Bella’s allergies continue to be an issue. At the vet’s suggestion, we have now changed her diet to only poultry and eliminated treats and non-poultry wet food to try to isolate the cause. Bella scratches herself a lot, to the points that scabs will develop that we need to treat with Benadryl or Neosporin. In [continue reading...]
Girls
Pixie is doing very well with her foster family. She’s about 20lbs and her coat is looking great. Pixie is shiny and soft according to her foster dad, Ray. Pixie is also more and more comfortable and relaxed. She enjoys napping and hanging out with her person and will follow him around all over the [continue reading...]
Ginger’s chronic ear infections have been getting better. The vet gave her some solution/drops to fix her ear infection. “We recently took Ginger to a out door flea market and she was so friendly with strangers. Everyone stopped to pet her and comment on what a beautiful dog she is. We tried to give her [continue reading...]
Ruby is very loving and affectionate, she’s lost about a pound in the last month and is looking wonderful. Her foster family told us that she loves to be hugged, petted, and given all sorts of loving attention. She can be very playful at times and will initiate a game of fetch any time of [continue reading...]
Bella AKA Kitsuni has allergies and they seem to be really affecting her. She had some hives on her face at the end of January in addition to her itchy spot on her belly and body. The vet has given her foster mom some meds and it’s helping but our poor girl is still itchy [continue reading...]
Kitsuni is now being called Bella and recently went to the vet. Foster dad, Jonathan told us that she received her vaccines and is now up to date and also got some meds for her allergies. For the next 6 weeks she’s on a diet of only protein such as chicken to see if it’s [continue reading...]
Ginger is getting better with her anxiety of being alone. For a while now, her foster family has been working with her to be calmer, relaxed, and ok with being left in the house. She was showing some strong signs of separation anxiety because she loves to be around company. For a week she was [continue reading...]
Kitsuni is a 5 yr old female who has the 3 C’s : Cool, Calm, and Collected! She enjoys meeting new dogs and docile at the vet. She’s also good with meeting new people. She tends to ignore dogs on the street but when she is interested she’s very good with them and friendly. With [continue reading...]
Ruby’s foster family describes her as an extremely sweet dog who loves to curl up next to them on the couch and thrives on affection. They have noted that she can also be a little dominant and guards items that are of high-value to her such as toys. Her fosters are working with her to [continue reading...]
A few weeks ago Pixie showed some signs of illness and we weren’t sure how serious it was. It seemed that her kidneys were not working 100% and may have had an infection or something that might require some extra TLC for the rest of her life. We found out last week that she’s improving! [continue reading...]
Ginger is doing well and having fun with her foster dad. He told us that she seems to not like car rides and becomes very anxious. He wasn’t able to calm her down or get her to stop shivering. We’re not sure why she got nervous. Maybe she’s not used to being in a car. [continue reading...]
Ray, Pixie’s foster dad, gave us a brief update of how Pixie has been doing since she came to his place. He took Pixie to the vet and we found out she may have a kidney infection and also needs to have her teeth cleaned. We will be following up with vet visits and see [continue reading...]
RUby is a 3 yr old spayed female. She is friendly towards men, women and children but she has some dominance issues with other dogs and sometimes people. With proper introductions and training she can learn to curb this behavior. Her foster mom told us that Ruby’s first few days were stressful on the dog [continue reading...]
Pixie is a 7yr old, tri-colored, unspayed female who needs a new home. She weighs about 23 lbs. Her former owners moved and were unable to keep her. She’s a good dog who tends to like all the attention and would do best in a home with no small children or animals. Pixies would do [continue reading...]
Ginger has a mild ear infection which her foster dad is treating. Overall, she’s doing great and has gained a little weight placing her around 17 lbs. She seems to get anxious now if she knows her foster dad is leaving the house. He’s come up with a few ways to help overcome this issue [continue reading...]
Recently Ginger’s foster dad, Simon, contacted us to tell us what a great dog Ginger has become. He said she’s an extremely sweet dog with an independent streak. She will sleep on the bed with him and snuggle down around between his knees so she’s surrounded on all sides and feels secure. Simon takes Ginger [continue reading...]
We have wonderful new photos of Ginger in foster care. [continue reading...]
Emmie is doing wonderfully. She’s gotten a clean bill-of-health from the vet. She’s gained a couple of pounds, and her coat is soft and shiny. Foster mom Laurel has this to say: Emmie is wonderfully sweet, she has mellowed a lot since I first met her. She is much sweeter, loyal and happy. She is [continue reading...]
Ginger is a very loving dog and likes to follow her foster around everywhere. She’s become very trusting and affectionate, but can be aloof at times towards strangers. She doesn’t have a problem with other dogs unless they try to sniff her in which case she will growl at them. She hasn’t been exposed to [continue reading...]
Ginger’s foster had this to say: Just wanted to give everyone a quick update. Ginger is doing really well now. She is getting along well with every body who comes over to the house, though she likes to jump on them and lick their face/hands. She isn’t hiding very much any more, though she likes [continue reading...]
Emmie has had a tough life, but she is still such a sweet girl. After being adopted back in October 2007 Emmie is back at NYCSR. Due to unforseen circumstances, her adopter recently had to move into a no-pets building and gave Emmie back to us. We are always here for our dogs. Now, we’re [continue reading...]
Ginger has not changed much since our last update, but I can say that she is getting more and more calm around strange dogs and is more willing to try and play with the resident dogs. She is such a joy to have around. We have found that she does not care for thunder storms [continue reading...]
Ginger is sweet, outgoing and friendly. She loves to cuddle on furniture and play with toys, balls and romp outside. She does not like to be alone. She whimpers and cries when crated, gated or left in a room away from you. She does not bark much. She does shake from time to time when [continue reading...]
Ginger came to NYCSR on March 29, 2008. She is 24 pound, 7 year old, red female Shiba who was surrendered to us by her owners because her life became very confusing after a new baby joined the family. Foster mom Molly says Ginger is fun loving, funny, out going and sweet. She loves to [continue reading...]
Our sweet girl Emmie has now been placed into a new foster home. Our Intake Director, Michele, has taken Emmie into her pack to work with her on socialization skills. Emmie doesn’t really know how to ‘speak’ dog. Currently, upon coming into contact with other dogs on walks, she is not able to communicate the [continue reading...]
Emmie has been busy learning! She now is used to her leash and rarely pulls except when she sees other dogs on walks- something she’s working on however. She also now does not give any problems when going in her crate. Her initial separation anxiety has also disappeared as well. She rather not be alone [continue reading...]
Emmie is a very cute 3 year old spayed girl who is about 30 pounds. Emmie was originally found on the steps of a church in Flushing, Queens. She was muzzled and her front paws were duct taped. After being put into foster care upstate and then adopted, Emmie was then returned to rescue upstate [continue reading...]
