calendar this year and by

so doing, we were able

to showcase over 150

dogs,

dogs photographed by

you, our boxer rescue

family! We tried very

hard to ensure that

every family who sub-

mitted a photo has at

least one shot in the

2009 calendar. We think

you'll be very pleased

with the result.

To order you can either

go to our website:

www.boxerrescueontario.com

Or send a cheque for $22.50 that

includes $2.50 for shipping to:

Boxer Rescue Ontario

16 Arden Crescent

Scaroborugh, ON M1L 3R5

It's that time of the

year folks! Just as

we've done for the

past several

years Boxer Res-

cue Ontario is

pleased to an-

nounce that our

2009 wall

calendar is ready.

You might recall

that earlier

this year we put

out a call for all of

your favourite

doggy photos.

Well, we were

ecstatic to receive more than

360 submissions! Isn't that some-

thing?

Our enthusiasm was only slightly

diminished when we realized that

we would have to pick through

all of those wonderful photos to

find ones that were

suitable for the calendar and our

calendar committee unanimously

agreed that that was the tough-

est part of putting the calendar

together. So many great

photos and only 12 months to

showcase them. Having said that,

however, we are very happy to

report that we decided on a

totally revised format for our

For the year 2009 we would like

to launch a big fundraiser to help

raise extra funds for BRO with

rising vet costs Starting Spring

we will be distributing tickets for

the BRO raffle. Folks we will

need your help now to start

collecting as much Canadian Tire

money as you can if you host a

party instead of asking for food

donations maybe you can ask for

Canadian Tire Money instead.

The Raffle will run for about 6

months so if members have an

event they would like to sell

tickets for the raffle feel free, we

will also have the tickets for our

shows to sell at our booth also.

The first prize I would like to be

a LCD Tv, second prize will be a

hand made quilt and third prize

are hoping to have a stained glass

Boxer if its ready. So please help

BRO by getting as much Cana-

dian Tire money collected for the

1st prize. There will be a prize for

the most tickets sold also by a BRO

member. With your help folks we

could make this a great fundraiser

and generate lots of funds for BRO e

can even have the quilt at our shows

to show people how wonderful it is.

Please mail Cdn Tire money to:

Roma Davis

21 Bluebird Crt,

Little Britain, ON K0M 2C0

2009 Calendar is Here!!!!!!

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

2009 BRO

Calendar

1

Recipes 2

Home at Last 3

What’s going

on

4

Learning All

We Can

5

Coming

Events

6

New Fundraiser for 2009

Boxer Shorts BRO Newsletter

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 8 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Christmas

dog treat

recipes

Erica’s Semi-

nar

New Adop-

tions

New

Members

Our Calendar

Birthdays and

Special

Occasions

P A G E 2

Don’t

forget To

Save your

Cdn. Tire

Money for

BRO

Holistic Pet Care by Jan Coyle

Up for Adoption

Vegan Christmas Dog Treat Recipe by Allison Metcalfe

Tess - 3-year-old spayed fawn female. Good with other dogs, cats. Not good with children. Anita (London) fostering.

Patches - 1.5 year old intact white female. Good with other dogs, children. Laurie (Ottawa) fostering.

Clifford - 8-year-old intact fawn male. Surrendered by his

Champ - 8-year-old neutered, fawn, male. On the smaller side. Good with some other dogs but not all. Great with cats, kids. Liz (Kitchener) fostering.

owner when he was living in the backyard. Good with other dogs although unsure at first meeting. Cats unknown. Has some food aggression. Laura (Guelph) fos-tering.

Max - 9 year old neutered male. Returned by adopters when it was discovered he needed cruci-ate repair. Awaiting surgery. Jill (Cobourg) fostering

are now being used through-

out Canada and the United

States.

Pet Care is a powerful, all

-natural antibiotic mineral

supplement. It is one of

the most effective sub-

stances known for fighting

skin disease, germs, vi-

ruses, bacteria and fungus.

It has also been used for

preventions of infections

and fermentation caused by

numerous types of micro-

organisms and bacteria.

