Month: July 2016

Quietly in the background, two extremely important/sensitive situations have been worked on……

AND this handsome sweet boy is going to know just how special he is and in time, may he come to understand how caring plus loving hands can be and not hurtful or unkind.

On July 19th, I was asked if we could step up and assist this 7 month old Brazilian Mastiff and with angels by our side, he is heading into an emerge temp foster spot with a truly amazing home today……

He is going to need/have a new name for a new wonderful beginning and Name Guru’s, help?!!! I have also asked his emerge temp foster home for assistance/suggestions in naming him. 🙂

BHRR has not been able to assist any additional dogs since May 29th (BHRR’s Limerick) and we can only help those next in need of us as we have spots.

We adopted three BHRR dogs the week of July 11th and have another pending adoption – home-visit is this Sunday – and also, most sadly, we have for the very first time ever in our 20.5 year existence, a BHRR dog coming back August 5th, after over 4.5 years since he was adopted, due to a divorce. 🙁

I look forward in hearing more about this precious Fila after he arrives to his destination….thank you to his angels for stepping up to give him a beautiful safe haven.

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This gorgeous BBBBB is Raven!

Still Available for Adoption and still a loveable goofy nut!! 😀

She had her annual today at KAH and I am also running a T4 as she is quite plump. Could be all the treats in her truly lovely foster home 😉 ….and still being fed the same yet I want to rule out a thyroid issue. The home did tell me that she was putting on some weight and we want to be proactive to make sure that all is normal with her thyroid.

She has put on 5.3 Kgs since she began to be fostered.

She had a manicure/pedicure, I cleaned her ears and she rocked her exam! So friendly and social and curious!! Her Vet even commented on how great her coat looked. 🙂

This is the emaciated puppymill Great Dane mama that we were asked to assist and she needed a mastectomy as she was full of mammary masses and we sent everything off to histio for analysis. All came back a thumbs up and she has done extremely well since her arrival into our programs. 🙂

We all remain patient as we do with others in our adoptable program for that right matched personality fit home to find her!

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Everyone’s Fav ‘gimpy’ boy is at work with me today. 🙂 Not the best photo….

His wonderful ortho specialist wanted us to wait until BHRR’s Baby Kaos was at least a year before re-visiting that leg of his.

Someone had asked me recently how much did I think he now weighs and I said between 100-110 pounds and today he was 102.08 pounds! So good guess-estimate on my part! 🙂

Per his specialist, after examining him today and watching him outside, he now wishes to wait until September before seeing if he should go back in to look at that knee again and check the cruciate.

He reviewed Kaos’ last x-Ray’s from March again and also told me that for sure he feels the arthritis that we knew he would one day develop in that knee.

What we do not yet know is if the limping and toe touching is Kaos’ ‘norm’ and as he is still growing – 13 months, his specialist has asked to wait a few more months and maintain the status quo on what we are currently doing with him.

So, for all of his fans plus followers, he is not yet going to be placed up for adoption and may never depending on what the future findings may be and that is ok. We are committed to life to him and have our BHRR Haven Program for a reason. 🙂

One step at a time for now though and it means more waiting as he grows plus matures with those growth plates. Thank goodness as I have said many times over, that he is a small male Great Dane. That is in his huge benefit!

Per his specialist, his personality is as delightful as it has always been! 🙂

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BHRR’s Limerick, BHRR’s Rubble & BHRR’s Maple are all scheduled to be altered on August 4th.

From there, we will see how BHRR’s Limerick’s knees and hips are doing.

AND not long after these alters, BHRR’s Rubble and BHRR’s Maple should be ready to make their special announcements!

BHRR’s Ross – BHRR GD Puppy Pile
July 10th, 2016
*11 weeks old in this photo – KAH/BHRR’s 9th Annual Fundraiser!

STILL Available For Adoption – turned 12 weeks of age July 14th!

