Navan Animal Rescue Corporation (NARC)

We had all the plumbing redone at the rescue, not sure why we didn’t think of this before, would have saved a few winters of major hydro costs from the heaters under the modular home and headaches.  On Friday, the heater under the modular home blew, not only did it shut off it’s own breaker but also shut off the whole electrical panel…  That being said, when I got home, we had frozen pipes and no water at NARC – had to happen in this – the coldest weather ever!  I spent my evening under the modular home, heating the main water pipe so we could get water again – it worked.  I really didn’t enjoy being in a crawl space, at -30 for over 3 hours, in the dark!!  Anyways, I then decided to eliminate all the plumbing from under the house, first off it was all frozen with no way of using it again and secondly, it would eliminate all the heat trace wires, heaters and major costs we’ve been having every winter!  We temporarily installed a cold and hot trap inside near the pump to give us water for the weekend until the plumber came on Monday and installed new pipes inside and re-connected everything from scratch.  Why didn’t I think of this before?  Finally had to get mad at the system to think straight!?  Anyhoo, all works now, no longer have 30 heat trace cables plugged in and sucking up hydro and two 240 volt heaters are also disconnected and not needed – will save us some $$ this winter!  Maybe I won’t need that basement after all.. although it would make it nice and spacious if we could get a foundation in!!!  Let’s all wish for a new foundation for this coming year for NARC and make it our new years resolution in getting it done!

We closed our on-line auction last night at 9pm, went well and clients are going to pick up very nice christmas presents at NARC.  We are opened sat and sun from 1pm to 3pm but if you wish to come and gather your items from the auction, call us if you wish to come earlier/later or an evening this week and we will meet you!  Thank you everyone for your bids, it was a lot of fun and we kept it interesting by adding a few new things every day!  We will have another one in a few months – keep looking on facebook for details!  Actually, we will be starting a “for sale” section on this website soon, some of the items will pe posted for sale on a regular basis – many changes on the website coming soon!

I brought Yeti the Irish Wolfhound, Oscar the JRT mixed spaniel and Malini the Australian Shepherd and wonderful mother of 5 puppies that have already gone to good homes to the vet’s for their surgeries.  Tomorrow morning, the boys will be neutered and lady Malini spayed, all will be given Rabies and DA2PP shots.  We requested a poop sample on Malini again as she was in really bad shape when she arrived, full of worms, fleas, etc…  As others at NARC, she is now on our deworming schedule:  Strongid-T every 14 days, Panacur 3 days monthly and Multi-Advantage each month.  But, she still has soft poop – may only be us volunteers giving her too many different things to eat (treats, canned goods, etc…) but;  better safe than sorry and the poop sample will tell us if there is something wrong.

Join us on Facebook and start bidding on the wonderful gifts in our on-line auction.  Auction started last night till this Friday 9pm.  Over 50 items to bid on, custom and hand made clocks which are gorgeous, doggy baskets of different sizes, women’s baskets, kid’s baskets, jewelry, purse packed with supplies, baby bath basket filled with playtex items, diaper genie, may Party Lite items and the list goes on!  Find NARC on facebook or myself, Michelle Mayer and start bidding to raise funds for NARC’s doggies but to also get items at a good price!  Enjoy!!

Seems like the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman as kids are describing him has just arrived at NARC in time for Christmas!  Yep, we received a gorgeous male Irish Wolfhound and all the volunteers that have seen him so far, say he looks like Bumble, the abominable snowman from the Rudolf movie! 

Aphodite is doing very well, her puppies are getting very large and healthy looking, will have to post a new photo on facebook to show you how big they are getting.  Their eyes are now opened, although they still don’t see anything but will in a few days!  They are adorable, mom is doing well, getting up now when we enter the room with her food or water and comes forward to those she knows.  She still growls at strangers or new volunteers but the moment I say “non”, she stops so being a good girl – just trying to protect her puppies!  She is now coming out with me when all the dogs are in and no one else is at the rescue, baby steps for this “wild” dog!

There are always needs at our rescue and this time we are out of Javex and new mops would be wonderful!  We could also use leashes, poop bags and large garbage bags.   We also always need Pedigree Vitality + or Beneful Dog Food for our babies!  We are opened every weekend, saturday and sunday from 1pm to 3pm if you wish to drop off your items.  We also have a donations drop box at the front of the property for those who want to come during the week if we aren’t there!  Or, we have wonderful volunteers who are able to come and pick up your items.  E-mail us if you wish for us to send someone to pick up donations!