrisburg
area, is a model of animal welfare activity.
They hold a stream of fundraisers for their
successful ventures such as "De-Sex in the
City," a free and low cost
spay/neuter/vaccination program and Hounds of
Prison Education (HOPE), a pups-in-prison
program that matches inmates with problem
shelter dogs to prepare them for adoption.
We hope the
city doesn't let this terrible situation happen
again, but Harrisburg residents should be
grateful that CPAA was there to help them.
There's so much more that could be done to
improve the lives of city animals and ensure
there will always be a place to take them.
Very few
residents license their dogs, which has led to a
shortage of revenue that could help pay shelter
bills. The CPAA suggests it could partner with
the city to do a spay/neuter day and check for
licenses among those who participate.
Anderson
points to a fund in Pittsburgh that with an
extra dollar tacked on to licenses, raised
enough money to build a new shelter.
A
generous portion of the purchase price of this product is donated to the
Adopt A Boxer Rescue.
Click on picture above to see our Snaggle Tooth
Collection...
WE NEED Fosters!!!!
We
are full and there are too many boxers out there that still need
RESCUING!!!!
Update: 12/19/11 - We were able to
get this guy to a kennel...
This beautiful white deaf 8 yr old
boxer boy was facing euthanasia at the Philly, PA shelter. If you can believe it, he was being used for
breeding????
Shelter staff say he has a really nice personality.
Caution to Pet Owners – Pet Treats and
Toys May Cause Problems for Your Pet
With the holiday season upon us, many pets will receive
gifts such as pet treats and toys including chew toys. Each year FDA
receives a small number of reports of adverse events associated with pet
treats. Pet owners should be aware that occasionally, pet treats and
chew toys may cause choking or blockage problems for their pets and may
want to monitor their pets for signs of potential problems.
Pet treats that are meant to be consumed are most
digestible (edible) when chewed into small pieces; however, rawhide type
treats can become very slippery when wet and larger chunks can then
become lodged in the back of the animal’s mouth or throat, causing
gagging, choking, and even death. Through chewing, pet treats and toys
may become broken into pieces that may become lodged in your pet’s
airway or gastrointestinal tract..
Read more
Adopt A Boxer Rescue is looking to extend its current spay/neuter program to
those who cannot afford the full cost of spaying or neutering an existing
dog in their family. AABR currently spays or neuters each dog in foster,
before allowing adoption.
Our new low-cost neuter program is intended to help families in need of
help to get their existing family boxer(s) spayed or neutered. This
program is in need of funding. Donations to this program will be used to seek matching grants.
All donations will be used for the actual medical costs of spaying and
neutering.
Please consider contributing to this program. Shelters and
rescues like ours are battling a never-ending tide of too many animals with not enough
families to give them “forever” homes. AABR is trying it’s best to do
our part… Please join us in stemming this crisis.
Please mark Donations to this program as for "Spay/Neuter Program".
Thank you!!!!!!
To apply for low cost spay or neuter for you boxer... Click on link below
We are going GREEN
because we care for the EARTH, and we also want all your contributions to
go to the care of the dogs and not administrative costs such as paper and
postage stamps. Each year, AABR prints out and mails donation THANK
YOUs along with contribution TAX letters to our many contributors.
We would like to do this through email, which will save us a lot of money.
When you "MAIL" your donation to us using a check, please add your email
to the memo portion on the check. You will receive your Thank
You/TAX letter via email. Thanks!
If you would
like to help please mail a check to:
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue
PO BOX 270551
West Hartford, CT 06127
When you "MAIL" your donation to us using a check, please add your email
to the memo portion on the check. You will receive your Thank
You/TAX letter via email. Thanks!
or use
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue is a s a non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization Contributions to
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible for computing income and estate
taxes.
Please
mark your donation as "anonymous" if you do not wish your name to appear
on our Donors Lists.
The following are some of AABR's available dogs who are in
need of donations or sponsorships to help with higher than normal vet
expenses. For us to continue to help boxers in need, we need your
help - please donate or sponsor a boxer today!!
Gem's blood work showed that she was in
severe kidney failure with only 25% kidney
function. She was immediately admitted to the
hospital and started on an antibiotic and high
volume IV fluids. Two weeks worth of medication
rang in at $735! Twice daily, Gem has been
receiving 500 ml of fluid under her skin and IV
antibiotics given at home by her foster
parents.The specialist diagnosed Gem with
pyelonephritis, an infection in the kidney most
probably due to a urinary tract infection that
went unnoticed and traveled up the urinary tract
settling in the kidney. The bad news is that Gem
needs to have 4 more weeks of this medication-Meropenem.
Calculated, that is $1470 which does not include follow-up blood-work to monitor her kidney
function or the IV fluids.
Eve has had several surgeries for
ACL tears. The cost of her physical therapy,
laser treatments, and medication is very expensive
- she needs your support today!
George began regurgitating his
food and was subsequently brought to the vet. He
currently has a working diagnosis of
Megaesophagus. We say this because although it
is obvious on xray that his esophagus is
dilated, it is not absolutely clear if this is
his primary problem or something that happened
that then caused this and the condition may go
away. He recently went into a foster home where
we will be able to learn more about him.
