tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40105127727782082552024-03-05T23:58:54.094+09:00Gundog rescue ClaireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger895125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-17176748904891627622022-05-22T08:15:00.002+09:002022-05-22T08:15:15.646+09:00Rescue Smile<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQxLNtKNRORm0EC1iGvNSrOwzCgRuGXaPCqFqoDyBvT2izu4Zen7lV_ca2zoVQnY5aP14o3TC6zAhyb5Z-m8Zf80zSZEVY9Qf2bYs9Z1JkmQBahBMhqSpfOsnAk1fUykSDhT_feWKbXCHxlhajCU9QGiSnYe3xvuCeQ_DqcyQ08ivMXWeJu4EoJWmuQ/s3255/DSC_0916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3255" data-original-width="3255" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQxLNtKNRORm0EC1iGvNSrOwzCgRuGXaPCqFqoDyBvT2izu4Zen7lV_ca2zoVQnY5aP14o3TC6zAhyb5Z-m8Zf80zSZEVY9Qf2bYs9Z1JkmQBahBMhqSpfOsnAk1fUykSDhT_feWKbXCHxlhajCU9QGiSnYe3xvuCeQ_DqcyQ08ivMXWeJu4EoJWmuQ/w640-h640/DSC_0916.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Grace is finally coming into her own, relaxing into the fun of two morning walkies, playing with toys, delicious kibble and free roam of the house. She's still very reactive to other dogs which can make walkies a little troublesome, but she's the sweetest girl, warm and playful, tender, teasing, cuddly, interacting with us all and bringing joy. All photos by Lelantos.<p></p><p>I'm wearing the Poetry Mitts designed by Ukrainian designer Anna Radchenko, you can find her on instagram @woollywood, and knit in lovely local Mythica Fibers colors, so special. You can find her on instagram @mythicafibers<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lcXf98guHCVAj4Dns7Zt1WXeOwGGPgoVCNpV_-2Ub7t0tBLq_6AYKinHaOTyOauFe_-d8XPmTK2VMPu50j_XNNU3fqAcN_SY2Wuh7ihMuUhq4w2kBUKwSKmMYurAe8uX1d5qmghORRLF5rFvL-POvujcEbnmRNvbwjgyzuh5Mv1t64OmyIzAGXuy-g/s3104/DSC_0919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3104" data-original-width="3104" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lcXf98guHCVAj4Dns7Zt1WXeOwGGPgoVCNpV_-2Ub7t0tBLq_6AYKinHaOTyOauFe_-d8XPmTK2VMPu50j_XNNU3fqAcN_SY2Wuh7ihMuUhq4w2kBUKwSKmMYurAe8uX1d5qmghORRLF5rFvL-POvujcEbnmRNvbwjgyzuh5Mv1t64OmyIzAGXuy-g/w640-h640/DSC_0919.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-48738679070410637062022-03-30T11:26:00.006+09:002022-03-30T11:26:54.332+09:00Grace<p> Our new family member has been with us four months now, so we took off to our favorite haunt in Nasu, Pension Olive, for a wee spring break. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLoJnwO2b7I5vr52yjgljW0xjxVkUwD9Odxh6rH45HYPePWiiDVu6cT775Mdxi_QAeZhlW288Bfz0dl-w0vqwBxqAz1C7Lmj_BnJF6dcvU2IRdCVOAGWeZtPKFpY3PR6P8WRAf5r0wJGOxZRsSB1zJj-qCYRyScaX1bD2_kmX4C8oHc0cQwe97pRkFw/s3264/DSC_0762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLoJnwO2b7I5vr52yjgljW0xjxVkUwD9Odxh6rH45HYPePWiiDVu6cT775Mdxi_QAeZhlW288Bfz0dl-w0vqwBxqAz1C7Lmj_BnJF6dcvU2IRdCVOAGWeZtPKFpY3PR6P8WRAf5r0wJGOxZRsSB1zJj-qCYRyScaX1bD2_kmX4C8oHc0cQwe97pRkFw/w640-h640/DSC_0762.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>She's a friendly wee girl, full of upbeat gutsy energy, always on the go, but at the same time warm and cuddly, sensitive to the point of overdrive at times, particularly when other dogs are involved.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RsEyECKScFeDj7SYI-poanvJ4M-GuCux35Uugnc8viDOuxq1i5u37up3KEKCn4GOwQRHiQ7kFdncuOU4qpFMUVlAwzIPuAY0Bjp8TZlgzC0jqY8OuUuxY9sGmt-NIx-NFFgip3Abr0Lh3bX2FS5gvEIdnwbLBWTBKerWQ3KpAXXf_Ngx2UU4CL2PWw/s3264/DSC_0757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RsEyECKScFeDj7SYI-poanvJ4M-GuCux35Uugnc8viDOuxq1i5u37up3KEKCn4GOwQRHiQ7kFdncuOU4qpFMUVlAwzIPuAY0Bjp8TZlgzC0jqY8OuUuxY9sGmt-NIx-NFFgip3Abr0Lh3bX2FS5gvEIdnwbLBWTBKerWQ3KpAXXf_Ngx2UU4CL2PWw/w640-h640/DSC_0757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Likes to play with you, very people friendly for a setter...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOlPywOj72jRa6YfaawIgBzAEV1swrmaLkn691cF_VMMTSZbxulf56Hqp2rBhZHmk1O6fCoK8UINXiv1vitfLytUpYutJfKDDh4_TJRYb3mVgWgIk0dvmWWS_cFUdag9qD-3X2lM9YcpdleMRy5rjdCEiinGcvp2cCKAJBDzqIxxSlBbuYnTJmijKMw/s2836/DSC_0741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="2836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOlPywOj72jRa6YfaawIgBzAEV1swrmaLkn691cF_VMMTSZbxulf56Hqp2rBhZHmk1O6fCoK8UINXiv1vitfLytUpYutJfKDDh4_TJRYb3mVgWgIk0dvmWWS_cFUdag9qD-3X2lM9YcpdleMRy5rjdCEiinGcvp2cCKAJBDzqIxxSlBbuYnTJmijKMw/w640-h640/DSC_0741.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A lovely addition to the family. We're working on the dog reactivity on walkies, a new issue for me, trying to keep calm and stay under trigger thresholds, which can be a bit of an issue in the metropolis, but she's getting there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfuKFRpc8HscX0MBOA0J2Vji-HjdYuZ4E9XR2YpBodTKAuI8OILPaEQeeonJipA_Y4WqnXEcUXniDEJOldWlY_49FXFBplrVpK2UeaHoq48s8rfbdJRWWP2ywjmtFTcVkzG940LKa1CAE4G0YBm9Nsj4MaOtnoAfNSZ3iLQtxqMTdXrlMzg9bjX3p5g/s3264/DSC_0700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfuKFRpc8HscX0MBOA0J2Vji-HjdYuZ4E9XR2YpBodTKAuI8OILPaEQeeonJipA_Y4WqnXEcUXniDEJOldWlY_49FXFBplrVpK2UeaHoq48s8rfbdJRWWP2ywjmtFTcVkzG940LKa1CAE4G0YBm9Nsj4MaOtnoAfNSZ3iLQtxqMTdXrlMzg9bjX3p5g/w640-h640/DSC_0700.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Nobu is delighted with the newcomer, and has perked up quite a bit...shaky hindlegs get an extra sprightly boost from a young companion being around...<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXDeHwnHHbTajhRhjJLOfxqLQYN2kOFsCCyxJox9Hlsh9mQucn2nW6CxsQpeavGCEgrpW9m7-IpYEp-WrmbeuMnXMQ_SI1acWubEAT-UBl_lZ1j3nSBNf5qFuXtkksZVw5ar9cOxCUX9o6P4Wlb_FKa4s-aW80VZcS6Arumf8BbVhUUvNX2gAlFt0lw/s2463/DSC_0733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="2463" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXDeHwnHHbTajhRhjJLOfxqLQYN2kOFsCCyxJox9Hlsh9mQucn2nW6CxsQpeavGCEgrpW9m7-IpYEp-WrmbeuMnXMQ_SI1acWubEAT-UBl_lZ1j3nSBNf5qFuXtkksZVw5ar9cOxCUX9o6P4Wlb_FKa4s-aW80VZcS6Arumf8BbVhUUvNX2gAlFt0lw/w640-h640/DSC_0733.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-78376231133324427762021-09-21T18:17:00.004+09:002021-09-22T01:13:13.082+09:00A walk? in the park<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTx9qTpOTg5ZXW3yxyXUkgm45XSY2JB4EUQLC9G03LZBLFylp29PigI4E9U0Ltm489QkabxLzpOuV9V0vqICgVpKVQxJpIpqTfhc5LK1mBmD40wxXwkhJl5eKY6yZMn93x8oCk73eo4YR/s2048/DSC_0219.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTx9qTpOTg5ZXW3yxyXUkgm45XSY2JB4EUQLC9G03LZBLFylp29PigI4E9U0Ltm489QkabxLzpOuV9V0vqICgVpKVQxJpIpqTfhc5LK1mBmD40wxXwkhJl5eKY6yZMn93x8oCk73eo4YR/w640-h424/DSC_0219.