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As you all know if you follow my blogs we are just finishing up our last seizure which began last September at the SPCA Annexe. Some had a home for the holidays and many more found their way out of the shelter in January. Surprisingly we still have 6 little souls looking for a place to call home. Each one …

 Labombard was contacted by the Ottawa Citizen to comment on the allegations. Click here to read the article    by MDB Rescue Blogger, Liliana Danel  Before the OSPCA sent out a letter to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec, an animal advocate was following the footsteps and sharing the truth of the Labombard family. Lorie Gordon, checks sites like …

Last Saturday, December 1st – MDB partnered with Guardian’s Best to throw a party for the rescue community and their supporters! Below is a longer version of the Thank You Note included on the back of our 2013 calendar from MDB creator, Nat Lauzon.      In 2008, I volunteered for the first time in the wake of a huge …

by MDB Blogger and veterinarian, Dr. Christina Nosotti  Volunteering in shelters is what sparked my passion to pursue my dream of becoming a vet. For as long as I can remember, I have loved animals. As a child, I used to visit the local SPCA and would just long to bring them all home. In my late teens, I started …

We recently got a goose-bump inducing, tear jerking update from an Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue alumni pup. Judah (puppy on the left) was born February 2010 to a 3 legged, extremely malnourished little 35lb(puppies included) husky momma. His mom, Ginny came into our care after being rescued from a seizure and gave birth only 10 days following her arrival. Here …

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNIE BROOKS! Most of you know about  one of the largest dog seizures in Canada last fall that resulted in 100’s of dogs being placed in temporary care in Quebec. What you don’t know is lucky for us that our leader and shelter manager was a Florida native named Connie Brooks. She took on this task like no one I have ever met …

Once you go mutt...you will never go back.

We received this to the Montreal Dog Blog mailbag and wanted to share it with our readers. This happened this week – here in Montreal.   We often hear stories of the dogs that never find their forever homes.  But there also are so many who do.  Like Huck – whose family had to say goodbye this week.  Anyone who …

Every Thanksgiving, I try to do something for others ..I guess it is what I think Thanksgiving is really about..not about stuffing myself with Turkey but proactively doing something!  This weekend my husband and I spend two full days (8 hrs and more) helping take care of the needy dogs rescued in September from a commercial breeding facility near Ottawa-the largest such …

Today, September 17th, has been designated Puppy Mill Awareness Day. It’s been started by a group in the US, but with yesterday’s puppy mill seizure near Shawville, QC – and the fact that Quebec has the disgraceful title of “Puppy Mill Capital of North America”, we feel it’s an important day to recognize here as well.         …