Newsletter - Welfare for Animals Guild...(WAG)

W.A.G.
Welfare for Animals Guild
A Local Dog Rescue
P.O. Box 3966, Sequim, WA 98382
Message Phone 360-460-6258
Molly Gives Birth to 13 Puppies
Molly, pregnant and
only a year old, was
in a high-kill shelter
to be euthanized in
two days. WAG told
the rescue in Seattle
who called us about
her that we would
take her.
She was taken immediately to the vet for her wellness checkup and x-ray to see how
many puppies she was expecting. Dr. Tyler counted and recounted
and estimated 14. We set up the whelping box in a Board member’s
home and waited. In two weeks on July 27, she started labor and
was in labor for over 13 hours. It was an all nighter!
It was a difficult delivery for Molly. She didn’t know what to do
so we had to help her by opening the sac and tying off the cord. Half
were born breach and the last born, Beamer, needed mouth-tomouth. Thank goodness one of WAG’s Board members is a vet tech
and was there to help along with another Board member and volunteer. All 13 puppies lived and Molly was a nurturing, loving mother.
The puppies were weaned at the appropriate time, Molly was
spayed and adopted into a wonderful home.
All puppies are healthy and happy. As of November
21, 12 of the 13 puppies have been adopted into their
forever homes.
Serving the Community
since 2001
Home Environment
Staffed entirely by
dedicated volunteers
Winter 2014
We’re home!
The Half-Way Home Ranch officially has
become WAG’s facility to serve as the future
home for dogs who are waiting to be adopted to
loving families
WAG closed the purchase of the former
McComb Nursery property at the end of September. Our conditional use permit from Clallam County was approved and we are working
to fulfill the renovation requirements we must
accomplish before we can begin to house the
rescue dogs.
We are so thrilled to be on the way to achieving a long-held dream of expanding our ability
to help good dogs find permanent homes. During our existence of more than a decade, we
have relied heavily on foster homes to hold
dogs temporarily until they are adopted. But
because foster homes are a limited resource, we
often have had to turn dogs away.
Now we will be able to bring dogs to the
Half-Way Home Ranch where they will live in
a home-like environment, have individual attention, play times, good nutrition and health
care. That doesn’t eliminate our need for foster
homes, however, and we will continue to utilize
them, especially when the Ranch is full, or for
certain dogs that don’t do well in an environment with multiple dogs.
Our immediate focus is to take care of a long
list of To Do items, a number of which we have
already accomplished.
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WAG
P.O. Box 3966
Sequim, WA 98382
CRATING CAUTION!
from the Humane Society of the United States
A crate isn't a magical solution. If not used
correctly, a dog can feel trapped and frustrated.
Message phone
 Never use the crate as a punishment.
360-460-6258
Your dog will come to fear it and refuse to
enter it.
Website
 Don't leave your dog in the crate too
welfare4animalsguild.org
long. A dog that’s crated day and night
Email
doesn't get enough exercise or human
welfare4animals@hotmail.com
interaction and can become depressed or
Officers/Board of Directors
anxious. You may have to change your
President: Judy Stirton
schedule, hire a pet sitter, or take your
Secretary: Linda James
dog to a doggie daycare facility to reduce
Treasurer: Mary Ann Langan
the amount of time he must spend in his
Director: Joyce Blankenship
crate every day.
Director: Barb Brabant
Director: Mary Carter
Director: Melanie Marshall
Director: Nancy McLaughlin
 Puppies under six months of age shouldn't stay in a crate for more than three or
four hours at a time. They can't control
their bladders and bowels for that
long. The same goes for adult dogs that
are being housetrained. Physically, they
can hold it, but they don’t know they’re
supposed to.
Sweet Bella
Bella, only 20 months old, came to WAG
with back trauma and two bad rear legs requiring surgery. She was in extreme pain.
Dr. Linda Allen from Pacific Northwest Veterinary was able to diagnose her back problem
and manage her pain. Her leg surgeries were
delayed until her back was healed and no
longer in pain. She had to be kept quiet, no
exercise or stairs for two months. Ellen, her
foster mom, took excellent care of her and her
back healed.
Now it’s time to repair the torn cruciate ligaments in both her legs. Her surgery bill will be
approximately $2,700. If you can help, please
put “Bella” on your donation. Thank you.
 Crate your dog only until you can trust
him not to destroy the house. After that, it
should be a place he goes voluntarily.
Sponsor a Dog
for the Holidays
WAG’s giving trees are up and doggie ornaments are ready for your generous donation.
Find the rescue dog you like and look on the back of the ornament to see what that dog
needs this Christmas.
You can find WAGs Giving Trees at:
Best Friends Nutrition
Petco
Co-Op Farm and Garden
Blissies
Choose the gift, tape the ornament to the gift and put it into the WAG Drop Off
box at the stores listed above. Easy to do and a wonderful way to help us care for
the dogs, current and future. Thank you for your support.
