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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Saturday, September 21, 2013
First Gift!
Written by a CP Volunteer
Still Wrapped in Love
With
all the “Back to School” displays packed away and Christmas inventory making
its way to the front windows and seasonal sections of stores everywhere, prompting
people to dust off their Gift lists, it seems a perfect time to shine a light
on the dedicated Col. Potter "Blanket Aunties" with a New video “First Gift!”:
http://youtu.be/A1smJjRSr30.
Col.
Potter Cairn Rescue Network (CPCRN) has many wonderful Volunteers who make sure
that each and every rescued Cairn receives a special, hand-made blanket, their
own toys, a beautiful bandanna, and a Scent Pillowcase to help them transition
from their Foster Home to their Forever Home.
Every
year Col. Potter rescues hundreds of Cairns,
totaling 3,616 to date and counting, and each one will get their own First Gift
of Love thanks to the wonderful efforts of CP’s Volunteer Blanket Aunties!
Would you like to become a Blanket Auntie? Please complete this CPCRN
Volunteer form:
http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/volunteer.htm
http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/volunteer.htm
If
you would like to donate fabric, email us at cpcrn@CairnRescue.com.
Still Wrapped in Love
Friday, May 10, 2013
Col. Potter Transport Volunteers!
Contributed by CP Volunteers
Spring is here – believe it or
not! – and families are starting to think about Summer travel, so what better
time to reflect on the travel involved in saving Cairns in need?
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network
(CPCRN) Transport Volunteers travel a combined average of 15,000+ miles each
month…
…averaging 187,064 miles every
year…
…totaling 2, 244,768 miles - and
counting!
A
single transport can take 10 or more drivers and cover more than 800
miles!
Without
the quick response of the Transport team, many times Fosters have to be boarded
- costing Col. Potter hundreds of dollars that could otherwise be spent saving
another life!
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network (CPCRN)
Transport Volunteers Move Cairns!!!
The CPCRN Media team proudly presents a delightful New video, Col. Potter Transport Volunteers Move Cairns!!! featuring
many current and former CP Foster Cairns, finding their way to Freedom with the
help of our fabulous CP Transport Volunteers – and by a few unconventional
methods! May
this charming video put a smile on your face and lift your spirits – and maybe
encourage you to Volunteer!
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network
is an all volunteer Rescue, saving Cairns,
one dog at a time. Please adopt, volunteer,
or donate so we can help more Cairns
enjoy Freedom, starting with the Transport of their lives!!!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Still Wrapped in Love!
As Spring struggles to shake off the chills of Winter, it seems fitting to revisit a 2009 video honoring our Col. Potter "Blanket Aunties" and many of the CP Fosters who have been touched by their efforts of love. Each and every Cairn rescued by Col. Potter receives their very own blankie to help show them that they are now SAFE and LOVED. Safety and love is something very foreign to many of our fosters but our Blanket Aunties help give them a taste of what is to come!
If you would like to become a Blanket Auntie, fill out a volunteer application or email our Director of Volunteerism. If you would like to donate fabric, email us at cpcrn@CairnRescue.com.
Monday, March 21, 2011
REMEMBERING SLATER
Written by CP's VP of Intakes
Slater has gone to the Rainbow Bridge, but he will not soon be forgotten. You just never know when a new case comes into Intakes exactly what direction it will take CP. In Slater's case, it seemed like a fairly simple case of stubborn little boy Cairn that wanted to mark in the house and owner's that didn't know how to train him out of this. There were no signs of the true medical reason. It wasn't until he reached his foster home and his food was changed to a higher protein, better quality and this sweet, little boy turned aggressive to the resident furkids that we started looking for answers, causes and solutions. Porto systemic liver shunt was certainly not what Col. Potter wanted to hear for Slater. This is a difficult surgery at best, but with the help of meds and a restricted diet, you could see the sweet, little boy Slater truly was. This adorable little boy deserved the chance. There aren't alot of rescues that are willing or able to give a furkid like Slater this chance, but Col. Potter, with your help and support, was able to. No, it certainly didn't work out how we had all hoped, but Slater knew he was loved and spent his final months living inside a home with a family and will forever be a part of this family now.
Please don't blame the former family. They just didn't know. Slater didn't produce any of the other systems that were encountered once he came into CP because of the type of food he was fed. They didn't know how much water he was consuming and urinating because they had him living outside. Even days prior to surrender, he was checked out by his vet and given a clean bill of health. A liver shunt is not something that most would look for under the circumstances.
