Love is in the air at NCCR!

Happy Valentine’s Day Week!

Are you looking for a 4 legged Valentine to keep you company?

3 of these dogs are surprisingly still available. Noelle is a 5 year old spayed female Shepherd who loves going for walks. Heaven is a spayed 6 year old dog who has paired up well with several different shelter dogs as well as been an excellent representative at off site events. She could be a perfect couch potato, and she also LOVES belly rubs and interacts well with people of all ages. Christie is a young spayed female who aged out from a puppy mill. She’s a happy girl who will benefit from some training and someone who can work with her energy level.

This Saturday the 15th is Open House from 1-3pm at the shelter.   You can stop in, check out all the great dogs, make a donation or just look at the facilities and talk to the volunteers about helping.  Volunteers need to be over 18 years of age and can fill out the volunteer application located here http://www.caninerescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Volunteer-Application.pdf

The shelter has recently had several stray dogs arrive.  Sometimes we are lucky and are able to reunite a dog via social media, but many times the dog’s people are never located.  A microchip certainly aids in a pet recovery; recently we read that a Chicago dog was reunited after 8 years due to the microchip that it had!  If possible, please have your pet microchipped.  All dogs adopted from NCCR are already chipped.

Tired of all the mud on your dog?  Need to give it a bath?  Our local Tractor Supply at 21 Nichols Avenue in Westfield has 2 pet washing stations! More details can be found here:  https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/cms/pet-wash?cm_mmc=SEM-_-Google-_-DynamicAdGroups-_-AllSiteTSCExtAd&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvMCtqOTH5wIVBKSzCh1NAwDoEAAYASAAEgIDJ_D_BwE

As part of the President’s Day Winter Festival in Mayville this weekend there is a Pet Parade Saturday the 15th at 3pm at Lakeside Park. All leashed pets are welcome! There will be prizes; the event is sponsored by North Shore Specialties and chqdogs.

Do you have young children aged 8-13? They might be interested in an event the Patterson Library in Westfield is putting on the 21st at the Library; several of the NCCR dogs will be participating!

As always, we have a number of wonderful dogs hoping that they will meet their special Valentine this week; stop in and talk to the volunteers about them. They can help match you to a dog that would meet your lifestyle, home situation and activity level.

Thank you for your support!
NCCR Volunteer

NCCR is located at 7540 N. Gale St. in Westfield, NY and is open Monday-Saturday from 1-3pm or by appointment by calling 716-326-PAWS. Many of the dogs can be seen online at www.caninerescue.org. NCCR is a New York State Registered Rescue, RR028, and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Follow/like us on Facebook or on Instagram @nccrdogs

Basil Trees for Charities

Thank you to Basil’s and to everyone who donated to NCCR during the Trees for Charities event! The cash donations were matched by Basil, what a  generous gift to NCCR!

End of Year Shelter News!

It has been a wonderful month at the shelter for us and for one dog in particular.  Sammi has gone home!  Sammi, who arrived in 2016 as a pregnant,  almost feral dog had been with us more than 1170 days (3+ years), and finally found what we all hope to be her perfect forever home.   You can read about Sammi here: http://www.caninerescue.org/2017/    Many, many tears were shed by the volunteers and shelter staff over this news.  Sammi had become a shelter favorite of all those who took care of her, socialized her and helped her become the best dog she could be while at NCCR.   We all wish her the very best in her new home.

To add to the good news for 2019 we have increased the number of dogs and pups we can handle due to our expanded foster program. This allowed us to save more puppy mill “cast offs” and take in more local strays from the surrounding area. As a result we have had more than 300 adoptions this year.

The Executive Director of the shelter makes up a holiday poem every few years, and did so again earlier this month before several of the dogs named were adopted.  If you are on the mailing list, you probably have seen this already, but it is worth repeating:

At this point in time little Miss Molly is still hoping for her “furever” home; she greeted me with kisses and cuddles when I was at the shelter today.

All of us, staff, volunteers, dogs and puppies, thank you for your support.  We literally could not do it without your help, be it a donation, an adoption or a simple FB share of one of the NCCR posts that allows others to see what we do.

Have a wonderful holiday, and know that the dogs in our care will be warm, fed, safe and loved.

NCCR Volunteer

NCCR is located at 7540 N. Gale St. in Westfield, NY and is open Monday-Saturday from 1-3pm or by appointment by calling 716-326-PAWS.  Many of the dogs can be seen online at www.caninerescue.org.  NCCR is a New York State Registered Rescue, RR028, and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  Instagram @nccrdogs

Stop and Shop!

Wondering what gift to give to your family member or friend who loves dogs?  We have a variety of items to choose from: shirts, jewelry, memorial or honorarium bricks for the new walkway, hats and much more!  The Rescue is open Monday through Saturday from 1-3 p.m.  Proceeds go to the dogs!  (See more items here: http://www.caninerescue.org/cart/shop/).  (the 2020 Calendars are sold out)