Weight on July 13th – 16.2 Kgs(35.64 pounds)

*There is nothing wrong with his skin – that is fawn colouring! All puppies have some amounts of fawn in their coats. 🙂

BHRR’s continues to just shine! Social, outgoing, a real ham and so sweet! 🙂

 

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AND BHRR Puppy Pile BHRR’s Slate is ADOPTED!

Three of the seven puppies have been adopted this week and that now makes four babies in their forever loving adoptive homes to date. 🙂

We still have BBBBB’s Ross & Corbin Available for Adoption – new 11 week old pictures from July 10th – thanks to Melissa! – posted on their blogs and in the Facebook adoptable album!

I want to thank BHRR’s Slate’s new home so much for such a delight of an application process. It really has been a true pleasure going through this detailed adoption process with your home.

All three puppies that came tonight had a great visit and made me so proud of their leash manners and made me so giggly with the two BBBBB’s puppy antics with this homes ottoman! Like their own personal comfy couch!! 😀

Thank you to this lovely couple for allowing us into their home and for their patience plus kindness as three puppies thundered like wee hippies throughout it!! :p

BHRR’s Slate, you are in the exact type of home we wanted for you and thank you to your new parents in opening up their hearts plus home to a rescue dog!

Parting was emotional in watching Mason say good-bye and I am equally proud of you Mason for helping to whelp this litter and in helping to raise them, all the puppy washing you have done :p and being such a fabu role model!

Thank you again Aaron for doing this visit with me!

Congrats again to BHRR’s Slate & his new wonderful family!! I go to bed tonight after a very long yet rewarding week……

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BHRR’s Corbin – BHRR GD Puppy Pile
July 10th, 2016
*11 weeks old in this photo – KAH/BHRR’s 9th Annual Fundraiser!

STILL Available For Adoption – turned 12 weeks of age July 14th!

Weight on July 13th – 18 Kgs(39.6 pounds)

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Many thanks being sent out to BHRR BOD member Mary for the extra puppy wrangler hands yesterday!!

Mary lives in Oshawa and was still in town from our incredibly successful – 9th Annual KAH/BHRR Fundraiser on the 10th, humbling $5,300+ raised and still counting as the silent auction funds come in. Final total will be announced. 🙂

I said to Mary that if she wanted more puppy time we would be at LAH yesterday and thank goodness for her experienced loving hands! 😀

The BHRR Puppy Pile x 7 are now 5 – two approved adoptions this week – and while their leash manners are really quite good – when one puts on the brakes or wants to change direction, so does another and sometimes another! :p

We made quite the wonderful scene walking into the Hospital stopping cars and bystanders alike as these truly beautiful and special rescue litter skipped, hopped, walked, trotted plus pranced and bounced their way in! 🙂

BHRR’s Slate weighed 19.1 Kgs
Cookie Dough Dynamo weighed 18.3 Kgs
BHRR’s Granite weighed 18 Kgs
BHRR’s Corbin weighed 18 Kgs
BHRR’s Ross weighed 16.2 Kgs

We are still accepting applications on two of our Puppy Pile babies(Ross & Corbin), who are 12 weeks old today!

BHRR’s Slate is under a pending adoption at this time. His home-visit, of which we are truly excited about is tomorrow.

Those familiar with our adoption processes and as openly explained to anyone that asks, BHRR only places per right matched personality fit.

We believe that each reputable/quality rescue out in the world operates in the manner that they feel is in the right/best interest of those in their care. Great Organisations will share similar processes and they will/may also have different procedures plus requirements, and we will all share the common goal of making sure that those we are entrusted to do right by are done right by, each and every time.

For BHRR, we do not entertain many applications on any one dog and then review to choose what we feel may be ‘best’ out of those applications. We take each application as they arrive in the order they arrive and the application is thoroughly reviewed in our detailed adoption process to then determine if said home is the right matched personality fit for our dogs.

