BHRR’s Ethel – 2009? – September 26th, 2016

I have the most heartwarming post to make from our 9th Annual BHRR Dine Event on Saturday yet, I hope many will excuse my *radio* silence over the last while as we prepared to cross over a beloved BHRR Haven lovely who more than earned her angel wings on earth and now in heaven….

We almost said good-bye to dear BHRR’s Ethel on Friday yet I knew we could give her a few more days of absolute quality in life and it gave 40 people on Saturday to also say their own heart touching good-byes…

Tears from many of us on Saturday…..so much emotion….

This fine grand dame had a terrible life before coming into rescue. That she even survived as she did on the roads in a First Nation community that believes in culling, almost blind and deaf battling one of the worst UTI’s we have ever treated in our history of operating since 1996, is a true miracle. She had super bad hips and terrible bad knees to match.

It showed that she had spunk and she sure was a crotchety old gal! People quickly learned not to feel sorry for her for she did not survive all she had by being a wall flower. She was not shy about expressing to all that it was ‘her’ human or ‘her’ bed or ‘her space’. 😀 She had a backbone of steel this one.

She was taught scent training and learned words to help her know when we were approaching steps or a door and when we were getting into the car. She was such an independent soul that fast became a Fav for so many during her over 2.5 years with us….

A few felt it would have been better to have just crossed her over after she came into rescue….well, we disagree and so did BHRR’s Ethel!

Anyone who met this truly special creature of heaven was inspired by her and BHRR’s Ethel was not hesitant about wrapping her paws around many a heart!

Fiesty and spicy she was yet a most affectionate sweet grand dame she also was. She soft and sweet in so many ways and great with every human and dog she ever met!! She was so fascinated by the BHRR Puppy Pile when they were born….totally enamoured with them and a great *grandma* she was to them….always worrying about the safety yet, spoiling them with so much attention and love!

She learned to take treats gently so I could keep my fingers another day! :p She loved the wind blowing her sweet ears (damaged by fleas and more than one crunch from her past history of trying to fight for her own right to survive ) about.

I swear if ever a dog could smile it was BHRR’s Ethel!

She had strained her eyes so bad trying to see during her time all alone on the roads, she literally *popped them*. We saw the specialist and were assured that she was not in pain and her eyes were as distinctive and unique as the rest of her.

Loved her frosting and she was small yet mighty!

When BHRR’s Ethel entered a room, everyone knew! 😀

BHRR’s Ethel we wanted to give you many more years of happiness, special dates, wonderful experiences and to have you teach more people that to be special needs does not equate no quality of life! I am so sorry that your body so broken upon arrival could never be 100% repaired….

Yet what never was broken was your incredible spirit and beautiful heart!! You ruled BHRR’s Ethel and may heaven be prepared for you as the party is going to start!!

My home and heart is feeling so lost and empty….I miss your snoring and talking in your sleep. I miss how you could express more feelings in one look than most humans could do in words!! Never any doubt how you felt!

I miss how you *told* us off if you felt dinner was late or that you were outside a nano second longer than what you wanted! You and BHRR’s Potter sure have that in common! LOL

Your obedience and leash manners became a dream and your trust of me brought me to my knees.

I am a better person in having been touch by your gift of you being you BHRR’s Ethel. Thank you for blessing me and so many with your grace, your charm and your heart that was as big and kind as the world…you knew no limits BHRR’s Ethel.

You proved many times over if there was a will, there was a way and thank you for re-inforcing to me why BHRR needs to be here and why we exist!!

RIP my angel…we will see each other in my dreams until we meet again….

AND another photo from BHRR’s Ethel’s awesome picnic play date!

Some pictures taken from BHRR’s Ethel’s date of her time with them! I think she had a great day! 😉

Blankets were even warmed up in the dryer for her! 🙂

BHRR’s Ethel is heading for a special picnic play date today!! She even helped me make the picnic. 

