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Did you know you can direct
your Just quote the name REGISTERED CHARITY NO. "Rescue a dog Thanks from all our wonderful Furry Friends
If you are
donating $200 or more to B.A.R.K. through ________________________________________________________________
Tickets can only be purchased
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For anyone who had their
doig's picture done at our Photos with Santa http://blackdogphoto.zenfolio.com/bark_santa_2011
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Bark needs Fosterhomes for rescued dogs. All dogs are Vet checked, inoculated, dewormed and spayed or neutered before they go to the Fosterhome. You provide the loving environment that gives these dogs
a second chance It doesn’t cost anything to foster for Bark. We provide the food, toys, treats, new leash and collar, chew sticks, blanket, teddy etc. We also provide a crate Please consider helping by providing the necessary temporary
home for We can only do this with your help and support To inquire about helping with fostering please call
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Mogley Update Mogley is home, healed, happy, New pictures to come
Mogley Early Saturday morning one of our Bark Foster
Dogs was mowed down by a hit and run driver. Mogley is a one year old Greyhound/Husky
mix. He is currently in a 24 hour Right now they need to stabilize him and
syringe the air from his chest before The estimated cost of his surgery is between $8,600 and $13,000. We are asking for help to pay these bills.
The estimate does not include any If you can help us to get Mogley back on
his feet You can also donate on line by going to
our www.bark-ottawa.com
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Dear Mr Pet Owner Dear Mr. and Mrs. Pet Owner: Thank you for contacting us animal rescuers, and foster-homes about your inability to keep your pet. We receive an extremely high volume of inquiries and requests to accept surrendered animals (and none of us is getting paid, OK?). To help us expedite your problem as quickly as possible, please observe the following guidelines: 1. Do not say that you are "CONSIDERING finding a good home" for your pet, or that you, "feel you MIGHT be forced to," or that you "really THINK it would be better if" you unloaded the poor beast. Ninety-five percent of you have already got your minds stone-cold made up that the animal WILL be out of your life by the weekend at the latest. Say so. If you don't, I'm going to waste a lot of time giving you common-sense, easy solutions for very fixable problems, and you're going to waste a lot of time coming up with fanciful reasons why the solution couldn't possibly work for you. For instance, you say the cat claws the furniture, and I tell you about nail-clipping and scratching posts and aversion training, and then you go into a long harangue about how your husband won't let you put a scratching post in the family room, and your daughter cries if you use a squirt bottle on the cat, and your congenital thumb abnormalities prevent you from using nail scissors and etc., etc. Just say you're getting rid of the cat. 2. Do not waste time trying to convince me how nice and humane
you are. Your coworker recommended that you contact me because I
am nice to animals, not because I am nice to people, and I don't
like people who "get rid of" their animals. "Get
rid of" is my least favorite phrase in any language. I hope
someone "gets rid of" YOU someday. I am an animal advocate,
not a people therapist. You are not nice, and it is not killing you. It is, in all probability, literally killing your dog, but you're going to be just fine once the beast is out of your sight. Don't waste my time trying to make me like you or feel sorry for you in your plight. 3. Do not try to convince me that your pet is exceptional and deserves special treatment. I don't care if you taught him to sit. I have a waiting list of battered and/or whacked-out animals who need help, and I have no room to foster-house your pet. Do not send me long messages detailing how Fido just l-o-v-e-s blankies and carries his favorite blankie everywhere, and oh, when he gets all excited and happy, he spins around in circles, isn't that cute? He really is darling, so it wouldn't be any trouble at all for us to find him a good home. Listen, we can go down to the shelter and count the darling, spinning, blankie-loving beasts on death row by the dozens, any day of the week. And, honey, Fido is a six-year-old Shepherd-Lab mix. I am not lying when I tell you that big, older, mixed-breed, garden-variety dogs are almost completely unadoptable, and I don't care if they can whistle Dixie or send smoke signals with their blankies. What you don't realize is that, though you're trying to lie to me, you're actually telling the truth: Your pet is a special, wonderful, amazing creature. But this mean old world does not care. More importantly, YOU do not care, and I can't fix that problem. All I can do is grieve for all the exceptional animals who live short, brutal, loveless lives and die without anyone ever recognizing that they were indeed very, very special. 