Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Sometimes you just do the next best 'right' thing....

One of my New Year's resolutions this year was to "Just do the next, best 'right' thing"... And I have been pretty on track with this mindset so far, although I hear that most resolutions are broken before the of January!  (smile)...

Yesterday I drove to San Clemente and during those two hours down and two hours back, it was a great time to do a lot of thinking about things - beginning with the reason for my trip!... For those that know me well, driving is not my idea of fun, but as I do own a quad dually, I periodically will make drives to pick up large donations...

Delca Corporation had been kind enough to offer some cat litter boxes to those rescues who were willing to come and pick them up... And although TLC does not rescue cats, these covered litter boxes make great whelping areas for our teeny tinies... So when the offer came across the Internet, I put up our hand to get some... And then I asked two other organizations if they were interested and agreed to make the drive for them...

As it turned out, there was not enough to go around for all three organizations and because I had said I would do the transporting and had carved out the day already (after the spay run and dropping off the recycling at the recycle center), I decided I would still make the run to San Clemente from Simi Valley... On the way down to San Clemente, I had already decided to split up the pallet between the Simi Valley Spay & Neuter Clinic (who run our county's TNR program for feral cats) and VCAS (Ventura County Animal Services)...


Thankfully, Flynn of Delca Corporation was able to 'drive me in' to the warehouse location... The guys there were able to break down the pallet so I did not have so much wind resistance and with my jury-rigging the cargo netting, we arrived back in Simi Valley safe and sound!


This is how I see rescues and shelters working together in a rescue coalition in our county... Each one helping out the other one when they can...   You just simply do the next, best 'right' thing - you do whatever it takes to save a homeless pet's life unless it is illegal or immoral... And that is our mindset at TLC...

And we at TLC got a bonus too!... Flynn from Delca Corporation threw in a couple boxes of doggie treats (which our dogs loved) and two boxes of displays... Our furbabies are lovin' the new toys in there... Yeah Buddy!... What a nice added 'icing on the cake' besides just the good feelings I got driving home...

Yep - ya just gotta do the next best right thing and it all works out at the end!

Savin' lives and earnin' free doggie love!
Linda

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The Director's Cut....

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Meet LeRoy Brown and siblings...

LeRoy Brown and his three siblings, plus his mom, Kashi, were thrown over someone's back fence... We do not know who the father is, but this litter is bench-footed and colored like Flop-eared Doxies, so that is what we have listed them as... Momma Kashi weighs 16 pounds, so we expect the boys to eventually weigh in around 20 pounds when full grown, the girls about momma's size.

They are about 8-10 weeks old now and will be spayed and neutered the 2nd week of January, then come up for adoption.

LeRoy Brown is the smaller of the two boys at 4 pounds, 6 oz (12/30/13).  He is more of a Brown & Tan.

His brother, Maxim, is the larger of the two boys at 6 pounds (12/30/13) and more of a Red & Tan.



There are two girls in this litter, both about the same size of 4 pounds, 6-8 ounces.  Bon Qui Qui looks most like her mom but with the black tipping on her ears and around the muzzle.

And bringing up the end of this is Ember as a Black & Red.  This is the 'town crier' of the bunch and will bark nonstop if the water bowl is empty and she's thirsty (smile)... She tends to be the pack leader in smarts.



But no matter which one you fall in love with, this is a gorgeous litter and should never have been thrown over someone's back fence!  Puppies and mom will be spayed/neutered sometime after 1/6/14, brought up to date on vaccines and microchipped prior to adoption.  Complimentary vet exam and PETCO Adoption coupon booklet included with every TLC adoption.  You can apply online at our website.  Nonrefundable tax deductible adoption donation of $400 is required to adopt a puppy.

Meet Kashi...

Kashi is a Doxie mix, about 16 pounds and approximately 3 years old... She and her litter of 4 puppies were thrown over someone's back fence... What can I tell you?... Guess that is what you do with a dog and her pups that you don't want...



Kashi is very friendly and not barky... She'd make a good family pet for someone with smaller children and so far, has shown no bad habits we need to correct.  Her pups are weaned, and all five will be spayed or neutered sometime in the week starting January 6th.  Pups and mom will be spayed/neutered and micro-chipped prior to coming up for adoption; all will be brought up to date on their vaccines.  Kashi will also be vaccinated for rabies and be licensed for the County of Ventura if you are a resident.  Complimentary vet exam and PETCO coupon booklet included with each adoption.  Nonrefundable tax deductible adoption donation of $300.

Interested?  Apply online now