BARC's Rescue

🚨🍦 WARNING: THESE FROZEN TREATS MAY CAUSE EXTREME PUPPY FEVER. 🍦🚨

The freezer door is OPEN and the Frozen Treat Litter is officially getting ready to find their FOREVER HOMES! 🏡💕

After weeks of growing, wrestling, zooming, snuggling, and keeping Mama Creamsicle VERY busy, these little desserts are almost ready for their next adventure!

🍫 Skor Blizzard
🥤 Slurpee
🍦 Drumstick
🍨 Gelato
🥄 Froyo
❄️ Snowcone

These six sweet treats will receive their first round of vaccines on September 23, and then they can start heading HOME! 🎉

And unlike actual frozen treats, these ones come with four legs, endless kisses, puppy breath, questionable decision-making skills, and absolutely ZERO chill. 😂

Think your family could use a little more sweetness?

🍦 GET YOUR ADOPTION APPLICATION IN! 🍦

Our adoption fees include vaccinations, microchip, and spay/neuter ❤️‍🩹

🔗 https://www.barcsrescue.com/up-for-adoption?cat=Available%20for%20Adoption

Foster Home Needed!

Lenny 💛

Estimated Age: 5 years
S*x: Neutered Male
Estimated Breed: Shepherd Mix
Estimated Weight: 37.7 kgs.
Good with Dogs: Yes, with proper introductions
Good with Cats: No
Good with Children: Yes
Special/Medical Needs:
Estimated Energy Level: Medium
Current Location: Calgary, AB.

Meet Lenny! Lenny is a big boy with an even bigger heart. While we don’t know much about his past, we know Lenny is a loyal dog with a lot of love to give. He loves his humans, especially cuddling up for belly rubs and chin scratches.

At home, Lenny will stick close by your side and would do best in a home where his family is around more often than not. He is currently working on feeling safe in his crate and will need continued reassurance as he can be anxious when his people leave. He is not a big barker. Currently Lenny is living with a toddler and is very gentle and patient with her, even if he doesn’t recognize he’s much bigger than her (like when he tries to climb into my lap).

Outside of the house, Lenny is good on leash, but has high prey drive when it comes to squirrels and rabbits. He is responding well to corrections and would do best with an owner that can continue consistent training. Lenny is interested in dogs of all sizes and is working to manage his energy when he sees other furry friends out on his walks. He has not been tested with cats but given his prey drive introductions would need to be slow and supervised.

If you are interested in fostering this dog, please fill out an application

🔗 https://www.barcsrescue.com/view/3329/lenny

We have an adoption event at Banded Peak today from 12-4! 🐾 💙

Stop by and meet our adoptable dogs 🍻

⏰ 12:00-2:00
Rosette
Secretariat

⏰ 2:00-4:00
Teine
Lenny

📍 519 34 Ave SE

Available for Adoption!

Mandy 🩷

Estimated Age: 2 years
S*x: Female
Estimated Breed: Shepherd Mix
Estimated Weight: Unknown
Good with Dogs: Yes, with proper introductions
Good with Cats: Unknown
Good with Children: Unknown
Special/Medical Needs:
Estimated Energy Level: Medium
Current Location: Cochrane, AB.

We have absolutely loved getting to know Mandy and watching her slowly come out of her shell. She is truly an old soul - gentle, sweet and incredibly loving once she knows she’s safe.

And honestly? She’s the whole package.

🐾 Potty trained
🐾 Walks amazingly well
🐾 Loves car rides and adventures
🐾 Adores her foster sisters
🐾 No food aggression
🐾 Loves affection and cuddles
🐾 Sweet, gentle and incredibly deserving of love

Mandy has fit beautifully into our home and has shown us what a wonderful family dog she can be. There is something incredibly special about watching a once-shy puppy realize that people can be kind and that she is safe and loved. 💗

Now she just needs her people.

We would love nothing more than to see Mandy go to a family who will include her in their adventures, take her for car rides and walks, give her a cozy place to curl up, and love her for the rest of her life.

🏡 Mandy is ready for her forever home.

If you think that might be with you, please reach out to apply. And if you can’t adopt, please share her post, her family may be one share away. 💕🐾

Someone out there is going to be incredibly lucky to call this beautiful girl theirs. ❤️

If you are interested in meeting this dog, please fill out an application.

🔗 https://www.barcsrescue.com/view/3404/mandy

Come and meet some of our adorable adoptable doggos TODAY at Bitter Sisters Brewing Co. on Heritage Drive.

We’ll be there from 1-4PM and are bringing these beauties:

1:00 - 2:30PM
Tre
Kesha
Rosette

2:30 - 4:00PM
Mandy
Kesha
Tre

Grab a friend, grab a drink, and meet the rescue dogs looking forever homes. ❤️ What a way to spend a Saturday!

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Available for Adoption!

