Dog Dayzzzzzz......

"I have tried to get pics of Bia doing cute things.....but this is what she does most!! (unless of course she is in my lap or shadowing me!!)

She is the most laid-back dog I have ever met......and also the easiest to care for!! ..... whoever adopts this little sweetheart will be getting a peach!!!"

~ Bia's Foster mom

Bia (was Daisy) found a prize in the toy chest, and is quite proud of herself for her discovery.

Newest BDRA foster is resting after her long trip from Texas to New Mexico...

Daisy is on her way!

On leg 1-2 of her transport, heading to her foster home

in New Mexico:)

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window??

"Well, as Nikita is still giving Isis the stink eye and not playing well I search for options to keep Nikita busy during the day so my in-laws don't have to worry so much about keeping them separated. I had a meeting today and didn't want to leave her in my office while I was out in the field. So she got to spend the day in a South Philly row home with my mom and dad!

She did very well, met some of the neighbors one of which taught her how to count...he asked her what is 2 + 2 and she would bark 4 times and then he

asked what is 1 + 1 and she would bark twice LOL.

My mom was able to walk her a couple times without any problems, she listened well and only really pulls when she sees a bird, squirrel or cat LOL. As you can see from the photo she also spent some of her day watching the craziness that can walk by on a South Philly street LOL."

- Eric (Nikita's Foster Dad)

Godspeed...

I hate to bring more sad news. Nadya has gone to the Rainbow Bridge tonight. Her leg pain was just getting worse-she couldn't bear weight on it anymore. It was time. Godspeed, sweet Nadya, you deserved so much more than you got in life. At least you are at peace now.

Meet Daisy...

Another BDRA rescue.

Available for adoption soon.

She is just hanging out with her buddy Greg on the

way home from the vet.

More sad news.

We had to let Van Halen go today. He was really laboring to breathe and the vet said he was just suffering too much. Thank you to Colleen and Rich for taking such good care of him, and letting him know love before he died. Godspeed, Van..

Nikita is looking for her forever home...

$5 Challenge!

It is time for action!

The Fundraising Team is presenting a challenge to each and every one of you. If each BDRA volunteer can send in $5 we can make a serious dent in our credit card bill. And if each of you sends an email to your entire address book asking each person to do the same, we can wipe out our debt, start anew, and continue helping and saving those dogs who so desperately need us. Also, please put the $5 BDRA Challenge on your Facebook page. We will continue to update you on how we are doing.

Please mail your tax-deductible donation to:

Blind Dog Rescue Alliance

P O Box 63401

Philadelphia, PA 19114

OR you can send it via PayPal. Just go to www.paypal.com and send your

donation to treasu...@blinddogrescue.com. Remember that when in Paypal,

if you click personal, and then gift, BDRA will not incur any fees on your

donation.

Please help us to continue to make a difference. BDRA thanks you and so do all of our current and incoming foster dogs.

Puppy Breath!!!

Meet Warbler! Another one of BDRA's rescues. She just came into rescue not too long ago and will be available for adoption as soon as she settles in!

"She is one little daredevil!

Let's see, she can scale a baby-gate, thus when I got home, she greeted me with the other dogs. She is doing really good with going potty outside! Cried twice during the night, went out to go potty and and right back to the crate. She is a lover and a biter, like whole mouth around your ankle, biting... we are working on that."

-Warblers foster mom

Nikita went to the ophthalmologist today. Unfortunately she is blind in her right eye and we will need to have it removed.

Other than that she is doing well!

A New Dog Joins BDRA

"Sparky was picked up on Sunday early am and off we went for a long

walk in the woods and dip in the pond. Hope was totally fine with

Sparky and they even drank out of the same bowl. He enjoyed the long

ride home with his head resting on Hope . He met lots of other dogs

and other people in the neighborhood and greets everyone with a waggy

tail. He slept very comfortably and seems to have adjusted well to

his new foster home."

- Peggy (Sparky's foster mom)

Off to work we gooo...

Nikita went to work today with her foster dad. Apparently she's being worked too hard, and needed a nap! :)

Nikita is Home!

"Nikita has been settling in well. She sort of thinks Pete is an idiot, but so does everyone else. She does well in a crate. She also appears to like raw quite a bit, as her chicken necks and tripe disappeared quickly. Minor scuffle with Pete, but Pete needs to learn when to settle. Pete is dying to play with Nikita, who is dying to play with Isis, who is dying to take a nap. She is beautiful and has a really nice coat. She listens well, and will come when called. I think she'll settle in well and be a great pet! Pics and video to follow. "

-Karen, Nikita's foster mom

Last Day! So Hurry!

Today is the final day of the Ocean County Fair!

Stop by and visit!

WE NEED HELP!

We have some really sick dogs coming in. A Siberian Husky who arrived at a shelter with one eye mauled, a blind/deaf, heartworm positive Min Pin with severe mouth abscesses, an emaciated lab mix....the list goes on. We hate to constantly ask for money, but the $200 adoption fee doesn't begin to cover the vetwork for these dogs, that has reached as high as $4000 for one dog. Please help where you can. Visit our Shop page, and shop from the affiliates there, or Igive, and BDRA will get a percentage: http://www.blinddogrescue.com/howtohelp/shop.html. Donate-if every one of our Facebook fans donated just $5.00, we would have over $15,000!! That would cover our credit card bill this month. http://www.blinddogrescue.com/howtohelp/donate.html

Do you have any fundraising suggestions? Email our fundraising team at fundraising@blinddogrescue.com.