Well, she shall most likely sleep over playing. 

I was so so so touched when she was chosen for a date for an extremely and unique popular auction BHRR item we auctioned off at our annual ‘JUST IN TIME FOR XMAS’ auction.

BHRR’s Ethel is going to have a special picnic play date on the 30th! So happy for her!!!

BHRR's Ethel's Traditional XMAS Eve Photo's! She is still AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

This is BHRR's Ethel's REALITY Slide
She came to us at barely 64 pounds and has put on over 36 pounds in her successful rehab journey with BHRR!
All medical concerns were addressed, which included being spayed, having bloodwork done, de-wormed, specialist consults for her eyes, mirochipped, fecal, put on revolution, having urine cultures, vaccines and all other necessary plus proactive preventative procedures done.
She went through emotional and behavioural rehab at BHRR and she has also learned leash and house manners and, is a real personality filled classy lady!
She is currently AVAILABLE for adoption for that right matched forever loving home!
**BHRR has a huge expertise in the emaciated cases and, BHRR's Ethel is just one of almost 25 emaciated Great Danes that BHRR has been asked to assist over the last 18+ months.**
THIS is what your support enables us to do!!

BHRR's Ethel is NOW AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Another versatile dog! She can go to a home that works ft, pt, from home, away from home, retired or semi-retired. She is about ~5 years of age.

She can be an only dog or live with another right matched personality fit dog. It will be important for her to have continued exposure to other dogs for, with her being almost blind and, slightly hard of hearing, I do not want all the groundwork laid by BHRR to go by the wayside as, she lives in a multi-dog home and, is solid with all dogs. Meeting strange dogs can still be a bit worrisome to her and, as, it is important for us to have our friends, it is the same with dogs.

She is such a personality filled dog. She is NOT good with pocket pets and, I would not trust her with cats, yet, she has not had any issues with cats that we have seen at work, at the Hospital or at PetSmart, Pet Valu etc. I still would not feel it in a feline's best interest to approve a home with a cat or two or more.

She has proven 100% trustworthy in our home and, has full run of the house and, remains crate-trained(she loves going in a crate for quiet time) for as many know, it makes life so much less stressful on them and, the home and, a Vet Hospital should a dog have to go into a run or be on crate rest due to an illness or injury. We do not recommend any right matched home to leave her with full access until she has settled in and, all of this is covered in our very detailed adoption  info. packages sent out to all of our approved homes.

hank you to Liz Bradley for meeting with me to do this wonderful Rescue PAWTRAIT session on August 24th. YOU are so talented!!!
She is still putting on a bit of weight, and, though, she is almost blind and, slightly hard of hearing(some of that is selective!), she has just made me so proud of her accomplishments since her arrival to BHRR on April 27th, 2014.
She is going to make some lucky home a very personality filled and extremely affectionate one! WTG! Beautiful gal!
She has put on almost 35 pounds and, this once emaciated, puppymill Mama with an extremely severe UTI, with zero training is, beautifully rehabbed! She is a thrivor!!!

She is a riot! She may have had her body crushed and broken yet, they could not break her spirit or will to live…..how she survived being so starved, almost blind, hearing affected, severe and, I mean a severe UTI and, then dumped on a road to fend for herself when they had no more use for her, is a true testament to her backbone and strength…..she really did not have much more time though, and, I am so glad that she was picked up when she was and, we were contacted to assist her. She really is a hoot!

She and HQD are like two ol' mother hens! She has such a spritely springy step when she trots.

BHRR's Ethel – August 24th, 2014

BHRR's Ethel was spayed on July 30th and, everything went well. When it came time to remove that tiny growth/lump that had been discovered on July 15th to be on the bottom of her foot, there was not trace to be found of it….all, feet were double checked and triple checked and, it is gone. If it were not for four staff and, a Vet that witnessed it already, with it being there on July 15th, all of us would have thought we were mad! There is no sign of it anywhere…..clearly gone and, no sign of whatever it was coming back either. No one was concerned about it, yet, the Vet that did her spay is wondering if it was not some tiny sliver that, resolved. I am happy that there is no worry about there being a 'bad bump/lump/growth!' Never bothered her either.

