Oscar's Story - A Rescue Puppy

This is a video I made about my rescued puppy Oscar. He is an Airedale Terrier and is now 7 months old. This video also shows some facts about shelters and the dogs that live in them, and also goes into detail about the sort of life they are forced to live with no one to adopt them.

Please enjoy this! Oscar is such a great puppy!

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Song: So Small
Artist: Carrie Underwood

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New Lives ~ Joanne Wannan ~ Dr. Marty Becker

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Individual Contest
Win over $1,000.00 worth of prizes for you and your pet….plus I’ll donate 15% of the profits from my book sales to the animal shelter of your choice.

Hi My Name is Joanne Wannan , Bio
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I recently wrote a book called:

"NEW LIVES"
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"Stories of Rescued Dogs
Helping, Healing and Giving Hope".

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This Book tells of 18 dogs who were rescued from shelters and the streets, who are now performing miracles in animal therapy and as service dogs.

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The foreword is written by Dr. Marty Becker (Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul), and cover endorsements are from both the ASPCA and the Humane Society.
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"The compelling, real-life rescue stories contained within NEW LIVES will lift you up, make you laugh, make you cry....." Connie Wilson, Modern Dog


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While writing this book, my eyes were opened to how many truly amazing animal shelters and organizations are making a difference. I also discovered the negative affects this slow global economy has caused for these groups. The animal shelters/organizations who are hurting the most aren’t the large national groups.
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It’s the small local or shelters and organizations that are really struggling right now.
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Because of this, I have created a contest where people can tell their shelter story, and win valuable prizes. Not only that, but 2 lucky winners will each have 15% of the profits from the sale of NEW LIVES donated to the shelter or rescue of their choice.
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Details of the contest are available at:
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InspiringRescueStories.com

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>I am asking for your help in spreading the word about the contest - and in the process, about the plight of shelter dogs, via word of mouth, your newsletter and/or blog.
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Yours truly,
Joanne Wannan
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Abandoned Puppies Up For Adoption At Creek County Shelter

Note to adopters: Lassie, Cleo, Rin Tin Tin and Toto don't show up in rescue. We don't get the elegantly coiffed, classically beautiful, completely trained, perfectly behaved dog.

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We get the leftovers. Dogs that other people have incompetently bred, inadequately socialized, ineffectively "trained," and badly treated. Most Rescue dogs have had it. They've been pushed from one lousy situation to another.

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They've never had proper veterinary care, kind and consistent training, or sufficient company. They've lived outside, in a crate, or in the basement. They're scared, depressed and anxious.

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Some are angry. Some are sick. Some have given up.

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But we are Rescue and we don't give up. We never give up on a dog. We know that a dog is a living being, with a spirit and a heart and feelings. Our dogs are not commodities, things, or garbage. They are part of sacred creation and they deserve as much love and care and respect as the next Westminster champion.

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So please, please don't come to rescue in the hopes of getting a "bargain," or indeed of "getting" anything. Come to Rescue to give, to love, to save a life -- and to mend your own spirit. For Rescue will reward you in ways you never thought possible. I can promise you this -- a rescue dog will make you a better person.
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Carol Lawrence runs a shelter for abandoned animals at the end of Honeybear Lane in Kellyville, Oklahoma. Creek Pet Adoption is the new home of the three families of dogs.

You can see all of the animals Carol Lawrence has up for adoption at the shelter on its website.

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Dogs, Cancer and Arginine

Arginine and Fish Oil May Help
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Arginine and Fish Oil May Help Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
When the people at Hills Pet Nutrition went looking for a diet that would help dogs with cancer, they didn't know it would take ten years to come up with the formula.

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In the end, they found that two things make a significant difference in remission and survival time: arginine and fish oil. Details of the diet and the research behind it were published as a 13-page report in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society.
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The American Cancer Society reports show that dogs with cancer (lymphoblastic lymphoma in this case) have elevated levels of lactic acid and insulin in their blood. These abnormal elevations go along with wasting syndrome, decreased survival time, and decreased time to recurrence. By normalizing levels with arginine and fish oil, the researchers were able to reverse these trends, and significantly increase survival time. (Survival time for stage III was 700 days with the supplemented diet versus 400 for the regular diet; the time to recurrence for dogs with the supplemented diet was 425 days versus 275 days without supplements).
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Arginine does not always stop the growth of cancer. It can do the opposite.
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The reason that arginine can act differently, depending on the cancer, probably has to do with an enzyme known as arginase. If the cancer creates a lot of the enzyme, it appears that it will use arginine to promote growth by converting it to L-ornithine. If the cancer doesn't create much arginase, it probably converts arginine to nitric oxide instead. Nitric oxide is used by immune cells to fight cancer. Since cancer cells are not tested for arginase, it's impossible to tell what effect arginine will have on cell growth. For that reason, arginine's role at this time is limited to its potential use as an immune stimulant during traditional cancer treatment, along with fish oil.
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Source : Life Extensoin Magazine

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