June 15 2015

Rescue Me!

chenry 2015, June, Year: 2

Please enjoy the music: Rescue Me: Chess Soul

Amici Cannis Association is located in Cotacachi, Ecuador and supported by volunteers providing services to spay and neuter street dogs and cats. They frequently sponsor fund raising events and one of the prizes was a dog house and lots of goodies. Dr. Heather Steyn and Dr. Philip Steyn, two Colorado veterinarians donated the dog house for the event. But as luck would have it they won the dog house back in the drawing. They decided to give the prize to the first person that adopted a street dog. So I entered the contest on Facebook and won! Bill and I had just looked at dog houses for Dallas and Texas so this was perfect and we are so grateful.

Dallas and Texas in new Casa
Look what we won from Amici Cannis
Dog house delivery

Amici Cannis Association partners with volunteers and local veterinaries as well as some veterinaries from the United States. I recently read about a program that had a medication that would sterilize male dogs with just a pill. Amici Cannis is excited to be hosting a non-surgical clinic for male dogs in July. This is a USDA approved study currently being conducted in the United States and Amici Cannis was approved to participate! I never dreamed that this would be available in little Cotacachi. They will be receiving enough medication to neuter 300 male dogs in 5 different area communities. The clinic will provide $2.00 non-invasive sterilization to the Ecuadorian families that could not afford to sterilize their dogs. Just think of the impact this will have on reducing the population of unwanted puppies such as Dallas and Texas and their 4 litter mates.

Everyone sits in chairs to avoid the puppies....even Kitty
Bill talking with Dallas
Nap time
Dallas
Texas
Winky ignoring the puppies
Dallas in her new sweater
Lucy not to happy about Texas
Q. E. and Dallas
Play time with leaves
Texas tormenting Kitty
Q. E. very dignified about the whole puppy thing
Not happy about being behind the fence

If you would like to learn more about Cotacachi Amici Cannis Association you can visit their Facebook page.

Our wonderful Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are finally starting to adjust to having Dallas and Texas outside. At first there was plenty of stressful drooling but I made sure our trio knew they were still top dogs in the pack! They do set their limits when the puppies are too wild and nip. Dallas and Texas love to play a rough and tumble chase game with each other. I think the 2 puppies entertain each other and so fun to watch! Dallas and Texas know their names and come when called and have learned to sit on command. Texas does well walking with the leash but as Bill says Dallas is like a pull toy but is slowing learning. I train with rewards of treats and belly rubs. Actually, Dallas is a funny looking dog. Bill thinks we should have named her Phyllis after Phyllis Diller since her fur sticks out everywhere. She is small and so sweet. Since she does not have thick fur like Texas I got her some sweaters to keep her warm at night and early in the morning. Hard to believe but I found darling little crocheted dog sweaters on Leather Street in Cotacachi. Texas is going to be a beautiful dog and they both have started to bark when someone comes to the gate. This is their job to guard the yard. Wow do they eat! I wonder if they will ever be full. I asked Dr. Lara, IMBAVET Clinic (click on the link to view the clinic website) how much I should be feeding them and he said 1/2 cup three times a day. I have to feed them separately since Texas inhales her food and then runs to get Dallas’ food. Apparently, this is the nature of street dogs. Winky does the same thing maybe because he was a puppy mill rescue. Maybe someday they will understand that they will always have food.

Everyone sits in chairs to avoid the puppies....even Kitty
Bill talking with Dallas
Nap time
Dallas
Texas
Winky ignoring the puppies
Dallas in her new sweater
Lucy not to happy about Texas
Q. E. and Dallas
Play time with leaves
Texas tormenting Kitty
Q. E. very dignified about the whole puppy thing
Not happy about being behind the fence

I did find two of the other litter mate puppies. They are living with an Ecuadorian family on the same road where the puppies were dumped. As the story goes someone just placed the puppies in their back yard. There is a little boy that plays with them. Every time I walk by I check on them since I know they have not been treated for fleas but I guess they do not know any better. At least they are being cared for and not hungry. I have no idea what happened to the other two puppies.