I had a detailed conversation with the Vet who did her spay and, her uterus was definitely one of having had puppies in her past. 🙁 🙁 There were spots/marks, healed lesions where tiny placenta's had attached to her uterus and, her uterus was stretched. WELL, no more babies for her, and, I knew when she first arrived, that it would have been shocking to believe that she had been already spayed….picked up in a first nation community, starved, almost blind, with very noticeable breeding signs on her.

YET, those days are long gone…no more babies for her and, she has been developing lots of muscle mass/tone and, she really is so full of personality!!! 🙂

Some photo's below!

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Donations to Date: $403.17 & Bills To Date: $1,824.90
*Before PayPal fees
PV Hazeldean Community Education/Awareness Event(50/50 split with BHRR's Nessie)
Nevenka
Sarah D – Bath Mat
Pam
Cynthia
Andrea
Geoffrey
Nairn
Dawn
Clo

First three photo's are from July 30th, 2014 & last photo is from August 7th, 2014

BHRR's Ethel VIDEO FROM TODAY – July 29th, 2014

A wee bit blurry as BHRR's Ethel wanted to be right on top of me! 😀 Yet, look at her now! NO longer emaciated! 🙂 She has put on 30+ pounds of muscle mass/weight and, shall be spayed on the 30th of July. She was to be spayed today yet, the Vet rescheduled it to tomorrow.
From there, in about 10-14 weeks time, she will have her own special announcement to make! We are also removing a tiny wee growth we found between her toes on her hind left foot and will send off to pathology if necessary. At this time, no one seems to be overly concerned about it and, we hope that remains that way! 🙂
Just love this prancing and happy grand dame! Lack of eye sight DOES not hold her back at all!!!! 🙂 🙂 She practically springs when she moves as she is so happy now. 🙂 AND, she has a nice shiny glossy coat.

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Donations to Date: $393.17 & Bills To Date: $1,316.02
*Before PayPal fees
PV Hazeldean Community Education/Awareness Event(50/50 split with BHRR's Nessie)
Nevenka
Sarah D – Bath Mat
Pam
Cynthia
Andrea
Geoffrey
Nair
Dawn

BHRR's Ethel – July 29th, 2014

BHRR's Ethel's spay has been scheduled for July 29th. About 10 days after that, she shall have a special announcement to make.

BHRR's Ethel is at KAH with me today!
AND, her new weight is now 41.1 KGS(90.42 pounds). She was first rescued at barely 64 pounds and, this means that she has put on OVER 26.42 pounds since she arrived to us on April 27th, 2014! She still has about 10 pounds to go yet, THUMBS up Ethel!
We did her pre-surgical bw for her spay(we cannot find a spay incision to confirm already spayed), she got her latest revolution dose, had a mani/pedicure(ROCKED it), and, a very small growth was found between the toes of her back left foot. When she is spayed – scheduled for July 29th, we will remove it and send off to pathology if needed. The Vet looked at her eyes again and, she has limited menace capabilities and PRA is still the diagnosis for her almost complete blindness.
She also co-operated and, a current fecal shall be run.
She has blown through her touch and scent training and the flicking on and off the lights to come inside has been picked up like a pro for her.
The hard thing for me is to get updated photo's of her…she is so affectionate now and, likes to be really close to 'see' and feel you.
I will try again at the Hospital.
The Vet loved how nice and glossy and shiny her coat has become and though,. she still has some small dandruff here and there, her coat has really has made a beautiful turn!
After she recovers from her spay, she shall have her own special announcement to make! This gal was a MASSIVE hit at our June BHRR "EXPERIENCE' mini open house. 🙂

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Donations to Date: $293.17 & Bills To Date: $1,316.02
*Before PayPal fees
PV Hazeldean Community Education/Awareness Event(50/50 split with BHRR's Nessie)
Nevenka
Sarah D – Bath Mat
Pam
Cynthia
Andrea
Geoffrey
Nairn

BHRR's Ethel is scheduled for a re-weigh(CANNOT wait), a recheck including eyes, obtain her rabies(now that she is not emaciated) and, from there – hopefully to schedule her spay – on July 9th.

