Why is it important to donate?
Healthy donors are needed to give blood for the many pets who need it. A single donation can be used to save up to 4 lives, because the blood can be separated into two components, red blood cells and plasma. The components are given to patients suffering from anemia, injury or disease.

How long will it take?
The blood collection process, an almost completely painless procedure, will take about 10-20 minutes. Your pet will not be sedated and only a small percentage of his or her blood will be donated.

How often can my pet donate?
Animals could donate blood without any problems as often as every 3 weeks. You will only be asked to come in every 2 months. Immediately after donations, the body starts to replace the blood that was given.

BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE EVBB TO DONORS IN GOOD STANDING:
Physical examination before each donation
Blood Typing
Blood Chemistry Profile and Complete Blood Count (CBC)
Heartworm test
Ehrlichia, Hemobartonella, and Babesia testing (diseases spread by ticks)
Brucella testing (once for neutered dogs and yearly testing for intact dogs)

For each unit of blood donated, a donor is eligible to receive one unit of blood or plasma should illness or injury ever warrant its use.
EVBB tag which identifies the dog as a blood donor, and can be traced through the EVBB if the owner cannot otherwise be located
EVBB bandanna identifying the donor as a life saver
Various free pet health and nutrition giveaways
And plenty of dog treats before and after each donation. More info at www.evbb.com.

While we await photos of Harry, I thought I’d post some from our day of gardening when we worked on Bumble Puppy’s obedience training.

Drop It :  the tulip bulbs out of your mouth
Leave It :  the pruned rose bush branches you’re dragging around
Come :  out of the neighbor’s yard
Stay :  away from the fertilizer
Down : well, he mastered that just fine, strecthing out in the grass

Guarding the Daffodils

All ready to help

If I stay really still maybe they won't notice that I'm not working.