Volume 10 Number 3 T H E N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E B U C K E Y E H O U S E R A B B I T S O C I E T Y Fall 2006 In his issue Holiday Raffle......... 3 Treaing Sore Hocks...... 5 Adoped!............. 9 Rabbia Cones....... 11 Is There Any Room A The Inn? By Michele Roh Kerley I can happen anyime. I could be home, a work or even running he never-ending errands ha everyone is familiar wih in heir busy day-o-day lives. No always recognizing he number, I answer my phone, This is Michele. Then I hear he dreaded quesion I have become accusomed o, bu sill ge a lile chuckle over every ime I hear i. The voice on he oher end asks, Is here any room a he inn? Even hough I know wha his quesion means, he way i s phrased somehow reminds me ha I m doing a good hing. demise.) The KCAS is a very small faciliy wih limied-o-no space available for rabbis. They have so many dogs and cas ha hey are forced o pu several down almos every day. For he pas hree years, I ve been working wih he KCAS on fosering he rabbis who have been dropped off. Afer geing he iniial call, my response always varies, mainly due o how many foser rabbis I already have and how many rabbis hey have. So far we ve had los of luck and grea iming; I ve been able o accommodae hem almos every ime. On he rare occasions ha I could no accommodae hem, eiher our voluneers, or he sheler voluneers have gone he exra mile by aking in he rabbi(s) unil I have space available. (For ha, he rabbis and I would like o hank you.) I s he Kenon Couny Animal Sheler. They ve called o ask if I have any space available for a rabbi who has been relinquished. (I sill amazes me how hey are lef here knowing ha he sheler can accommodae hem and ha hey will be pu down. However, I will commend he relinquishers on no urning he rabbis loose ouside o a possible worse Coninued on page 10
2 Special Thanks o: The naional House Rabbi Sociey, for selecing he Buckeye HRS o receive a $3,000.00 chaper gran. These much-appreciaed funds will help us rescue and care for more needy Ohio rabbis! Harelines, he Buckeye House Rabbi Sociey Newsleer, is published by he all-voluneer, non-profi Buckeye House Rabbi Sociey, Ahens, OH. Chaper Manager... Hera Rodina............. hera@ohare.org........... 740-797-7616 Educaors & Foserers: Canon..............Krisi Cole................ 330-484-8416.............. krisi@ohare.org Cleveland Eas..... Krisen Dohery................ 440-543-4959............. krisen@ohare.org Fremon... Keih & Sue Zimmerman 419-355-8433 sue@ohare.org, keih@ohare.org Cincinnai..... Michele Roh Kerley 859-261-0556 michele@ohare.org Angela Cizl, for graciously donaing her arwork for our holiday raffle (see page 3 for deails). Pam Loch s 5h grade class, who made a generous donaion as an end-of-year gif for heir eacher! The many kind and generous members who have coninued o donae money, supplies and heir ime o help he Lorain Couny bunnies. The following members, whose moneary and in-kind donaions allow us o mee our ongoing fosering and educaional goals: Sue Milewski, Junko Rogers, John and Mary Jo Mayfield, Ann Landon, Peer Mone, Chrisine Berry, Sevi Kovalik, June Gaes, Bre Grenesko, Judih Smih, Amy Hoffman, Kahy Kallay, Paula Oer, Elizabeh Jones, Gary and Paula Savage. Our new and coninuing Sancuary Rabbi Sponsors! This program would no be possible wihou your compassion and generosiy. These special rabbis, who mus spend he res of heir lives in foser care due o serious medical condiions, have you o hank. We wish we could lis each of you individually! As always, he Monks Copy Shop of downown Columbus, for heir discoun on prining our newsleer. Brandy Fields 513-300-4687 brandy@ohare.org Newsleer Edior.... Hera Rodina Layou and Design....Ellen B. Eder Conribuing Wriers: Krisi Cole, Krisen Dohery, Michele Roh Kerley Visi he House Rabbi Sociey a hp://www.rabbi.org and he Buckeye House Rabbi Sociey a hp://www.ohare.org THE BUCKEYE HRS RESPECTS YOUR PRIVACY We know our members value heir privacy and ha s why we never, ever, sell our mailing lis or disribue i o any oher pary. All of our members informaion is held in he srices confidence. 2007 Calendar now available on our websie gif shop a www.ohare.org Be sure o ge your 2007 Men wih Buns calendar while supplies las! The welve good-looking guys on his unique, professionally-produced calendar help dispel he myh ha bunnies are pes for children and women. Calendars measure 9 x 12, have a mae finish and conain los of rabbi facs and info. Visi our websie o place your order. Proceeds will benefi Buckeye HRS foser rabbis.
