Sunday, January 1, 2012

A Few of the Wonderful Dogs Available for Adoption from Proverbs

Every Sunday, this blog will feature 5 or 6 dogs or cats, who are ready to be adopted from Proverbs 12:10 Rescue. If you're interested in any of the dogs, that you see here today, email Proverbs at: info@proverbs1210rescue.org


River

Because I have a dog named River, this every Sunday feature will commence with River, a setter-pointer mix, found up to her neck in water, tied to a bridge, during Nashville’s floods last winter. She’s energetic, and will need a fenced yard, and a family that has time to give her.

Rhett

Rhett, a treeing walker coon hound, was saved from being put down, at Animal Control. He is thin, but is eating well, and has done well, at his foster home. He’s about 55 pounds, about 4 years old.

Lexie is a lovely female Aussie shepherd/lab/chow mix, about 2 years old and weighs 37 lbs. She is good with other pets, and is heartworm negative, up to date on shots and has been spayed. Lexie is a little shy around strangers at first.

Lexie was dumped at a shelter, by her former owner because, he claimed, she was afraid of everything. At Proverbs, she is so happy in the house. She was cowering in the corner of her cage at the shelter and wouldn't eat, when Proverbs rescued her. Now she eats well.

Lexi

She must be introduced to things. She would not run in the foster's pasture until she put her leash on and walked her around the whole place. Then the next day, she happily ran and sniffed everywhere. She does bark at strangers, but once familiar with a person, she is okay, as long as they are kind to her.

Sophie

Sophie, a mixed Mini Pinscher, about 8 pounds, came into rescue after being kept in a home that had been forclosed on, in the basement, in the dark in a travel crate with little room to move. She was let out one time daily to potty and eat. This went on for 3 months until she was brought to rescue by a caring neighbor. She had an injured front leg that has been looked at by an orthopedic specialist. He states she will use her leg 50% of the time, but is in no pain, and the leg does not need to be removed. She runs like nothing is wrong with the leg, gets along great. Total lap dog.

Sweeney

Sweeney, about 3 years old, is a Border Collie Mix female that wandered to the rural home of a Proverbs volunteer in November, emaciated, but in good health, otherwise. She is 2-3 years old and weighed 44 lbs. She needs to gain a few pounds She is housebroken and uses a doggydoor. She is good with men, women and other dogs. Sweeney walks with a limp in her right front leg, and has anold shoulder injury that caused nerve damage in her shoulder, resulting in
muscle atrophy through that shoulder and the limp. She can place her right foot, so nothing needs to be done for it. She doesn't realize she has an impairment as she runs with the other dogs.

If you believe that you could offer one of these wonderful dogs a forever home, please contact Lavonne at Proverbs, and she would be happy to provide additional information.

Happy 2012! All the best, from Susan, a Proverbs volunteer in Washington, DC!

Welcome to Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue!

Welcome to Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue
Bellevue, Tennessee

Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue's purpose is provide shelter and loving care, which includes food, veterinary care and any other necessity, for animals that were abused, abandoned, owner surrendered, or otherwise destined to be euthanized, due to over-crowded shelter conditions. Through the use of foster homes, Proverbs cares for these animals until good, responsible, loving homes can be found for all adoptable animals.

www.proverbs1210rescue.org
info@proverbsrescue.org

Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue
PO Box 210830
Nashville, TN 37221

Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?

Excerpt from an article by: Virginia Wells

Although dogs are primarily carnivoires, they will eat almost anything; they can survive on a well-balanced vegetarian diet. Like all living creatures, dogs need a combination of fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water in a balanced diet.

We're not sure why your pup likes grass; there have been many theories offered. Primarily, dogs are descended from wild canids, which ate the entire "kill" when they hunted for food. Since they consumed many herbivores (plant-eating animals), they wound up eating a lot of plants and even berries found in the stomach and intestines of their prey. Interestingly, carnivores tend to go for the stomach and its contents first, so it's likely that dogs may eat grass because they like it and it was once part of their normal diet.

Do dogs eat grass to make themselves vomit? Or do they vomit because they eat the grass? Most veterinarians believe that dogs eat grass simply because they like it, and vomiting naturally follows. When dogs eat grass, the grass acts as an irritant and causes vomiting. However, they may not be smart enough to use grass as a medicine when they have an upset stomach. That said, one of us has seem a dog with burrs stuck in his throat pounce on a Ficus plant and voraciously start scoffing great scads of leaves until he threw up, presumably in an attempt to dislodge the foreign material.

Some veterinarians believe that dogs eat grass because their prepared diets are lacking in greens and so they eat grass.

No matter what the reason, your dog's "grass" habit is normal behavior and you need not be concerned about it. A note of caution, however: Take care that your pet does not eat grass that has been treated with fertilizer, pesticides or herbicides.