Adopt A Boxer Rescue is proud to
be the recipient of a grant by The
Boxer Rescue Foundation
Adopt A Boxer Rescue -
proud and grateful recipients of a grant
from the ASPCA
AABR recently received a
grant from the ASPCA Philly RAP for $2,050.
Thanks to the hard work and good
relationship of AABR Philadelphia, PA area
volunteer Colleen Kane, this grant will help
AABR rescue and care for many of the dogs
coming for the Philly area.
Philadelphia, PA is one of
the ASPCA's targeted Mission Orange Sites.
You can read more about it by clicking on
the link below:
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Thanks! We are very close to winning $3000 for
the boxers, with your help.
We at
AABR, believe that a Boxer is just about the perfect
friend. However, he or she will demand a lot from
you. They'll rely on you for nearly everything; food,
water, shelter, protection, training, exercise, grooming, veterinary
care, and of course love and companionship. While it is important to choose the right
Boxer for your needs, it is equally important to ensure that you
can meet theirs. You must prepare for their arrival, and
make them a well-mannered and welcome member of your
community.
The responsibilities of being a guardian of any dog are great,
but the love and friendship you'll receive in return is
priceless.
This is what AABR
volunteers in NY State have been calling for! This is the closest we've
ever been... We need your help to make a change in NEW YORK STATE's
regulations regarding pet dealers. It takes less than 2 minutes to
do.
According to the American Humane Association each year in the
United States approximately 8 million stray and unwanted animals are
turned into animal shelters. Nearly half of the animals turned into
the shelters, approximately 3.7 million will be euthanized due to
the lack of good homes.
We have a terrible pet overpopulation and
animal cruelty problem, and finally New York State is poised to make
way for a change. New York is one of the last states to maintain
regulation of pet dealers solely at the state level. New York
State’s pet dealer regulations do not adequately protect dogs in the
state’s many commercial breeding facilities. These dogs
typically spend their entire lives in tiny, cramped wire-floored
cages that are stacked on top of each other—often outdoors, with no
protection from the elements. Their puppies, which are purchased in
pet stores, online and even on a breeder’s property, often go to
their new homes with diseases, parasites or congenital and
hereditary conditions. New owners are given the choice of returning
sick puppies to pet stores where they will most likely be
euthanized, or incurring the often lifetime costs associated with
treating these illnesses. (Read
more and please act...)
Help AABR help this
sweet little boxer...
04/14/13 - Update on Fawn
Fawn is doing a great job getting better and playing with her toys.
She is so animated and cute, she will steal your heart. Watch her
video and see how she does it.
The docs are real pleased with how well she is doing. Amazing how
they were able to put her back together.
Fawn is just about ready for her forever home... A sweeter dog you will
not find.
_______________________________________
03/25/13 - The Good news!!! Fawn is feeling better.
Fawn underwent a 3.5 hour surgery to repair
both her legs. They found a too long broken pin inserted in one leg,
poking through muscle and nerves, and a separation between the
broken bones that the cast was on. She had been suffering
terribly.
Almost immediately she was feeling
better. She is hard to keep quiet, and she wants to play...
She has an exam on Friday and we will
update you on her progress.
Thanks to all those that donated to her
surgery... It actually cost us over $4000 so far, but she is soooo
worth it.
03/05/13 - ...
A generous donor has had agreed to match any donation we receive for
Fawn from today until Friday up to $1000. Make your
contribution double by donating today!!!!!
Please help us help her.
Not good news...
Fawn was
seen by an orthopedic specialist today. Fawn will undergo
additional surgery tomorrow to save her legs. Plates are
needed in both legs and this will cost about $3000. Please
contribute what ever amount you can to help with her medical bills.
We will keep you updated on her progress.
Thank you!
New York State - New
Animal Protection Initiative!
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T.
Schneiderman today announced the formation of a new Animal
Protection Initiative aimed at shutting down criminal animal
fighting rings, ensuring compliance with New York State’s Pet Lemon
Law, charging those who abuse or neglect animals, and cracking down
on the abuses of so-called “puppy mills” in order to protect the
welfare of the animals being sold and the consumers. Drawing on
resources from the Office of the Attorney General’s regional offices
as well as many of the Office’s bureaus, this new initiative will
use civil and criminal remedies to target allegations of animal
cruelty and unscrupulous sales of pets and other animals.