3 Updae Lorain Couny Crisis By Krisen Dohery The more han 50 Duch rabbis a he house in Lorain Couny coninue o be a risk. We have found homes for many, bu because our adopion and educaion process is horough and ime-consuming, placing hese bunnies in good homes is slow. Since he Buckeye HRS coninues o rescue oher rabbis hroughou he sae, we are no able o ake he Lorain Couny rabbis ino our foser homes on a consisen basis. Nor are we able o ake in a large number of hese rabbis all a once. Despie his unforunae siuaion, here is a bi of good news. All of he rabbis are mainaining good healh as long as voluneers coninue o go ou o he home on a somewha regular basis (usually wice a monh). The work hese voluneers do goes a long way in prevening illness; keeping he cages clean and handling he bunnies o check for any signs of illness are key o prevening respiraory problems, malnuriion, and oher sympoms brough on by chronic neglec. As far as we can ell, here has been only one new lier since February of his year. Now ha Dr. Mandel is se up in his new clinic, he is able o coninue spaying and neuering hese bunnies unil every rabbi in he house is fixed. We are hoping o ge hese remaining bunnies spayed/neuered very soon. Unforunaely he residen is sill a risk of losing her home due o missed morgage paymens and he bank is on he verge of saring he foreclosure process. I anicipae a phone call any day, wih a dae by which he bunnies mus be evacuaed. If we canno find homes wihin 1 o 4 days, we will have o conac a sheler o plan for humane euhanasia of hose we canno ake ino foser care. If you are able o adop even one of hese swee bunnies, or can help wih any of he following, please conac Krisen Dohery by phone 440-543-4959. Coninued on page 9 Holiday Raffle o Benefi Buckeye HRS Foser Rabbis! Ohio aris Angela Cizl has generously donaed his enchaning sculpure eniled Trea!? for our second annual holiday raffle. All proceeds will go direcly o our foser program and will ensure ha needy bunnies have a safe haven while hey awai he ulimae rea, a permanen home. Of course, Trea!? is bes viewed in color on our websie a www.ohare.org/gifs.hm#raffle. Tickes cos $1 each and you may buy as many as you wish. All enries mus be posmarked no laer han December 1, 2006. Please include your phone number and email (if available) wih your check or money order and indicae i s for he raffle. Mail your reques o: Buckeye HRS, P.O. Box 5767, Ahens, OH 45701. The lucky winner will be noified in early December and will receive he sculpure in ime for holiday gif-giving. ARTIST S STATEMENT Trea!? measures approx 7 by 4. This polymer clay sculpure was inspired by my fun lile bun, Brody. Trea ime is his favorie ime. Of course! The anicipaion urns my shy guy ino quie he lile charmer. Someimes I swear he winks and smiles a me. Angela Cizl does commissioned realisic and characer sculpures of pes and wildlife of all ypes. For more info, please email inquires o acizl@homail.com.
