Introducing Pele

Pele is a lovely boy. He is lively and very friendly with humans and dogs, He will make a lovely family pet. Pele is a lively boy who also loves a cuddle. He is starting to learn the concept of fetching and playing with toys, his foster brother is teaching him how to be a nice boy and his foster sister is teaching him that jumping up on humans will not get you a pat and is a big no-no…

Pele has not had any training yet but in the few days that he has been with us he has picked up a few tricks already.

Happy Chappy

Pele is still in his quarantine period but will be available for re-homing from the 1st of March.

The laid back look

Three little treasures

Layla came into ARF care in mid-January with Gino. On 31 January 2012 she had 3 beautiful pups (2 male and 1 female-in the middle) to Gino, so the pups are pure Italian Greyhound as well. Layla has displayed a beautiful, kind and loving nature and is the best mum possible. As you can see from the photos her pups are doing very well. They are 2 1/2 weeks old in this photo and their eyes and ears have just opened and they are starting to walk around. Layla and her pups will be available at the beginning of April 2012.

Italian Greyhounds are not your average dog, they are very fragile and tend to be a bit flighty and are very needy, by the same token they are very loving and cuddly and make great family dogs. Due to their fragility they are unsuitable for homes with young children or rough or larger dogs. They, also do best with a constant companion so will be rehomed where they have another suitable doggy companion. For more information about Italian Greyhounds, please go to this link.

Introducing Layla and her pups

Introducing Layla and her pups

Layla came into ARF care in mid-January with Gino. On 31 January 2012 she had 3 beautiful pups (2 male and 1 female-in the middle) to Gino, so the pups are pure Italian Greyhound as well. Layla has displayed a beautiful, kind and loving nature and is the best mum possible. As you can see from the photos her pups are doing very well. They are 2 1/2 weeks old in this photo and their eyes and ears have just opened and they are starting to walk around. Layla and her pups will be available at the beginning of April 2012.

Italian Greyhounds are not your average dog, they are very fragile and tend to be a bit flighty and are very needy, by the same token they are very loving and cuddly and make great family dogs. Due to their fragility they are unsuitable for homes with young children or rough or larger dogs. They, also do best with a constant companion so will be rehomed where they have another suitable doggy companion. For more information about Italian Greyhounds, please go to this link.

Introducing Holly

Holly is the sweetest natured little Chihuahua you can get. She came into ARF care at Christmas time following a car accident where she had two factured femurs and a dislocated pelvis. Her pelvis was realigned and she had pins in both her hind legs which have now been removed. She is good as new. She has had 3 operations, stitches, casts etc and not once has she shown any signs of growling or snapping, she is very tolerant and just loves her people sooo much.

Holly is looking for a home where she will be loved and included in all the day to day happenings. Her favourite place is inside and she is well housetrained. When she sleeps she likes to cover herself over with her blanket (very cute) Holly is good with other dogs and cats. She is easy to do anything with, bath, travel in the car, crate etc, a real gem. She has an easy care coat and has low exercise requirements.

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and of course our wonderful vets:

* Gables Veterinary Clinic

– Monash Clinic: 27 Barraclough Cres, Monash (6292 4569)
- Karabar Clinic, Karabar Mall, Queanbeyan (6299 6808)

* Inner North Veterinary Hospital (6257 7577) 71 Ijong St Braddon

* Kambah Vet Hospital, Learmonth Drive, Kambah (6231 9918)

* Peter Burgess, Limestone Avenue, Braddon (6247 8651)

* Queanbeyan Veterinary Hospital, Yass Road, Queanbeyan (6299 2509)

* Wanniassa Hills Veterinary Clinic, Langdon Ave, Wanniassa (6231 5112)

* West Queanbeyan Vet Hospital Urriara Road, Queanbeyan (6297 5542)

* Yass Vet Hospital, Laidlaw Street, Yass (6226 4444)

Came into care from DAS on 9 January (DAS pound pic)

Emma-Lee came into ARF from DAS in early January. She is a delightful girl who started out as frightened and unsure but desperate for love. She was scared of the other dogs and unsure of humans. It wasn’t long until she started to come out of her shell. Sadly, it looks like she hasn’t had much love for a long time. She is suffering from Demodectic mange and as she has a secondary bacterial skin infection, she smells something like a mouse. She has quickly settled in to home and is really enjoying have a cuddle. Each Monday she goes to the vet for a check-up and an ivermectin injection.

Each week she is bathed in a gentle shampoo. She has been improving every week, though we had a set-back a couple of weeks in when she had a reaction to the conditioner that we were using on her skin. Last week she was given the all-clear for the demodectic mites, so it looks like we have that under control. Now we just need to get her skin back to a healthy, furred normal look. It will take a while as she has been so long without care.

The hair on her head and legs is getting thicker and the hair on her body is getting longer. Now we just need more hair to come through on her body. The vet advised that it will take a bit for the hair follicles to regenerate themselves. Emma-Lee (pronounced Emily) is named after the vet nurse who cared for her when she first came into care.

Week 1 - looking soooo much better, poor little thing though as when she gets her injections it makes her skin bleed due to its poor condition. She was booked in ASAP for desexing as this can set off the mange. It was thought that she had an enlarged uterus and it was unsure if she could potentially be heading for an infection/pyometra.

Week 2 - a little more hair and it is getting longer. Set back... during this week Emma-Lee had a reaction to the conditioner we were using on her skin. Poor little thing, her skin was on fire and she scratched a couple of spots until she bled.

Week 3 - after the set back last week, her skin is recovering but we lost some of the hair growth. She had a skin scraping this week which came back negative - yipee! Now to get the hair back.

Week 4 - ivermectin injection and check up - vet is happy with her.

Week 5 - Well, the miracle hasn't quite happened just yet

She just came back from her visit and has been given a 2 week antiobiotic injection and her second last ivermectin injection. She hates the needles but only gently rolls on her side and tries to roll onto her back to let you know it hurts. A very sweet girl.

Carly is a pretty girl who loves to be around people and eagerly comes when she’s called. She is keen to please and learns very quickly. She is quickly learning about meal-time manners and to wait before going through doorways.

We will be practicing her lead work as well as other basic commands over the next few weeks; she’s nearly mastered automatic sits and does lovely sit stays. She is house trained and happily trots off to her bed when it’s time for everyone to go to sleep.  Carly plays nicely with my two year old cattle dog but is polite around our older boy.  More about Carly once we get to know her better.

Fleck in her Australia Day outfit

Fleck has obviously not had much love in her short life and she is just lapping up the attention in her foster carers home! She has tonnes of energy and would make a great running buddy. A daily walk would be a must. She is a very smart dog and eager to please. I’m sure she would be a star at agility or flyball.

People are definitely her main priority so she would be fine as an only dog, however she does seem to enjoy spending time with her canine foster sister during the day. Fleck sleeps outside overnight.

Sitting pretty

Introducing Padawan