Pet Care, Silver Solution

for Pets, has been reported

to reduce inflammation and

can be used to treat burns

as it promotes faster heal-

ing without the serious risk

of infection. Pet Care pro-

vides a first line of de-

fense, increasing energy and

vitality, while assisting

the natural healing process.

For more info contact Jan

at: www.dogs101-

backtothepack.ca

All Natural, Antibacterial

Silver Solutions for Pets.

In 1963, doctors discov-

ered that certain colloi-

dal silver products on the

market could actually de-

stroy yeast infections and

fungi. Since then hun-

dreds of articles have

been published in medical

journals citing the bene-

fits of colloidal silver

products, and more than

150 different applications

B O X E R S H O R T S

9 cups whole-wheat flour

1 cup nutritional yeast

1 tbsp. salt

1 tbsp. garlic powder.

Mix dry ingredients. Add approximately 3 cups water. Knead

into pliable dough. Roll out to 1/8" thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Bake for 10-15 minutes

at 350°F. After turning off oven, leave biscuits in the oven overnight or for an 8-hour period so

they become hard and crunchy.

Home at Last By Nedine Lair

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Welcome everyone. As this is our first edition we have some catching up to do. In this column you

will read about our latest fosters who are “Home At Last”.

We have Sasha who is now living in Coburg with Lisa & Dereck

Charlie has found his forever home with Nicole Leroux, after being foster by his new mom , and

finally being released from the second puppy mill bust

Following is a list of the other fosters that have now found their forever home:

O.S. – Owner Surrender

O.S.M. – Owner Surrender Medical

Reed, Piper and Sadie were picked up in Barrie by myself and my son, Rob. Rob and his wife

adopted Reed & Piper and Sadie is with her new mom – Angela Fex.

As our fosters are adopted we hope to receive updates which will in turn be posted in this column.

It takes special people to do what we do and you should all congratulate yourselves.

If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mos-

quito in the room.

Best Wishes and Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!

More Boxers that have

new homes:

Sasha - ADOPTED by Lisa S November 1.

Sadie - ADOPTED by Angela F November 22.

Shona - ADOPTED by Elizabeth M November 22.

Tyson - ADOPTED by Elaine C November 10.

Zeus - ADOPTED by Bonnie D November 19.

Charlie - ADOPTED by Nicole L November 17.

Kobie - ADOPTED by Steve W November 25

Max (081116-ON-RT) - 9 year old

neutered male. Returned by adopters

when it was discovered he needed

cruciate repair. Awaiting surgery. Jill

Edwards (Cobourg) fostering. BIO AND

PIX NEEDED.

NAME AGE ARRIVAL DATE ADOPTION

DATE

Circum-

stances

TYSON 5 October 8 November 10 Shelter

KUJO 10 mos September 18 November 01 O.S. M

SASHA 4.5 August 08 November 01 O.S. M

EMMA 3 October 01 October 27 O.S. M

REESE 4.5 September 03 October 27 O.S.

TYSON 1 October 11 October 24 O.S.

KILSO 2 June 27/07 October 24 O.S.

JACKSON 1.5 September 05 October 17 H.S.

TRU 2.5 August 10 October 17 O.S.

LYDIA 11 mos June 21 October 06 O.S.M.

REED September 5 September 5 Shelter

PIPER September 5 September 5 Shelter

SADIE 2 September 5 November 22 Shelter

P A G E 4

Order your

Ribbon Magnet

Today!!

What’s Going On by Heather Young

Cheese-a-licious Christmas Cookies By Allison Metcalfe

Christmas Mint Cookies By Allison Metcalfe

Birthdays:

December 16 Ruby’s puppies

turn 1!!!