4 NE Ohio Picnic Phoo Cones Winners! Bunny Mischief: Ivy Norman Henke, phoographer Bunnies Relaxing: Harlan Norman Henke, phoographer Bunnies and Their People: L o R: Dewy, Tom, Sewy Marissa Wynne, phoographer Snuggle Bunnies: Serling + Jessica Cookie Dobro, phoographer
5 Treaing and Prevening Sore Hocks By Krisi Cole Sore hocks (he echnical name is Ulceraive Pododermaiis ) is a condiion where he fur on he rabbi s hock, or heel, is worn down o he bare skin or, in severe cases, o he bone. Someimes he rabbi forms pale pink calluses and ges along jus fine. If your rabbi jus has calluses, keep a close eye on hem so hey do no become deep red, swollen or break open and scab over. You can also apply Vaseline or Calendula cream ino hese calluses every few days o keep he skin sof. This will help preven pain and irriaion, and will help keep he calluses from cracking open. Problems develop when he skin urns ino an open wound, so be sure o seek veerinary care immediaely if ha occurs. There are a variey of causes for sore hocks, including wire cage booms, flooring ha is oo hard, damp carpe mas and lier ha is no absorben (herefore consanly we agains he rabbi s fee). Overweigh and large-breed rabbis are paricularly prone o sore hocks, as are he Rex breeds, since hey have hin fur and no a lo of padding on heir fee. Also, older rabbis who have anoher ailmen ha causes hem o be less mobile ofen have sore hocks as a secondary problem. Lack of Whiney came ino HRS foser care wih a severe case of sore hocks. movemen, combined wih obesiy, causes pressure o increase on a small area of skin, resuling in sore hocks. Rabbis who are inconinen can develop sore hocks in addiion o he urine scald ha someimes occurs on he inner highs, due o consan weness. Toenails ha are no kep shor can cause oo much weigh o shif o he heel, adding oo much pressure o ha area, conribuing o hock problems. For severe cases wih scabs and abscessed infecion, your veerinarian will debride, flush and culure he wounds o clean ou he area and find he appropriae anibioic o rea he infecion. Ofen, daily flushing of he area will be required so he wound can heal from he inside ou. An ani-inflammaory medicaion may be prescribed o help ease pain and inflammaion in he fee. Someimes a liquid bandage barrier (such as arificial skin ) will be recommended and occasionally emporary bandaging will be necessary. If you need o bandage your rabbi s fee, he following link offers a sep-by-sep guide: hp://www.medirabbi.com/en/ Surgery/Bandaging/band_foo.hm In addiion o medical reamens, he environmen mus change o preven recurrence. If your rabbi is overweigh, cu back on pelles and reas o help him lose some weigh and ake some of he pressure off his fee. Enice him o exercise more by increasing his play area or changing is seup wih boxes and unnels for more advenure. If your rabbi is inconinen, you can modify he environmen by puing down a layer of hick, absorben owels, hen a layer of sof, arificial fleece on op. When he rabbi urinaes, he weness will sink hrough he fleece o he absorben owels below and leave he fleece relaively dry agains he rabbi s fee. Tha seup is also sof, so i helps alleviae he pressure issue ha occurs on hard surfaces. Tha layered seup should be changed daily, depending on he size of he area and he concenraion of weness. Lierboxes can be modified as well. You can use a very absorben lier such as Yeserday s News or wood sove pelles, and hen pu a hin layer of a sofer pulp lier such as Carefresh on op, where he rabbi s fee acually have conac. Pine and cedar shavings, no recommended for rabbis due o heir respiraory and possible liver effecs, are also a very poor choice for foo healh, since hey are no very absorben and jus pool he weness. Coninued on page 11
Somebunny Needs YOU! Mee Pepper! Pepper is a nice young guy wih beauiful blue/ gray fur. He enjoys playing wih his cardboard box and re-arranging his bunny house. Pepper would like a forever home wih you! Please conac Sue Zimmerman This is Pumpkin! She is a very swee young lady. Jus look a her awesome blue/gray fur! Wha a beauiful bunny! Pumpkin enjoys playing wih her oys and she especially loves o chomp on hay. Wouldn you love o make Pumpkin a member of your family? Please conac Sue Zimmerman (sue@ohare.org) 419-355-8433. Mee Benji. He s a domesic bun who looks a lo like a wild coonail rabbi. Benji was par of a group of over 20 rabbis seized from a backyard breeder who was no feeding and caring for hem. Benji is an acive young male. Since he was never kep as a pe bunny, he needs some socializaion ime wih a family ha will help him o learn o rus humans. He s no afraid of people, he jus needs o bond wih someone who will ake he place of his former huchmaes! Please conac