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Wednesday Morning December the First, 2010

Gem of the Day: "Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead."
~Erma Bombeck~



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Donated by Louisiana Bichons!

The Small Paws® Rescue Holiday Online Auction began on Friday, November 19, 2010 and it will continue through December 5, 2010.
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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 have seen us on Fox and Friends in New York City, or on Animal Planet on "Dogs 101."

Welcome! We hope you enjoy reading about the Bichons and the people who love them!

If you missed our last newsletter, here it is

Ok, Chester had his juvenile cataract removed but his funding is still going on. He is doing well but our bank account is not. HELP!

We must be going through a wormhole or something. I don't know if even Captain Kirk has seen the things we are seeing all in a short span of time!

I got this, this morning. Uh boy. Another Bichon was trying to assume room temperature. Nuh-Uh!!

Thank you Christina for taking her to the ER.!

From: glbruce@att.net
To: Pup3@aol.com; Fuzzalot@aol.com
Sent: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 10:07 am
Subject: Austin Pup had emergency--Pearl

Austin's Pearl

Christina picked this little girl up at the shelter last night. She is 2-3 and is about 10#'s. She looks like she has had several litters of pups and she has bad dermatitis on her neck. They gave her the rabies shot right before they left the shelter. They got into the car and she immediately started vomiting. Christina thought she just didn't like car rides. It got worse and the poor little girl was heaving. Then she started to have diarrhea. And then both became bloody. She took her to the emergency clinic. The thought she was having a reaction to the rabies shot. They started her on IV fluids and gave her something for the vomiting. Christina stayed for several hours, but they decided Pearl needed to stay the rest of the night.

Christina called me, but I didn't hear my cell phone last night, so I didn't call her until this morning. The bill is about $800.

Christina had just picked her up and was taking her to Premier when I called her. She had finally stopped vomiting, but they wanted her to still get IV fluids because she doesn't want to eat.

It is a good thing we picked her up because if they had given her the rabies and put her back in the pen, she might have died before someone noticed.

Glennda<

And this just now came in:


Subject: Pearl in Austin
Date: 11/30/2010 7:16:35 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: glbruce@att.net


The clinic just called and said she is doing a little better. She is eating small amounts. They are giving her metronidazole for the bloody diarrhea and she is still on IV fluids. I asked if she could have Parvo, but the tech said that her symptoms were typical for that and that the doctors hadn't mentioned it. She said she would asked them about it.
Glennda>

Ok, so that vet bill is continuing to rise for the Pearl of Austin.

I'm going to be bold and see if there is anyone out there who can pay for maybe half of Pearl's bill and maybe someone else can cover the other half. I know it is a lot to ask but if I were to tell you all that happened today and how many Bichons are involved you really would not be able to digest it all. Trust me on this one!

The sky is falling, Chicken Little, and a piece of it is hitting me on the head, over and over. (That could explain things)

And there are no words for this one in the Pacific Northwest. From Carrie Rogers , our Team Leader to the Pacific Northwest.

I'm no expert but, hey, wait..yes I am!

Hey I think something GOT this baby and he fought back with everything he had!


Subject: FW: In rescue due to,"areas of hair loss & infection on skin due to generalized demodicosis & loose incisors.".
Date: 11/30/2010 10:21:20 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: auntcookierogers@hotmail.com

San Jose Smooshie

Robin,
This little guy needs our help badly.
I just wanted to give you a heads up. I'm gonna send someone to get him today.
I about fainted when I saw him. Poor baby!

Carrie Rogers
WA, OR, ID & N California Team Leader
Small Paws Rescue, Inc.
National Bichon Frise Rescue and adoption
www.smallpawsrescue.org

SMOOSHIE - ID#A611422
My name is SMOOSHIE.
I am a male.
The shelter staff think I am about 3 years old.
I have been at the shelter since Nov 26, 2010.
San Jose Animal Care & Services


We have some emergencies that happened today due to one of our volunteers passing away suddenly.

As soon as I have more info about the needs if her bichons, I will let you all know.

So we have some big needs and some tiny pockets.

Stephanie Hunter has issued this matching challenge for $10.00. Anyone else having a Birthday out there?

