BHRR’s Ichabod Crane
~11 months of age
May 6th, 2015 lost to us…..
Another amazing Great Dane that had been affected by the contaminated food that had been sent our way in January 2015 by another group…..
The heartbreak, the continued pain has made us just raw with grief…….
ENDS Thursday April 23rd @ 9 PM EST – We currently have $960 in bids to date!
To read all details and to bid, CLICK HERE!
Microchips $40 includes registration – for cats, dogs – minimum age is 8 weeks
Nails $10
Ear Cleaning 410
Saturday: BHRR Dogs Attending: BHRR’s Herbie-licious, The Love Bug, BHRR’s Angel Noelle and BHRR’s Riot
Sunday: BHRR’s Dogs Attending: BHRR’s Salem, BHRR’s Liberty and possibly BHRR’s Hercules – the third dog is not yet 100% determined.
GENTLE Reminder:
BHRR's Gretta's angels have been working quietly plus hard behind the scenes on a special Fundraiser event to help raise some much needed monies to help her with the bills from her cruciate repair surgery and rehab journey.
Thanks is appreciatively extended to Pet Valu – Manotick for helping us, AND, for hosting this event on Sunday February 15th, 2015 from 10 AM – 4 PM
This is the 'Grooming For Gretta – Sweetheart Spa' Fundraiser!
No APPOINTMENTS necessary!
BHRR is still ISO: two more approved BHRR Volunteers willing and open to helping lend a hand that day!
This is not a community education or public awareness event for BHRR yet, we will have some merchandise for sale such as our signature leash sleeves plus magnets. smile emoticon
Please email contactbhrr@gmail.com
THANKS once again MUST be shouted out to BHRR BOD member B. Cole for such an amazing poster!
Back in December, Fran from Global Pet Foods Bank Street (1176 Bank Street) phoned plus emailed us to inquire as to our thoughts in being the rescue to benefit from the annual Global 'Show Us Your Heart' Campaign.https://www.facebook.com/GlobalPetsBank
Fran said that they have been following some of the great work that BHRR has been doing and, wanted to direct funds raised during their annual campaign in 2015, our way.
To say that we felt humbled and deeply honoured, was putting it lightly. We feel so privileged to have been chosen by Global Pet Foods Bank Street, out of so many out there in the community doing such much needed and essential work helping animals…….
This exciting campaign begins January 31st and shall run through to February 14th, 2015
If you visit their store, you can make a donation in any amount you desire, and, you can write your name or that of your beloved pet(s) on a beautiful red heart and, it will be displayed with such pride and thanks at their store!
All monies raised shall go towards BHRR's Gretta's Vet Bills – she took a bad fall at her approved temp foster home and, we have to now repair the cruciate in her back left leg. Her surgery is January 29th at Liston Animal Hospital. It was the first surgical date we could get…….
Thank you Global Pet Foods Bank Street AGAIN for selecting our small r/q Rescue to support……be it $5 or $50 or more that is raised during your annual campaign, it will mean the world to us!!! AND, to BHRR's Gretta!
Barry, thank you SO much again for working with me on this poster. It is gorgeous!
Our 2nd ANNUAL 'Breaking Bills Baking' Online Auction' starts TODAY – Saturday January 17th, @ 7 AM EST!
We will have 40 extremely generously donated and, delicious items. THANKS to all the baking angels that are making this annual event possible!!!
All monies raised in this Annual Fundraiser shall go towards BHRR's Maverick's Vet Bills. His current Bills are over $15,300.00 which includes three leg surgeries.
To read more details about the auction(those darn rules!) and, to view the items up for grabs so far….please visit the below link and scroll down the page…….Our latest new delectable array of items include Rice Krispies, Macaroons and, at least 5 l of the special pasta sauce that we served at our annual September "DINE WITH THE BHRR DOGGIES' event.
If anyone else would like to donate a baked goodie or goodies, it is NOT too late…all items do not have to be made until the auction is over to ensure freshness for the winner(s), please do email contactbhrr@gmail.com
Already 2015 is shaping up to be another extremely busy year for the special animals in need of us, as we have the Male Blue GD with the untreated broken leg and, have another Dane – BHRR's Gretta that will require a cruciate repair(Surgery is on January 29th) NOT to mention The Lord Stafford and his continued mounting Vet Bills.
We were able to assist 16 dogs in 2014, and, 24 dogs in 2013. We will assist as many as we can responsibly take on with quality and, resources in 2015.
THANK you Barry for working with me on this gorgeous poster!!!!
From the home that had the special play date with BHRR's Ichabod Crane on December 15th, 2014
"Absolutely nothing beats the love of a Great Dane!!! Big thank you to Gwen for giving us the opportunity to mend our hearts a little bit with this silly boys kisses!! We had a wonderful time together!!!"