Anniversary's:

December 2003 Christine

Doyle Gustyn adopted

Roxanne

Dec 2nd 2006 - Eddie was

adopted by the Zurell family

Dec 23rd 2005 - Keiko was

adopted by Heather Ashby

Jan 22nd 2007 - Gabriel who

was renamed Ty was adopted

by Jan Coyle

Welcome our new BRO

Members:

Nicole Lereoux from St-

Eustache

Ashley McIntyre-Cross from

Ottawa

Anne Puchtinger from Lon-

don

B O X E R S H O R T S

1 ½ cups whole wheat flour

1 ½ cups bisquick

½ cup mint chopped leaves

¼ cup milk

4 tablespoons margarine

1 egg

1 ½ teaspoons honey

Combine all ingredients in food processor, process until well mixed

Roll out on a floured surface to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness.

Cut with holiday shaped cookie cutters, place on non-stick cookie pan.

Bake at 375 F for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Cool and store in air-tight container.

½ cup of low-fat Cheddar cheese, shredded

½ cup of low-fat cottage cheese

2 tbsp of canola oil

2 cups of whole wheat flour

¾ cups of almonds, chopped. (Optional, but never substitute it with macadamia nuts)

¼ cup of water

Methods:

Preheat oven at 375ºF

Mix cheeses, flour, oil, and almonds thoroughly.

Add water and stir until dough forms a ball.

Divide dough into 18 pieces, rolling each into a ball and placing on greased cookie sheet.

Use a fork to press down on each ball.

Bake for 30 minutes or until brown at the edges.

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

protection to the disease. In addi-

tion, the dreaded heartworm is often

prevented by chemicals fed to our

dogs on a monthly basis during

peak seasons, but like many other

preventions (like our flu shot), it is

not 100% effective or necessary in

all cases, and some dogs may be

better off to have a DNA test in the

fall, which can find larvae in the

heart and if required be treated

immediately, rather than waiting for

the monthly spring blood test when

the larvae of the previous season

would already have taken hold, and

a much more aggressive and dam-

aging treatment would be required.

Essentially, Dr. Drouin encouraged

us to question what we are putting

into our dogs, and provided us with

options that we wouldn‟t necessar-

ily find in a typical vet setting.

The next scheduled speaker at the

seminar was Monica Segal, author

of “K9 Kitchen – The Truth Behind

the Hype”, but unfortunately she

was unable to attend due to illness.

Monica will be rescheduled some

time in November 2008, and I will

update everyone on how that semi-

nar goes. K9 Kitchen is a fabulous

book for any dog owner, dispelling

the myths about dog food and pro-

viding well researched, simply put

information about raw, home

cooked and commercial diets. I

can‟t wait to hear her speak!!

Lastly, we were „entertained‟ to say

the least by Cat Cino, of Cat and

Jack Canine Safety

(www.catandjack.com) who was

fabulous to watch. Cat typically

demonstrates to school children

how to approach and socialize with

dogs, which I personally think is an

excellent program. I can‟t tell you

how many times my dog Mack and

I would walk to the parks in To-

ronto and be approached by a

screaming, hand waving three year

old running towards us. Thankfully

Mack loved kids, but from his per-

spective, this could be a threatening

situation, and I always „warned‟

those parents to encourage their

children to ask first if they can pet

him – we all know how many dog

bites arise out of a confusing situa-

tion for the dog.

Cat is also an aggression specialist,

and her presentation I must say was

hilarious! She spoke about body

language on the part of the dog and

us, on-leash aggression and the

dreaded knock at the front door.

Although most of what she said I

feel confident a seasoned dog

owner already knows, what she

really drove home to us was how

many dog behavior issues are actu-

ally caused by the owner‟s

wrong-doing. It is always

important for us to remember

how much of our emotions

are transferred through a

leash – even with a simple

correction. For example,

when walking with a dog

who loves other dogs and

shouts from across the street

„Hello hi I love dogs let‟s

play let‟s play‟ at which

point he is corrected for

„shouting across the street‟

and otherwise pulling and

carrying on, once this correc-

tion is done a few times in a

row, the next time he sees a

fellow canine across the

street he‟ll shout „stay away

from me!!! My Mom hates

dogs!!!!‟ – this is Cat‟s analogy

anyway, which I thought was per-

fect. In short, she has a knack for

seeing life from the dog‟s point of

view. As a side note, Cat also

talked about her trip to New Or-

leans just after the flooding, and the

huge number of dogs that needed

help. She talked about it as the

most rewarding and disturbing time

in her life, and because of her dedi-

cation to the dogs during that time,

I couldn‟t help but like her more.

