April Found pets

• April 27- small grey tabby cat, short haired, Auburn St.
• April 27- parakeet, Brunswick Park

New Melrose group- Melrose Dog Society!

A new dog owners group has formed in Melrose. Here is their description:

The Melrose Dog Society (MDS) is comprised of a group of citizens that came together with the goals of seeing a dog park realized, to promote responsible dog ownership, and to improve conditions within our city for citizens and the estimated 5,000 dogs that reside here.

For more information, please click the link to the right.

Please help Poodle Rescue of New England help a Melrose dog!

Meet Princess. She is an extremely sweet and playful 10 year old Mini Poodle. Princess' owner, an elderly Melrose woman, was no longer able to care for her due to her own health issues. She was turned over to us and we contacted Poodle Rescue of New England (PRNE). They immediately agreed to take her, sight unseen. They brought her to a vet, where unfortunately it was found that Princess has a heartworm infection. Many rescues would have given up on Princess at that point, because in addition to being hard on the dog, heartworm treatment is very expensive and time consuming. But, once PRNE commits to a dog, they follow through. Princess has started treatment and is doing well.

For anyone who is not familiar with how rescues work, they are truly amazing groups. Many of them specialize in a particular breed of dog or cat, or animals in a particular situation, for which the group members have a particular affinity. They are all volunteer. Rescue people give huge amounts of their own time and energy to help pets they don't even know, and they rely exclusively on donations.

I encourage anyone who would like to help Princess (and PRNE), to send a donation directly to PRNE. They accept donations via Paypal on their website: http://www.poodlerescuene.org/ or at their mailing address: Poodle Rescue of New England, PO Box 441447, Somerville, MA 02144-0012. Please mark donations "for Princess" so that they know how generous Melrose people are!