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Thursday April 19, 2012
Gem of the Day: "God blesses you to
become a blessing. When he gives you a gift,
it's because he trusts you with it. He hopes
you turn around and do something powerful
with it."
"Steve Harvey"
Buddy Lee was born 08/10/2006. He is five
years old.
Buddy Lee, in Georgetown TX, is a strong
heartworm positive. He is already coughing.
He needs heartworm treatment as soon as possible
to save his life. Estimate is for $701.00.
Help is needed..
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Click on the Bichon puppy to see page 2
of the Small Paws
Rescue Newsletter,
including
fostering and adoption
information.
Dear Small Pawsers,
Welcome to our newest members of our Small Paws® Rescue Online Newsletter, especially to those of
you who may have seen us on October 24, 2011
on Fox and Friends in New York City, or on Animal Planet on "Dogs 101.", or you may have recently read about us
in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness,
101 Stories about Finding Your Purpose, Passion
and Joy , or you may have seen us on "Inside Edition" with Deborah Norville.
Welcome! We hope you enjoy reading about
the Bichons and the people who love them!
If you missed our
last newsletter, click here to read it.
We have some good news and some not so good
news.
First, thanks to
everyone who helped
us last
week, we were able
to pay ALL of our
vet
bills this week.
THANK YOU!
See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue Totalling
$21,475.04 For the First 16 Days of April,
2012, An Average of $1,342.19 Per Day.
The bad news is that after paying all of
our vet bills, we were left with $1,043.00
in the account, which isn't enough to carry
us through even one day.
Then on top of that, (you didn't think that
was all, did you??) we also have a new rescued
Bichon in Georgetown, TX. who is testing
as a strong heartworm positive. He is already
coughing from this and needs treatment or
he will die.
The best estimate we could find is from Premier
Vet Hospital and
it is for $701.00.
This is just for heartworm treatment and
doesn't cover any other vetting that needs
to be done, such as a dental.
So we do need your
help to be able to
help
little Buddy.
His was a rather
strange case. He
was found
by a good samaritan,
who did everything
she
could to find his
owner.
Buddy was microchipped,
so Home Again gave
the lady the name
and number of the owner.
The owner seemed happy to learn that Buddy
had been found, but then didn't show up to
come to take him home. Hmm.
The owner was called
repeatedly.
Finally, I called and spoke to the owner,
and told her that Buddy Lee is ill and needed
his Mom.
She told me that
she had decided she
just
didn't want him anymore.
Of course, we did
not pass this news along
to Buddy Lee. We
gave him our normal spiel
that his Mom loves
him dearly, but she was
kidnapped by aliens
and asked us to take
care of him for her.
How do you say to a precious Bichon, "Your
Mom doesn't love or want you anymore?"
You don't. You use the kidnapped by aliens
story.
Lastly, we have some
sad new from Northern
Texas.
Two year old "Ace" was very ill
with a respiratory illness of some kind that
he brought in from a shelter. First they
thought distemper, but he began to recuperate
and respond to treatment.
The distemper test came back positive, and
although we were able to pull him through
the actual illness, we were not able to stop
the brain damage that occurred.
His vet told us that
he had become aggressive
to himself and to
others, and was now a dangerous
dog.
We've seen this with
distemper before,
where
they start attacking
their own bodies,
at
times, viciously.
The vet recommended that we let Ace go home
to God, and our Board of Trustees agreed.
This kind of brain damage is not reversible.
Godspeed little Ace. You were loved. You
were wanted.
If you can help us
to help little Buddy Lee,
this is how to do
that.
All My Love, Robin
If you've made a past donation by credit
card, you may e-mail
Louie Bertolino at louieb@smallpawsrescue.org to let him know the amount of your donation
for the Bichons.
You may also call Louie on his cell phone
at 1-424-442-9484
Louie is on Eastern
Standard Time!
(Please leave a message
and Louie will return
your call if he is
not available!)
Companies Who Match Employees Donations
See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue Totalling
$21,475.04 For the First 16 Days of April,
2012, An Average of $1,342.19 Per Day.
From Small Paws Ebay!
Feedback Score Of 2100 100% Positive Comments.
"Small Paws Rescue Ebay SPR Ebay is open! Come and take a look.
Patti Newlin
If you have items to donate to sell on Ebay,
please email us!
Don't forget to visit
the Small Paws® Rescue Online E-Store
where lots of items are on clearance and
we have some new
items as well!!
New earrings-handcrafted acrylic. 1 inch
x 1/2 ". The
best on the block. $10.00
(I've never had compliments on my earrings
from strangers, like I get when I wear these.
Everyone loves, notices, and comments on
them! Who knew?! Robin)
Necklace that matches earrings. 11"
chain. Acrylic and
hand crafted.