Secretariat 💙

Estimated Age: 6 years
S*x: Neutered Male
Estimated Breed: Queensland Heeler Mix
Estimated Weight: 35 lbs
Good with Dogs: Yes, with proper introductions
Good with Cats: Unknown
Good with Children: Yes
Special/Medical Needs:
Estimated Energy Level: Medium
Current Location: Calgary, AB
Adoption Fee: $650

Meet Ariat! His official rescue name is Secretariat, but this sweet six-year-old boy is affectionately known as Ariat in his foster home.

Ariat is a 35-pound Queensland Heeler mix who absolutely loves being around people. Although he has Heeler in him, he isn’t nearly as high-energy as you might expect. He enjoys going for walks and exploring, but he would be just as happy spending the day curled up beside you for a long nap.

He is a friendly, affectionate boy who does very well with children, men, and other dogs. Ariat would thrive in a home with another friendly dog to keep him company or with someone who can regularly take him on walks, outings, or playdates so he has opportunities to socialize.

Ariat is a wonderful companion for adventures and is great on car rides. He is also a very good boy on his walks - although sometimes he forgets how to walk in a straight line! With a little guidance, he does great and happily continues on his way.

Ariat is potty trained, although he may have an accident if he is left alone for too long. He is still learning that his crate is a safe place, as he currently finds it quite frightening. His future family will need to continue working on crate training slowly and patiently using positive reinforcement. In the meantime, some nights he prefers the comfort of sleeping in his human’s bed - and he makes a wonderful little cuddle buddy!

He is extremely food motivated, loves just about every treat, and this will be a great tool for continuing his training. Ariat is a loving, easygoing companion who wants nothing more than to be included and close to his people. He would make a wonderful addition to a home that can offer him companionship, patience, plenty of social time, and a cozy place to nap.

If you are interested in meeting this dog, please fill out an application.

🔗 https://www.barcsrescue.com/view/3397/secretariat

Come spend your Sunday with us at Banded Peak Brewing and meet some amazing BARC’s Rescue dogs who are ready to find their forever homes! ❤️🐶

🐾 12:00–2:00 PM
• Secretariat
• Rosette

🐾 2:00–4:00 PM
• Coydog
• Lenny

These pups are ready to make some new friends — and maybe meet their furever family! 🏡❤️

📍 Banded Peak Brewing
📅 Saturday, September 13
⏰ 12:00–4:00 PM

Come grab a drink, meet the dogs, and learn more about adoption and fostering. You never know when a casual afternoon out might turn into finding a best friend! 🐶

🐾 Meet Oreo! 🐾

Oreo is an adorable 2-year-old lowrider who will be arriving at BARC’s on September 6 and is looking for a foster home! ❤️

This little guy was born and raised on Skid Row and has lived a life most dogs could never imagine. He has never felt grass under his paws, had the freedom to run around and do zoomies, or really had the opportunity to simply play and be a dog.

Despite everything, Oreo is incredibly friendly with people — both men and women. He loves a good back scratch and is a total couch potato at heart. 🥰

Because Oreo has spent most of his life as a solo dog, primarily on a short leash or in a crate, we don’t yet know how he will do with other dogs or children. His foster will get to be part of helping us learn more about him as he discovers what life in a home can be.

Oreo’s previous owner recently moved into housing and made the difficult decision to give him the opportunity for a better life.

Now it’s Oreo’s turn. ❤️

🌱 His first patch of grass.
🐾 His first real zoomies.
🧸 His chance to play.
🏡 His chance to finally experience life as a dog.

Oreo arrives September 6 and needs a foster. Who wants to be the person who shows him just how good life can be?

If you are interested in fostering this dog, please fill out an application

🐶Your dog has better taste in music than you think! 🎵

Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Scottish SPCA played five genres of music for shelter dogs — soft rock, Motown, pop, reggae, and classical — and measured their heart rates, stress levels, and behaviour throughout.

THE RESULTS
Reggae and soft rock came out on top, showing the biggest positive changes in behaviour.

Dogs listening to those genres spent more time lying down, had lower heart rates, and showed reduced stress levels overall.

Basically, your dog is out there wishing they were vibing to Bob Marley and you had no idea.😎

In the study, just like humans, every dog showed their own individual preferences. So while reggae and soft rock won overall, your dog might still have their own thing going on.

The Scottish SPCA found the results so promising they now pipe music into their shelters to help keep dogs calm and comfortable. If it works for shelter dogs dealing with a stressful environment, imagine what a good playlist could do for your pup at home! 🏠

So next time you leave the house, maybe put something on for them. Might we suggest a little reggae? 🎶

🗨️Does your dog seem to react to music?
Do they love a particular song or genre?
Tell us in the comments! 👇🐾

— BARC’s Rescue Team



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Source: University of Glasgow & Scottish SPCA study, published in Physiology and Behavior