4. Finally, just, for God' s sake, for the animal's sake, tell the truth, and the whole truth. Do you think that if you just mumble that your dog is "high-strung," I will say, "Okey-doke! No prob!" and take it into foster care? No, I will start asking questions and uncover the truth, which is that your dog has not peed outside in the last six months. Do not tell me that you "can't" crate your dog. I will ask what happens when you try to crate him, and you will either be forced to tell me the symptoms of full-blown, severe separation anxiety, or else you will resort to lying some more, wasting more of our time. If you succeed in placing your pet in a shelter, do not tell yourself the biggest lie of all: "Those nice people will take him and find him a good home, and everything will be fine." Those nice people will indeed give the animal every possible chance, but if they discover serious health or behavior problems, if they find that your misguided attempts to train or discipline him have driven him over the edge they will do what you are too immoral and cowardly to do: They will hold the animal in their arms, telling him truthfully that he is a good dog ,telling him truthfully that they are sorry and they love him, while the vet ends his life. Why not just tell it like it is: "We went to Wal-Mart and picked up a free pet in the parking lot a couple of years ago. Now we don't want it anymore. We're lazier than we thought. We've got no patience either. We're starting to suspect the animal is really smarter than we are, which is giving us self-esteem issues. Clearly, we can't possibly keep it. Plus, it might be getting sick; it's acting kind of funny. " We would like you to take it in eagerly, enthusiastically, and immediately. We hope you'll realize what a deal you're getting and not ask us for a donation to help defray your costs. After all, this is an (almost) purebred animal, and we'll send the leftover food along with it. We get it at Wal-Mart too, and boy, it's a really good deal, price-wise. " We are very irritated that you haven't shown pity on us in our great need and picked the animal up already. We thought you people were supposed to be humane! Come and get it today. No, we couldn't possibly bring it to you; the final episode of "Survivor II" is on tonight." Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Pet Owner, for your cooperation. And kindly remember our sympathy is with the dog not you. Author Unknown
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If you have a complaint or concern or feel
your requests
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WOO HOO Congratulations to Nadine Marcotte and her
beautiful Husky The entire Bark family is very proud of
these two and Niki You Go Girls
And 2010
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Disclaimer Article found on several websites. Local Animal Shelter Welcome Visitors From The South Local animal shelters are bracing themselves for a holiday gift package - approximately 50 dogs arriving from Louisiana this weekend! The Niagara Falls Humane Society, Lincoln County Humane Society in St.Catherines, Welland and District Humane Society and the Fort Erie SPCA have all offered their support to house and adopt approximately 30 dogs, who will be arriving Friday or Saturday. The Hamilton SPCA, Cambridge & District Humane Society and the Guelph Humane Society will also be taking dogs for adoption. The dogs will be arriving in Niagara from Bogalusa, Louisiana this weekend and will be available for adoption soon after. They are arriving from "Boudreaux's Animal Rescue Krewe (B.A.R.K.)", a volunteer based rescue organization that is experiencing an extreme situation with the number of dogs needing homes in their area. Julian Long, President of B.A.R.K., originally partnered with the Cambridge & District Humane Society, who contacted B.A.R.K. to offer assistance after Hurricane Katrina. Since then, the partnership has continued to grow, providing a second chance for hundreds of dogs. This will be their fourth trip transporting dogs from Louisiana to Ontario. "We are fortunate to have a more proactive approach in dealing with overpopulation issues than in the Southern US", says Valerie Brown, General Manager of the Niagara Falls Humane Society. "Because of spay/neuter programs, dog licenses and responsible pet ownership in our area, we luckily do not have such high numbers of homeless dogs." Brown adds "although more can always be done to assist animals in need, in Southern Ontario we are not faced with an extreme case of dog overpopulation - as a result we can then share our resources with those animals who also need help, even if they are outside our communities." Niagara Falls Humane Society Lincoln County Humane Society Fort Erie SPCA Welland & District Humane Society ________________________________________________________________________
What a Dog Knows just last night you hit me that now I flinch at every touch that tomorrow you will hit me I'll bite the hand that fed me You'll claim I was a vicious cur I know the story's' sad and long For all the Dogs that never made it to a no kill rescue Sue Breen Dec 5 2006 __________________________________________________ The Katrina Dogs ____________________________________________________
To all non-pet owners who visit and complain about my pets:
4. To you, it's an animal. To me,
he/she is an adopted son/daughter And if they get pregnant, you can sell their children. __________________________________________
The Family Dog The family dog was bought
to guard Housed in a shed that was
airless and dark, When boredom set in with
no fun and no work, (Author Unknown) IF LIFE WERE LIKE THAT WE WOULDN"T NEED B.A.R.K. _________________
~ Mitch ~
Points to Ponder...
2. Become a Foster Parent 3. Make a Donation (we do give tax receipts) 4. Or purchase something from our B.A.R.K. Boutique. We greatly appreciate anything that you can offer to help us give these dogs a chance for a better life.
Rescued Hearts
Taking care of rescued dogs is something I do
best The dogs I've bathed, the food I've fed
The vacuuming I've done My own dogs I've neglected, but I tell them
every day I know they understand this, for in their eyes
I see Some people think I'm crazy
If I can love and help a dog, to find a better
way So now you know my secret, it's there for all to see The love I give, the life I save
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Who
Are We ~ What Do We Do ~ How
Much Is That Doggie In The Window Foster
Parent Program ~ Happily
Ever After ~ Memberships
& Donations We support
"Homeless Cat Rescue"
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