RESCUED WITH LOVE INC.

Food glorious Food.  Little Zoe had FOUR little meals yesterday, and her eyes are not looking as 'glazed over' (that's what food does for you honey!)  She's had a bath, and a fresh new jumper on, and her bedding is washed and clean - her luck as certainly changed, that's for sure!

The RSPCA have now received the official Report from our Vet Jarrett, and from RWL, and we will follow up next week to make sure there is nothing else we need to do.  It's a process that needs to be done correctly, and that always takes time.

Meanwhile Zoe seems to be slowly mending.  And she is a little feisty one, telling whoever goes near her food bowl to back off!  No doubt her feisty will not lay down and die attitude has kept her alive all these years, bless her.

We will keep you updated on her progress, her weight, her eating, and oh, did we tell you her mum gets tail wags all the time now????   Good girl ZoeZoe...

7.30 the show on the ABC tonight (and don't forget next week, it's on Shelters, that will be interesting) showed the seamy side of puppy farming and the inability of the RSPCA to be able to seize, charge or convict those who run these establishments, for a number of reasons.

Due to the Dept of Primary Industries Code of Practice having a MINIMUM STANDARD for enforcing how a companion animal can be bred, lives and is housed denies the RSPCA the ability to seize animals and take them into care unless it is SO horrific, we are shocked by the practice.

As seen tonight on the 7.30 Report, the RSPCA who only received the footage of a puppy farm in Victoria today, despite footage taken 4 months ago by Activist Debra Tranter, show that this facility is in clear breach of the Code.

Our Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh doesn't see too much wrong with the practice, saying animals on puppy farms have 'shiny coats' and are timid and scared because of the camera lights.  Yeah right.

It is disturbing enough to watch the footage, so gutwrenching, the journalist warned viewers of the footage, yet the Minister who rules on our legislation sees nothing wrong with it.  The animals are on a hiding to nothing - no matter how hard the RSPCA or Activists such as Debra Tranter yell. 

Please send a letter or an email to Peter Walsh at

peter.walsh@parliament.vic.gov.au

And log onto the ABC website and view the segment, show others, and educate them too.  Puppy farming MUST be abolished. 

Our country is behind, do not be fooled.  Ireland has legislation Banning Puppy Farming.

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Long-awaited-legislation-outlaws-puppy-farming-in-Ireland-136523433.html

its time we did too.

All you need is love....ta ta ta da da...as the Beatles sang.  Yes that is so true!

Keira one of our Foster Mums is holding little Uly and what a gorgeous pic it is.  Uly is happiest when being held.  This pic is going to be in Ella + Friends Woof! Book, proceeds of which go to RWL.  For more details go to www.ellaandfriends.com.au or check them out on Facebook.

Who doesn't love this pic?  It's the best!

Foster Mum Keira organized for Olga and myself to do a photoshoot for Ella + Friends Woof! book today.

Olga, is the lovely lady who saw Uly when he first went into the Pound.  While collecting another bub on day, she said to me, "Oh there is a sad little face impounded, do you want to see." I said yes, and that is how it all started and Uly came to RWL.

Keira, Olga and I have a special link we have formed for our little man, we feel like the three of us are all his mums, and without Olga and Keira, Uly would not have made it to safety, a sobering thought indeed.

Uly is so loved, it's not often you have THREE Elsa the Lionesses watching over you, so I guess he has all bases covered!  It was a wonderful day, and quite an emotional one too for all of us - to have it captured in photos brings it confrontingly home about what we do.

So we look forward to seeing Uly immortalized in the next Woof! Book, and thankyou to the amazing and wonderful Mary, Tom and Kelly for their work, kindness and belief in us and RWL.

To book your dog into a Woof! Book please go to www.ellaandfriends.com.au  or visit them on Facebook.  You will LOVE it!!

from left.  Keira, Kae (holding Uly) and Olga.

Yippee yahoo, little Zoe ate her breakfast this morning   while it was only a little amount, we are hopeful she feels better and will eat a little more again later on. 

