Crosby's got some moves and getting healthy with Harry

Crosby gets his doggie makeover today!

Crosby went to the groomer today and after they cleaned up all the matts from him and gave him a puppy cut, he looks like a whole new man! He smells wonderful and his fur is so soft and silky. Crosby has a move where he will come up to you and push his head into your chest and just stand there and wait for you to go "awwww" and pet him. Or his other move is to touch you, put his paw on you just in case you might forget to pet him. Someone asked us today if he is a Welsh Springer Spaniel mix and we looked at him and thought, maybe? We don't know what he is, but whatever it is he is one hundred percent uh-door-ab-bull!

Who wants to join Harry in getting healthy?

We LOVE getting letters like this one below from Harry's mommy whom as a result of our website, has now switched Harry's food and he is getting healthy. Who else out there wants to join Harry? It's easy really, just learn to start reading the ingredients on everything you give to your much loved doggies! (thank you Mary, for sending us such a nice letter and if you are reading this, please send us Harry's picture to put up here) If you double click on the letter below, the text gets larger and easier to read. (or you may have to double click and then click again)

and while we are on the topic . . .

One of our adopters sent us a link to this amazing website that addresses the link between what we feed our pets and the longevity and health of our pets. Dogtorj.com. That link is a must read. It breaks down how to read ingredients and explains how to understand the tricks manufacturers use to make you think the food is good quality. We even learned something new today, something called "the dilution factor". Oh how we love to have more tools to learn how to read food ingredients, this is a great website for any pet owner.

There is a section here that addresses seizures that is interesting. Because we've been home cooking for Brady and Eli, the puppies whom have been having psychomotor seizures, we've already successfully avoided the bad four ingredients suggested to prevent seizures. But it is great information!(thank you to Camp Cocker adopter Tom, for sending this to us!)

no "animal" protein, no how, no way!

Someone donated a box of dog treats to us at our last adoption event and we know they were well meaning, really, we do. It was a highly popular well known dog treat that lines the shelves of every major grocery store and pet store. We took one look at the ingredients and as soon as we saw the words "meat and bone meal" we shrieked. We don't want to gross you out here, but if you are curious to know what type of "animals" are in animal protein or anything that is labeled in a generic fashion such as "meat", you can google it. But be warned, it is going to give you an upset tummy thinking about it. Here is an excellent article written by veterinarian Dr. Belfield, DVM that addresses what "meat and bone meal" is actually derived from. Yucky, it gives us the creeps to think that pet owners everywhere are feeding this to their dogs and have no idea!

Thank you to whomever has been buying their flowers from our website!

We just received our first donation check today from Florist One for $39.58! Yaaay! Florist One gives us a 22% donation on every purchase you make through the link on our website so please help us out by spreading the word to shop at ShopForThePaws.com to help benefit Camp Cocker.

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a get out of jail card, a new home and a little more fame

Hey there good looking, how did you get in the mix?

Okay so remember how we walked through that shelter the other day and couldn't decide which cherry eye cockers to leave behind and we ended up taking them all? Well, we passed this sad looking cocker mix boy and he accidentally left the shelter with us . . . oops! We saw that face looking out at us and what could we do? He over powered us with his cuteness! His new name is now Crosby and he needs a nice home. Anyone looking to adopt a sweet boy with a freckle face?

Holiday weekend coming up and what a great time to adopt!

ADOPTIONS IN THE WORKS! Dixie is going to her new home in Rohnert Park, CA on Saturday. She never even made it to petfinder, her adopters saw her show up on our blog and wanted her and got their application in fast. Thank you to Camp Cocker volunteer, Kitri for doing their home safety check last weekend. We are currently figuring out if we are going to drive Dixie and meet halfway somewhere. Good thing we have all of the Starbucks stops memorized up and down the 5 freeway. Betty and Sam both have home safety checks pending, one in Gilroy, CA and the other in Pinole, CA. Thank you to Camp Cocker volunteers Monica and Chris for trying to schedule these before Saturday. If all goes well, we might be driving three lucky cockers up towards Northern California this Saturday. Cross your paws everyone!

Here's another treat for those of you in the Shaggy and Sampson Fan Club!

Celebrity Spaniels Strut their Stuff! Here is a nice article in the Los Altos Town Crier (a local newspaper in the home town of one of our adopters). Thank you to Darla and Mike for adopting Shaggy and Sampson and for talking up Camp Cocker Rescue! Shaggy and Sampson continue to win friends and influence people everywhere they go. What a pair of much loved doggies. If you keep double clicking on the article to the right it will get larger so you can read it easier. For those of you whom are new to the Shaggy and Sampson Fan Club, click here to read more about them and their story.