In announcing the new Animal Protection Initiative,
Attorney General Schneiderman also highlighted a string of recent
successes in combating animal cruelty and related issues. Today, he
announced a civil settlement with a Yonkers pet store that was
keeping animals in unsafe and inhumane conditions. The settlement
includes a $20,000 fine and an agreement that the store cease its
illegal activities.
Meet Bubba Gump! Mr. Gump was a
cruelty case. He was tied and living outside in the cold with nothing to
eat. Besides an old wound from an embedded collar, Bubba Gump is also
heartworm and lyme positive.
Bubba had surgery to fix the wound on his neck, but because of
the lack of skin to close the wound - there are still open spots
which will have to be closed later. Until his neck is taken care of,
Bubba cannot undergo
heartworm treatment.
Through all of this, the vet hospital and his
foster home say he could not be a sweeter boy. Bubba is a love bug and he
loves to get attention. He is even playing a little with his foster family.
What Bubba needs most right now
are sponsors to help defer the cost of his
surgery and heartworm treatment. Please consider donating to Bubba! We'll
update on his progress as he gets better!!
And Thanks for all your SUPPORT
in 2012!!!! We couldn't do it without you.
Waggin’ Train and Canyon Creek
Ranch Chicken Jerky Treats Recall
AABR 2013
Calendar - The Many Faces of Adopt A Boxer Rescue
AABR 2013 Calendar
The Many Faces of Adopt A Boxer
Rescue
Price:
$22.00
2013 Adopt A Boxer Rescue Calendar Available Now...
While supplies last!
$21 each includes shipping!
Did you adopt a Boxer from AABR in 2012?
Our Boxers adopted in 2012 enhance each page.
View 12 months of inspiring images that include
The Many Faces of Adopt A Boxer Rescue
(See our adopted 2012 Boxers inside)
* Each page measures 11" x 8.5"
* Measures 11" x 17" when hung on wall
* 100 lb cover weight high gloss paper
* January 2013 - December 2013
* The Boxers featured in this calendar are actual AABR
Boxers Rescued or Adopted in 2012
We are only ordering 100 calendars, so order soon -when
they're gone, they're gone.
In researching the
newest of pet food recalls, I found the following!!!
Back in 2007, many dog foods were found
to be contaminated with Melamine. See
FDA Summary of that recall. There was a large list of brands
that made it to the list immediately, and then the "better" brands
started to be added. But a month had pasted when I thought to
myself how wise a decision I had made in choosing the food I had for my
dogs... It had not made the list... Until it did! And then I
realized how dumb I had really been for keeping my loved ones on that
brand a whole month more then I should have... Since then I have only
given my guys home made human grade food... And I now only have to worry
about human food recalls... or do I?
I kind of thought that since treats make
up such a small percentage of their diet, I could get away with still
giving them to my dogs. It also seemed somehow too hard to make
treats although I did try it a few times. So I read the
ingredients in the treats, and thought I was doing a good job until
today when I realized I had sweet potato treats in by cabinet that were
on the new "suspect" list. AaaahhhhhHHHHHH!
The brands allegedly implicated in the sweet
potato treat problem are:
Beefeaters Sweet Potato Snacks for Dogs
(16 varieties of yam-related treats)
Canyon Creek Ranch Chicken Yam Good Dog
Treats (Nestlé Purina)
Dogswell Veggie Life Vitality (4
varieties)
Keep in mind that although the problem
treats are often identified as “jerky” treats, they also go
by a host of other names, including tenders, strips, chips,
wraps, twists, and several others.
Per Poisoned Pets
2, in 2010 the FDA found that a sweet potato dog
treat made by a certain company in China was contaminated
with
phorate, a highly toxic pesticide.
There is speculation there could be problems
with pork treats and cat treats imported from China as well.
For more information on why you need to be
vigilant about reading pet food labels, making phone calls
to manufacturers, and really doing your homework on what
you’re feeding your dog or cat, read my article
Pet Food and China - More Cause for Concern?
So I am asking for your input on this...