She was a HUGE HUGE HUGE fav at our June BHRR "EXPERIENCE' Mini Open House. So many said that if they could take one dog home, it would be her. 🙂 She is a cranky ol' spry, likes to almost prance and bounce grand dame! 😀 Still think she is no more than age 5 with her energy level, teeth and overall conformation. 🙂

She is 100% housebroken and, no longer goes into a crate when we leave or at night. She likes to sleep in an open crate yet, has proven 100% trustworthy in our home.

She and HQD have an understanding….it is so funny! One climbs up on one couch and, the other, tries to climb up on the other. AND, I spend my time telling them about the 'no couch' rules! 😉

The only thing I am looking for her right now are pillows and fuzzy/soft bath mats with the good underside that 'sticks' for her balance. Please do let me know if you may have any to spare/donate her way.

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Donations to Date: $233.17 & Bills To Date: $989.07
*Before PayPal fees
PV Hazeldean Community Education/Awareness Event(50/50 split with BHRR's Nessie)
Nevenka
Sarah D – Bath Mat

Here are a couple of photo's from today. She is going to keep getting better and better as she is fed a proper balanced diet, receives the top notch Vet care she had been denied in her life before r/q Rescue AND, good exercise with lots of fresh air, grass and trails! Cannot forget the large dose of love and spoiling that is a must 'add' for any successful ingredient of making her whole and happy!

Her leash manners are slowly coming along. She is a strong girl!

The only thing I am looking for her right now are pillows and fuzzy/soft bath mats with the good underside that 'sticks' for her balance. Please do let me know if you may have any to spare/donate her way. 🙂

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE BI-WEEKLY AUTOMATIC DONATIONS OR EVEN MONTHLY DONATIONS – HERE
(You do not need a PayPal account either)

A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Donations to Date: $233.17 & Bills To Date: $989.07
*Before PayPal fees
PV Hazeldean Community Education/Awareness Event(50/50 split with BHRR's Nessie)
Nevenka

BHRR's Ethel – May 8th, 2014
**In the first picture – her waist is by my shoes – bottom of photo. That is how skinny she is. 🙁
**In the second photo, her head is where my son's bare foot is

BHRR's BW is normal, her HWT is negative! 🙂 We are still waiting results from her Culture.

We did change her over to the Baytril – 1 x 150 MG SID and also put her on Deramaxx for comfort.

Her hearing is still something I am trying to figure out more – She is pretty much clueless that anyone is talking to her. Is this a) because she is deaf 2) because no one has ever addressed and 'talked' to her and she has no clue that life is now ABOUT her? 3) selective hearing 4) any combo of the first three.

I know she 'feels' vibrations for when you 'boom' your voice from the diaphragm, her ears will twitch.

The way she looks so intensely at me with those 'boston terrier' eyes, the most you feel that she is looking deep into your soul. She is quite visually impaired YET, that does not hold her back! She is like a wee giant ram in a china shop when she wants to go somewhere or go someplace.

She is a tough cookie and she and HQD are VERY much alike. They were either going to be like bosom buddies or, they were going to 'repel' each other and, to date, they are a sign of solidarity! UH OH! Another boot camp for me to figure out who is in whose!

She is learning to share. Water bowls are slowly getting better. 😉 She is eating better and, I am now feeding her five smaller meals a day.