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> What with the pandemic and Nobu getting on we've been going on far shorter walkies, so we all jumped in the car and headed off to our largest local park (a couple of years ago now it would have been a regular morning walkies, but lately Nobu is rarely in the mood to walk that far). Imagine my surprise when he walked a couple of hundred yards and plopped down on the grass to enjoy the woody scents and the mild autumn air, leaving me to coax and wheedle him on to no avail. No wonder I can't lose those extra pandemic kilos...but he's loving being the only pampered pooch in the household, now that Claire, Luna and Sherlock have crossed the rainbow bridge, so it's all good. <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-25264685101263617562021-09-08T08:33:00.001+09:002021-09-08T08:33:08.895+09:00Spa Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHu2I847yxxhWP09JM1C1kOb3orSUr1X6o0dYEMgdZWy-AIdYJoIQAqRdMm-09FGuy-_R-UnMwEXfjHKCV9I6mxVhCVq_0eKv7jl80nqADzjusZsuQh3n-U1mkTvEUDKMEmJuI8rrxNotc/s2508/DSC_1329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHu2I847yxxhWP09JM1C1kOb3orSUr1X6o0dYEMgdZWy-AIdYJoIQAqRdMm-09FGuy-_R-UnMwEXfjHKCV9I6mxVhCVq_0eKv7jl80nqADzjusZsuQh3n-U1mkTvEUDKMEmJuI8rrxNotc/w320-h640/DSC_1329.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyN-alXMmpCvpW0TP_4WDTBcg_WR-JzFZYfg7Q1t8leh4e3n5qMdY-t6mJr_vpe_z1KzmqnL9ol6dZZ-XZaXqkjEUT6sb8-OHa8-RTS6_dWbr3Houka8G0I3KDUn97gXu2mPPYY64YpJo/s2508/DSC_1328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyN-alXMmpCvpW0TP_4WDTBcg_WR-JzFZYfg7Q1t8leh4e3n5qMdY-t6mJr_vpe_z1KzmqnL9ol6dZZ-XZaXqkjEUT6sb8-OHa8-RTS6_dWbr3Houka8G0I3KDUn97gXu2mPPYY64YpJo/w320-h640/DSC_1328.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-17911736762024754282021-09-05T10:50:00.002+09:002021-09-22T01:15:32.278+09:00Portrait of a Senior Setter <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgB19q230ltq2VAoiWZCuzHamOFdQKu_RVWSAD8JHfKX1rlPDn0iNRwhZgWteVqDPnLj5tqlzPhsuLXCzwrQCkY3RrTmsPRuHhyphenhyphenq9-KLiB3SFlWcCSgGxoHZ5fXepPieUMpnAh-B2WWKVZ/s2048/DSC_0159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgB19q230ltq2VAoiWZCuzHamOFdQKu_RVWSAD8JHfKX1rlPDn0iNRwhZgWteVqDPnLj5tqlzPhsuLXCzwrQCkY3RrTmsPRuHhyphenhyphenq9-KLiB3SFlWcCSgGxoHZ5fXepPieUMpnAh-B2WWKVZ/w640-h640/DSC_0159.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0d5A39H-mS5YxRPozgChSsxs-lH_CJXGOicjkFSHxrZK-xe2xE4owlCToRqqC845_GzDN-v1FqIpQ9dKjrsrPGnbZCz4zKa9G_5p4Si0RukBr_RavW19E1FlOkrMCmTCeJ7zO8XJxWcv/s2048/DSC_0158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0d5A39H-mS5YxRPozgChSsxs-lH_CJXGOicjkFSHxrZK-xe2xE4owlCToRqqC845_GzDN-v1FqIpQ9dKjrsrPGnbZCz4zKa9G_5p4Si0RukBr_RavW19E1FlOkrMCmTCeJ7zO8XJxWcv/w424-h640/DSC_0158.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-FP73gFfl7UGW-rsJSICulHQQHlQFON3Ntv0pMqK3855spwsaev-uSuGtjSYMoxUgcUSKHCalZ5cuFwf74YY9k-nLmnGCWV-c70kECR5QnheExYHDjZANBYUe-8DYas6imMzc0prqQve/s2048/DSC_0155.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-FP73gFfl7UGW-rsJSICulHQQHlQFON3Ntv0pMqK3855spwsaev-uSuGtjSYMoxUgcUSKHCalZ5cuFwf74YY9k-nLmnGCWV-c70kECR5QnheExYHDjZANBYUe-8DYas6imMzc0prqQve/w640-h640/DSC_0155.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Nobu has been with almost a full ten years now, and enjoys a leisurely sniffari for his morning walkies. When he first came, the shelter vet guessed his age at 3-4 years old, and he was boisterous and playful, fun-loving and powerful. After ten years with us, there's no denying he's getting on as far as big dogs go, but he loves the slow pace of us oldies as we go about our day, and we all get along famously.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-62369749784325136552021-08-27T18:46:00.001+09:002021-08-27T18:50:04.201+09:00End of Summer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDf9yGOsknPi8oGY6KqAOowKIm4IU0ZpQHdtlYCqBf_zewAyMtahW9iAf4u2n4TeUFJcuCvsOcEGvMXSLbf2iwUj3P3vL9igTPMtJ-rWWPDoYKvwbkTS4zba2jYRDG395kqIZkIHqb7wC/s2048/DSC_0122.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDf9yGOsknPi8oGY6KqAOowKIm4IU0ZpQHdtlYCqBf_zewAyMtahW9iAf4u2n4TeUFJcuCvsOcEGvMXSLbf2iwUj3P3vL9igTPMtJ-rWWPDoYKvwbkTS4zba2jYRDG395kqIZkIHqb7wC/w400-h400/DSC_0122.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5SWxCQFPdTUWnfaflCI6VZkUUSeOdm2uxcONMBVpiMin1dIjNo1AqeuHe2ZAyJK8lbWSdajQAPtQ7j3IsPhjXf7ag6q9KQpoN8Jp3IA5P4RGOFT7ZCe5EzFnZutjvvv0s8WsS5cmBWQI/s2048/DSC_0121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5SWxCQFPdTUWnfaflCI6VZkUUSeOdm2uxcONMBVpiMin1dIjNo1AqeuHe2ZAyJK8lbWSdajQAPtQ7j3IsPhjXf7ag6q9KQpoN8Jp3IA5P4RGOFT7ZCe5EzFnZutjvvv0s8WsS5cmBWQI/w640-h424/DSC_0121.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b>This is Nobu chilling drowsily on the cool parquet in the air-conditioned sitting room, now our only furbaby since Sherlock passed...He's getting on at almost ten full years with us, and has lumps and bumps, but otherwise healthy and enjoys the peace and quiet of the home and getting to choose where to go on walkies to match his energy levels. Sometimes he'll just come out and chill on the road while i sweep the leaves...</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b>I haven't really been able to blog as Sherlock passed, so sad...but with Sherlock I could really feel his satisfaction in life, the healing of all pain, the warm love...he couldn't be cremated immediately as the crematorium only takes one big dog a day, so we had to wait for three days. That was perfect, his little body was packed on ice which I changed regularly, and he had a huge amount of flowers, I had to borrow the neighbor's vase we had so many. And he loved it, and you could feel it. Of all my furbabies, I could feel the release and joy and gratitude most...no regrets, no wishes, no what ifs, just complete happiness in the way things were. A lovely wee soul. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWR84zK04FWzj5_pJo71aA-HuxsdHJaw9en19NMs7e_1B-ndJWn9QFiKdVFXcAjTlyBkcsInqETlY4Jb2AErzSlM48q1ltqy6guROY6c7cnztZ9lrZxXmlGYLhkd_xyTXk_venchIGoVQx/s3320/IMG_20210220_153009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3320" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWR84zK04FWzj5_pJo71aA-HuxsdHJaw9en19NMs7e_1B-ndJWn9QFiKdVFXcAjTlyBkcsInqETlY4Jb2AErzSlM48q1ltqy6guROY6c7cnztZ9lrZxXmlGYLhkd_xyTXk_venchIGoVQx/w370-h640/IMG_20210220_153009.jpg" width="370" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw3tKoODYq2YMZtRSSwRRmriLHoo2LL-iUbVXbRiZ25u_SR29Vsixn-kBBo1-wL0yjwsgwCXSmHSOC08_6Vc4Uj8J7i-fwG_RthZAOZqN3OSuzI7wB-Cvv5nZwQR0ZbQGPE56B6d-69D1/s3292/IMG_20210217_104952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="3292" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw3tKoODYq2YMZtRSSwRRmriLHoo2LL-iUbVXbRiZ25u_SR29Vsixn-kBBo1-wL0yjwsgwCXSmHSOC08_6Vc4Uj8J7i-fwG_RthZAOZqN3OSuzI7wB-Cvv5nZwQR0ZbQGPE56B6d-69D1/w640-h374/IMG_20210217_104952.