If you have a good and easy treat recipe you'd like to share, write me
at
Sandy@adoptaboxerrescue.com. I have a food dehydrator I
haven't unboxed yet... I bought it when the chicken jerky treats started
making it to the news as being suspect with kidney failure in our dogs.
And please, if nothing else, don't feed
any processed "pet food" that wasn't "completely" made in the United
States or Canada.
And this is my opinion... if you
do feed processed pet food, slowly introduce and cycle into your pet's
diet, many diverse brands and recipes. Dogs fed 24/7/365 on one
brand and type of processed food will be the first and worst effected by
any poison found in that brand. Mixing it up gives you and your
dogs a chance that they will be on the next food recalled for a
shorter period of time.
Slow and Steady WON the
race... New Adopters and Adopter Wanna Be's Please Read.
I wanted
to write something to you guys that may be helpful to your future
adopters.
My
family and I decided to adopt a boxer from the rescue back in Feb. after
seeing them at a pet expo in Long Island. We had been thinking about it
for a while because we wanted our 4 year old female boxer (Mahalo) to
have a friend and we just love the breed so much... //...
Arriving
home we followed what we thought was the proper way to introduce the
two. I walked Box in the street past the house a few times and my wife
brought Mahalo out on a leash. Ok we are ready! Not so fast,
Mahalo didn't feel as happy as we did. She wasn't feeling our joy. I
thought they were going to eat each other, I heard sounds like I never
heard before. Not to mention the sounds coming from my wife and
children. The thoughts I had of two dogs running and playing together,
sleeping together , smiling children all came to a screeching halt. My
wife and I sat on the front lawn 20 yards apart with two dogs that
wanted no part of each other. At this point I think the dogs had a
better chance of survival than my wife and I. (read
Story)
Unusually High Number of
Dogs Being Surrendered to AABR Due families not socializing and training their
dogs!!!!!
As with any breed,
obedience training is essential for a well-mannered companion. Boxers
are an intelligent, clever breed. It is important to remember that an
intelligent dog can devise many ways of getting into trouble. Boxers
must be trained in a firm but fair manner - they do not respond well to
(or deserve) harsh treatment. It is your responsibility to train
your dog early, and continue training throughout your dog's life.
A puppy training class at the local pet supply store is not all the
training your dog will need to make him or her good canine citizens.
Without proper leadership, a typical boxer may very well take on that
role. That role is the decision making role of the pack. No
dog should ever be handed that role in the family... It leads to
problems... and then rescues and shelters get those problems. If
you are having problems with your pack, please ask for help BEFORE
asking us to take your dog.
Unusually High Number of
Dogs Being Surrendered to AABR Due to New Babies in or Expected in the
Family -
The best way for pet parents to help
a companion animal cope with the arrival of a new baby is to plan
well in advance of delivery day. Goals should include:
Designing a daily schedule that covers all your
pet’s needs for good nutrition, physical activity, and social
interaction/playtime.
Making gradual changes to your pet’s daily
routine before bringing the new little person home.
Reviewing training needs, especially for dogs in
the household. If your pup’s response to commands and general
behavior needs some fine-tuning, the time to do it is now,
before your hands are full with a new little one.
Familiarizing your pet with all the new gear
that comes with baby, especially in the nursery.
We have a lot of Seniors and some
Extraordinary medical bills to pay... Please sponsor a dog, attend a
fundraiser, or purchase flower bulbs, soap, or wine in support of AABR!
Adopt A Boxer Rescue takes in sick dogs,
injured dogs, and older dogs. We do it because it is the right
thing to do, and also because you expect us to... You call us and write
to us when you see a boxer that needs help. Now we need your help
to continue to help the dogs.
If you would like to help with a
particular cause, please write it in the memo field of your donation.
Some of the dogs with big medical
bills are...
Harley - Double hip replacement - Going
this week to Veterinary Specialist - Estimate ~ $3000 / hip
Max - Mandibulectomy $4000,
complication from mandibulectomy requiring removal of salivary
glands $3000
In
response to concerns raised by the ASPCA and its national “No Pet
Store Puppies” campaign, measures will be put in place to ensure
that puppy mill dogs will no longer be sold via Marketplace on
Facebook. The ASPCA is working with Facebook and Oodle, the online
classifieds service that powers Marketplace on Facebook, to restrict
listings of puppy mill dogs on the popular social media site.