Sue Zimmerman Annie and Pay are a special pair of bonded Senior Ciizens. Annie is abou eigh years old and her daugher, Pay, is approximaely seven. These wo girls are very affecionae and mus remain ogeher. They have been in foser care for several years and will remain wih us unless someone very special decides o give hem a forever home. Please conac Sue Zimmerman 6 Belle is a real cuie! She loves o be peed on her lile nose. Belle also enjoys digging in her hay box and napping in her cardboard unnel. She is a bi on he shy side bu is really coming around. Can you welcome Belle ino your home? Please conac Sue Zimmerman (sue@ohare. org) 419-355-8433. Sonny was found in a cage in a garbage dumpser. He was named for his sunny disposiion. He is a very friendly bun and is used o being around people. Sonny also seems o ge along well wih cas and dogs. He would be good in a household wih children or oher animals. Please help give his boy a good home and le him know ha he is special (no garbage)! Please conac Sue Zimmerman (sue@ohare.org) 419-355-8433. Hope came o us wih her 3 baby girls (Coalby, Colrie and Jess) from he Lorain Couny crisis. She is a very nice girl who jus loves o explore. Hope is very genle and would make a wonderful member of your family. Please conac Sue Zimmerman (sue@ohare.org) 419-355-8433. Sylveser is quie a unique looking bunny wih his sripes and wo-oned face! He LOVES his free ime and pelles. This handsome guy would make a grea addiion o your home. He has los of love o give. Why no make an appoinmen o mee him? Please conac Sue Zimmerman Colrie is an absolue deligh. She is a rue advenurer. Her personaliy shines as do her brigh lile eyes. Her one black fron foo adds o her characer and her cueness. Colrie would be an excellen bunny for someone s very firs house rabbi. She is one of Hope s 3 baby girls. Please conac Sue Zimmerman
7 Coalby is one of Hope s 3 babies. She loves o play wih her cardboard box and her oher oys. Coalby has adorable fuzzy cheeks and exra long ears. She is very nea and has grea lile box habis. Why don you make an appoinmen o mee her? Please conac Sue Zimmerman Lile Jess is he smalles of Hope s babies. I has been fun o wach her grow up ino a nice youngser. This lile sweeie pie enjoys observing he hings around her and loves o have playime ouside of her pen. Please conac Sue Zimmerman Jack is a handsome boy who has a lo of love o give. A mellow guy, he loves people, enjoys pes on his head, and loves o srech ou and relax. Jack hopes o have a permanen home wih you! Please conac Sue Zimmerman Abbey Rose has blossomed in foser care, bu she will bloom beauifully in a forever home. This 5 1/2 pound lop is an eager eaer and explorer. She will be a lile shy iniially, bu hen will hop nex o you on he couch (looking for a raisin rea, maybe?) or jump on you if you happen o recline on he floor. Like mos bunnies, she s no fond of being carried, bu is very fond of peing. She is no quie a year old, and has all he energy and curiosiy of a wonderful pe. Please conac Jann Kunavanish (jann@ohare.org) 937-435-6899. Kellene is a young female Duch bunny, weighing abou four pounds. She is very playful and loves her cardboard unnel as well as playing in paper grocery bags. She is in grea healh and is very well lierrained. She really enjoys having her nose peed. Won you welcome his playful girl ino your family? Please conac Krisi Cole (krisi@ohare.org) 330-484-8416. Sebasian is an adorable male Duch rabbi who is a year and a half old. He likes o si on op of a cardboard box and check ou his surroundings when he s no busy sanding on his ipoes a he edge of his pen looking for affecion. He is healhy wih excellen lierbox habis and enjoys his daily veggies. Wouldn you like his cuie as par of your family? Please conac Krisi Cole (krisi@ohare.org) 330-484-8416. Come and lisen o he sory abou a bunny named Ellie Mae... This adorable lile girl will seal your hear wih her swee ye spunky personaliy. Wih he love from his 3 1/2 lb. bun you ll know you sruck i rich. So ya ll give me a call now... Ya hear? Please conac Michele Roh Kerley (michele@ohare.org) 859-261-0556 (Cincinnai area). Tango is a vision as he glides across he room. This 4 lb. bunny will dance his way ino your hear wih his genle and curious naure. If you re looking for a parner, call now before his dance card ges full. Please conac Michele Roh Kerley (michele@ohare.org) 859-261-0556 (Cincinnai area). Who couldn use a lile Cash? This fun lile 4 1/2 lb. bun is worh his weigh in gold and hen some. He is sure o make someone a grea companion... you can ake ha o he bank. So call oday o make a very special Cash wihdrawal. Please conac Michele Roh Kerley (michele@ohare.org) 859-261-0556 (Cincinnai area).