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b>The knit is the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dive-in-mkal" target="_blank">Dive In MKAL</a> cowl by Susan Ashcroft, a lovely pattern the designer generously gifted me so I could join in. It does look great on Nobu, but i think it will be worn by humans after all...</b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-32219877129583665642021-02-11T13:28:00.006+09:002021-02-11T13:28:53.647+09:00Camping at the foot of the bridge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhch3MS6YmyyhcCU8KUD6_OK-YHwslayZ1NaSO4Tmaeg2W11D_vif7fS_xwFc24NGtl8X5HCH7oNX-zsYslErdB8EstCRL8oKhSKpU5KObXLfahUj3p_K20or-qgfXL8vi45hWA19TNTeRt/s2048/DSC_0610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhch3MS6YmyyhcCU8KUD6_OK-YHwslayZ1NaSO4Tmaeg2W11D_vif7fS_xwFc24NGtl8X5HCH7oNX-zsYslErdB8EstCRL8oKhSKpU5KObXLfahUj3p_K20or-qgfXL8vi45hWA19TNTeRt/w640-h424/DSC_0610.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Sherlock has stopped eating these past four or five days...and is slowly getting smaller and smaller in preparation for the final journey. Like a baby, there's a lot of messy stuff going on, with oozing puss and fluids, bursting final poopies, and aching bones as we lift him out to the garden for his peewees, which he likes to go about five or so times a day, even if there are only drops...i pop him down on the newly sprouting grass, and prop his feet into a standing position, and he wobbles a bit to get his balance, takes a few steps, and then comes to a stop, and after a peewees, stands there wondering if i can catch him before he collapses...Like a mummy, I grow into the new tasks of feeding water with a dropper, or a teacup when he can lift his head a little, of patting round oozing sores with wet wipes and creams, gently murmuring words of encouragement and soothing nothings to show him we love him.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>It's weird how time seems to collapse, already dreamlike with the pandemic, it disappears into a dull sense of waiting, and a peaceful satisfaction of having the daily noises going on around, the chirping of the birds, Nobu thumping and whumping, leaping on to the sofa with much gusto, and the clatter of the dishes in the kitchen...not going just yet, mummy, let me get on with being here. And he is so cute, in all the messiness of encroaching death, he's so adorable and sweet, the soul shines through the not so ephemeral body, and he is beautiful. And tough, and used to pain and patience, and toughing it out: I wish it would all go fast, but like birth, it takes its time, slowly, but surely. So we're still camping on the edge of the bridge. <br /></b></span> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-45143012378647200852020-10-02T20:26:00.003+09:002020-10-02T20:26:42.966+09:00Bliss<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcthPQhw1G6gVHy6FJGnejEGEAgz84XCNx0P5GoQUcpG3ohU_vq9Qz1lpKHcSSfVZqwZjOGBfnapLvWnSa1o15S1ZTauciBte2o5x90hJzSqyPoQK2pc52VUNTMwINMW8rhz8ZHXN6dhW/s1706/1601637873065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcthPQhw1G6gVHy6FJGnejEGEAgz84XCNx0P5GoQUcpG3ohU_vq9Qz1lpKHcSSfVZqwZjOGBfnapLvWnSa1o15S1ZTauciBte2o5x90hJzSqyPoQK2pc52VUNTMwINMW8rhz8ZHXN6dhW/w360-h640/1601637873065.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-73578267811271847232020-09-03T15:12:00.002+09:002020-09-03T15:19:18.366+09:00Joyful<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTUuSiykss7y9Ea3EEyWJSFi8bEHT0iQTfDkftgiNdF-BGII6W7S05jUiweFbPS2hieHL_0ieYD1ohyhvsbVpdHFMdBfd5Pnsuif016IRzIUkhmgJ5S4UXyfoPxTgmkg00MpIDCsdoaO8/s2048/IMG_20200903_150422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1395" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTUuSiykss7y9Ea3EEyWJSFi8bEHT0iQTfDkftgiNdF-BGII6W7S05jUiweFbPS2hieHL_0ieYD1ohyhvsbVpdHFMdBfd5Pnsuif016IRzIUkhmgJ5S4UXyfoPxTgmkg00MpIDCsdoaO8/w533-h781/IMG_20200903_150422.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b>Here I am, making the sofa my castle. Mum was so good as to hoover, change the towels and straighten things out, so I had a perfect blank canvas to begin digging and arranging things just the way I want. I take care to drag up the towels so I can sit on the gobelin fabric, and then drop the backrest so I can climb on top and throne there. Three spots available, so they all have to be redone, the left and right wings of the stately manor, if you have it. 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The meds are working, a daily dose of antibiotics and steroids, wee Sherlock is drinking like a fish and peeing copiously and continuously, flushing out poisons and getting back to his happy usual self.<br />
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He's wearing a t-shirt hand-me-down that grandma saved for the grandkids, but Sherlock needs it right now, and it fits perfectly, so who could say no. Lovely soft cotton, and lovely soft blankets, air-conditioning when it's hot and the best tidbits for me, he says. The leakage from the ulcerating tumor (aka fungating wounds) is slowly abating, two or three changes of t-shirt a day suffice. Sherlock teaches us grace in face of death. I know they say Cerberus guards the gates of Hades, and it is always seen as such a scary thing, but Sherlock shows me that passing is full of angel light and goodness, and the underworld is nothing to fear, but that every moment together is precious, radiant with love and joy. So be it.<br />
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Photos by LelantosUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-52113720201373224362020-07-30T19:58:00.002+09:002020-07-30T19:58:39.167+09:00Some Days are just...Yesterday was one of those days...Sherlock has been the star of the blog for a while, relaxing in all his beauty, but a couple of days ago he seemed a little off color and wasn't eating. I didn't think much of it, it's been such damp miserable weather and walkies are short and limited so you don't really work up an appetite, and I was kind of distracted by the mammoth task of getting my courses online and now finally writing the final exams, answer-sheets and instructions...so what should happen, but Sherlock refuses food and walkies for the second day running, and then fell off the sofa and couldn't walk, shivering and peeing in a panic...and so naturally I got quite worried and decided to take him to the vet on Wednesday morning, although the exams were in the early afternoon to evening.<br />
Just as I'm getting the car organized, the growth on his chest burst open leaking blood and fluids, and he can't walk...so I have to carry him to the car, the wee fat thing, heavy beyond description, having spread pottie pads everywhere. Nobu refused to join us, which in some ways was a good thing, so he stayed home to watch the house.<br />