Through an ongoing removal process, ads placed by puppy mills have
already started coming down. The process was designed to ensure that
individuals may continue to post dogs available for a nominal
adoption or rehoming fee. The ASPCA believes that reducing Internet
venues through which puppy mills can offer their dogs will help
combat the inhumane puppy mill industry. Many puppies sold online
come from puppy mills—these are large-scale, commercial facilities
that commonly keep dogs in unsanitary, overcrowded and often cruel
conditions without sufficient veterinary care, food, water or
socialization.
Read full story
AAHA Canine Vaccination
Guidelines Revised in 2011
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Canine
Vaccination Task Force has updated their vaccination guidelines for
2011.
For those of us that have been watching this and
speaking about this for years, it is good to see the AAHA Guidelines
changed. We have known much more about the good and bad
aspects of vaccinations, for a very long time. We have been
over vaccinating our pets for years, and over vaccination is just as
bad or worse, in some cases, as under-vaccination. I posted
this in 2008, see below...
Consider this about yearly vaccinations:
"Would you rebel if your doctor told
you to have measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
and hepatitis shots every year of your life until you died, instead of
only a few doses as a child?" [Michele Welton]
The truth is that it would be wrong to do it to
ourselves or our children, and it is wrong to do it to our pets.
The highlight is that all core vaccines with the
exception of the rabies (1 yr dose*) are now recommended at 3-year
or greater intervals.
*note: Rabies vaccination is strictly governed by
law. Check your state law to see if a 3 yr rabies shot is
permitted. If so, ask your vet to administer the 3 yr dose.
Consider going to a vet who will administer the 3 yr dose, if your
vet will not work with you on this request. [Please do not be a even
a day late on renewing your dog's rabies vaccination, unless you and
your vet have a medical exemption for your dog.]
Even more exciting is the task force has
acknowledged that in the case of the non-rabies core vaccines,
immunity lasts at least 5 years for distemper and parvo,
and at least 7 years for adenovirus.
Hopefully these new guidelines will help more dog
owners understand the long-lasting effect of those puppy shots!
And hopefully, more dog owners will now request
titers , (a blood test to test
immunity in lieu of automatic re-vaccination), rather than
automatically revaccinating their canine companions for distemper,
parvo and adenovirus.
A link to
the actual AAHA Guidelines is posted on our health
page. They are long, complicated,
and written with veterinarians in mind.
Summary of New AAHA Canine
Vaccination Guidelines for 2011
Click on picture above to see our Snaggle Tooth
Collection...
Adopt A Boxer Rescue is looking to extend its current spay/neuter program to
those who cannot afford the full cost of spaying or neutering an existing
dog in their family. AABR currently spays or neuters each dog in foster,
before allowing adoption.
Our new low-cost neuter program is intended to help families in need of
help to get their existing family boxer(s) spayed or neutered. This
program is in need of funding. Donations to this program will be used to seek matching grants.
All donations will be used for the actual medical costs of spaying and
neutering.
Please consider contributing to this program. Shelters and
rescues like ours are battling a never-ending tide of too many animals with not enough
families to give them “forever” homes. AABR is trying it’s best to do
our part… Please join us in stemming this crisis.
Please mark Donations to this program as for "Spay/Neuter Program".
Thank you!!!!!!
To apply for low cost spay or neuter for you boxer... Click on link below
We are going GREEN
because we care for the EARTH, and we also want all your contributions to
go to the care of the dogs and not administrative costs such as paper and
postage stamps. Each year, AABR prints out and mails donation THANK
YOUs along with contribution TAX letters to our many contributors.
We would like to do this through email, which will save us a lot of money.
When you "MAIL" your donation to us using a check, please add your email
to the memo portion on the check. You will receive your Thank
You/TAX letter via email. Thanks!
If you would
like to help please mail a check to:
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue
PO BOX 270551
West Hartford, CT 06127
When you "MAIL" your donation to us using a check, please add your email
to the memo portion on the check. You will receive your Thank
You/TAX letter via email. Thanks!
or use
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue is a s a non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization Contributions to
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible for computing income and estate
taxes.