There is a way you can honor and remember Slater, and one I'm sure he would want. SUPPORT COL. POTTER, so other little Cairns can have a chance, just like Slater.
Intakes is currently working on a large group of Cairns that would be coming in next weekend. As always, we can only help those we have the resources for. We need foster homes, we need volunteers and we need financial support. If you are a foster home and not currently on my list of available foster homes and can foster a furkid, please contact me privately. If you think you can't foster, think again. If you think it's too hard to let them go, think about them dying instead. Please consider becoming a foster home for Col. Potter. Without volunteers working on ALL the various teams within Col. Potter we cannot continue to support the Col. Potter program at it's current size. We NEED HELP!! We NEED YOU!! Fill out the Volunteer Form from the website today. Finally, please consider skipping that cappacino or latte for a week, bring your brown bag lunch next week instead of going out, watch a movie on satellite tomorrow night instead of going out to the movies and donate that amount in Remembrance of Slater so he can help some other Cairns just like CP helped him.
My heart is breaking, my eyes having been leaking since I received the call from Amy about Slater, but let's not forget this special little boy that we all came to know and love. Let's honor him and remember him by helping other Cairns ...
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The 1st Annual Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast Fun Day with a Video!
Contributed by a CP Volunteer
You can become a CP Volunteer too by following this link. There are many ways to help including transport, intakes, matching prospective homes with our cairns and even helping with Promotions or our blog! You will meet many likeminded people and their cairns! Thanks for considering making us part of your lives on a regular basis.
The group picture
The First Annual Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast Fun Day was held on May 15th of this year. Maeva and Kerby L. hosted the event at Qualicum Beach. A great time was had by all and the group raised over $330.00 for CP.
All of the Cairns met in a neutral area, the Qualicum Beach off-leash dog park. The dog park is a large fenced field that is partitioned into two separate areas. Maeva and Kerby booked the larger area for the cairns. We played there as other dogs lined the fence trying to figure out how to join in the fun. It is a great facility, with running water and a nice covered seating area.
Note from Blogger: We hope you enjoy this video that shows how much fun was had at the park by our Cairnadian friends!
You can become a CP Volunteer too by following this link. There are many ways to help including transport, intakes, matching prospective homes with our cairns and even helping with Promotions or our blog! You will meet many likeminded people and their cairns! Thanks for considering making us part of your lives on a regular basis.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday's Feature
Written by a CP Media Volunteer
How could something that requires a person to dedicate a significant amount of their own time, effort, emotions, and even money, be so rewarding?
Col. Potter Volunteers have signs around their necks, marking them as pushovers for any outstretched Cairn paw that needs a helping hand. Many times, the volunteers experience more vexing moments than potentially getting peed-on, but they continue to come back for more. The volunteer can find it reaffirming, as if going that extra distance might show the confused, and in the beginning, "manners-challenged" Cairn that they still have a buddy standing by them, even if they aren’t showing their best side, at the moment.
The volunteer might also be demonstrating to themselves that their commitment goes beyond ear scritches, tummy rubs, and the easy joy of watching a happy Cairn at play. Hanging in there with a new furry acquaintance, who may smell badly, have serious and evident health and hygiene issues, in addition to being scared and defensive, is a true test of commitment. It will require that a sense of the future be present from the very beginning. One must also know that there is an organization behind the volunteer, which knows how to deal with those various hardships and illnesses. An organization which will enable the volunteer to promise the Cairn, life is going to get better; he won’t just be getting a change of scenery, but will also get a completely different life.
When I found Col. Potter, I was exploring the concept of rescue in general, with the idea that I would find a source for a Cairn in the future. I had no idea such small, sweet-natured dogs could have so many things go wrong with their health, or that they could endure so much abuse, and still maintain a core of hope and gentleness, in which many humans would do well to take note. My fondness for the breed grew stronger, as I realized at what length, a large group of very diverse, talented, and dedicated people would go, in order to salvage broken, but not wrecked, Cairn lives.
Volunteering for Col. Potter may open one up to the possibility of being exposed to things that can strain the senses and test one’s emotions. However, once the time of testing passes, what will remain, is a clean, bright-eyed, and loyal friend. A friend who might spend the rest of his life adjusting to freedom, but will know, that because someone accepted him for who he was, he won’t have to go back to his former life ever again!
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network is in need of volunteers in all areas of the organization. If you interested in helping, we would love to talk to you! You don't have to have "mad skills", just a mad love for cairns! :)
Email our Director of Volunteerism by clicking here, or fill out the volunteer information form by clicking here.
If you are unable to volunteer but you would still like to help change the world, one dog at a time, contribute to rescue by clicking here.