Turns out Sherlock was running a high fever...my beloved vet helped carry him in and worked to massage out a lot of the gunk, and then they asked me to please wait in the car (COVID procedures) while they took Xrays and whatnot and gave him fluids and a shot of steroids and antibiotics and more whatnot. The poor wee pup is in the final stages of a metastatized cancer, we knew it was coming, but he is so cheerful and jubilant, spreading love and sunshine and happy smiles every day, he just never let you feel it until now. I'm not into all the life-prolonging stuff, right now my priority is to get a load of used soft cotton t-shirts and keep changing them when they get soiled, and helping him enjoy the best tidbits, and massages, and family space. i have a battery of meds to support the process, steroids and antibiotics, painkillers, and fortunately some delicious tins of wet cat food have tempted him to eat today. He's able to pop off and pee in the garden at will, so life is kind of back to normal, only of course his regimen of morning walkies has ground to a halt under the circumstances. Every day is special, some days are just...full of tears and sadness, i guess.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-14296392899916101332020-06-27T09:04:00.003+09:002020-07-13T19:57:28.804+09:00Happy Setter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photo by LelantosUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-85105660127278243252020-05-11T08:13:00.004+09:002020-05-11T09:26:44.748+09:00Mother's Day Pupdate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Nobu had his annual summer trimming session at the inimitable <a href="http://inuya.ne.jp/" target="_blank">Inuya</a>. The gifted owner trained in the US so he knows his stuff with regard to setters, and is such a dog lover he's very reasonable. Nobu loves the jacuzzi! </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Meanwhile life goes on in lockdown with masks and avoiding everything along with some hospital stuff inbetween. Fortunately we are blessed, if things seem fragile, precarious and transient. Yea though I walk in death's dark vale...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>By the time the parks open and we're allowed to go to the beaches it may be too hot...today is already summer temperatures. This is a wee jaunt in our local park, which the friendly neighborhood seniors keep abundant with flowers throughout the year. Take care everyone, stay safe and stay well.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>We've had a couple of days of freezing weather and continuous rain, so today i'll be busy washing towels and the pile up of clothes, but i definitely want to pop out to the park cherry blossoms with the dogs today. Sherlock hates the rain, hates getting his feet wet, hardly wants to go out to pee, so he has to be coaxed with treats and lavished with praise. He prefers to wait it out, only of course that's impossible when it rains all day, funny wee guy. At any rate neither pup wants to go walkies, you can tell the mood from the morning, it's like, what? walkies are off, of course, don't make me, mum. I'm fast asleep, look at me resigned to sleeping on the sofa all day...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sherlock's wearing my new mosaic scarf designed by <a href="https://www.craftarella.eu/" target="_blank">Arella Seaton</a>, an Estonian knitwear designer now in the UK. It's a testknit, so the pattern should be coming soon. It's called Loojangulinnud, and there are lovely birds in the pattern. The gorgeous colors are courtesy of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chappy.yarn" target="_blank">Chappy Yarn</a> : she's a wonderful Japanese indie dyer living in Hongkong, and these are her new 2020 semisolid colorways. Huntsman, Kawasemi, Meteor Shower, Ink blue, among others...</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Now to fry up some cabbage and chicken for a doggie breakfast, they need something gentle on the stomach with all this damp cold weather. Be aware that some rescued setters have delicate stomachs and intestines...with two dogs that means wake you four times in the night as each in turn feels the need to pee...and again...and you get ready for breakfast by washing out the vomit on the blanket in one of the cages and wiping down the surfaces, before you can change the water, and make up a breakfast dish...and then pop into the garden to scoop up goopie poop in the wet grass...part and parcel, as it were, not that in any way this diminishes the love, and the joy of having the furbabies in your life. Setters rule supreme in my book.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Mummy likes to read when she stays home, and fortunately there's a great <a href="https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/p/wag-science-of-making-your-dog-happy.html" target="_blank">new book</a> out by a fellow dog and companion animal blogger, Dr. <a href="https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/p/about-zazie-todd-and-companion-animal.html" target="_blank">Zazie Todd</a>. I have been enjoying her blog, <a href="https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/" target="_blank">Companion Animal Psychology</a> for many years now, because it helps you keep up to date on the latest scientifically researched understandings of dogs and helps me think how it applies to my own experience with rescued setters. I'm glad I got <a href="https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/p/wag-science-of-making-your-dog-happy.html" target="_blank">Wag</a> to enjoy during the covid pandemic, as the university classes have been bumped another two weeks. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>She has chapters separated by topics related to the whole spectrum of a dog's life, each time offering clear facts and relevant data to help you understand what science tells us about what dogs need, experience and want. Food for thought and a font of wisdom, so refreshing in these times. Way to go, Zazie!</b></span><br />