Someone is off for a special play date this AM! BHRR's Ichabod Crane. He was not overly thrilled about the 5 AM wake-up call BUT, I think he is going to have a blast!
So hard to get a great photo of him and, cannot wait for his Santa PawsPhoto's from Saturday at PV Stittsville!
His weight today is 33.5 KGs(73.70 pounds). Still a bit thin, yet, not by much and, nicely muscled and, gosh, is his a social bean! LOL
He is battling an infection that we are trying to isolate as, he has been de-wormed(this is his third round) and, we are not going to give him any boosters of neuter him until he is healthy.
I will repeat his bw in the New Year to see where we stand at that time.
He is eating well, playing(HQD WUVS him!) and, becoming a wonderfully well adjusted puppy.
He has become a fast fav for many that have met him to date. So much to love AND, OMG! Is he ever soft!
For a male ~6 month GD puppy, he is small yet, when you deal with byb dogs, you get all shapes and sizes and, for that right matched home, they are not going to care one bit! His personality is big and, he will make that right matched home smile every day. He is so happy!
NO more days of neglect and emaciation for you my lovely young man!
BHRR's Braveheart with company! 🙂
LESS than 48 hours at BHRR.
December 10th, 2014
(BHRR's Oakley, BHRR's Ichabod, BHRR's Potter, BHRR's Bloom!)
Thank you Tammie Jackson & Karen Starkie for being his angels….
VIDEO BHRR's Braveheart Dcember 10th, 2014
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 ‘Braveheart’. 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 Braveheart's Angels $15.00* donated to date & Bills are $0.00
Cynthia
A. Biggley
NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!
We will be out to visit around 11 AM on Saturday ourselves to get some photos' and, I am hoping to bring BHRR's Ichabod Crane, BHRR's Zayna and BHRR's Salem for their very first XMAS photo's!
I heard a rumor that BHRR's Mav 'could' also put in a celebrity appearance!
BHRR's Ichabod Crane was at Kana(Kanata Animal Hospital) with me today – he ended up not going last week with BHRR's Maverick's sudden reaction to the one plate/screws in his right leg.. He weighed 33.1 KGs(72.82 pounds). He had his pre-surgical bw done in preparation for his neuter when he is more healthy. His hiops appeared fine and, they will be investigated further when he is under anesthetic for his neuter.
He is on Doxycycline 1.5 tablets of the 100 mg BID for the next week and, then shall be recheck, re-weighed and, the dosing adjusted as, tonight, he began to pass some lovely nasal discharge.
We also microchipped him today!
He will get his DAPP booster and rabies(was done prior to coming to BHRR) when he is more healthy also.
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 ‘Ichabod Crane’. 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 Ichabod's Angels $155.00* donated to date & Bills are $289.78
Nairn
Andrea
Cynthia
Pam
Dawn
Clo
NOTICE:
BHRR does not adopt out during the XMAS season due to our position that it is not in the best interest of any new addition being added during such a busy, exciting and somewhat stressful time for many.
Quite a few other Rescues, Shelters, Pounds etc. have also begun to follow a similar protocol to what we have been doing for so many years.
Our XMAS Shut down period for this year is from Monday December 15th, 2014 to Tuesday January 6th 2015 inclusive.
Any applications received during this time will be processed/reviewed on Wednesday January 7th, 2015!
During this time, BHRR is available 24/7 as always for requests for assistance of animals in need and will do intake.
Thank you for your continued understanding – The BHRR Team
How blessed are we that Chuck Desjardins Photography and, Pet Valu Innes & Belcourt(3838 Innes Road, Orleans, Ontario) chose our group as one of the two(Collie Rescue Network is the other r/q group) to benefit from their Christmas Photo's Fundraiser!
Photo's $15 Each OR 2 for $20
Date: Sunday December 7th, 2014
Time: 11 AM – 4 PM
***This is not a community education event yet, we shall be heading on our to just hang and bring some of the BHRR dawgs to thank people!
TOMORROW!
BHRR's Stafford will be ready on his red carpet with roses in paw to hand out to his first 24 smoochers! I even heard that he may wear a bow tie!
BHRR's Maverick and BHRR's Ichabod Crane are also coming.
BHRR's Ichabod Crane is scheduled to see the Vet on Thursday. He has been putting on the weight fairly well, is eating, been de-wormed, has been placed on revolution and, my only concern is that now that you can actually handle the 'wild' child a bit more 😉 is around his hip area.
When one touches his hip area, he will almost scream, more of a yelp. I am trying to isolate it further and, to see if one is worse than the other or, if we are only looking at one side. I know with me, he has had two episodes to date and, one for Mason yet, all other times, he is great. He made need sedation for the Vet to best determine what is going on……
He plays and, is doing all the wonderful and joyous things that puppies do – chewing….destroying, jumping and more! He is absolutely being that puppy I want and expect and, we are working on that obedience also.