Once she settled into her home, her foster mom
noticed that Leah wasn't feeling well. She would
not eat, so she was taken to a vet. Poor Leah was
diagnosed with Parvo. The next 24-48 hours are
critical.
Leah's bills will be in excess of $3000. She
would appreciate any sponsorship you could give
her, even if it is just $5. We will do everything
we can to save this girl, but we can't do it
without all of our support out there!
Bell was hit by a car and left
on the road. When she arrived at the shelter,
they immediately contacted AABR for help. Bell
was taken to our vet and was found to have tire
marks on her, along with many bruises and cuts.
Olaf is a super sweet boxer boy suffering from
a severe case of demodex mange. He was rescued
from a shelter in
South Carolina. A local rescue sent AABR
his photos and asked if we could help this poor
boy. His face and body were covered with sores and
puss from the mange. He also has a secondary skin
infection. We immediately had him pulled from the shelter
and brought to a local vet for medical attention.
Olaf's condition is the result of neglect. Demodex
Mange is highly treatable.
Amber is doing well in her foster
home. She is great with the children, dog, and
even the cat. To our surprise, Amber had her leg
X-Rayed and it appears this sweet girl has a
bullet in her leg and not an old break. AABR has
set up an orthopedic consult to see if there can
be anything done.
Coco is three years old, spayed, and has
suffered a skin infection that her previous
family had a difficult time clearing up. AABR has been working
with a dermatologist to help Coco. Her breakouts have improved
and she is looking great! Coco has a condition known as Phempigus,
which is an auto immune disorder. She is on daily medication and will
require rechecks by a dermatologist.
Please Help
AABR is spending hundreds of dollars a day
just to maintain the dogs we have with food and boarding fees, not to
mention the medical costs...
You can help by sponsoring a dog. $10 pays for 1 dog for 1 day at
our least expensive kennels. We need your help now!
Another way to help is if you have an
occasion coming up where friends and family would be giving gifts, ask
them to donate the cost of the gifts to the boxers! It will save a dogs life,
and if you really don't need another shirt or tie from Aunt Bess, why
stuff it in the closet.
And if you have adopted from AABR in
the past, and have the room for just one more, please consider fostering.
Contact the volunteer that worked with you, and tell them you want to
help. Thank You!
Unable to Adopt?
Sponsor A Boxer!
We know a lot of
people love Boxers and would love to adopt another, but can’t for a
variety of reasons.If you are unable to adopt or
foster, then please consider sponsoring a Boxer that touches your heart.You probably have a favorite dog on our web site--there are so many
to choose from!Your donation helps pay for food,
vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, heartworm preventative and other costly
medical tests, such
as x-rays, blood work, ultrasounds, biopsies and heartworm treatments.We are stretching our resources to accommodate the increased need
and increased expenses -- now you can help by sponsoring one of our Boxers
while they wait for a forever home.Your sponsorship
can be a one time gift or a monthly contribution. Please know
that every little bit counts and donations of all sizes are greatly
appreciated.
Sponsoring a boxer
is a great way to honor your own dog or to serve as a memorial of a dearly
missed boxer. They also make wonderful gifts for
holidays or milestones like birthdays, weddings, anniversaries,
graduations.If you donate $50 or more to sponsor a
dog, your name will be listed as a Sponsor on that dog’s page. Please don't
hesitate to be a second sponsor if a dog already has one sponsor.
Many of these Boxers have so many medical needs and they need all the
extra help we can get from loving, caring people like you!
Donations are Tax
deductible!!
Please be sure to
designate which boxer you would like to sponsor in the area marked "message to seller" on the
PayPal donation
screen.
If you would
like to help please mail a check to:
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue
PO BOX 270551
West Hartford, CT 06127
or use
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue is a s a non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization Contributions to
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible for computing income and estate
taxes.
Please
mark your donation as "anonymous" if you do not wish your name to appear
on our Donors Lists.
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We
have gotten NEW FOSTER HOMES because they saw our Flyers posted around
town!!!!!!
Spread the word about
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, and how great it is to
Save A Life...
Click here to print out an
AABR flyer,
and ask your vet, pet supply store, local restaurants, etc., if you
can post it in their window.
Note: There are 3 pages available to print
out depending on your display needs.
Page 3 has "tear strips" at the bottom that should be cut through on 2
sides before posting.
Click
on a Name Tag to Name A Dog
Why
?
Have
you seen too many "Rockys", "Brutuses"
or "Sashas" on the available dogs page?
Here's your chance to change that.
Many of the
Boxers we rescue arrive without names. Many keep their new rescue names for life.
(Please consider that when submitting a Name :-).
This new program is a fun way to honor a friend, loved one or cherished
pet, or just . It would make a fun birthday or holiday present too!
And our
program is a unique way for you to support
Adopt A Boxer
Rescue.
The minimum donation is $25.00 per name.
"Until we
extend the circle of our compassion to all living
things, we will not, ourselves, find Peace..." ~~Dr.
Albert Schweitzer