We will be hosting our Second Annual Dublin Creek Animal Foundation Easter Egg Hunt at the kennel on Sunday, April 1 at 2pm. Come out to the kennel with your dogs and let them hunt for Easter eggs and win prizes for them and you! Cost is $5 per dog and all the money goes to our rescue fund. Friendly dogs only please.
NOW OFFERING FULL SERVICE GROOMING
Yes, you read that right! We are now offering full service grooming, including clips on Tuesdays and Thursdays! Remember that your dog does not have to be boarding to be groomed by us! Call us today to book your grooming appointment!
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
Don't forget to sign your dog up for activities during their stay! Canine guests can enjoy water games, ball play, food searching games or just snuggle time in a one-on-one 30 minute session!
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR PET OWNERS
1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be very painful.
2. Give me time to understand what you want from me. Do not break my spirit with your temper, thugh I will always forgive you. Your patience will teach me more effectively.
3. Please have me spayed or neutered.
4. Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for your kindness than mine. Don't be angry with me for long, and don't lock me up as punishment. After all, you have your job, your friends, your entertainment. I have only you.
5. Speak to me often. Even if I don't understand your words, I understand your voice when it's speaking to me. Your voice is the sweetest sound I ever hear, as you must know by my enthusiasm whenever I hear your footsteps.
6. Take me in when it's cold and wet. I'm a domestic animal and am no longer accustomed to the bitter elements. I ask for little more than your gentle hands petting me. Keep my bowl filled with water. Feed me good food so that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding. By your side, I stand ready, willing and able to share my life with you, for that is what I live for. I'll never forget how well you've treated me.
7. Don't hit me. Remember, I have teeth that could easily crush the bones in your hand, but I choose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I've been out in the sun too long, or my heart may be getting weak.
9. Take care of me when I get old. For you will grow old too.
10. When I am old, or when I no longer enjoy good health, please do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having fun. Just see to it that my trusting life is taken gently. And be with me on that difficult journey when it's time to say goodbye. Never say, "I just can't bear to watch." Everything is easier for me when you are there. I will leave this earth knowing with my last breath that my fate was always safest in your hands. I love you.
MEET ANGEL AND HER BABIES
As you know, kennel owners Sue and Katherine founded the Dublin Creek Animal Foundation making their longtime, ongoing animal rescue efforts official. We generally make weekly trips to the Central Valley or other areas to pick up shelter dogs and cats that are at risk for euthanasia. This week was no different.
We receive weekly lists from shelters that show the animals that they have that are at risk of being put to sleep. We look at the list and then see which, if any animals we are able to save. Vicki, our trainer received the list and called Sue to ask if we could possible take one more dog since there was a cute, fluffy, very adoptable small dog on the list. Sue said yes and that she would look at the list and call our contact at the shelter to make arrangements and see if he was still in need of help. Shortly after, Vicki received a text from Sue saying, "What about the Pit Bull with the babies?". Ruh-roh! Vicki knew what this meant. Apparently, they had a female Pit Bull who had come to the shelter as a stray and full of milk having obviously had a litter of puppies. As it turns out, the veterinary hospital that they work with had a litter of 3 week old puppies with no mother. The puppies were puppies were put with this female Pit Bull who took them on as their own, nursing them and caring for them. They told us she was a very sweet dog so of course, we decided to take her instead of the easier to rehome small, fluffy dog! You might be wondering why we would do that. The answer is that we feel that she deserves a chance at a new life and loving forever home just as much as the next dog. We all love Pit Bulls because of their happy, friendly, outgoing temperaments and their intelligence and trainability but the truth is that they are more challenging to find homes for just because there are so many of them. We didn't care, she needs us so we are there for her.
We committed to taking her and named her Angel because that is exactly what she is to those puppies. If it weren't for Angel caring for them, who knows what would have happened to them. As soon as we met Angel it became very clear why the shelter workers did not want her to be put down. She is a gem of a dog. Sweet, friendly, easy going and on the small side. The puppies are small breed puppies, maybe Rat Terrier mixes. Angel and her babies are all looking for forever homes. They can meet prospective adopters and be adopted now but will not be able to actually leave for another month or so. Please contact us if you are interested in meeting Angel and her babies or any of our other wonderful animals that are available for adoption. See our adoptable animals here!