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Bills To Date: $989.07
*Before PayPal fees

UPDATE #3 For Today:
UPDATE: OK! The Vet has now seen this classy lady. FINDINGS:


1) Her eyes are not as bulging today as yesterday so, they most likely were bulging more due to no leash manners plus stress and, I am relieved to note that we can officially rule out glacuoma at this time. It is most likely something similar to PRA(Progressive Retinal Atrophy). The Vet shall research further. She is already doing great with her nose, so shall give her some scent training to help her plus touch training for quality of life enhancement. Her hearing is limited and we also checked for infections.


Heart and lungs are great.

2) The Vet agrees that she does NOT have a spay incision and that she is not spayed. We will spay when she is healthier.

3) We are going to hold off on rabies as she is so painfully skinny


4) We will repeat bw and look closer at her eyes when she is spayed – when she is more healthy


5) We are discussing switching to Clav & Baytril for her UTI and will be adding Deramaxx to her protocol for she is very uncomfortable. Odd results with the UA as her urine is so acidic. We will repeat now that she is with BHRR by cysto and also culture


SHE is so so so freakin' awesome! So affectionate, bonding already and, so nosy and, full of beans!


OH, the Vet also thinks between 5 and 6.

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels Bills To Date: $989.07
*Before PayPal fees

UPDATE #2 For Today:
I am suspecting her age to be between 5/6. She has the clear masking gene that may give people the feeling that she is a lot older yet, her teeth, body condition(even despite being so skinny), energy level etc., does not scream senior to me…she is not a spring chicken yet, she is feisty and bouncing and also exhibits the behaviour of a dog that had been tied up for years….strong muscles in the buttocks from jumping up yet, is extremely wobbly when trying to walk or trot and, that comes from not being able to do so….. So, she was most likely tied up or penned in a small space. Once we get those nails trimmed up, she will also have better movement.

I have her at work with me today and she weighed in at 77 pounds. In looking through her records, she was picked up at 64 pounds, reached 68.2 pounds by April 24th and is now 77 pounds as of April 28th.

So, based upon her weight today, I would like to see another 20 pounds on her and, that would put her around 100 or pounds at ideal. So, since she was picked up as a stray she has put on 13 pounds and for those that have seen her, you know how uber skinny she is still.

So, from where she was to where I want her to be, that will be 36 pounds of weight needed. Poor thing…

The scar that the shelter feels is a spay scar, I think perhaps it is a c-section scar possibly. The chances that this dog was spayed in a first nations community is not high. Possible, not likely yet, we will all get a better look – I have not yet looked myself as of yet either.

We will look closer at a few of her nipples…they are not normal looking yet, dogs that have been over-bred can have them look this way.

Her eyes and hearing will also be further assessed.

Poor thing has anxiety issues and so, she is in boot camp for that.

AND, she had a surprise visitor today at KAH, Auntie Margaret Aris dropped by and, got to visit with BHRR's Ethel!

BHRR's Ethel WUVED Auntie Margaret!!!

The only thing I am looking for her right now are pillows and fuzzy/soft bath mats with the good underside that 'sticks' for her balance

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE BI-WEEKLY AUTOMATIC DONATIONS OR EVEN MONTHLY DONATIONS – HERE
(You do not need a PayPal account either)

A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels 
*Before PayPal fees

UPDATE #1 For Today: She is coming to work with me today as from the very first time I saw her shelter photo's, I suspected eye issues and now, that she is here, getting her in, is even more urgent. I also suspect hearing impairment. She was sent with simplecif for her UTI that was discovered with an UA done at the shelter yet, it is so bad that I think I want her switched to a Baytril combo with Clav and want to do a culture. She is a bit of a hot mess and love her already!

One very needed nail trim coming up also plus a nice oatmeal bath.

She is a feisty wee thing!

Below is a photo of her on the transport leg that Mason & I did.