How could something that requires a person to dedicate a significant amount of their own time, effort, emotions, and even money, be so rewarding?
Col. Potter Volunteers have signs around their necks, marking them as pushovers for any outstretched Cairn paw that needs a helping hand. Many times, the volunteers experience more vexing moments than potentially getting peed-on, but they continue to come back for more. The volunteer can find it reaffirming, as if going that extra distance might show the confused, and in the beginning, "manners-challenged" Cairn that they still have a buddy standing by them, even if they aren’t showing their best side, at the moment.
The volunteer might also be demonstrating to themselves that their commitment goes beyond ear scritches, tummy rubs, and the easy joy of watching a happy Cairn at play. Hanging in there with a new furry acquaintance, who may smell badly, have serious and evident health and hygiene issues, in addition to being scared and defensive, is a true test of commitment. It will require that a sense of the future be present from the very beginning. One must also know that there is an organization behind the volunteer, which knows how to deal with those various hardships and illnesses. An organization which will enable the volunteer to promise the Cairn, life is going to get better; he won’t just be getting a change of scenery, but will also get a completely different life.
When I found Col. Potter, I was exploring the concept of rescue in general, with the idea that I would find a source for a Cairn in the future. I had no idea such small, sweet-natured dogs could have so many things go wrong with their health, or that they could endure so much abuse, and still maintain a core of hope and gentleness, in which many humans would do well to take note. My fondness for the breed grew stronger, as I realized at what length, a large group of very diverse, talented, and dedicated people would go, in order to salvage broken, but not wrecked, Cairn lives.
Volunteering for Col. Potter may open one up to the possibility of being exposed to things that can strain the senses and test one’s emotions. However, once the time of testing passes, what will remain, is a clean, bright-eyed, and loyal friend. A friend who might spend the rest of his life adjusting to freedom, but will know, that because someone accepted him for who he was, he won’t have to go back to his former life ever again!
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network is in need of volunteers in all areas of the organization. If you interested in helping, we would love to talk to you! You don't have to have "mad skills", just a mad love for cairns! :)
Email our Director of Volunteerism by clicking here, or fill out the volunteer information form by clicking here.
If you are unable to volunteer but you would still like to help change the world, one dog at a time, contribute to rescue by clicking here.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
March Rescue / Intakes Activity
Written by CP's VP of Intakes
The Rescue/Intakes Team remained busy in the month of March concluding the first quarter of 2009.
Craigslist / Classified Ad contacts made: 48
Petfinder/PetHarbor contacts made: 60
Closed Intakes Cases without coming into CP: 47
INTAKES: 25
YTD INTAKES: 101
Even though intakes were down slightly in March, which is good, we are still averaging more than 1 Cairn a day for the 1st quarter of 2009.
The Rescue Team has done some reorganizing with members stepping up to assume new and more responsibilities. My personal thanks to everyone that is a part of the Rescue/Intakes Team for the incredible job they do each and every day.
The Rescue/Intakes Team is but one spoke on the Col. Potter wheel. It would not continue to turn without each and everyone that donates of their time, their talents and yes, of their wallets to help these precious little furkids.
HURRAY FOR COL. POTTER!
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network is in need of volunteers in all areas of the organization. If you interested in helping, we would love to talk to you! You don't have to have "mad skills", just a mad love for cairns! :)
Email our Director of Volunteerism by clicking here, or fill out the volunteer information form by clicking here.
If you are unable to volunteer but you would still like to help change the world, one dog at a time, contribute to rescue by clicking here.
The Rescue/Intakes Team remained busy in the month of March concluding the first quarter of 2009.
Craigslist / Classified Ad contacts made: 48
Petfinder/PetHarbor contacts made: 60
Closed Intakes Cases without coming into CP: 47
INTAKES: 25
YTD INTAKES: 101
Even though intakes were down slightly in March, which is good, we are still averaging more than 1 Cairn a day for the 1st quarter of 2009.
The Rescue Team has done some reorganizing with members stepping up to assume new and more responsibilities. My personal thanks to everyone that is a part of the Rescue/Intakes Team for the incredible job they do each and every day.
The Rescue/Intakes Team is but one spoke on the Col. Potter wheel. It would not continue to turn without each and everyone that donates of their time, their talents and yes, of their wallets to help these precious little furkids.
HURRAY FOR COL. POTTER!
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network is in need of volunteers in all areas of the organization. If you interested in helping, we would love to talk to you! You don't have to have "mad skills", just a mad love for cairns! :)
Email our Director of Volunteerism by clicking here, or fill out the volunteer information form by clicking here.