<b style="color: #0b5394;">With my beloved Nobunaga an ageing boy, I'm particularly interested in the chapter "Seniors and dog with special needs".</b><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For sure Nobu doesn't go on such long walks because he stumbles and his bones ache, and he knows if he goes too far afield I can't carry him home, so in his wisdom he makes loops around the house, doing a longer loop or a couple of shorter loops if he has the stamina, or just one short loop if he doesn't feel up to it. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And he still likes to play, with a shorter attention span and less bumptious enthusiasm...but a wee chew on some cherry twigs is a great game, Mum, thanks. Staying home is just right for Nobunaga and us as a family, with Sherlock getting an extra walkies in the morning just for himself. Stay at home, knit, read, cook (ooh yes mum, more of those chicken cartilage and cabbage stir-fries) and play with your setter babies, all will be well. Blessings be.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Thank you all for the kind donations to CACI! The debts are paid, but please remember, while <a href="https://gundogrescueclaire.blogspot.com/2020/02/translation-of-gundog-rescue-cacis.html" target="_blank">crowdfunding</a> makes a bang, they take almost 20% of the funds for themselves. Please donate directly in future for a 100% in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cacidog/" target="_blank">CACI</a> hands! And rescuing setters carries on apace, so please consider making a regular monthly donation, either at Sanbansenoinutachikikin, Yuucho Ginko Japan Post 10540-85757001, or Mitsui Sumitomo Bank 254-2050095, details in Japanese below. </b></span><br />
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<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"> <b><span style="color: #000099;">口座名:三番瀬の犬達基金</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left" colspan="2"> <b><span style="color: #000099;">支店名:亀戸支店(店番:254)</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">Meanwhile if you"re anxious with Covid-19 and since we're exercising social distance, it's a great time to knit my <a href="https://gundogrescueclaire.blogspot.com/2018/09/birddog-hunting-mitts-published.html" target="_blank">free birddog hunting mitts </a>knitting pattern. Join <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/" target="_blank">Ravelry</a>, it's free, and <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/birddog-hunting-mitts" target="_blank">download the pattern </a>in Japanese or English! Happy knitting and happy social distancing.</span></b><br />
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I was just finishing up the translation of the Crowdfunding Campaign for the birddog rescue that saved my furbabies, Gundog Rescue CACI. Read about it in my previous post <a href="https://gundogrescueclaire.blogspot.com/2020/02/translation-of-gundog-rescue-cacis.html" target="_blank">here. </a><br />
There seems to be some misconception about birddogs not being good pets...well, I know they fall in the most underrated dog breed category, but really...Golden retrievers are also birddogs, and nobody thinks they don't make good family pets.<br />
English setters have a lovely mild temperament, laid back and mellow in the home. Most times my furbabies are snoozing on the couch, enjoying the background noise of their beloved human family pottering around the house, or lounging in the kitchen hoping for a taste of whatever whoever decides to snack on during the day. This is not to say that they counter surf, or beg insistently for scraps during meals, on the contrary, having been trained not to, they are well-mannered and quiet, taking their own meals in their own fixed spot. ( I do feed them first so they're not hungry when we eat meals.)<br />
Historically setters would work in a team of dogs, going ahead and finding the bird and holding it in place. When the hunter gave the word, a spaniel would flush the bird for the hunter to shoot, and then the golden retriever would go and get it, to bring it back to the hunter. All bird dogs have soft mouths to carry game carefully without breaking it: as in being careful to preserve the roundness of your roast chicken on the center of the Sunday lunch table. This means setters as a breed(unlike terriers, who will bite swiftly to kill) are people and dog friendly, and do not bite to harm or draw blood, but have very gentle mouths, so they are wonderful and safe around children. Not that you shouldn't supervise all dogs around children, because kids are scary incomprehensible alien beings, but basically, my dogs love their wee people, suffer them well and ignore them as best they can.<br />
My two are getting old, so they no longer need those long wonderful walks in the parks, and will lead the way home lately when I myself feel I want a longer meander. But during their lives with us, I have never felt they were frustrated at not getting enough exercise or needed a more exciting life: training, walks, going on outings, dog parks, dog cafes, meeting people, sniffing freely, as long as there is interest and companionship, my dogs seem to enjoy life. I wouldn't want a different breed, and I love my two <br />
setters, quirks and all. Hip hip hooray for the English Setter!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010512772778208255.post-51375961092268598552020-02-18T20:21:00.003+09:002020-02-29T15:19:36.728+09:00CACI Crowdfunding project page translation<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0mm; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Translation of Gundog Rescue CACI's Crowdfunding Mission Statement</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Original Japanese at </span><a href="https://readyfor.jp/projects/GUNDOG-RESCUE" style="background-color: transparent;">https://readyfor.jp/projects/GUNDOG-RESCUE</a></div>
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Please think about donating to this wonderful birddog rescue:</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Let’s talk about bird dogs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Bred
to find and flush birds in the wild, these beautiful hunting dogs are also
known as gundogs, named after the weapon hunters carry. There are different types
of birddogs aka gundogs depending on their separate tasks hunting in the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Setters
are named after the way they crouch down or “set” as they let the hunter know
they’ve found a bird.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Pointers
will literally point in the direction of game with their bent front paw.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Birddogs
are working dogs, partnering with hunters to find and shoot game. Yet so many of
these intelligent creatures are brought to the pound with excuses like: he’s
too old to hunt now; she’s useless, she’s injured; he wasn’t birdy enough; I
can’t afford the upkeep until the next bird hunting season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Many of the
dogs have not been properly trained and get lost when they are let loose in the
field and expected to perform based on breed-specific expectations. Most haven’t
been micro-chipped, so owners can’t be contacted once they end up in the pound.