Our approach to application processing in addition to our assessment/evaluation/rehab programs, enables us, to continue to have such extreme high adoption success. We were 100% in over 10 years of operating and now we are 98% as we go through year 20. In 20.5 years, we have only ever taken back 7 adoptions. While we sincerely wish we could still have had a 100% success rate, we know that no matter how thorough an adoption process can be, it is not perfect. 🙁

However, we remain proud and thrilled with this high number in success stories for our dogs/homes since our inception in 1996!

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AND we are on our way!

BHRR’s Slate(BHRR’s Granite can also be seen!) – the litter shall be 12 weeks old tomorrow!

The remaining of the BHRR Puppy Pile x 7, five of them are on their way with Sean/I to LAH for their next exams, boosters and weights!

I have been asked several times, why if BHRR’s Slate is under a pending adoption and that his home/visit is Friday, am I doing his next boosters/exams and not letting his new possible home pay for them.

This is because he is still under BHRR’s care, has not yet been approved to be adopted and it is time for his next boosters and this is part of our proactive/preventative Vet protocol. 🙂

We do not cut corners at BHRR. Just as it is about always having the right matched home be approved to adopt any of our dogs, it is always about doing it right in vet care, training plus rehab for every dog we are entrusted with. 🙂

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AND the third BHRR Great Dane Puppy Pile x 7 is now in her forever loving adoptive ‘home!’
ADOPTED!

This is BBBBB’s Flower(11.5 weeks)! 🙂 She spoke up in her own special way and said this was the home for her!

This wee beauty makes my heart almost burst from my chest with how freakin’ proud I am of her!! This was the Dane baby that had to learn to like herself, learn that she was equally worthy of attention and love and she has become super social, curious, a bit of a monkey and even more affectionate and outgoing!! I am truly so full of such happiness over her progress.

She stepped out of my car and was literally feeling at home. 🙂

Not in this picture is 19 year old Mac the cat and Guinness the Berner. Camera shy. 🙂

Thank you to this wonderful home in going through our thorough adoption process and in opening up their own hearts to a rescue pup!!

Thank you so much Aaron for doing this home visit with me!

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A small update from BHRR’s Baby Kaos’ Special Date Today:

“Baby Kaos has settled in pretty good. He does self regulate in his play with Sally and right now, he is enjoying an ice cube on the Dane bed in the living room while Sally watches.  He is very curious about Sally and constantly engages in play with her. When she misses his play bow, Kaos thinks it is perfectly acceptable to paw her. He has gotten lots of love and rubs so far. He is not one to sit still or lay down for too long. He is constantly exploring the main floor of the house. Our neighbours were taken with him and marveled at his affectionate nature.”

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Another Update and it is so true, under the right positive balanced leadership, his leash manners are impeccable!

“He’s been a dream. He watched patiently as I put baked goods onto plates for the ladies at the front desk then walked obediently beside me (no pulling whatsoever) to deliver everything. Best delivery dog ever! 😀 “

UPDATE from his special picnic snack date when I responded to her post about how much of a blast they were having and what a huge hit he is every place they go. The more dates he has without me, the more he is dealing with self-comforting and relaxing and becoming more confident as he learns he is going to be ok and that I am coming back. 🙂 He did not have terrible SA yet, he latched on to the stability, routine, structure, and no end of love here of a well balanced home, and I have been working on showing him that many other homes/people are equally kind, and full of consistency for him. 🙂

“Absolutely, we just did another tour of the grounds, and we sat in the lobby for half an hour. He greeted all who came in calmly and gently as his name implies. He was so very carefully saying hello to one woman with a walker and stretching out his neck so she could pet him – wasn’t fazed at all by it – then greeted companions when she was done. Definitely a therapy dog in the making! The rest of the time he snoozed on the carpet runner.”

 

We have so much to post in thanks plus heart warming appreciation for a great and another truly successful year yesterday at Kanata Animal Hospital’s 9th Annual Microchip/Nail Trim plus BBQ Fundraiser.