Join us, and help us at local events! Email volunteer@blinddogrescue.com.

Right now we are on the verge of having to stop taking in any dogs, and we HATE to do this.

Please help where you can, and share this with your friends!

Thank you.

One Eyed Sibe

We have another pup coming into rescue. Meet Zoe.

She was dropped off at a shelter, and her eye was hanging out of the socket.

Her eye was removed.

On the road again!

We have two dogs on their way to BDRA fosters today!

Meet Frankie and Nikita!

Poor Guy...:(

Van Halen had all of his matted fur taken off today.

He is very skinny, way too skinny, but he sure must feel 100% better

with all those mats off of him.

Where to next?

The Pet Rescue Fair, sponsored by A Dog's Life (and a Cat's Too!) pet boutique in Hatboro, will be held at Hatboro Baptist Church, 32 N. York Road, also from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Blind Dog Rescue Alliance will have a table at this event so come check us out!

Ocean County Fair - Day 4

It was a hot day!

We talked to al ot of people, and hopefully we'll even get another volunteer or two.........
maybe
even a
new foster home!

Come Visit Us!

Heading off to the Ocean County Fair.

The fair goes on until the 18th!

Its at:

Robert J. Miller Air Park

Route 530 Berkeley Township, NJ

Stop by this weekend and visit Evita. She is WAY cuter than her pictures (and her pictures are pretty cute)!

http://www.blinddogrescue.com/ourdogs/evita.html

What's that smell??

Our Yankee Candle fundraiser is now underway. Please email fundraising@blinddogrescue.com to see if we have a volunteer near you to order from!

Ocean County Fair - Day 3

IZ was put to work today!

The event was GREAT today -- NO Rain :)
we started drying out, and the people started coming.

Today we were there from 11AM to 11PM

and 3 days to go -- I'm thinking Friday will be a "scorcher" day!

Again we need to thank Gloria and Doug from coming down to the event today, without them poor Pono, Fiji and Leilani would not have had a bathroom break for over 12 hours!

Lights! Camera! ACTION!

Van Halen's YouTube debut!

VAN HALEN BARKED!!

He barked because Button barked!!! It was so cute!! Button (who is an idiot), barked at the people going by outside. Button barked once, then Van let a bark loose, too. Button looked at Van like, "HEY there, I bark, NOT you!!" It was amusing!! AND he barked at Button when he came back in from pottying!! lol!! We have had one accident in the house. I didn't realize he needed to go, and so, he went. He is moving around more and even just shook himself off. He still is so weak, but we are celebrating our smidges of gains!!

- Colleen and Van and Button

The X Man!

We have a new pup coming into rescue!!

He is a blind, deaf, heartworm positive

miniature pincher.

He is the "X" named dog in our music theme.

Ocean County Fair - Day 2

Today was a bit WET!

The fair open the gates to the public 1 hour late and closed them 1 hour early.

We still did ok. We talked to a lot of people and making some good contacts.

Thank you Gloria and Doug for rowing on down and helping out at the booth!

Let's hope the weather is better on Thursday

(our first 12 hour day of the fair!)

Can you say ADORABLE!!!

This is one of our foster's, Timbre. What a little peanut! He had a vet visit today.

He's being treated for a painful eye and will rechecked on Monday.

This is definitely caused by trauma but the globe is too recessed and the cherry eye too big to really see what's going on. Depending on what Monday's exam shows, he may need to see an ophthalmologist at the vet school for further evaluation.

What a brave little boy!

Wanted to share a pic of Kazoo getting his second of six laser laser treatments to see if we can get that right leg of his feeling any better.

He was so good with the vet techs tonight!

A story from a "pre" foster momma......

I pulled Van Halen yesterday from an Animal Control here in GA. He was about an hour and a half north of me in a very rural area. He was scheduled to be euthanized yesterday. When we came to get him, he could hardly walk and was very trembly. One eye looked clear and the other had a filmy haze over it. Trying to get him in the car was a joke because he just collapsed at the door of the car. I picked him up and realized he was a bucket of skin and bones, literally I felt like I was picking up a skeleton covered in filthy, matted fur. He just laid across the back seat next to my teenage daughter, panting. She petted him all the way home and about half way home she asked me to look at her hand. It was brownish-red from the filth he had matted on him. We got him home and he limped into the house after going potty outside. He laid on the floor and put his head between his paws with his eyes at half mast. We fed him a little food and he drank a bit of water. After we let him rest for an hour or so, we thought we should try to wash him up a bit. I picked him up and put him in the tub. He immediately lay down. We washed him as best we could with him laying down, pushing him up occasionally to get under his tummy. He was terribly matted, just horrid. The third rinse water was just as red from the Georgia clay he had embedded in him, as the first rinse water was. He started to tremble and his teeth were chattering, so we stopped trying to get him clean. We took him out and dried him off as best we could. He laid on an old quilt in front of the fireplace for the rest of the evening with some time for food and water when we would bring it to him. He went out one more time and did his business as well. When bedtime came, we realized our crate was WAYYYY too small, so we put him in our small bathroom with a nightlight and his quilt. However, my daughter felt horrid about leaving him alone, so moved him into her room later. He slept in there with her, all night. This morning he got up and walked outside and did his business with no fuss. He ate some breakfast and rested. Then we went to the vet. After we got home from the vet, he ate some canned puppy food and walked around for 10-15 minutes, just looking around. Now he is sleeping again, hiding in our bedroom.

