NorSled
Northern California Sled Dog Rescue
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Northern California Sled Dog Rescue
PO Box 5784
Vallejo CA 94591
Phone: 800-471-5822
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Northern CA Sled Dog Rescue (NORSLED) is a 501(c)(3) non profit all volunteer organization dedicated to rescuing, fostering and finding homes for unwanted, abandoned and abused Northern breed dogs, including Siberian Huskies, Malamutes, Samoyeds, American Eskimos and mixes of same. We work throughout Northern California and parts of Nevada. We often provide extensive medical care as well. Donations to NorSled are tax deductible. Please click the PayPal icon to support NorSled.
Remembering Our Loved Ones
Here we remember the furry friends that we've loved and lost. Not a day passes that we don't remember their contributions to our lives. They made us smile, laugh, and cry. We will forever miss our fury friends.
Kiska
Little Kiska! You were 15 when you came to us, and 16 when you left. In that time, your body healed and grew strong, and you ran and played. Your happy, silly spirit soared! Sometimes you gave it words in your operatic voice. And we loved you so!! Run free now, little girl!!!
Dodger
Nikita
Thoughts of Nikita still bring tears to her human mom's eyes.
Through her surgeries and chemotherapy Nikita still brought joy to her family. Not many "two-leggeds" can walk so lightly on their paws through life, much less chemotherapy and surgery.
We celebrate Nikita - we will remember her every day.
Run free sweet Nikita
Orion
It was love at first sight! A gentle soul in the form of a 90 lb ball of fur. Orion came to us a tad skittish. We think he might have had a hard life starting out before Norsled rescued him and he came to us. Slowly, he came to trust us and we fell in love with the first addition to our small family. He was unlike any dog we had ever encountered. He never barked, not once, but man was he a conversationalist! He seemed to have full on conversations with us, he always vocalized his needs. He hated baths, but loved playing in the open water, loved to be scratched behind the ears, but not on the belly. Within a few months he was attached to us at the hip and could not stand to part with either of us, whether we had to head off to work or run errands he wanted to come along. Even after I had surgery my 90 lb. puppy was up on the bed with me and would not leave my side no matter what, until I got better. He had a sixth sense and knew I needed him.
Through vet visits we came to find out Orion had been mistreated prior to his time with Norsled. They found a pellet lodged in his hip, our poor baby. But, he was still active and it did not seem to bother him too much. Later last year in September 2007 he started limping on his right hind leg. We thought it might be a cruciate tear or the pellet bothering him. We brought him in thinking that the worst case scenario would be surgery. Unfortunately, the doctor was concerned and took tests only to discover that Orion was suffering from advanced bone cancer.
It was devastating news, but we had to make a decision. We decided to let him live out the rest of his life as free from pain as we could make him. It was very hard watching him slowly stop eating and become increasingly withdrawn and immobile. We tried to keep his spirits up but spending as much time as possible loving him and giving him everything he could want. He didn't seem to be in pain, and we were able to say goodbye and make him comfortable. Orion Petty passed away on 2/15/2008. We miss him terribly, but we know in our hearts that he is in turkey hot dog (his favorite) heaven running free and happy.