8 Somebunny Needs YOU! Con d. Mee Robby, one of he Lorain Couny rescues. Robby is looking for his forever loving family. If you have room in your hear and home for a lile hree-pound duch bunny who loves his salads, does wild dances and binkies when he is ou o play, hen he may be he bunny for you. He adores nose pes; he runs o he fron of his cage o ge hem and ooh purrs o show how much he enjoys hem. He doesn even mind being picked up and held. Wha a grea lile bun! Please conac Keni Morris (keni@ohare.org) 513-469-0840 Lorain Couny Bunnies Won you consider leing one of hese adorable and very friendly lile bunnies ino your home? How abou a maching pair? Please conac Krisen Dohery 440-543-4959. Bonnie is a curious and friendly 5.5 lb girl who gobbles all of her hay and comes running for pes. Please conac Krisen Dohery 440-543-4959. Verde is a 5.5 lb black Havanna who likes o sleep on op of her box. Verde was born in November 2002. She s very idy wih her lierbox and loves o run hrough her cardboard unnel. She s an excellen hay eaer, oo! Please conac Krisen Dohery 440-543-4959. Scarle is one of Maya's daughers wih sleek black fur and a pleasan demeanor. She is now full-grown. She likes o be peed and o lay sreched ou in her lierbox. Scarle weighs abou 5 lbs. Please conac Krisen Dohery 440-543-4959. Squirrel is a iny 3 lb ball of fire who was dumped a a local sheler. She was in need of medical care when we rescued her; her lef eye was bulging and behind he eye was a large lump. Luckily he ve was able o remove he lump, which was an abscess behind he eye, bu he was no able o save her eye. Squirrel is perfecly healhy, however, and having only one eye doesn sop her from running around a op speeds and jumping on op of boxes! Squirrel is perfec wih her lierbox and would be a loyal companion o anyone willing o spend ime wih her. Please conac Krisen Dohery 440-543-4959. Alfonso, a lile mini-rex, ges so excied for his meals ha he runs round and round franically unil he is fed. If you pick him up however, he mels in your arms and nuzzles his face under your chin. He weighs abou 3.5 lbs, is perfec wih his lierbox, and eas a on of hay for such a lile guy. He also loves cruising hrough his miniaure unnels and boxes. Please conac Krisen Dohery 440-543-4959.
9 Adoped! Congraulaions o he Voss family and heir rabbi Su on he adopion of Nadia. Su and Nadia hi i off very well righ from he sar and now she needs no longer be hopeful for a loving rabbi companion or a loving family. Congraulaions o Seve, Charlie, Tyler and Tess Shelon on he adopion of Manda (now Amanda.) Manda means loveable and he Shelons agree. They are happy o have her as a par of heir family and now she has all he love any bunny could wan or need. Congraulaions o Sacie Hech and her husband on heir adopion of Chachi. He coninuously amuses and enerains hem wih his happy-go-lucky personaliy and charismaic anics. I m sure he is enjoying his new home jus as much as hey are enjoying having him. Munchkin has a new home in Akron wih Beh Smih. This is Beh s second adopion from he Buckeye HRS. Thanks, Beh! Spongie, formerly from he Lorain couny crisis, now has a fun-filled life wih Theresa s family in Ahens and enjoys he companionship of buddy Bun-Bun. Esher Bunny, or EB for shor anoher Lorain rescue is slowly warming up o her new home wih Tracy, Harold and Dolby. Elsie has found everlasing love and bunny friendship wih Cooper and he Bailor family in Richfield. Heff now rules he roos and enjoys los of run space wih Wendy and Sco in Cleveland. Taer To loves o explore a he home of Michele and family of Shaker Heighs; ha is, if hey can pu him down long enough! Cleopara and Clyde bonded soon afer boh were adoped by Marissa and her husband of Cuyahoga Falls. Felix (now Dane) enjoys free run of Tanya s aparmen and ges along wonderfully wih his wo new Jack Russell errier friends in Canon. Tiny lile Felicia can now si on a lap for hours on end; she was adoped by Cassidy, Michelle, and Bruce of Chardon. CoConu commands he full aenion of Monica and Marie of Norh Olmsed. Heidi Bailey and family of Broadview Heighs have lovingly welcomed a lile Duch girl from Lorain Couny. Kai, one of our