Navan Animal Rescue Corporation (NARC)

Empty bottles for full stomachs and vet care! The money raised will go directly towards providing veterinary care for our pitty paws at NARC. We are collecting beer, wine, cooler/spirits bottles to raise funds for our rescues. Drop off your bottles at 4388 Navan Road, Navan, Ontario, K4B 1H9 at any time in our donations drop box at the front of the property or come and see us weekends, we are opened from 1pm to 3pm from January 5th on.

Wishing everyone a very merry christmas, we will blog soon to keep you posted even if we are closed – business as usual at the vet’s on Thurs & Fri! Thank you to everyone supporting or those that have supported NARC this year, without your donations, we wouldn’t be in such good hands such as we are now – you are AMAZING! Thanks to your canadian tire money, home depot gift cards, canned goods, cleaning products, rubber gloves, paper towel, tiles, money – we have a new roof, new tiled rooms, new bathing area and the list goes on with major surgeries done this year, etc… All the renovations and surgeries wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for all of your help – we can’t thank you enough! Enjoy your holidays and we’ll see or talk/blog with/for you soon.

Cyan is finally eating a bit, not as much as I would like him too but started eating canned goods on Friday so I am pleased. He is drinking a lot so I am adding vitamins to his water and also giving him puppy milk for strenght. He is lively though, wants attention and started to play a bit. Still not letting anyone deal with Cyan as he is shedding parvo for 4 weeks so we need to keep him secluded not to spread the disease!

Lilac is still living with me in my home, he was loose with us all weekend, he follows us everywhere and a few times fell asleep at my feet while I was baking cookies, pulled pork and such for our family diner on Sunday. He is playfull and will grab the bottom of our pants biting – such a cutie! He is doing so well, we are going for his second DA2PP this week, probably Thursday while I drop off Baldwin for his neuter and shots. His spots on his head are healing but very slowly. I am proud to say that he is 100% better!

Nooky is also doing well so am now letting him roam the house and he follows me everywhere, is playfull and funny! He is a bit shy with new volunteers, hides at the end of his crate when he sees new people but that will change now that the volunteers have the OK to manipulate him. He is so precious and so sweet, when he is ready for adoption, I know he will be placed quickly!

We are also babysitting a few client’s NARC doggies, which is nice seeing them again and gives their families a safe spot for their loved ones while they have to go out of town! Few are here now, few arriving today and few leaving boxing day!

Thanks to the Home Depot Gift Card Eleanor got us, we were able to purchase a new shower faucet package for the new grooming area. Jack came to install our bathtub and fix the pipes, install the faucet and now we are up and ready to bathe and clean larger items properly again! Thanks Jack for your hard work this weekend! Had ripped off the old broken tub in May and we had to use the bathroom tub, having to be on our knees to bathe, no more bending now! I washed a few large items last night, large plastic tubs, crate bottoms, it’s amazing to have this ability again – not having to bend down to do it!!

We could use a few kitchen cupboards to place at the top of the tub for shampoo storage so if anyone has a few cabinets, we will take them! I am re-arranging quite a few things, put up our large cabinet in the entrance, above the window so that too will give us more floor room as we were using it for towels on the floor before, now that it’s mounted, more space! Trying to get things off the floor to tile, make room and being that we are closing till Jan 5th, tile the main entrance so need everything out of there so I can start installing the plywood this weekend and get it ready!

Lilac is doing much better, gaining weight although he his still a little guy, he ate 4 times yesterday, like a little pig, drank by himself although not enough so is still on IV fluids. But, overall, I see great hope for the little guy, he barks now when he is hungry to let us know, barking – hadn’t heard that in a while from him lol. I fought for him but he fought for me too, he wouldn’t let go and wanted to live! Such a great thing to see – I am amazed as usually puppies die very quickly, this guy is amazing. Hoping Nooky does the same, so far so good, he fought with me all weekend, he seems to be a fighter too, not eating because his kennel cough is bad and he can’t smell with all the mucus coming out of his nose… When doggies can’t smell right, they won’t eat properly either! I am working with him too, now have two little sicklings to pamper! His antibiotics are kicking in so he should be able to sniff his food and start eating soon, he too is on IV fluids to keep him going and of course mommy’s bottled mixture of strenght and power lol.

Well, three little sickings when my little parvo Cyan returns from the vet’s tomorrow, will have to fatten him up as he is very skinny but still alive and thinking he will make it through – he is full of piss and vinegar, trying to eat his catheter so has a cone around his head! Overall, a very good weekend, not having lost any of our sickings – that is AMAZING! Especially considering their sibling died not even an hour after we took the two new boys!!

So, we will be not only busy with sick doggies but also very busy renovating NARC during the holidays, am hoping to give a fresh coat of paint, finish the tiles in the entrance, hopefully grooming area too – will see! One step at a time, still need help finishing the soffits – anyone interested in helping with this task? Would be nice to get that done so I can insulate the roof too!!

Well, happy to report that Lilac barked at my daughter when she went in the bathroom this morning, a great sign that he was telling her “I WANT MY BREAKFAST!” and the first time I’ve heard him bark or have enough strength to walk around and bark in almost a week. Very exciting and hoping he doesn’t go back down again… Nooky was well this morning, antibiotics and metacam are helping him and when I went early this morning to give him some fluids, food and water and of course change his bedding – he was up and tail waggin! Very good news too considering he slept all day yesterday and was worrying me last night. I spent the night going to NARC and giving him fluids, guess my persistance paid off! Spit Fyre, well, she hasn’t changed and is an excited little barky girl, I am starting training today so in a few weeks time, she will be an angel and the perfect NARC doggy for he new family!