Zoe will be weighed weekly to make sure she is gaining weight.  But as you know some dogs can find it difficult to gain heaps.  We have little Birdie, who is the fussiest of eaters, and still weighs 1.8 kgs!!!  And it is harder for older dogs to put on weight.  But we will try and tempt her with goodies and hopefully she will be feeling a whole lot better as she recovers...

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8416392/dog-bites-reporter-on-air

You might have seen a story about a dog being rescued that was stranded on ice in the US.  Well the dog did a guest appearance on TV as a result.

The Newswoman roughs up the dogs face with both hands, moves in and out, and yes puts her face right into his, and yep, he bites her face.

The dog will now be euthanased.

We teach our children not to approach dogs they don't know.  To ask the owner if it's ok to pat.  We never rough up a dog or pat a dog heavily that we don't know.  And you never put your face next to a dog you don't know.

What was this woman thinking??

The breed of the dog is a Dogue Argentine.  A banned breed in Australia.  But the breed seems irrelevant when you see how this woman treated the dog, and then its subsequent predictable reaction.

Please remember to monitor your children and others around your dogs, or those you don't know.  It can cost a life.

We are watching little Zoe like a Lioness watches her cubs at the moment, making sure we aren't missing anything, and ensuring she gets everything she needs for a recovery back to health.  It is not easy caring for a little one like this - and while it appears noble, it's hard work, and at times you have to read between the lines and guess what their needs are, read their reactions and act accordingly.

Zoe didn't eat much yesterday, her first day in care.  Not suprising, but we really need her to eat.  And medicating her is proving impossible with her sore mouth, she is also hand shy around her facial region (probably from long term pain in that area).  So Mum Evon dropped in at the clinic and we have given her an injection of antibiotics to ensure she has the best chance of recovery.

Her temp is fine, and she is sleeping alot, well no wonder.  She is exhausted.  Slightly anaemic, had surgery, and probably in the last few days the biggest change in her life.  Good news is she has eaten little meals today and seems a little brighter, which we are so happy about.  Fingers crossed, just one tiny step forward every day will get her towards the health she so desperately deserves.

She will be able to have a bath in a day or so, meanwhile she looks a little scruffy, but that's ok, none of us look too good when we are unwell.  Meanwhile she trit trots outside, loves the sun, potters around and trit trots onto her bed.

Baby Faith is just plain trouble.  Up to no good, we are supreme in our knowledge, we are blonde and we are beautiful.  Oh, and bold too.  *pfft*!!

Baby Faith took on a number of playing customers in the afternoon and gave them the rounds of the kitchen.  And the loungeroom.  The bedrooms and the bathroom.  Baby Faith nailed them all.  Finally after everyone conked out, little Faith found Mother Theresa, (aka Bloss) who is her 'Mum" and backed herself into her bed.  Bum first.  And there she stayed and slept, exhausted from a big day out. Oh the hokey pokey........... 

Bullwinkle, aka Derek Zoolander has fallen in love with foster Mum Linda's little girl Angel.  And the feeling is mutual.  To see a little dog like Bullwinkle who was almost catatonic when we collected him find his way out of that state with Angel's help and presto, they are super besties, and joined at the hip, sleeping, eating and playing together.  Angel has been miserable since she lost her foster friend Abbie whom she loved, and Bullwinkle has taken up the challenge.  So the good news is we will see Bullwinkle doing a Derek more often now!

We have been doing really well with Molly's allergies, and bang, out of the blue a flare up.  For the past month we have been watching and controlling it with Malaseb baths, and keeping her fur super short, and a low allergy diet.  We did try her with some poached chicken to try and expand what she can eat, but it appears that could have been the reason, its hard to tell when they are allergic to so much.

So we have some treatment for the yeast in her ears, and a short course of cortisone to stop the flare, reduce the redness, and antibiotics for any skin infection as a result.

And how is Molly Bom?  Beautiful!  Happy, and chuffed to be on Dad's knee on the way to the vet, she could look out the window!