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Honey Update
(continued from Page 1)
We have removed some of the items left from the nursery
business such as hundreds of pallets, plant markers, etc. We
just had 6 x 8’ privacy fence panels delivered to be installed. Volunteers have been invaluable helping to unload
the panels as they were delivered, and will be working to
put up the fence. Persons interested in volunteering to help
with the preparation phase of the Ranch should call our volunteer coordinator, Mary Carter, at 360-460-6258. All help
will be truly appreciated.
Our ultimate
goal is to have a
building where
large dogs will
be comfortably
housed.
There
already are good
structures at the
Ranch for storage
of the many and varied items that are part of dog care, such
as tools, bedding, crates, medications, food, toys, treats, etc.
We are fortunate to have a live-in caretaker who occupies the house so that we can be assured of security and a
presence on the property.
We plan to have an open house tour of the property so
look for an announcement of that future event in our next
newsletter or at our on-line web site.
After meeting with contractors it is not cost effective to
renovate the barn, so we are now considering constructing a
small building for the Large Dog Bunkhouse. We will need
to raise approximately $50,000 more to accomplish this.
You have already been very generous to get us this far and
we appreciate any help you can give us to reach our goal.
We are so close! Thank you.
Honey, the four year old Yellow Labrador Retriever,
needed TPLO (Tibia Plateau Leveling Osteotomy) on
both her rear legs and thanks to the generosity of a major
donor and other donations, the funds were raised for the
surgeries. Honey has had both surgeries and is doing
extremely well.
She had to endure many months of rehab after each
surgery. One of the dog handlers
in WAG’s Offender Dog Training Program at Clallam Bay
Corrections Center (CBCC)
made the commitment to care
for Honey post-op, keeping her
quiet, only able to walk her five
minutes at a time several times a
day. It’s not easy keeping a
young lab calm and still.
Most of the dog handlers at
CBCC are trained in TTouch,
Honey with her handler
relaxing muscle tension and allowing heart rate, blood pressure
and circulation to slow, in effect bringing stress levels
down. This allows a dog to have more body awareness,
helping if the body is compensating because of a past
fear or pain. It works and Honey loves it!
For one more month, Honey will continue rehab at the
prison. She must stay on leash to run, walk, and jog to
work her up to being off leash. She’s in training now
learning her basic commands and will finally be able to
live a normal, active life. She will be available for adoption soon.
A special thank you to those who donated to help
Honey. We are forever grateful to you.
"Thank you!"These two little words convey so much gratitude!
With the generous support of the people listed
below we've saved the lives of tiny puppies, dogs that have been neglected, lost, surrendered or abandoned, helping
dogs become adoptable through training, and given old dogs a fresh start. Our foster homes, trainers, volunteers and
adopters have many reasons to smile!
Dedicated Foster Homes and Volunteers
for providing a warm, caring home for the
dogs and to our volunteers who help with
the dogs and fundraising events.
Groomers/Boarding Facilities
Country Paw’s Resort & Grooming
Cozy Care Pet Boarding
Dog Townsend
Dungeness Ranch Pet Resort
Greywolf Grooming
Stinky Dog-U-Bathe
Blissies
People who make donations in our Collection jars around town—it all adds up.
Veterinarians who help us with spay/
neuters, vaccinations and appropriate
medical care for the dogs.
Angeles Clinic For Animals
Best Friends Pet Care
Blue Mountain Animal Clinic
Greywolf Veterinary Hospital
Hadlock Veterinary Clinic
Hurricane Ridge Veterinary Hospital
Pacific Northwest Veterinary Hospital
Others—
All Safe Mini Storage
Best Friends Nutrition
Petco
Co-Op Farm and Garden
La Paw Spa
Penprint
Olympic Mailing Services
We are grateful to the Sequim business
community for their tremendous support of our Tails to Trails Dog Walk.
Our wonderful sponsors, in particular,
made it possible to exceed proceeds of
any previous walk. Our tails are wagging and our hats are off to:
Blue Mountain Animal Clinic
Vision Landscape Nursery
Dockside Grill
Hurricane Ridge Veterinary Hospital
Best Friends Nutrition
Greywolf Veterinary Hospital
Olympic Game Farm
Davis Sand and Gravel
First Federal Savings and Loan
Oasis Bar and Grill
Sunny Farms Country Store
Castell Insurance
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We Need Your Help
Your contribution goes to the dogs ….for food, spay/neuter, toys,
treats, vaccinations and medical care.
We have no paid positions, all of our funds go to the support the dogs.
Your Contribution for Half Way Home Ranch ….
If you would like to help WAG with building the Large dog Bunkhouse at Half Way
Home Ranch, please contribute to our “Ranch” campaign. Please put “Ranch” on the
memo line of your check. Thank you.
501(c)3 non-profit organization since 2001
Staffed entirely by volunteers
Please make checks to WAG , envelope provided.
Your generous contribution is tax deductible. Non-profit # 91-2132797
Check out our WEBSITE @
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www.wagsequimwa.org
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Thank you for your support