Please
mark your donation as "anonymous" if you do not wish your name to appear
on our Donors Lists.
Puppy Mill dogs need our help... See video below:
Please Help
AABR is spending hundreds of dollars a day
just to maintain the dogs we have with food and boarding fees, not to
mention the medical costs...
You can help by sponsoring a dog. $10 pays for 1 dog for 1 day at
our least expensive kennels. We need your help now!
Another way to help is if you have an
occasion coming up where friends and family would be giving gifts, ask
them to donate the cost of the gifts to the boxers! It will save a dogs life,
and if you really don't need another shirt or tie from Aunt Bess, why
stuff it in the closet.
And if you have adopted from AABR in
the past, and have the room for just one more, please consider fostering.
Contact the volunteer that worked with you, and tell them you want to
help. Thank You!
Unable to Adopt?
Sponsor A Boxer!
We know a lot of
people love Boxers and would love to adopt another, but can’t for a
variety of reasons.If you are unable to adopt or
foster, then please consider sponsoring a Boxer that touches your heart.You probably have a favorite dog on our web site--there are so many
to choose from!Your donation helps pay for food,
vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, heartworm preventative and other costly
medical tests, such
as x-rays, blood work, ultrasounds, biopsies and heartworm treatments.We are stretching our resources to accommodate the increased need
and increased expenses -- now you can help by sponsoring one of our Boxers
while they wait for a forever home.Your sponsorship
can be a one time gift or a monthly contribution. Please know
that every little bit counts and donations of all sizes are greatly
appreciated.
Sponsoring a boxer
is a great way to honor your own dog or to serve as a memorial of a dearly
missed boxer. They also make wonderful gifts for
holidays or milestones like birthdays, weddings, anniversaries,
graduations.If you donate $50 or more to sponsor a
dog, your name will be listed as a Sponsor on that dog’s page. Please don't
hesitate to be a second sponsor if a dog already has one sponsor.
Many of these Boxers have so many medical needs and they need all the
extra help we can get from loving, caring people like you!
Donations are Tax
deductible!!
Please be sure to
designate which boxer you would like to sponsor in the area marked "message to seller" on the
PayPal donation
screen.
If you would
like to help please mail a check to:
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue
PO BOX 270551
West Hartford, CT 06127
or use
Adopt A
Boxer Rescue is a s a non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization Contributions to
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible for computing income and estate
taxes.
Please
mark your donation as "anonymous" if you do not wish your name to appear
on our Donors Lists.
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We
have gotten NEW FOSTER HOMES because they saw our Flyers posted around
town!!!!!!
Spread the word about
Adopt A Boxer Rescue, and how great it is to
Save A Life...
Click here to print out an
AABR flyer,
and ask your vet, pet supply store, local restaurants, etc., if you
can post it in their window.
Note: There are 3 pages available to print
out depending on your display needs.
Page 3 has "tear strips" at the bottom that should be cut through on 2
sides before posting.
Click
on a Name Tag to Name A Dog
Why
?
Have
you seen too many "Rockys", "Brutuses"
or "Sashas" on the available dogs page?
Here's your chance to change that.
Many of the
Boxers we rescue arrive without names. Many keep their new rescue names for life.
(Please consider that when submitting a Name :-).
This new program is a fun way to honor a friend, loved one or cherished
pet, or just . It would make a fun birthday or holiday present too!
And our
program is a unique way for you to support
Adopt A Boxer
Rescue.
The minimum donation is $25.00 per name.
"Until we
extend the circle of our compassion to all living
things, we will not, ourselves, find Peace..." ~~Dr.
Albert Schweitzer
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your stories and/or funny pics to:
We at
AABR, believe that a Boxer is just about the perfect
friend. However, he or she will demand a lot from
you. They'll rely on you for nearly everything; food,
water, shelter, protection, training, exercise, grooming, veterinary
care, and of course love and companionship. While it is important to choose the right
Boxer for your needs, it is equally important to ensure that you
can meet theirs. You must prepare for their arrival, and
make them a well-mannered and welcome member of your
community.
The responsibilities of being a guardian of any dog are great,
but the love and friendship you'll receive in return is
priceless. 
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