The whole day was filled with

doggy information, doggy people

and doggy goodies – so it was

really a perfect day!!! Although I

don‟t believe that anyone has per-

fected the canine world, it is cer-

tainly of benefit to all dog owners

and lovers to learn as much as they

can, from all perspectives, and then

put the pieces together for each of

our individual dogs – since each

one is even more unique than the

next.

In my quest to learn everything

possible about dogs without actu-

ally becoming a vet, a behaviorist

and a nutritionist, I recently at-

tended a seminar put together by

Canadian Dog

(www.cdndog.com) called

“Taking Care of your Dog”. The

seminar was attended by other

people (or shall I say women!!

There were 30 women and only 2

men!!) who shared the same de-

sire as me – to build on what they

already knew about dogs. Some

of us were rescue advocates, some

were holistic dog food profession-

als, and others were dog owners

seeking the best advice for their

own pets.

The day began with a talk by Dr.

Autumn Drouin, D.V.M., N.D.,

FCAH, holistic vet who discussed

the options available to us outside

of traditional western veterinary

medicine. Dr. Drouin was a cap-

tive speaker with many years of

experience, both in the veterinary

field as well as the holistic field

for both people and pets. She

began by discussing the founda-

tions of homeopathy, including

it‟s forefather, Dr. Hanuman. As

many of you know, holistic medi-

cine is the assessment and treat-

ment of the „whole dog‟ – mean-

ing that it is the cause of the issue

that is addressed, rather than the

symptoms. In addition to this full

picture approach, varying types of

approaches are used to cure or

treat the animal, rather than rely-

ing on formatted answers and

drugs typically found in a tradi-

tional vet practice. She also

addressed society‟s reliance and

confidence in vaccinations, which

in some cases may do more harm

than good, a theory which could

also be applied to heartworm

treatment. For example, in cases

where vaccinations may not be as

necessary as in some other dogs, a

„titre test‟ could be performed

instead, testing the blood for the

required level of antibodies to the

various diseases, rather than auto-

matically injecting a dog that may

have already developed it‟s own

Learning all we can – Canadian Dog Seminar By Erica Garven

DON’T

FORGET

DECEMBER

15TH FOR

THE 50/50

DRAW

All About Pets Show

April 10-12th 2009

BRO Raffle Spring

2009

Toronto Sportsman’s

Show

March 13-15th, 2009

Animal House Calls

April 28th, 2009

Woofstock June 12 and 13

2009

16 Arden Crescent

Scarborough, ON M1L 3R5

For General inquiries, Foster Program,

Director of Intake Contact:

Linda Lloyd 519-827-6939

Director of Adoption:

Barb Maclean 416-750-4709

Director of Fundraising:

Roma Davis 705-786-1531

Boxer Rescue Ontario is a nonprofit organization of

volunteers dedicated to placing homeless boxers in

loving homes and promoting responsible pet owner-

ship in and around Ontario. We are an affiliate of

Boxer Rescue Canada and work with other rescue

groups, shelters, veterinarians, breeders, and the

public to achieve these goals.

The dogs we rescue are usually homeless through no

fault of their own. Generally, they are either surren-

dered to us directly by their previous owners or come

to us through shelters which are happy for any help

they can get. They are given up or dumped for various

reasons though with boxers it is rarely temperament

related.

Once in our program the boxers are placed in foster

homes where they are assessed and provided with any

needed medical attention. In addition to assessing the

dogs we spend a lot of time and effort to assess poten-

tial homes. Each dog is an individual and once we

have a good idea of its special needs we will match it

with its new permanent family. To promote responsi-

ble pet ownership all rescue dogs are placed either

spayed/neutered, or under signed contract to have it

done.

Boxer Rescue Ontario

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