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CRUSA Chronicles
Volume 14 October
2006
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Featured
Cairn
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Sweet little Jeena was recently
rescued from a puppy mill. She spent her entire life in a
small cage producing puppies to be sold for profit in pet
stores. When Jeena first arrived in her foster home she was
extremely frightened of every new sight and sound and she
couldn’t climb stairs. She was severely matted, so her hair
had to be shaved, but when it grows back she will be a
beautiful wheaton color.
Jeena has quickly adapted to her new life of freedom and
everyday a new facet of her cute personality emerges as she
becomes comfortable in her foster home. Jeena is happy and
friendly and she gets along great with other small dogs.
Although she came from a puppy mill, she is doing remarkably
well with potty training and always goes when taken outside.
She is a very petite little girl, weighing only 12 pounds. She
will do great in a quiet home, with another small, gentle dog
to play with. Jeena is a very affectionate, cuddly little girl
who will make an excellent companion for some lucky family.
If you think you
have a place in your heart and home for Jeena or another
rescued cairn, please consider filling out an application to adopt. If you are
interested in fostering or fostering to adopt, please
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Who's Who
Dr. Lawrence Giebel started his
veterinary career when he graduated from Ohio State
University School of Veterinary Medicine (GO BUCKEYES!).
He has been treating Potomac and Gaithersburg Maryland area
pets for many years. When he started his
practice, the Quince Orchard Animal Hospital, he was located
in a small store front. Over time, his business
demands grew and he built a large building that houses full
service vet care with two other vets and approximately 15
administrative staff.
Dr. Giebel has always been very
supportive of rescued animals and donates many hours of vet
care each year to the local Montgomery County Animal
Shelter. He also supports rescue groups like
Cairn Rescue USA by providing greatly discounted rates for
services performed.
Dr. Giebel has been treating pets in
Robby's family (Robby was adopted by Lisa S, our VP of
Fundraising) since 1979. One day while Robby was
making a routine visit, Lisa mentioned Missy, a puppy mill
rescue, and her hernia. Missy had a tennis ball
size hernia in her groin area and was waiting to get in to
see a specialist who was to perform the surgery. Dr.
Giebel, became immediately concerned when he heard of
Missy's condition and asked that the foster Mom - Debbie H.
- be contacted. After talking to Debbie, he offered to
do the surgery later that day. Missy spent over 3
hours on the table while Dr. Giebel worked carefully to pull
her intestines back out of the hernia in her groin and into
her belly were they belonged. While there, he
also spayed her so that she could no longer be used for
breeding. Dr. Giebel explained that this type of
hernia was very dangerous and thus it was essential to
correct it as soon as possible.
Dr. Giebel is a wonderful man who makes
each client feel like they are special. He's the
kind of vet who will give you his home number and tell you
its ok to call in the middle of the night. When a pet
goes home after a procedure, he will call at night to "tuck
you in" and make sure the pet is doing well. He
balances providing the medical care his pet clients need
with the comfort his human clients needs. One
might say he has an excellent bed side manner.
Dr. Giebel also treats birds, reptiles and small pets in
addition to cats and dogs.
A big thank you to Dr. Giebel for helping
Missy!
Robby loves Dr.
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Dr. Giebel and
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Missy is
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Dr. Giebel's
staff is always friendly and helpful! |
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Quince Orchard
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Beautiful
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Dear Dotty,
Dear
Dotty,
My adopted dog doesn't seem interested in toys.
Is something wrong?
New Mother
Dear
New,
Some of our rescues come
from puppy mills where they never have access to toys.
It is possible that your newly adopted Cairn has not
learned that playing with a toy can be fun.
Consider taking your dog to the local PetSmart
where you can shop with him. Select a toy that he
does show some interest in. Then get down on the
floor and encourage play. Over time, the dog may
learn that play is fun and enjoy a toy alone.
Dotty
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Dear
Dotty,
I'm relocating and want to be sure CRUSA has my
current address. Where shall I send the new
information?
Moving on up!
Dear Moving,
You can send us an email
to our main mail box -
info@CairnRescueUSA.com and we will let the Post
Adoption Team know of your address change.
Thanks for asking!
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LAST CALL- EBAY
DONATIONS
CRUSA will be running an Ebay Auction
starting early November. The success of
these auctions depends on you. If you have
any items you would like to donate - objects d' art,
jewelry, or anything you no longer want to dust.
CRUSA can provide a receipt for your donation.
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CRUSA
REPORTS
as of
9/06/2006
Note:
We are a little behind on updating our numbers.
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YTD Dogs in Program |
192 |
| YTD Adopted Dogs |
112 |
| Current Dogs by
Region |
| Mid-West |
22 |
| Northeast |
29 |
| Southeast |
12 |
| West |
14 | |
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FUNDRAISING
Have you visited Woof and Famous?
Woof
and Famous offers custom clothing, leashes, collars,
harnesses and so much more for the discriminating
pooch. They also donate 50% of your purchase
to Cairn Rescue USA. Please visit the store and
shop often by clicking on the link below.
Just
click on the above link or use the link from our affiliates
page.