dedicaed voluneers, has adoped 2 very special buns from Lorain Couny. Gumby enjoys los of snuggle ime wih he LaBillas family in Akron. Linda Sigismondi has welcomed Sadie, a Duch girl from Lorain Couny, ino her home in Gallipolis o bond wih anoher Buckeye HRS alum, Oliver. Updae Lorain Couny Crisis, Con'd. You can help by: Taking in one or more of hese bunnies emporarily unil we can place hem ino one of our foser homes, or ino a permanen home. Transporing small groups of rabbis o/from he ve (beween Elyria and Shaker Heighs) Cleaning cages, feeding and waering he bunnies (ypically on a Saurday or Sunday) Dropping off supplies o he lady s house (pelles, hay, cleaning supplies) Making a financial conribuion Donaing large exercise pens and/or dog craes A ruly hearfel hank you o all hose, especially he voluneers, who have given heir ime, supplies and/or moneary donaions. Thank you all for your coninued suppor, and please consider aking one of hese bunnies ino your home permanenly or emporarily.
10 Is There Any Room a he Inn?, Con'd. On he way o he sheler I sar o wonder... wha kind of shape will he (she) be in? Have hey been negleced and abused? Afer hose and oher hauning quesions run hrough my mind, I arrive a he sheler like a marini of emoions ha has been boh shaken and sirred. A his poin I hurry ino he sheler so I can see for myself he condiion of he rabbi. Again, I ve been lucky o have never received any who have been in exremely poor condiion. The key word being exremely. In he one siuaion where he rabbi was in a bad sae, hey decided ha he merciful acion was o euhanize he rabbi due o severe head rauma. I open he door and see he graeful faces of he voluneers. They know ha my being here means hey will no have o pu down he furry, long-eared creaure who has charmed hem. I wai anxiously for hem o wrap up business wih he line of people ha is always here. Finally, hey gree me and escor me back o he holding area of his animal prison (probably he only prisons where every inmae really is innocen). As I m aken hrough he room wih he various barking dogs and meowing cas, I m inroduced o a scared and nervous rabbi who is unsure of his fae; perhaps wondering, Wha did I do o be pu in such a place? I slowly inroduce myself and ry o comfor and assure my new friend ha he has jus been given a second chance a a wonderful and happy life wih people who will be kind and generous no only wih food and waer, bu wih heir love. Afer he paperwork is filled ou and all he sincere hank you s are said, my new foser rabbis secure in heir carriers are ready o leave. The drive home always seems long o me, even hough i s probably only a 15-minue commue. To make he ime go by faser, I ell hem how I m going o ake good care of hem unil we can find hem a permanen home. When we arrive I ake hem inside o ge seled in heir emporary home known as The Rabbi Room. As I prepare heir areas, I coninue o alk o hem and wach hem waching me sill unsure of heir fae. I ge he lierbox ready, fill up he waer boles and dishes as well as heir food bowls and give hem pleny of imohy hay. Besides hese basics ha every animal has he righ o, I also give hem a rug and owel for comfor. To keep he rabbis from being bored, I also supply hem wih some safe oys o occupy heir inelligen minds and a suffed animal o keep hem company. Now ha I have he living quarers ready I exam my new housemaes. Firs I like o deermine if I have a Parick or a Paricia. Then I look hrough heir fur for any abrasions, unwaned hichhikers or anyhing ou of he usual. Then I look a he ears, eyes, nose, nails and eeh. If here is nohing ha needs immediae medical aenion, I pu hem on he scale o record heir weigh. Afer all of his is compleed, i s finally ime o res and ge comforable wih he new digs. The nex sep is one ha I quie enjoy. This is also a very imporan one... he name. Someimes i comes o me as soon as I see cerain physical characerisics and someimes i akes ime o ge o know he personaliy. The reason I feel he name is imporan is because in addiion o picures, he name and accompanying copy is all ha I have o enice a poenial adoper on he personaliy of he rabbi. In he words of Bob Barker, Help conrol he pe populaion, have your pe spayed or neuered. As soon as possible, I ge he rabbis o he ve for his procedure, a fecal es and any oher necessary