Set of 6 cards (2
of each shown) Donated
from the Pinellas
Park Bash.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness
101 Stories about
Finding Your Purpose,
Passion
and Joy
by Jack Canfield,
Mark Victor Hansen
and
Amy Newmark.
Forward by Deborah
Norville.
Others share how
they found their
passion,
purpose, and joy
in life in these
101 personal
and exciting stories
that are sure to
encourage
readers to find their
own happiness. Stories
in this collection
will inspire readers
to
pursue their dreams,
find their passion
and
seek joy in their
life.
This book continues
Chicken Soup for
the
Soul's focus on inspiration
and hope, reminding
readers that they
can find their own
happiness.
The inspirational
story of Small Paws®
Rescue
is included as told
by author and SPR
Executive
Director, Robin Pressnall,
entitled "Filling
a Need". This
is Robin's second
publication
in the "Chicken
Soup for the Soul"
series.
Robin will sign each
book. Profits from
sales
will go to Small
Paws Rescue and the
rescued
Bichons!
The Small Paws Rescue Spring OnLine Auction
Will Get Your Summer
Off To A Great Start!
Shop 'Til You Drop
To Support The Continued
Rescue, Adoption
and Medical Issues Of Bichon
Frises In Need Nationwide.
Please tell your
friends, family and
community
that the online bidding
will begin Friday
May 4th at 8 A.M.
E.S.T.
We Are Ready To Accept
Your Items For Donation.
We And The Bichons
Thank You In Advance!
Try GoodSearch.com
as your search engine
and as your online
shopping portal!
Small Paws is signed
up and each time
you
use it, either to
search or to go to
an online
seller, funds are
sent to Small Paws
for
the Bichons! You
can buy those shoes
at Zappos
and those books at
Amazon *AND* donate
to
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Try it out! So far,
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and have
shopped to raise
$1,967.51 for Small
Paws
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Prayer Reports and
Requests
<Subject: Re: Georgie is Heartworm Positive/
$1000.00 Matching Challenge/ Cushing's Disease
Update
Date: 4/16/2012 11:34:48
P.M. Central Daylight
Time
From: kjoruff@atlanticbb.net
Hi Robin,
This is Kerry Ruffner. You have not heard
from me for a while. I guess I told you that
I have Parkinson's Disease. Well, it has
really been giving me some problems lately.
My meds are not working as well as they used
to. I am in pain a lot of the time when they
decide not to kick in and also when they
decide to wear off early. So, my neurologist
is sending me to Dr. Whiting, a famous neurosurgeon,
who does the DMS ( Deep Brain Stimulation)
procedure for Parkinson's. You may have seen
him on the Oprah show a few years ago. Believe
it or not he is from Altoona. Tomorrow I
travel to Pittsburgh to Allegheny General
Hospital to meet Dr. Whiting and discuss
having this procedure done. It is scary but
the results could change my whole life for
the better. So please say a little prayer
as I make the most difficult decision I have
had to make in a long while.
Then, I heard from
my niece Amanda.
She &
her 5 year old daughter
Avry are traveling
to Memphis the first
week in May to visit
Amanda's friend and
her little 6 year
old
daughter, Arianna,
who has been battling
childhood cancer
since she was three
I believe.
Arianna's last scans
were not good. The
tumor
is growing and the
cancer is now in
her spinal
fluid. She is a patient
at St. Jude's. There
is a beautiful song
that was written
for
her on You Tube.
If you type in Dance
Arianna
- St. Jude's on You
Tube you can see
the
video. It is really
worth listening too.
Please remember Arianna
and her family in
your prayers also.
I will put a check
in the mail for $25.00
when I return from
Pittsburgh tomorrow. Please
use it for any of
those little guys. I see
it is raining Bichons
again. Thanks for reading
all of this. I didn't
mean to make it so
long. Kerry Ruffner,
Altoona, PA.>
(God loves you more
than anyone else
ever
has,
and more than anyone
else ever will!)
Hear the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sing "So
You Would Know."
Will God let us have our beloved pet's in
heaven?
Information About Our Programs
(Let Us Help You to Keep Your Pet During Tough
Financial Times)
"Trust, a Deadly Disease"
A MUST read, sent
in by our Team Leader
to the Carolinas,
Kathryn Smith
~By Sharon Mathers.
Published 1988 in
Canine
Concepts
and Community Animal
Control Magazine.~
Humphrey Sisco
Dec 26, 1993~ Aug 30, 2006
When I first saw this beautiful picture of
Cheri Sisco's "Humphrey", I thought
it was truly the epitome of what we do, and
why we do it. I wanted to use this black
and white picture of Humphrey, taken only
days before his death due to congestive heart
failure, to let those who may be new to Small
Paws, know what we do and why we do it. Without
Small Paws, Humphrey would have never known
love. He would have died in a kill shelter,
sick and alone. Because of Small Paws, and
Cheri Sisco, he lived, he loved, and he smiled.
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