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Ugly Mutts - Dog Rescue, Dog Adoption, and Dog Placement serving
Toronto, Hamilton, and Southern Ontario.

Hi and welcome to our new digs here at Ugly Mutts Dog Rescue!

Although our dog rescue may have a whole new look and a new name, we continue to offer the same great service throughout Southern Ontario whether you are looking to adopt a dog, or looking to find that perfect new home for your family pet. With the commitment and dedication of our experienced and caring volunteers, our reputation has grown into one that offers you the best choice for dog adoption and dog placement.

We are also excited to be using new social networking tools. We don’t see many other rescues there yet but we hope it works to get the word out. Follow us on Twitter and connect with us on Facebook.

Just a note to our returning friends here that while 4loveofcanines.com will still work to bring you to our site, uglymutts.com is now officially our new home address.

Come back and visit us often because we are going to be going places that we’ve never gone before! There are lots of new happenings to get excited about which we will share with you as the weeks go on. While our main concern will always be saving dog lives, our goal is to join you in celebrating and maximizing the fun and enjoyment of owning a dog.

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Don’t miss your chance to sign up for CECAP (Canine Emergency Care and Accident Prevention) Canine First Aid course! As featured on CP24 and Animal Planet’s show Animal House Calls, this full day, certified Canine First Aid course is geared towards teaching all dog owners and individuals who work with dogs, everything they need to know in order to assist their dog in an emergency situation. CECAP’s First Aid course has been evaluated and recommended by many local veterinarians as a life saving tool for all dog owners and professionals.

Topics covered during the seminar include:

* Recognizing signs of pain
* Common Canine disease
* Head to tail assessment
* How to read your dogs vitals
* How to deal with poisonings
* Major and minor burns
* Muzzling and restraint
* Bleeding and bandaging
* Impalements
* Broken bones and splints
* How to handle shock
* Safe emergency transport
* How to put together a homemade first aid kit
* Canine Heimlich maneuver
* Canine CPR

CECAP Canine First Aid is a certificate course facilitated by; Lynn Remmelgas, who is the founder and head professional behaviour consultant and trainer of Muskoka Dog Academy, Canadian Kennel Club Breeder of Rottweiler with over 20 years of experience in the animal field and Julie Ott, who is the founder and head professional behaviour consultant and trainer of Canine Foundations, a graduate of Sheridan College’s Animal Care program and a former Animal Control Officer and OSPCA Animal Cruelty Investigator with 10 years of experience in the animal field.

The course runs a full six hours and includes a full colour course manual, hands-on practice with a dog mannequin, exam and a certificate upon completion. The course will be held on November 8th, 2009 - Part 1 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, and Part 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. And will be held at the Business Enterprise Resource Network of Barrie, located at 121 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie, Ontario. The cost is only $115.00 + tax for the full day.

TO REGISTER:
CALL: Lynn Remmelgas at (705) 789 – 3586 OR Email: info@muskokadogacademy.ca

Stephanie, I second that emotion! If anyone can watch this and keep a dry eye…well, just take a look.

Coalition to Unchain Dogs is based in Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina. They provide free fences to dogs who live continuously at the end of a chain. They also provide free spay/neuter and vaccinations to each fence recipient.

There are many Happy Tails and they are updated often so go take a look if you haven’t already - it is a very “feel good” place to visit.

This was a recent update sent in by an adopter that just touched me so much I wanted to share it with all of you.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING OUR TILLY

My name is Ashley Borthwick. My fiancé Neil and I adopted Tilly from your organization on Feb 11^th 2009. We already had two little dogs (12lbs and 20Lbs) and they were best friends but we decided that we had a large enough house, enough time and unquestionably enough love to take one more dog on to complete our family. We were looking for a larger family dog and when I saw the picture of Tilly I knew I had to have her.

Tilly, Tilson, Tilson Avenue (don’t ask I don’t know why), Till Tills, Tilly Willy any of the above work… oh yes and treat (she comes to that too) has turned out to be the most loveable, obedient, sweet natured baby an owner could ask for. I appreciate how candid “4theloveofcanines” is with their assessment of the dogs they rescue. Everything I was told about Tilly was true. She started off a little nervous, unsure, didn’t seem to understand kisses, wasn’t sure about her curious and often pesty brother and sister, wasn’t fond of stairs or the basement ……. boy did that change quickly!!!!

I have included some pictures for you to show you how amazing Tilly has adapted to her new family. She has a brother Bunky B and a sister Cookie who is her best pal. They all get along great but Tilly and Cookie have an extra special bond. Cookie follows Tilly around everywhere, she has to sniff what Tilly sniffs, run where Tilly runs, eat what Tilly eats….. right out of Tilly’s bowl if she feels to (and Tilly doesn’t mind for a minute). Cookie is constantly learning from Tilly and I believe Tilly enjoys teaching and protecting her, we find she nutures Cookie like her own pup in many ways.