If they don’t come to look for their dog, the gundogs end up being put down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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companions waiting to be picked up by their owners…<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Japanese
birddogs have little socialization as puppies and are often shy of strangers. Once
they get lost, this makes them hard to find and rescue. Even when they are
finally found, some are so weak and malnourished they can’t be saved. The irony
is that gundogs are by nature faithful and bond strongly with their owners: a
well-trained birddog will heed owner commands perfectly in the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Gundog Rescue
CACI is one of only a few birddog specific rescues in Japan, partly due to the
image of hunting dogs as being hard to train as household pets. Our mission is
to rescue and rehome these intelligent and beautiful dogs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The
hunting season starts in November. There’s an immediate surge in the number of
lost or abandoned dogs deemed “unfit” for the field. A few irresponsible hunters
are making a bad name for the sport, and responsible hunters in Japan are aghast
at the fate of these faithful companions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last year we were just able to
keep the rescue afloat with the profits from the calendar and the sale of charity
goods along with individual contributions. This year we have our backs to the
wall with debts of over US$50,000: we need to find a way to keep the rescue
running. So we have set up this project, with the hope in our hearts that we will
be able to keep on saving birddogs, one beautiful life at a time. And that our
work will help break this seasonal flood of gundog abandonment and make waves
of change in birddog lives- we need your help!</span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Update
February 5<sup>th</sup> 2020: Thanks to your overwhelming response from the get
go, we have been able to reach our second goal. It’s not over yet! We still need
and welcome your support. You are making such a difference, warming hearts and
minds and making this rescue mission possible. Thank you so much!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">We
have set the next goal at 10million Japanese yen (approximately US$90,000). The
funds you are donating will be used as indicated below:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">CACI Shelter: repair and maintenance of ageing facilities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Purchase and repair of large size dog crates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Fixing the shelter doors - some newly rescued pups panic and
things can get broken as they try to escape. Right now we are using multiple
layers of plastic sheeting over the doors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Funds for emergency and routine veterinary care (as the hunting
season ends soon, a huge influx of often sick, injured or ageing birddogs mean vet
bills stack up rapidly)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">For more details and photos of
how your money will be used, click<a href="https://readyfor.jp/projects/GUNDOG-RESCUE/announcements/123157" target="_blank"> here (Japanese only)</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">Help CACI help birddogs here in Japan: we need your support! Your
generous donations are making such a difference. Please join in this wave of
love.</span><br />
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abandoned by the owner they trusted</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Thank you for reading our crowdfunding page.
I’m the Gundog Rescue CACI CEO, Rie Kaneko. Our birddog rescue is located in
Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. CACI keeps the rescued pointers
and setters in a safe shelter during the vetting and retraining process while
they are being matched with forever families and a loving home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">The story of our rescue began with my stepping
in to help pups from a hoarding situation in Sanbanse in Ichikawa City. In 1993
I set up a volunteer dog rescue organization named Companion Animal Club
Ichikawa (CACI for short). At that time we weren’t breed specific, but during
my work in our local area I came across a particularly dire and prevalent issue…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">I realized the numbers of abandoned birddogs landing
in the pound in Chiba Prefecture were far higher than anywhere else in Japan.
Birddogs were misguidedly believed to be unsuitable as household pets, so there
were hardly any breed-specific rescues and their fate was sealed. Soon after
being abandoned they were being put down in the pound. I watched this tragedy unfold
so many times before my eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK17yETqjjo" target="_blank">Video: a birddog stray adopted by a hunter for half a year being brought to the pound because he allegedly bit someone. Dogs brought in individually are put down the following day. Maybe the true owners were still looking for him. The trusting dog is wagging his tail in blissful ignorance of his fate.</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Faced with this brutal reality, the idea came
to me to prioritize saving these unlucky dogs with a lower chance of surviving death
in the pound, and above all to somehow stop bird dogs being treated like
disposable objects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Without raising awareness in society, without talking
about training and ownership responsibility, nothing was going to change. So we
switched course to become a breed-specific birddog rescue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In 2008 we reinvented ourselves, and Gundog
Rescue CACI came into being. To date I’ve been involved in canine rescue for about
30 years of my life, and right now I’m working with our team of about 40
volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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shelter, one with a volunteer foster and 5 placed with partner rescue organizations)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">We do our best to comply with special requests for rescue
in collaboration with the authorities, even if the dog is not a gundog.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">▶</span><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">︎Grand total of rescued dogs</span><span style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "ms pゴシック"; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">1,090 (Some of the pups crossed the rainbow bridge in our
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">By nature, birddogs are warm, people friendly
creatures who like to be spoiled. In cultures where dogs live as companion
animals together with their human families, they have lots of opportunities for
healthy socialization and learning good canine citizen manners. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">However, in Japan most birddogs live a life
in outside cages, separated from the home environment. They often lack proper socialization,
may have developed compulsive alarm barking issues, and have often not been
trained to walk politely on a leash. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">These
are dogs that have been bred to hunt, and the hunting instinct stays with them
all their lives. But the good news is that a well-organized training program
can help these intelligent animals with the ability to react quickly to the
slightest movement and the savvy to navigate mountainous terrain to become great
household pets. </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0mm;"><b>Retraining</b></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0mm;">Our task is to help the dog widen its focus from one
single hunter to embrace family members and become a good canine citizen. Sadly
since birddogs need ample and regular exercise, not so many families step up to
take them in. But although it’s no mean feat, our positive reinforcement training
results show that a birddog can indeed rehabilitate as a warm furry beloved family
friend.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Retraining in Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">The most important thing about retraining a
rescued birddog is to nurture effective communication. The stronger the hunting
instinct, the more important it is to get the dog to calm down and work with
its human. Once a pattern of awareness and interaction has been established,
things can get going.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">First up, gundogs need to be crate trained
and toilet trained (to use potty pads). They learn basic manners like “sit”, “wait”
and “down”, how to walk politely on a leash, and how to “heel”. Encouraging the
dog to repeat positive behavior and reinforcing with rewards such as treats, we
slowly but surely build up good canine habits.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; padding: 0mm;">Vetting Fees</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unfortunately, almost none of the rescued
birddogs are in good health when they come in to the CACI program. Often they
are heartworm positive, malnourished and emaciated, with matted fur or hair
loss. Bitches often have mammary tumors or are suffering from pyometra (a life-threatening
womb infection). It breaks your heart to see them in such a sorry state.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">The first step to rehabilitation is to have a
thorough vet examination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; padding: 0mm;">Vetting fees pile up as the dogs need not
only spaying or neutering, vaccinations and heart worm meds. Some dogs have a
pre-existing condition and need regular meds, or are injured and need urgent surgery.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The <i>average</i> cost of rescuing one birddog
is JPY150,000, approximately US$1350. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We simply cannot ask adopting families to pay