I remain incredibly humbled plus indebted to so many that shared our event, donated items and/or Volunteered plus attended yesterday. Words truly almost fail me to express the eternal thanks that is felt deep in my soul to so many!! I have a few candid photo’s I took while we wait for Melissa’s much more professional ones to share!

I will share that we do know that over $5,000 was raised and still counting! Tears….many tears of gratitude….this is our biggest fundraiser of the year and ten months of the year is spent working to try and organise an event that will be worthy of the public and fun plus uniquely BHRR! We only host very few fundraisers each year and this one is looked forward to by so many! Thank you everyone!!

At this time, while I work to formulate the proper words, no time for rest as we have two more special picnic snack dates today – BHRR’s Gentle Jake(massive hit at our event yesterday!) and BHRR’s not so baby Kaos!

AND tonight, BHRR’s Great Dane Puppy Pile Sapphire goes to her forever loving adoptive home!

Hoping that this is a wonderful Monday for all of our friends, family and supporters!!

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AND the second(First is Cookie Dough Dynamo) of the BHRR Great Dane Puppy Pile x 7 is now ‘home’. This is BHRR’s Sapphire (11.5 weeks old) and her new forever loving adoptive family! 🙂
ADOPTED!

This home has also been incredible approved Volunteers of BHRR for quite some time now.

Parting was emotional for Mason and the rest of the Boerskins yet we know she will do well! The dogs of BHRR place huge pawprints on our hearts and remain forever imprinted in our souls!!

As I left I picked her up, told her how much I loved her and was proud of her….this whole litter has been outstanding…..

Congrats to all!! Going to love watching you grow up you stunning BBBBB!!

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BBBBB’s Corbin – One of the BHRR Puppy Pile x 7
July 10th, 2016 at our 9th Annual KAH/BHRR Fundraiser
Almost 2.5 months of age!

STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Thanks Melissa Roy for this great photo of him! I have one that is so similar from a Pet Valu event we were at in May. 🙂 He has always slept this way! 🙂

BHRR’s Corbin continues to just love people, and really connects with kids! He loves all dogs and is truly one really special boy that is active, curious and outgoing. If there are arms to snuggle him, he is so happy!

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This is the POSTER boy of our 9th Annual KAH/BHRR Event today! 🙂

BHRR’s Gentle Jake as expected BLEW everyone out of the water with how fabu he was! 🙂 Big or small, he loves all the dogs and kids and people and treats! 🙂

He remains AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION to that right matched personality fit home.

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BHRR’s Great Dane Puppy Pile x 7 – BHRR’s Granite
11 weeks of age – July 10th, 2016
He is one of our Haven Dogs.

This picture has quickly captured my heart!

Taken by Elizabeth White and WOW! Love it!

He had a great day!

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Another of the BHRR Puppy Pile pups would like to make their own announcement!

BHRR’s Slate has moved under a PENDING ADOPTION!

We will update as we can! This week has sure been a crazy busy awesome one in quite a few ways!

This photo was from the 8 week old professional photo’s on June 16th that Melissa and some pretty fabu puppy wranglers helped me with!!

We are still taking applications for approved adoption consideration on BHRR’s Ross and BHRR’s Corbin. BHRR’s Flower remains under a pending at this time and we will update as we can on that status.

BHRR’s Sapphire heads to her own new forever loving home on Monday July 11th. Parting shall be such sweet sorrow for my family, and especially Mason.

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We are just 5 SLEEPIES away to our biggest Fundraiser Event of the year. 🙂 July 10th!

Thank you to everyone that is making this a most promising and exciting event again for 2016!

What has traditionally been the largest microchip fundraiser in Canada!

Kanata Animal Hospital’s 9th ANNUAL Microchip, Nail Trim & BBQ Fundraiser!

There shall also be ear cleaning, a silent auction table, baked goodies for humans, doggie treats, Canine Water Wellness shall be there, Pet Valu shall have our dog cooling/treat station again in 2016, Pet photography, Face-painting and so much more!