If you are unable to volunteer but you would still like to help change the world, one dog at a time, contribute to rescue by clicking here.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Col. Potter Wants YOU!
Written by CP's Volunteer Coordinator
CPCRN is experiencing record numbers of incoming dogs needing foster homes and incoming applications needing to be processed. Our need for new volunteers in ALL AREAS is great right now. Even if you have only a couple hours a week free, you can help coordinator a home safety visit or drive a leg in a transport. If you have not filled out our Volunteer Forms, please consider taking a few minutes to do it. We always try to find the best fit for your skills, experience and time restrictions. We all have busy lives but the Cairns will thank you for any way you can volunteer.
Volunteer form:http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/volunteer.htm
Transport specific form (if you can help by driving a leg anytime in your area)http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/transport.htm
Remember if you are a CP Adoptive Home, that your dog came to you because people - many wonderful people, volunteered to rescue/transport, foster, check references, inspect, match and keep tabs on YOUR adopted Cairn Terrier. While fostering is always our greatest need (and Adoptive Homes can be approved VERY QUICKLY for fostering), there are many ways to help.
Thank you for considering volunteering!
"To the World you are a rescue person, to a rescued dog you are the World."
CPCRN is experiencing record numbers of incoming dogs needing foster homes and incoming applications needing to be processed. Our need for new volunteers in ALL AREAS is great right now. Even if you have only a couple hours a week free, you can help coordinator a home safety visit or drive a leg in a transport. If you have not filled out our Volunteer Forms, please consider taking a few minutes to do it. We always try to find the best fit for your skills, experience and time restrictions. We all have busy lives but the Cairns will thank you for any way you can volunteer.
Volunteer form:http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/volunteer.htm
Transport specific form (if you can help by driving a leg anytime in your area)http://cairnrescue.com/rescue/transport.htm
Remember if you are a CP Adoptive Home, that your dog came to you because people - many wonderful people, volunteered to rescue/transport, foster, check references, inspect, match and keep tabs on YOUR adopted Cairn Terrier. While fostering is always our greatest need (and Adoptive Homes can be approved VERY QUICKLY for fostering), there are many ways to help.
Thank you for considering volunteering!
"To the World you are a rescue person, to a rescued dog you are the World."
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
YOU CAN HELP SAVE A CAIRN!
Written by CP's VP of Intakes
A puppy miller in MO died unexpectedly leaving behind 60, yes SIXTY Cairns and Pekingese. Col. Potter has been asked to help rescue the Cairns but, we can only take as many as we have foster homes for.
With the large groups we have recently rescued, our "regular" foster homes are full to the brim. These Cairns deserve a chance to grab the brass ring of freedom and be loved, spoiled, pampered members of a family. They are currently living in a horse barn with no light and little ventilation or some of them are living in horse trailers. Won't you consider opening your heart and your home to these Cairns????
If you've never fostered, I can assure you it will be one of the most rewarding things you have ever done!! If you are an approved foster home and haven't fostered in awhile, please consider helping one of these Cairns.
We aren't sure how many Cairns will need our help, but please remember, we can only help those we have foster homes for. If you are interesting in fostering a Cairn please check out our Foster Facts. THANK YOU for helping to get these Cairns out of the horse barn and trailers and into your homes!
If you aren’t able to foster a Cairn we still have numerous ways you can help! Please consider filling out a volunteer application. After all, it takes a "village" to save a Cairn! :)
A puppy miller in MO died unexpectedly leaving behind 60, yes SIXTY Cairns and Pekingese. Col. Potter has been asked to help rescue the Cairns but, we can only take as many as we have foster homes for.
With the large groups we have recently rescued, our "regular" foster homes are full to the brim. These Cairns deserve a chance to grab the brass ring of freedom and be loved, spoiled, pampered members of a family. They are currently living in a horse barn with no light and little ventilation or some of them are living in horse trailers. Won't you consider opening your heart and your home to these Cairns????
If you've never fostered, I can assure you it will be one of the most rewarding things you have ever done!! If you are an approved foster home and haven't fostered in awhile, please consider helping one of these Cairns.
We aren't sure how many Cairns will need our help, but please remember, we can only help those we have foster homes for. If you are interesting in fostering a Cairn please check out our Foster Facts. THANK YOU for helping to get these Cairns out of the horse barn and trailers and into your homes!
If you aren’t able to foster a Cairn we still have numerous ways you can help! Please consider filling out a volunteer application. After all, it takes a "village" to save a Cairn! :)
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