We still have not heard him make a noise except for when he cried because the vet had to take some blood from him. He has nudged my daughter's hand to get some petting, but mostly seems to relish his quiet and stretching out time.

Can't Catch A Break

"Ok, we took Van Halen to the vet. He is emaciated. Big surprise. I knew that. He needs extensive dental work, extensive. He needs love and attention (We can do that and send him to people who can also do that!). He desperately needs to be shaved down. (Which will happen on Friday. There is a groomer at the vet's and Van Halen will see her on Friday. I am sure that will be a major project for him and her.) He is dehydrated and starving. So she gave him his rabies. And took a fecal and HW. He is HW negative! (YEAH!) and has no worms, etc in his fecal. The vet said he needs to be seen again before he travels and she would like to have him wait to travel until the end of the month. (However, if he can't due to scheduling issues, don't know that is set in stone.) He has almost no muscle in his hind parts, very skin and bones back there. They gave him subq fluids and a flea thing to kill all of his fleas.

So, he is feeling better already. We bought some canned puppy food (puppy to help him put on weight), and he gobbled it down. he actually walked all over the apartment. It was the most we have seen him move. The difference in 24 hours is unbelievable! He has a crate now and his own puppy food. He is also apparently blind just on the one side. He has begun asking for love by putting his head under your hand and butting your hand to be petted. He is so cute I can hardly stand it!!

Van Halen says hi to everyone and THANK YOU!!! He would give you all loves, but is tired now. "

-Colleen and Van Halen

Ocean County Fair - Day 1

Today's event was nice ... and hot ... and humid :)

We talked to a lot of people, and handed out a lot of newsletters!

We met people who remember IZ from when he was in Northstar vets.

Tons of people loved playing with and petting Evita.

Evita put on her Eva Duarte hat and made everyone love her and give some

money to help support BDRA.

Today we were there from 5-11.

5 more days to go!

Jack The Ripper Strikes Again!

"A certain no-eyed dog ( I won't say who, but his name starts with P and ends with ete) raided a box of squeaky toys while we took Isis and Kazoo to the vet.
So we came home to a graveyard of stuffed toy geckos, and fuzz everywhere.
Now, I don't KNOW who did it. I just know that Eric, Isis, Kazoo and I did
not.....

And Pete's not talking."

-Karen (Pete's mom)

Not Exactly The Spa

"This is the third rinse! We finally gave up and decided he was cleaner

than he had been and we were done. Van Halen hardly stands, just to

move from one spot to another and then lay back down. He is recovering

from his ordeal and I am off to clean the tub. Not that it needs it or

anything....."

Sincerely,

Colleen and the Somewhat Cleaner, Van Halen

"I Live My Life Like There's No Tomorrow..."

Meet the newest addition to BDRA.

Van Halen!

He was out of time today, and BDRA had a foster home step

forward to take him.

He is now out of the shelter and safe!

You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog.....

In case you were not aware,

Blind Dog Rescue Alliance is doing a "Music Theme" for our dogs.

All of the dogs that come into rescue will have a name that is

related to music.

From musician names, song titles, music instruments, Broadway shows.

We've got them all.

So far we've had:

"Andrew" Loyd Webber (Musician)
Bon Jovi (Musician)
"Carly" Simon (Musician)
Delta Dawn (Song Title)

Evita (Broadway Show)

Floyd (Pink Floyd)

Gibson (Guitar)
Harmony

Iz (Musician)

Journey (Band)

Kazoo (Instrument)

"Louie" Armstrong (Musician)

Maggie May (Song Title)

"Nelly" Furtado (Musician)

"Ozzie" Osbourne (Musician - Spelled Differently)

Penny Lane (Song Title)

"Queenie" Queen (Band)

"River"dance (Broadway Show)

Timbre (Band)

U2 (Band)

We are almost done with this theme and will be moving on to the next once

we reach the letter "Z".

We've Been Busy......And It's Been AWESOME!

Over the past months, we've been EXTREMELY busy.

Since the rescue began in August 2009, we have rescued over 50 dogs, and adopted out

well over 30!

Starting out, we were a fairly small group.....but now, 11 months later,

we've grown at an astonishing rate.

Spread out all over the US and Canada, we now have over 100 dedicated volunteers.

Stay tuned for more updates on BDRA!!!!

Up And Running!

Hey everyone!

We are now up and running on our blog.

We've been swamped lately with all the intakes.

Stay tuned for Blind Dog Rescue Alliance posts!