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A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels 
*Before PayPal fees

BHRR's Ethel – April 27th, 2014

On April 21st, I received an email asking if we would consider helping a 'skin and bones' Senior GD, picked up as a stray and brought to their shelter on April 8th, 2014. They estimated her to be around 7 years of age. With BHRR's Torque being adopted on April 22nd, we committed. This Great Dane is ONLY the 2nd dog that BHRR has committed to in 2014. BHRR's Leroy, on April 5th was the first. We were told that she is a very sweet and a gentle girl. She is a Mantle Great Dane.

Her weight was 31 KGs(68.2 pounds). Emaciation cases is something, BHRR is very experienced plus knowledgeable in handling rehab successfully. 

With one more BHRR dog adopted – BHRR's Torque very recently and three more dogs under a pending adoption, we were comfortable taking one more special dog in and, she was the next in need after Torque was adopted.

She is ONLY the second dog in 2014 that BHRR has been able to commit to as we work to bring down our numbers. So, 7 dogs out and two in is good statistics to accomplish that, though, losing them to health reasons is not how we want to see our numbers go down …..and, we continue to network with other groups to save as many dogs as we can and, help dogs out in other means…..

By June, we are hoping to be able to be to be in the position to help one more dog.

Here is the additional information that we received after we stepped up. It matter naught to us what she looked like(we committed before even seeing photo's), medical status etc. She was the next in need and BHRR, is here to help the next one. They believed that she would not do well on their adoption floor.

"Our vet of record is going to be in house tomorrow(April 24th) so she is going to take another look at her to see if she is spayed and to make sure everything else is good with her.  She is 31kgs in weight. As of April 8^th, she will be weighed again tomorrow. She had a booster and a nasal vaccination on April 8^th and will be getting another booster before she leaves.  She has been heartworm tested and had some other blood work done as well that we would send copies with her.  She came to us on April 8^th  from around 6^th Nations.  They just found her wandering around the road and the kind finder brought her into the shelter. "

We began to try and work on transport for the weekend of the 26th, otherwise, she was going to have to wait another week.

I am surrounded with such generous and caring plus giving folks for, we mobilised and fast and, had this transport filled in short order! She had bw (normal and HWT is negative) and a UA and, she is battling a nasty UTI. She is on Simplicef 200 mg SID yet, I may get her switched over to something like Baytril. Her UTI is nasty. 🙁 Thank you SO much to the shelter for doing all they did for her. Per her paperwork, they wrote there is a 'spay scar'. We will also check. She has at least one nipple that is enlarged, poor thing and, I will have my Vet team look closer. The Shelter Vet did not note any concerns though. :). I am already proactively de-worming her, after she arrived safely to us on the 27th of April. Will make another blog post with input from the angel tansporters that helped me get her closer to BHRR!

I am calling her BHRR's Ethel – meaning 'noble' and a version of Ethel means 'wise advisor', 'noble & strength' & 'intelligent'. When I posted seeking name suggestions for her, 88 posts made! WOW! – Charlotte made the suggestion that she needed 'a classy older lady name'. 🙂

NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE BI-WEEKLY AUTOMATIC DONATIONS OR EVEN MONTHLY DONATIONS – HERE
(You do not need a PayPal account either)

A file is set up at Kanata Animal Hospital (613) 836-2848 and they will take Visa, M/C and AMEX over the phone under the account of ‘Birch Haven Rescue’ for ‘Ethel’. They will take Debit or Cash in person at 440 Hazeldean Road in Kanata, Ontario

You can also mail donations via a Bank Draft to:

Birch Haven Rescue & Rehabilitation Services
C/O Gwendilin Boers
2425 Totem Ranch Road West
RR#1 Oxford Station, Ontario
K0G 1T0

OR email transfer to gwen@birchhaven.org

OR via PayPal(please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees.

BHRR’s Ethel's Angels 
*Before PayPal fees

BHRR's Ethel – @ Shelter April 2014