Come meet some of the big dawgs of BHRR! 😀

No appointments necessary!
Rain or Shine!
9 AM – 4 PM
440 Hazeldean Road

Here is an update on what we are still needing:

BHRR is in search of the following items for our event for 2016!!!
Thank you in advance for any consideration!!
STILL ISO:
1) Volunteers to put up posters in their local community including training facilities, work, friends, family, neighbours etc. Please email contactbhrr@gmail.com
2) Donations of pop, bottled water, & small bags of chips.
3) NEED DRAW PRIZES! Please email contactbhrr@gmail.com
4) Bags of ICE! ICE! ICE!
5) Silent Auction Items
6) Human Bakers
7) Dog Treat Bakers
8) Gift cards – please email contactbhrr@gmail.com
9) Coolers to borrow for pop/juice/ice
10) Tables
11) Chairs
12) 1 more Tent – I have three, PV Stittville will have one, CWW will have one, Doogie will have one, The Maracle Family will have one.
***This event is such a great time!***

Here is the Facebook Event Page to join and stay updated! 🙂

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This BBBBB has something she would like to say: She is moving under a PENDING ADOPTION! 

This is the lovely and truly precious BHRR’s Flower!!

She is now 10 weeks of age and please keep her in your best wishes! We shall update as we can!

Happy Sunday to all!!!

The BHRR Great Dane Puppy Pile x 7 and Sean :p plus one of my own Danes, my Big Blue Bronson are checking out the new yard area being constructed for the puppies who are now 10 weeks old!

They have their own almost 1/2+ acre fenced yard with direct access to the house and the rec room with couch, futon bed, TV, two fish tanks and soft dog beds, toys and more! Until they are big enough to run with zee big dawgs, this is their new digs! They were weaned off all pee pads almost a week ago and rarely an accident being had. They ask to go out and take themselves out when we are hanging with them and the door is open. 🙂 Sun and shade and lots of items to stimulate them physically plus mentally.

Today, they were active and awake for over 4 straight hours and finally are all crashed out for a power snooze, some even snoring loud enough to compete with the bigger Danes! 😀

This picture was taken before Sean laid down the T-posts and we expanded the area outward.

We hope all are enjoying this weekend safely with loved ones!!

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BHRR’s Flower – June 16th, 2016
8 weeks of age

STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Weight on June 14th @ 8 weeks of age: 9.6 kgs(21.13 pounds)
Weight on June 30th @ 10 weeks of age: 12.9 Kgs(28.38 pounds)

She absolutely blew everyone away at her 8 week of professional photo shoot! Outgoing, curious and comfortable. So proud of her!!

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BHRR’s Corbin – June 16th, 2016
8 weeks of age

STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Weight on June 29th @ 10 weeks of age: 14.9 Kgs(32.78 pounds)

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BHRR’s Granite weighed 14.8 Kgs (32.56 pounds) on June 29th @ 10 weeks of age

Photo is from June 16th @ 8 weeks of age.

He had a great 8 week Vet Visit on June 14th and while still not menacing normally, the Vet found that when he ‘touched’ the outside of his right eye, on that side he would almost be ‘reminded’ to menace on that side only.

BHRR’s Slate – June 16th, 2016
Pic @ 8 weeks of age

STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Weight on June 14th @ 8 weeks of age: 10.9 Kgs(23.98 pounds)
Weight on June 29th @ 10 weeks of age: 15.5 Kgs(34.10 pounds)

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BHRR’s Ross – June 16th, 2016

8 weeks of age

STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Weight on June 29th @ 10 weeks – 13 kgs(28.6 pounds)

amazing beautiful dogs

I came across this site in search of adopting a giant breed. You seem to really care about the placement of these dogs and that’s refreshing. I fell in love with Skye, her story broke my heart. I will be working towards a fenced it yard for possibly adopting that beautiful girl.