Rhapsody needs your help!

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15375721

Rhapsody was found wandering the streets of Texas City. If her owners don't come for her soon she will be in need of a new home. Will you give Rhapsody a chance? She does not like being in the shelter.

Good news! Merlin's Hope is helping Rhapsody! They just need to raise some more money to pay for flight to Canada. Can you help?

http://merlinshope.chipin.com/rhapsody-sharpei

"Rhapsody in Blue was found wandering the streets of Texas City. She had no ID, no mircochip and no one came to claim her.


Many shelters can only hold dogs for limited amounts of time, and Rhapsody's time ran out. She is facing euthanasia if someone doesn't claim her immediately.The local rescues are full. MerlinsHope has offered her refuge with hopes that she can go on to a better life some where.

We are having her spayed, health checked and brought up to date with her shots. She will have to fly here by air.If you can help please support our Chip In for Rhapsody."

Luxating Patella ... some interesting and informative links

This was the dogs getting their Xmas treats when we got home to them. They were VERY happy to see us and happy to be back home.

I found out a few weeks ago that Pickles has a medial luxating patella. To correct it, he needs surgery costing over $1000. So I am saving up all my pennies for him to have the surgery, and be back to normal.

When I first found out what was going on I searched and searched the internet for more info, and here is a collection of those links.

This is another reason why you should buy from a reputable breeder rather than a puppy miller/backyard breeder. Pickles was a rescue, and we're pretty sure he came from a backyard breeder ... and his health issues are a pretty good tell tale sign. A reputable breeder would not breed two dogs if either had leg issues, if either had skin issues,if either had Shar Pei fever, etc ... but a backyard breeder has a male and female and lets see what we get type of attitude. Then they get their cash for their puppies and you get the heartache as you puppy grows and problem after problem occurs ... most genetic and preventable.

Here are those links!

Dr. Jeff Vidt has a section here on luxating patellas, I love the diagrams and pictures.

A site called Vet Surgery Central Inc has a section here about it, stating:

Surgery has approximately a 90% success rate

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An article by Ron Hines DVM PhD located here goes into great detail about everything

Wikipedia has a bit of information here

Excellent Video and Articles on allergies and other problems

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/12/16/how-should-you-treat-pet-allergies.aspx

There are many other videos and articles on there as well.

Now time for some Christmas pictures!!

In other news, Pickles was to the vet, and turns out he has a luxating patella and will need surgery (over $1000). So we will be saving our pennies for that! Chloe and Rinaldo are same as usual, and VERY excited to be opening presents when Christmas time comes!

We hope everyone enjoys the holidays! The pooches will be babysat for 10 days while my boyfriend and I go to visit his family in Newfoundland.

Pei People Rescue Blog

I love the work that Pei People Rescue does, and now they have a blog! It is great to be able to see all the work they do. They also have a donate button, they need all the help they can get!

http://www.peipeople.com/Blog.html

MacBeths Grooming and Boarding Kennels RAVE!

I usually feed the dogs Orijen dog food. Having two Shar Pei means having to have a premium food ... Orijen is great food that way!

We live in Greenwood Nova Scotia, on the base.

Closest pet store? New Minas! ... which is 30 - 40 minutes away.

So we do the drive to New Minas (usually JUST for dog food) every 1 - 2 weeks for a 30 lb bag of food.

Well I started getting tired of it.

I knew for sure there were no closer pet stores. I looked on the food websites to see if they showed another location closer, but nothing.

We might be boarding one or all of the dogs for Christmas when we go to Newfoundland (how I will be able to leave them I am not sure!!!!!) so I was on MacBeths website. I saw the tab that said Pet Supplies ... oh cool.

And what do they sell? Taste of the Wild dog food!

It is a good premium food as well, same as Orijen.

So now we go for a 5 minute drive to MacBeths Grooming and Boarding Kennels to get our new food and no more half hour or more drive!

Here is the website!

http://www.macbethskennels.com/