From: DANCINBLVD@aol.com [mailto:DANCINBLVD@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 5:33 PM
To: pup3@aol.com


Subject: Re: Sue Hodges Has Issued a Matching Challenge. Is Anyone Out There?

I would like to donate part of my birthday money I got $10 for Dancer. Many years back I was looking to adopt a dog and I never forgot this dog named Dancer at a shelter I couldn't take two dogs. If anyone else has had birthday recently and if they could match me that would be great.


Steph<

And Live, from Manhattan in New York City, Deborah Berger and Boris have this challenge for you. They are in mourning. This is why.

Hi Robin:

This was my cat Ollie. I put him to sleep tonight. What a beautiful and selfless little guy he was, he made it to 17 in October. .this was sent to me by my sister. When her cat passed, the woman she adopted them from sent her
this. Considering I have 4 dogs and they loved him and continue to look for him please accept a $100.00 challenge from the gang. Deborah and Boris <

And we have this challenge too from Sandy for little Chester. Bless your heart, Thank you Sandra!

<From: Sandra Lovgren <sandy@zirkel.us>
Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Subject: CHALLENGE
To: Pup3@aol.com


DEAR ROBIN, I'M IN THE PROCESS OR ADOPTING ONE OF YOUR LITTLE ANGEL FLUFFS (carissa or annie 2) RIGHT NOW JUST WAITING FOR A CALL FROM BONNIE OR WHOM EVER IS IN CHARGE. I ALSO HAVE THE NEED TO MEET THE $100.00 CHALLENGE OF SUE FOR CHESTER'S CATARACT SURGERY, I ALSO HAD MY BICHONS CATARACTS DONE IN ENGLEWQOD, CO. IT CAME OUT GREAT SHE COULD SEE AGAIN. SINCE THEN 2 YEARS LATER SHE PAST AWAY OF OLD AGE OF 18 YRS. I MISS HER SO VERY MUCH. I NOW WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE CHALLENGE OF $100.00 TO ANY ONE FOR LITTLE CHESTER. THANK YOU SANDRA LOVGREN>

Ok, that's the size of it and as I say. I don't know what is going on, just that it IS going on and they have no one but us to stop their suffering.

Lord, I wish they could type. What am I saying? I wish I could type! All My Love, Robin

See Vet Bills Paid Tonight by Small Paws® Rescue in
November of 2010 totalling $37, 368.90 for the first 29 days of November,
which is an average of $1, 288.58 per day.

We paid vet bills for October in the amount of $37, 415.66
averaging $1206.95 per day.

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Prayer Requests

From Bonnie Ferguson, Board Member, and Director of Adoptions
(By the way, my Spunky Monkey says his little friend, Fuzzy Ferguson,
has "Spocky Mountain Rotted Fever")

From: bonnie@smallpawsrescue.org
Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 12:00 pm
Subject: Favor to ask

Hello all,

Please be praying for Fuzzy. He was titer tested last week for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

Doc Maria said that the lab she uses, doesn't record readings over 256. Fuzzy's titer test came back at 256. A good titer reading is under 64.

I brought him in to see Maria last week because he just woke up old one morning. Yes, I know he is 14 but he just seemed to age over night. Going from a playful puppyish dog, to an old, arthritic dog.

Maria has seen an increase in cases of RMSF this year and tested him for that along with his other blood work. His other blood work came back ok except for two results that were a little high.

Even if you use Frontline, the tick can bite your dog before falling off dead, from Frontline.

Fuzzy also has some bacterial skin thing going on which may or may not be part of the RMSF. He's taking an antibiotic for that. My concern with that is his sensitive tummy. He's always had digestive problems and I just hope that taking two drugs at the same time, doesn't upset him. He's eating really well this week but has lost almost two pounds in the last few months. For a 13 pound dog, that's a lot to lose.

This morning after a nudge from Robin, I called the internist we use for our dogs. Dr. Hodges was kind enough to talk to me without bringing Fuzzy in.

He confirmed that Maria is on the right track and said that he wasn't concerned about the high platelet count in this particular case, but would be more concerned if the count was low.

I'll start Fuzzy on the doxi tonight and have anti nausea meds and Pepcid AC, if the meds upset his tummy.

Please be thinking of us. I know you all know what I mean when I say that Fuzzy is my heart dog.

Thanks


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and more than anyone else ever will!)

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"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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