Navan Animal Rescue Corporation (NARC)

We worked very hard this weekend, all volunteers came and helped which was great – thank you all for your support and hard work! We filled the large bin full of tree branches – winter was tough and the pines had a good beating so we needed a bin to get rid of the large branches that fell down. The girls planted flowers here and there, others cleaned the gardens that already exist. We also started installing the car port which we will be using as a shady area for clients, it’s half installed – hoping to finish it this week! One of the volunteers parents was getting rid of a few bushes so they brought them and we replanted them all over the property. It will look good for clients in a few months when they flower! So, great weekend, never enough hours in a day – so much more to do!!! Thanks again everyone for your hard work and dedication, hopefully all your muscles aren’t as much in pain as mine are this morning lol.

Yesterday we picked up 3 dogs from a pound, a gorgeous Husky, a nice big Malamute and a very sweet Chow Chow mixed. We will get them all vetted, neutered/spayed soon and ready for adoption. They were all found as stray so no background information other than what we will learn from them at NARC.. We also took in a 5 year old Daschund the day before, he is very sweet and being a release, we have information on this doggy! He is affectionate, came from the same home since he was a puppy and loves to cuddle under the blankets with his family! As any daschund, he is shy at first but once he knows you he will show you how much he loves you. We rarely take releases but will make the odd exception depending on the circumstances… in this case, his family didn’t want to bring him to the Humane Society so understandably, we opened our home to him!

The garbage bin has arrived so we will be able to get rid of some items that are too bulky to place at the road this weekend! It will be another hard working weekend at NARC…

We dropped off Blue for his neuter and Nieva for her spay and shots. Will pick them up after work tomorrow.

It was a good weekend again, picked up the greenhouse in hopes of getting it installed soon. Have to find a few parts so that the bottom posts go into and we can drill them in the cement, making it sturdy. This weekend coming up, we will put the dog houses back in place such as last year and have our pooches out all day on weekends with us to bask in the sun and play with visitors! It was such a nice weekend that the pooches spent it outside all day with us and were so happy!

We are looking for cement blocks, pressure treated wood (4×4’s, 8×8’s, 2×4’s 2×8’s, 2×6’s etc… any length). We are working on a few projects including building new dog houses, a new deck with stairs for the NARC mobile home, etc… Needing shingles for the top of our dog houses and other projects at NARC. Plywood, small to large peices, we are using pretty much anything anyone brings us… We can even use logs for posts, any length! What we don’t need for renovations will be cut up for the wood stove and keeping our doggies warm during winter months!

Inside, we always need Javex, Rubber Gloves, Paper Towels and we could use a few more face cloths. We don’t mind your opened bags of dog food or treats, leashes or collars – we use and abuse collars and leashes – that’s for sure!

If anyone has spare time and want to lend a hand with renovations – you are always more than welcomed to join our NARC family! We are getting the greenhouse soon and will need to install that and so much more. Any help we can get, always making NARC bigger and better is always a bonus! Thank you to those who are always there to support us in our endeavors, you are AMAZING, sending you hugs and kisses from everyone here at NARC – doggies included Hee! Hee!

After his neuter, Simba got sick with the flu…poor baby, luckily for him we got some metrodonizale and started him on medications right away! He is feeling much better and ate a very good meal today and drank plenty of water which is keeping him well hydrated.

Ladybug is also doing so much better, I guess that means that we will be placing her on the available side this week… Sad to actually do this, she has stolen all of our hearts, especially mine!!

The NARC family did a great job with clean-up this weekend, after winter the farm is always a mess and muddy! With snow melted we were now able to move donations to appropriate locations or at least against the mobile home so that they weren’t all over the place (dog houses…)! We have raked, tomorrow the back-hoe is coming to smooth down the tire marks and spread the gravel so that it is less muddy! We aren’t finished yet but it was definitely a very good start, thanks everyone for your hard work!

Hopefully we get the greenhouse this week, we cleared out the slab for installation and are ready to get that up and running very soon. I borrowed a trailer so finally have a way of getting it here. Now to find helping hands hopefully next weekend to help me load, bring it here and un-load! Then will come installation…