this amount. We’d be out of families looking to take on a rescue in no time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our motto is to find happiness for birddogs
in all stages of life and health. When the dogs find their forever family, we
ask the new family to pay basic vetting fees and spay/neuter costs up front. The remaining rescue costs are covered by CACI funds. As already mentioned, rescue vetting fees rack up fast and it
can feel like you’re chasing a moving target. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">End of the Road? Financial Straits.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The annual operating expenses of CACI
Gundog Rescue are approximately 9 million Japanese yen, or just over US$80,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Monthly breakdown:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fixed costs: Shelter Rent JPY300,000/US$2700;
Water rates JPY20,000/US$180; Electricity Utilities JPY40,000/US$360; Kibble
JPY90,000/US$800; Training JPY80,000/US$700<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Monthly Total Fixed costs:
JPY530,000/US$4800 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Variable costs: Vetting Fees JPY150,000/US$1350;
Extras (transport costs, potty pads, bleach, towels, blankets, waste disposal
etc.) JPY70,000/US$600 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Monthly Total Variable costs:
JPY220,000/US$2000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Monthly Total Operating Costs: JPY750,000/US$6800<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To date we have been funding the rescue
based on sales of the calendar, Tshirts and individual donations. However the escalating
variables together with the rise in rent due to the consumption tax hike meant
we kept getting further and further behind. As CEO I kept adding personal funds
to keep us afloat, but this is unsustainable longterm. We’ve been forced to cut
back on the number of dogs we can rescue to try and make funds meet.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">That’s
where you come in: join in the crowdfunding and help us save more of these unique
and precious animals. Your donation will give a birddog a new lease on life,
and help us to continue to help them find a loving forever family! Your funds make a difference
every step of their new path, from a warm shelter and nourishing kibble to expert
vetting and training. Please give generously and open your heart to birddog love!</span></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reaching our first goal: 2million JPyen/US$18,500
dollars<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hunting is seasonal-Birddog rescue is
ongoing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">By law, the Japanese hunting season runs
from November 15<sup>th</sup> through to February 15<sup>th</sup> (depending on
the area it can run longer, from mid-October to mid-March). Each year at the
end of the season the rate of birddog abandonment rises. It’s an ongoing
problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We continue to rescue these dogs even though
we have debts of 1.8millionJPY/US$16600. The monthly financial reports are
available in Japanese at the CACI homepage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; padding: 0mm;">▼Monthly
Financial Report</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Under current circumstances we not only
have difficulty running the shelter, but we will be forced to give up taking in
new rescues come February. If we manage to reach this goal, we will be enabled
to move forward taking rescued gundogs into our care.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Reaching our second goal: 6million JPY/US$55,500
dollars</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Even after paying 2millionJPY/ US$18,500 in
vetting fees from the sales of our 2020 calendar, we are still behind. With
these funds we can settle our vetting debts of 3.8millionJPY/US$35,000, incurred
by rescuing birddogs needing complex surgery or with unexpected urgent care
issues. We can also begin to fix up the ageing shelter facilities. Every cent
counts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We can begin to upgrade the rescue environment
for efficiency and ease of use. Help us to help give these birddogs a bright
future.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>A forever home: Life with a birddog <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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in Kanagawa Prefecture</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our family has had dogs for a long time, so
I wanted to give back and adopt a rescue. That’s when I discovered CACI. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We adopted our two furbabies, a setter and
a pointer, and they’ve been with us eleven years now. The name gundog is kind
of forbidding, but actually they have an ability to self-regulate, acute and focused
in the field, mellow and affectionate in the home. So outdoors they are high
energy and playful companions, and indoors they walk by you gracefully wagging
their tails, always close by. I can’t imagine life without them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn’t know much about the abandoned gundog
issue until we adopted them. I was shocked when I learned they get put down
because they supposedly won’t hunt, even when they make such perfect and adorable
pets. I really want to support CACI in rescuing these dogs in any way I can. I’m
really hoping that not only can we make good on our crowdfunding mission
financially, but also that through this campaign many more people will become
aware of the plight of abandoned birddogs and open their hearts and homes to rescue
them.<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0mm; padding: 0mm;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">All working dogs, whether guide dogs,
search and rescue, or birddogs, give their all for humans. Birddogs, too, deserve
a happy and fulfilled life: help give them a future.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We at Gundogrescue CACI have a dream. Someday,
there will be a world where no gundogs are abandoned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The current situation, relying on
volunteers and donations to rescue birddogs, is not a viable longterm solution.
We want to address the root cause and think about making changes in society to
the way the issue of birddog abandonment is approached.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To help birddogs, we want to raise awareness
in collaboration with public authorities, hunting organizations and other
rescues. We want to broaden the focus of our activities from not only saving
abandoned birddogs, but to include helping owners who are unable to keep their
birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hunters who are getting to old and frail to
hunt… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No use in the field any more…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The birddog was more trouble than I
bargained for… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We want to get ahead of the issue, at some
point in the future be able to provide some kind of lifeline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Until then, we will work together as one, forever
families, birddog lovers, dog-loving hunters, canine rescues, to save the lives
we can. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And raise awareness, so that we get closer
to the society of our dreams, where birddogs can live a rich and fulfilled
life. Please join the campaign, cheering for Gundogrescue CACI with your generous
donations, spread the word, share the love, so that we can make this dream come
true!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To those who donate, our heartfelt
gratitude<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Your generous donations will go in full to rescuing birddogs: you
are making a difference. That’s why in return you get reports detailing how the
money has been spent saving gundog lives, rather than thank-you gifts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gundogrescue CACI CEO Rie Kaneko<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I began rescuing dogs after helping out with a hoarding situation in 1993,
and since then I just keep going. As the leader of CACI, I’m out there striving
to make a difference every day for birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chiba Prefecture Animal Protection Center Registered Volunteer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span color="#343b42" style="font-style: inherit; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: inherit; transition: color 150ms ease-in-out 0ms, font-size 150ms ease-in-out 0ms, font-weight 150ms ease-in-out 0ms; user-select: auto; word-break: break-word;"><span class="css-165l5cn"><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #343b42; font-family: "inherit",serif; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0mm; padding: 0mm;">GUNDOG RESCUE CACI </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0mm; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; padding: 0mm;">A volunteer birddog rescue (mainly setters
and pointers) with a rescue shelter located in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture,
just north of Tokyo. CACI stands for Companion Animal Club Ichikawa, the name
of the original non-breed specific canine rescue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Join in the Crowdfunding Project:Types of Donation</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Return/Rewards<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">3000JPY Supporter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
April 2020<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">5000JPY Goods Supporter CACI Original
Calender 2021<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A copy of the 2021 CACI Original Calendar
sent with our gratitude.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please note that the calendar is only available for a Japan address.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">10,000JPY Cheerleader: Give the dog a home!