Tilly and Cookie play together something fierce. It is such a sight to see them at top speed chase each other around the house (Cookie can cut corners much faster than Tilly or she would be dead in the water) only to roll into each other’s grasps on the couch for a good ole fashion game of play wrestling. Cookie somehow gets her head into Tilly’s mouth and they can’t seem to get enough of doing that (I guess because there is so much trust between them).

Below is a picture of a conservation park near our house where the dogs run free together and have all kinds of dog friends. As you can see from the picture Cookie follows Tilly everywhere, she is always racing to keep up in the open fields to her big sister and best pal. Tilly enjoys long walks and runs and welcomes the opportunity to make new friends with any dog. She loves initiating games of chase with these new canine friends and carries that on until she is called to see what the next adventure has in store.

“Hey wait up”

Free as a bird

This is Cookie (AKA Grime Grimes) mucking around in the park with her best friend Tilly

We have rented a cottage on a lake this summer for a week and we are heading up there with the dogs at the end of August. We are hoping to introduce Tilly to swimming and fetch in the water, so we’ll keep you posted on how she does with that milestone.

Neil and I are getting married on Aug 29^th and we have decided instead of giving a bombineer to our guests at the end of the evening, we would like to make a donation to the organization that saved Tilly from certain death. We made up tent cards for our wedding with your information and web site on the card with a picture of Tilly. We will place a couple on each table and intend to speak about why we chose to forgo a gift for our guests and donate to this wonderful organization. We have included one of the tent cards with the cheque to your charity in the mail, you should receive this shortly. We can only hope that it will help rescue another loving dog that needs a safe and happy home!

We were also reading on your web page about your wish list and Tilly has asked if she can pick out the stuff at Pet Smart for the Christmas Care Package we will be sending along to you in December.

Tilly made a huge impact on her two Grammas who love to visit her and babysit her whenever they have the chance. From Neil and I, Bunky and Cookie and her Grammas, we just wanted to thank you for the efforts you make every day and for bringing Tilly into our lives. We will be forever grateful that we get to be her parents and spend the rest of her days loving and taking care of her.

Love The Borthwicks (Ashley, Neil, Bunky B, Cookie & Tilly)

P.S. Your Videos on your site are hilarious! Dagmar and the kitty remind me of Tilly and Cookie and the dog dancing to Grease is toooo cute!

Although my passion is working with dogs, some days I feel overwhelmed and worn out. There is any number of reasons for my feeling like this such as the frustration of not being able to get through to an abused dog who is afraid to trust, or something as simple as finding another favorite pair of shoes chewed to bits. Regardless of the reason, when I am in need of a little reminder of why I love dogs so much I like to play this video. Like a charm it always warms my heart and puts a smile back on my face. So, on this rainy Monday night I thought I would share my “feel-good” video with you in hopes that it might put a smile on your face too. Here is Carolyn Scott with Rookie – Enjoy!

Inside Animal Hoarding

The Story of Barbara Erickson and Her 552 Dogs

By Dr. Arnold Arluke& Celeste Killeen

Inside Animal Hoarding: The Case of Barbara Erickson and Her 522 Dogs

hoarding-photo Inside Animal Hoarding profiles one of the largest and most intriguing cases of animal hoarding in recent history. Celeste Killeen’s investigation pries open the door to Barbara Erickson’s hidden and closely guarded life, offering an in-depth view of animal hoarding. The chaos and torment discovered by local officials who’d responded to a ramshackle farmhouse in eastern Oregon was described as otherworldly, unbelievable. But, it was only the sad ending to a lifelong story of betrayal, abuse and abandonment. This in-depth look at how animal hoarding developed in one woman’s life offers the rich detail and context so important in understanding how to recognize and respond to it and maybe even prevent it. Dr. Arnold Arluke’s discussion follows the Erickson story with current research on animal hoarding and how it ties into the Erickson case. This integration of investigative journalism and scholarship offers a fresh approach with appeal to a broad audience of readers, those new to learning about the phenomenon, and those with first-hand experience in the animal welfare field.

Sean Ward, of Sean Ward’s Super Party http://www.seanwardsuperparty.com who has generously donated his talent and his time to helping Ugly Mutts get the new website up and running, dropped by for a visit with the dogs. Bertie and Bessie, two little Beagles that are currently up for adoption were working overtime to steal Sean’s heart.

sean-and-the-dogs

I think their magic worked and Sean was won over and is now a total fan of these sweet natured, gentle dogs.

Ugly Mutts - Dog Rescue, Dog Adoption, and Dog Placement - would like to share some incredible news and an update with all of our visitors!

Dagmar was adopted by Diane and her family last year. He was picked up as a stray running around Hamilton mountain with a few other dogs. Kudos to Diane and her family for the wonderful job they did in rehabilitating Dagmar!

Watch Dagmar in his new home, one year later:

You can check out Dagmar’s full story in our Happy Tails by clicking here

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Ugly Mutts - Dog Rescue, Dog Adoption, and Dog Placement serving Toronto, Hamilton, and Southern Ontario.

Ugly Mutts - Dog Rescue, Dog Adoption, and Dog Placement serving
Toronto, Hamilton, and Southern Ontario.