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 ‘Ichabod Crane’. 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 Ichabod's Angels $135.00* donated to date & Bills are $67.00
Nairn
Andrea
Cynthia
Pam
Dawn
BHRR's Ichabod is figuring out the 'fresh meat' of our BHRR "EXPERIENCE" Mini Open Houses well! LOL You can see how emaciated he still is. BUT, we are working on it!!
His friends(The Lion Kings, BHRR's Flint & BHRR's Potter) are showing him 'how' it is done yet, we will have to work on the jumping! 😉
AND, the 'fresh meat' in this photo coming up the steps is BHRR Approved Volunteer, Bruce M.
Photo courtesy of S. Dowler
BHRR's Ichabod Crane(5 months) with Kajun Koffee(15 weeks)
November 17th, 2014
All tuckered out after a long day of playing plus some Gwennie's Bootcamp…HQD's Bootcamp also!
That is Ice's rump in the background! 
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 ‘Ichabod Crane’. 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 Ichabod's Angels $25.00* donated to date & Bills are $67.00
Nairn
Andrea
Cynthia
It is very hard with BHRR's Ichabod's coat color to show just how emaciated he still is. Yet, here are two photo's from today.
He is laying on his right side, his back end is to your left as you look at the photo's.
He did not get to go on a play date yesterday after all….I left for work and, left him snoozing at home! OOOOPS! We shall re-schedule!
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 ‘Ichabod Crane’. 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 Ichabod's Angels $25.00* donated to date & Bills are $67.00
Nairn
Andrea
Cynthia
BHRR's Ichabod Crane already has a special play date scheduled! He will come to work with me tomorrow, get a new weight, get a much needed nail trim now that he has settled in – want to get lots of hand son him, and, he will be off for a few hours on a special play date!
He has MORE than settled in at BHRR! LOL
We got him and now making our way home! What a sweet soul…..
So many to thank that helped save his life!! You know who you are and, I am forever appreciative!
Lynn L., thank you for the blanket for him AND, thanks to Theresa for offering to be his special SS.
Welcome to the BHRR fam Ichabod Crane!
The five month old emaciated GD pup is safe!
He has really dry skin, is very collapsed in the pasterns, flat footed, and, yes, emaciated. Photo's are not going to do this boy justice as, he is black with white with how emaciated he is.
He was 57 pounds at the shelter as of late last week.
Proper diet, exercise will greatly help those feet and pasterns. His nails are crazy long. You can see how long they they are in the photo below. 🙁
For those that maybe looking at him for items to donate, he really could use an oatmeal based shampoo.
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 ‘Ichabod Crane’. 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 Ichabods's Angels $10.00* donated to date & Bills are $67.00
Nairn
BHRR's Ichabod Crane, the emaciated 5 month Great Dane puppy began his journey to BHRR around 8 am today!
I am leaving soon with Mason and we shall do the last leg together.
The puppy has put on 7 pounds so far and, has had runny stools yet, is doing much better today.
AND one of my own, fighting cancer that I had scheduled to cross over today is doing so much better and, so, we have more quality time with him. So more good news!
AND BHRR's Salma, the one and only HQD, who has been dropping weight, getting more wobbly bobbly with her own miracle fight with Cancer is also having one of the best days, from her last few days so, this is also wonderful news!
Today, I am feeling really really really blessed!
We hope everyone is having a safe, happy and always surrounded by loved ones, weekend!!
BHRR's 3rd ANNUAL unique 'GIVE IT UP 4 AUTUMN' Fundraiser shall benefit BHRR's Stafford!
WHAT will you 'give up' for 14 days to help BHRR's Stafford?'
Please do EMAIL us with what you are 'giving up' to participate! Some are giving up chips, wine, coffee, another is giving up chocolate, AND, one person is going to even put in their jar, donations for cravings that they have for the chocolate they are giving up. Feel free to be creative! 🙂
UPDATE: We have 21 participants so far!
Starts November 4th! Please consider 'giving something up' for a 14 day period and, then donating the funds saved to BHRR's Stafford's bills!
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 ‘Stafford’. 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 to gwen@birchhaven.org (please use the ‘gift’ option OR the ‘friends and family’ option) OR we shall have to pay service charge fees
We received word that BHRR's Ichabod Crane has put on 7 POUNDS so far and, is headed our way on Saturday. I will be making a three hour drive to meet the transport. 🙂
We were contacted about a 'quite emaciated'(description sent our way) almost 5 month old male 'sweet' black with white GD pup. Was an owner surrender.
As we specialise in the emaciated Great Danes, there was no question about assisting him and, we have mobilized fast and, we are currently working on transport to BHRR.
We are going to call him BHRR's Ichabod Crane. 🙂