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No Place Like
(a
Forever) Home
Post Adoption
VP Kathy Garis is requesting that all adoptive families
send her updates and photos of your adopted cairn. Kathy has
been sharing this info on our yahoo group - CairnRescueUSA. | | |
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Caring for Cairns
"Fall 2006 Raffle- Winners"
Cairn Rescue USA just
wrapped up its first Caring for Cairns Raffle. This
fundraising effort was a real success. We had a lot of
interest in the raffle prizes and raised over
$6350 to help
rescue more Cairn Terriers. Lisa Stine was the
winner of the prize for most tickets sold with Brenda Kelley
coming in a close second. Kathy Walker tried to
overtake both of these two buy purchasing a LOT of tickets and
naming herself as the referral! Thanks to so many people
for donating items, selling tickets and of course buying tickets
in our first ever raffle. This was so successful
we'll be doing it again real soon!
 CLICK
HERE TO SEE THE WINNERS!!!!
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Cairnfest 2006
This year's Cairnfest
was held in Princeton Junction, NJ. The the
weather was almost perfect given the early fall date - October
14th. We had some windy moments that sent some things
flying into the air. But over all a great time was had
by all. As visitors arrived, they were greeted by
many cairns. As each visitor arrived bringing more
and more dogs, it became a real event. We had
attendees from the New Jersey and New York area. We also
had attendees who traveled from Washington, Kentucky,
Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania. All but two
of our board members were in attendance.
The day involved a lot
of play with the new puppies rescued from the mill and
laughing at the antics of the many cairns playing in the yard.
Woof and Famous - Marybeth - set up shop in the back of the
lawn and offered some really unique and wonderful items for
sale. She had some terrific outfits for dogs.
She also had some special Cairnfest exclusive embroidered
items. Lisa and Kathy also had several tables
offering items donated by others and things Lisa had made as
fundraisers.
Mid-afternoon, when
the sun started to set, we moved the event inside to hold the
live auction. There we auctioned off many donated
items including several nicely framed and matted prints of
cairns. There was a wonderful basket donated by
Pat H that included a dog bed, leashes, collars, cookies,
treats and so much more. One of the most popular
items was the INP blanket. It was made by our very own
BJ. All items made by BJ are under the label "INP"
aka "I'm Not Perfect." We sold Wizard of Oz items Linda
S as well as Lisa S. Many people snatched up good
bargains in anticipation of the upcoming holidays.
Following the auction,
we drew the names for the raffle. BJ pulled names from
the bag and Kathy carefully recorded each name.
The first name out of the bag was Helen D. She had her
first prize listed as the quilted cairn purse. She was
thrilled when we told her that the item was at Cairnfest and
she would get to take it home with her. Violetta
and her mother Liberty won a few prizes and Liberty was so
busy feeding all the people and dogs that she didn't even
notice her name being called. She was thrilled when we
got her attention to tell her. Kathy W. was also a
big winner. Kathy had bought A LOT of tickets in an
effort to support the event. She wanted to treat herself
and CRUSA as her birthday was the same day as Cairnfest.
She ended up winning quite a few prizes too. She says
she does not plan to keep all the prizes but rather plans to
give them as gifts. One of the most sought after
prizes - Suzanne Renaud's painting "Balloons" - was won by
one of the folks BJ sold a ticket to. BJ offered to take
the painting home to her but many were suspect that she would
keep the prize for herself!
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Shoppers
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Debbie, Linda
and Shell watch the puppies. |
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Sitting in
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Helen learns
she's the raffle winner! |
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Getting ready
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Russ aka
"Spike" and Diane were big auction spenders. |
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Doodles wearing Woof and Famous
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Murphy enjoys the events. |
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Marybeth holds a recent mill
rescue. |
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Robby's glad that the day is
over! |
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Name That Cairn!
Ever wish that you
could name some of our rescued cairns? Well now you can.
Cairn Rescue USA invites you to name one of our Cairn
Terriers. You can make a $25 donation and have a Cairn
Terrier named in honor of a loved one, a pet who has gone to
the bridge or anything else that's special to you. Visit
NAME THAT CAIRN! and complete the
online form to participate.
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CRUSA
CRAVINGS
Calling all
Volunteers! We are looking for those folks who like to
bake or make something special for the holidays.
We are going to offer these yummy home made goodies so that
folks can enjoy them for the holidays. If you
think you would like to make something for the CRUSA Cravings
fundraiser, please click here to
complete the form.
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Holiday Shopping
Don't forget to
do your online holiday shopping with our affiliates. We
have all kinds of stores to shop from - Amazon.com, Sharper
Image, Wal-mart, Target, Toys R US and so much more.
CRUSA earns a percentage of every sale and there's no
additional cost to you. The most important thing
is that you click through our links. Without doing that,
we won't get credit for your purchase. Don't
forget that using I-GIVE link gives you access to over 500
additional stores. Also, Amazon.com isn't just for
books anymore, you can buy just about anything from their
site. Amazon.com gives a very generous percentage to
CRUSA and is one of our favorite affiliates next to Woof and
Famous who donates 50% of all sales through our web link.
Tell your family and friends about it.
<<<<<<<CLICK HERE TO
VISIT OUR AFFILIATES>>>>>>> |
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 Recycle to Save Lives
Did you know that
you can turn those old ink cartridges into cash for
CRUSA? Each used ink cartridge can be worth up to
$2 for CRUSA. All you have to do to participate is
contact us and we will send you some
bags that you can fill with your used ink cartridges.
Once a bag is full, just drop it in the mail. The
postage is paid by the recycling company. It's really
that easy.
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HERE TO EMAIL US ABOUT THIS FUNDRAISER>>>>>>> | |
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