11 reamens. I always feel errible for having o ake hem so shorly afer coming o me, bu his is very imporan and so far hey have all forgiven me. Some have aken a lile longer o forgive me, bu hey do forgive me. Besides he daily care and raining i s now a waiing game. I wai for a phone call or an email from some kind soul who is ready o adop one of my foser rabbis and make him par of he family. I have had some foser rabbis longer han ohers. There s no paricular reason for his. I like o hink i s fae making sure ha each rabbi goes o he righ home. The applicaion is filled ou; quesions are asked, hen i s ime o mee. The car pulls up and he excied poenial adopers rush o he door. I love o see he anicipaion on he faces of hose who are ready o have a rabbi companion. Afer he brief hellos, he waiing is over as I carry my foser rabbi o mee his poenial family. Wih everyone siing on he floor, I pu he rabbi down o hop around and mee everyone. Some are more reserved, allowing pes, bu being cauious of he srangers. Some immediaely urn on he charm, showing off wih binkies and oher anics. I is a his ime ha I know ha my foser rabbi has found his permanen home. Alhough his is wha we work oward, i is sill a bierswee momen for me. I have o say goodbye o his swee animal for whom I have developed deep emoion. Tha s when I remind myself... Now I have room o rescue anoher rabbi from an unfair fae. As hey drive off, I smile wih ears in my eyes, ready for he process o sar all over. To all of he foserers and voluneers, I would like o say congraulaions on doing such a wonderful job for our imporan mission. To he rabbis I have fosered, i was a privilege and a pleasure having you in my life even if only for a shor ime. And o everyone who has opened his or her home o a rabbi, well you ve already been rewarded wih more han anyhing I can say. There are several circumsances and scenarios ha lead up o every rabbi s dismissal and pah o me. Bu my involvemen almos always sars wih one simple quesion, Is here any room a he inn? I s a Rabbia Cones! All our wonderful rabbis have a place o call heir own in our homes. We wan you o send in phoos of your bunny s area. The conesan wih he mos elaborae rabbia will win. Three prizes will be awarded a handmade Bol + Frolic bunny pillow, a Seize he Hay T-shir, and a Buckeye HRS mug. We will announce he winners and publish he winning se-ups in he Winer 2007 Harelines. Prizes will be mailed o he winning conesans. To ener: email your phoos o hera@ohare.org or snail mail hem o Buckeye HRS, P.O. Box 5767, Ahens, OH, 45701. Please be sure o include your name and address. If you would like your picures reurned, please include a SASE. All enries mus be posmarked by 15 December, 2006. May he Bes Rabbia Win! Treaing and Prevening Sore Hocks, Con'd. Of course, no maer wha ype of lier is used, cleaning he lierboxes regularly is a mus o keep everyhing clean and dry. Make sure your rabbi has pleny of room and ime o exercise ouside his cage, if he is caged. He needs o run around and no be confined o siing in one place in order o disribue he weigh off of his heels. Keep oenails clipped shor and do a foo inspecion weekly so you become familiar wih wha is happening on your rabbi s fee.
12 M E M B E R S H I P F O R M Your $33.00 annual membership in he Buckeye HRS includes: Naional membership ($18.00) and 3-4 issues of he House Rabbi Journal Local membership ($15.00) and issues of Harelines If you are already a naional member, your local fee is $15.00 I would like o donae $ o help a foser rabbi (ve care, supplies) I would like o donae $ in memory of. The grieving family receives an acknowledgmen of your gracious gesure. I would like o voluneer o: Disribue informaion o ves Assis wih mailing Please make checks payable o: Buckeye House Rabbi Sociey P.O. Box 5767 Ahens, OH 45701 All donaions are ax-deducible. Help a Buckeye HRS booh a Pe Expos and fairs Oher Name Address Ciy, Sae, Zip Phone E-mail address Bunnies names and special daes Buckeye House Rabbi Sociey P.O. Box 5767 Ahens, OH 45701 Buy a bunny a lile ime