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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Sweet seniors seek retirement home

The following is a courtesy listing. Please consult the contact information below for further details on these sweet cats: With a lot of difficulty and a very heavy heart, we must re-home our two baby girls – cats.  They have been with us for quite a long time.  During this time, my allergies have gotten progressively worse.  Now it’s at …

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SPCA Monteregie Dog Walk‏

  click on image to enlarge   Come to the SPCA Monteregie dog walk, on Sunday, September 11th at the St.Lambert Seaway Park. Registration begins at 10am. Three top prizes for the most money raised, we encourage everyone to raise at least $25.00. ***Raise 100.00 and more, you will get a free SPCA Monteregie T-shirt.*** Activities for the whole family …

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Ask A Trainer: My dog only eats ‘people food’!

Q:  I am writing to you with the hope that you know of or can direct me to a good canine nutritionist in the Montreal or Verdun area. I have the most precious and loveable chocolate-colored miniature poodle (Gucci). LOL and naturally, we just love him to death. Had him since last October. he is now about 10-11 months old. My problem is …

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Volunteer for huskies! We did – you can too!

PLEASE SHARE! To volunteer, please contact Elizabeth Pierce:  epierce684@gmail.com Volunteers are needed this week (especially early mornings) to help out with caring for 20 surrendered huskies – currently housed in the Mirabel area.  (Read more about the husky situation here , here and a personal account from Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue .) One of the surrendered huskies     Volunteer Info: washing dog …

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Nutrition is a family affair!

There  are a few topics I can talk about for hours…obviously dogs…but also…green living and nutrition.  I decided a few years ago to try and REALLY understand health and wellness, because I felt that I had too much of a concentration on dieting and losing weight, but never knew what it meant to do so in a truly “healthy” way. …

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Rescue Round-Up News August 12,2011

Read All About It! Speed Dating For Dogs: A New Opportunity To Rescue Animals? 3-Month-Old Calf Rescued After Falling Into Well (video) Francis the 'miracle puppy' could win CARA $10K (video) Cops and emergency personnel learned how to treat dogs and cats. (video)

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August 21st! Punk/Metal vs Animal Cruelty

Time Sunday, August 21 at 8:00pm – August 22 at 2:30am Location Foufounes Electriques Created By Raïs Richard Zaidi, Ronnie Rogg, Sandrine Chouinard, Era-Of Confusion, Daimon Hellstorm, Karol Lafond, Karine Jacques, Melyssa Elmer, Claude Lapointe   Second of three benefit shows for the Montreal SPCA … with Project Versus Era of Confusion Les Krugers The Superstitions Ol’ School Johnny Voluntary …

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Were you there to Rock for the SPCA?

   On Friday August 5th, a Heavy Metal concert to benefit the Montreal SPCA took place in downtown Montreal at Les Foufounes Électriques, located at 87 Sainte-Catherine Street East. Les Productions Corsaires organized the first out of 3 concerts that will donate 100% of the proceeds to the Montreal SPCA. Raïs (Rick) Zaidi, member of the Les Productions Corsaires …

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Saturday Aug 20th: Fundraiser for Animal Charities

We’ve heard first hand about the dire situation that Refuge RR finds themselves in at the moment. Please try to attend this daytime fundraiser to help them and other great rescues! Click the poster below for more info.

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The 37 Husky ‘Rescue’; What started it, What happened, What Went Wrong and Why – by Caroline Ross an on site volunteer

This all started with online posts of “30” dogs, ranging from 1-10 years old who needed homes by Friday (August 5th, 2011) or would be sent to Le Berger Blanc – of course it got people scrambling.   The situation: ‘The owner’ (who we shall not name) of these dogs who is a well respected dog trainer and behaviourist was …

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