A loving family for abandoned birddogs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are able to make full and effective use
of your donation with your cost-cutting approach to rewards. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A PDF copy of the CACI report detailing how
your donations together are helping rescue birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page. (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">10,000JPY Goods Cheerleader CACI Original
T-shirt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A white CACI original T-shirt (Available Sizes
below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">S) Chest 49cm/19.2”; Length 66cm/26”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">M) Chest 52cm/20.5”; Length 70cm/27.5”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">L) Chest 55cm/21.6”; Length 74cm/29”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">XL) Chest 58cm/22.8”; Length 78cm/30.7”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please note that the T-shirt is only available for a Japan address.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">13,000JPY Goods Cheerleader CACI Original
T-shirt & 2021 Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A copy of the 2021 CACI Original Calendar
sent with our gratitude.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A white CACI original T-shirt (Available Sizes
below)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">S) Chest 49cm/19.2”; Length 66cm/26”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">M) Chest 52cm/20.5”; Length 70cm/27.5”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">L) Chest 55cm/21.6”; Length 74cm/29”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">XL) Chest 58cm/22.8”; Length 78cm/30.7”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A PDF copy of the CACI report detailing how
your donations together are helping rescue birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please note that the calendar and T-shirt are only available for a Japan address. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">30,000JPY Mobiliser: Give the dog a home! A
loving family for abandoned birddogs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are able to make full and effective use
of your donation with your cost-cutting approach to rewards. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A PDF copy of the CACI report detailing how
your donations together are helping rescue birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page. (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">50,000JPY Power Mobiliser: Give the dog a
home! A loving family for abandoned birddogs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are able to make full and effective use
of your donation with your cost-cutting approach to rewards. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A PDF copy of the CACI report detailing how
your donations together are helping rescue birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page. (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">100,000JPY Champion Mobiliser: Give the dog
a home! A loving family for abandoned birddogs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are able to make full and effective use
of your donation with your cost-cutting approach to rewards. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You get:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A PDF copy of the CACI report detailing how
your donations together are helping rescue birddogs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A heartfelt thank-you email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Your individual/group/company name gets a mention
as a sponsor in the official blog/Facebook page. (Please apply if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*You can also join the campaign mixing and
matching different types of donations or even clicking the same type multiple
times to get the total sum you wish to provide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No. of Users … Number available: No limits Mailed:
December 2020<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><b>Overseas donations: how to enter your
address</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Please fill out the Japanese form as
detailed below to register successfully:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Enter your Zip Code: Please type 000-0000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Enter the Prefecture you live in: Choose
one at random<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">City/Town: Type in the letter a (no caps).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Street name etc.: Type in the letter a (no
caps)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Enter your Surname: Type in your family
name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Enter your First Name: Type in your first
name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Enter your Telephone Number: Please type 000-0000-0000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Pゴシック"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">We are sorry for the inconvenience and
thank you very much for your patience with the system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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official hp and blog, please be aware of the legal restrictions listed in the
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Fortunately this was in the final stages of creation, a lovely wee vest for the new baby coming soon. The pattern is by Japanese knit designer <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/yumiko-kawaji--" target="_blank">Yumiko Kawaji</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/apricot.world/?hl=ja" target="_blank"> apricot.world</a> on Instagram. My daughter chose the pattern from baby knit pictures on ravelry, and I found the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/lovely-knits-for-baby-/patterns" target="_blank">adorable book</a> second hand and went on to purchase my lovely baby organic cotton from Yuzawaya, Hamanaka Paume. I actually made one summer top for myself with the same cotton so I know it's super soft and the colors are just perfect. I'm going to purchase another of her books, I have two new grandkids coming this year, serendipitous! Sherlock will be so jealous, I'll have to guard my patterns better :P </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Bestie came round and helped me clip some shrubs in preparation for the super typhoon Hagibis raging through this weekend. We went to Hut, @hut3939, our local cafe with a tiny doggie cafe space outside, and i treated her to lunch as a thank you. Her wee poodle Jin loves my babies, and enjoys the free run of house and garden when he comes round with ne'er a problem, all seniors together, but he gets anxiety when food is involved. Baring his teeth, or what is left of them (tell me about it :( ...) and snarling to tell Sherlock to stay out of his space when mummy is offering delish delights.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sherlock is a pushy wee guy when it comes to food, he had to make sure he wasn't overlooked or forgotten, so his instinct is to muscle in to the source, but here you can see he's got the message, licking his lips in appeasement and calming signals. Not much room in the cafe to back off, but two mamas and plenty of treats, so all is well. And the lunch tofu burger is delicious!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>After a day together with family and friends dropping by, we held the wake, all of us sleeping together in one room one last time. In the morning we laid her out in her wee box, covered her in flowers, and drove off to the Totsuka crematorium. Due to the recent typhoon damage here in Yokohama (the breakwater and dyke collapsed) our usual private crematorium was so damaged with heavy seawater flooding, they can no longer cater for larger pets...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>They weighed her in, box, bathtowel, flowers and all at 10.1kg. What a tiny setter, she gave her all to be with us just that little bit longer...</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>When we got home Dr Koyama, our vet, had sent a beautiful bouquet of flowers. In all the months of caring, I could not have been so strong without his warm and expert advice, giving me just the right amount of encouragement and support to see it through to a natural passing. I would call him up early first thing in the morning, bawling my eyes out as I asked for advice, and on request, he was willing to come by at least three times even though it's quite a drive, which helped me to carry her just that little bit longer, knowing if it really got too bad or urgent, he would be there to catch us and hold us safe. I would end up cancelling my appointments for house-calls, but I knew he understood what Claire really needed and based his decisions and advice on a seasoned knowledge of ageing pets, and I am so grateful. Claire and I feel blessed in his care. Nothing like being home again. </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0