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Small Paws is offering a "Share the Love"
adoption fee special, through December 31, 2009
All adoption fees through that date will be 50% off!
To adopt a Bichon 7 years old or under the adoption fee will be $75.00.
To adopt a senior Bichon, 8 years old or older the adoption fee will be $37.50.
Let's "Share the Love" and get some of these babies into loving homes!

Saturday December 19, 2009

Gem of the Day: "The best Christmas gift of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another."



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If you've made a past donation by credit card, you may e-mail Stephanie Hunter, at SPRfluff@aol.com to let her know the amount of your donation for the Bichons.

You may also call your credit card donation in to Stephanie Hunter at her cell phone number which is 516-635-1007.
She is on Eastern Standard Time!
(Please leave a message and she will return your call if she is not available!)

You may also send a check or money order to:
Small Paws Rescue Inc.
3316 S. 72nd. W. Ave.
Tulsa, Ok. 74107

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 the newest members of our Small Paws Rescue Online Newsletter!

Especially to those of you who saw us on Fox and Friends, last Friday. Welcome!

If you missed our last newsletter, here it is.
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/newsletters/images/dec1809.html

Our Chipper is home, with his Mama and Daddy and his brother, Spunky the Monkey Pressnall!

He's home! Early! Dr. Skip went next door to the ER yesterday afternoon and told them he was taking Chipper. Then took him back next door to the surgery center, and removed the tube that was sticking into his side to pull the air out of his chest cavity. No more air was leaking out so the tube could go!

He put Chipper down on the floor and he began to wag his tail (Chipper, not Skip) and then he headed for the door. He wanted to come home.

Krista, Skip's nurse, called to tell me that Chipper could go home YESTERDAY! Two days early, and to come get him!! I was there in 5 minutes!

He is now home, here with us, and he seems to be none the worse for wear!

I asked him if he saw a white light (when he had gone into cardiac arrest and had flat lined for several minutes) and he told me the only light he remembered was the one to the Golden Arches on the Turnpike, from OKC to Tulsa. Ok. I can take a hint!

I am so grateful to each of you for your prayers, your phone calls and for your e-mails. I have several hundreds of them, so just know that Dale and I appreciate you all so very much! You are our family!

I don't think I'll ever forget Skip explaining to Dale, Chipper's Dad, how he had left us for a while.

This was one of those things that ca happen to anyone, like when a person has a minor procedure and then codes on the table.

I thank GOD that my baby was with Skip when this happened.

Well, I have mail to get to but we wanted to thank you all. Our baby is home and we feel we received a wonderful Christmas miracle this year.

We still have several Bichons needing help, so I'll tell you about this one last one in Ohio, before the Holidays.

We have a 3 year old darling little Bichon named Hans (as in Hans Christian Anderson)

Hans

Hans has inherited juvenile cataracts in both eyes but that's not the main issue and the main issue is bad. We can either try to raise the needed funds for this specialized laser surgery or we can remove both eyes at a cost of around $4000.00. He's only three. It would be great if he can have sight during his lifetime.

He can survive without his eyes, but he will be much easier to place with his eyes.

This is from Hans' Foster Mom, Danielle Howe, at unwellnumber@hotmail.com. Linda Fausey and Sharon King are the Team Leader for Ohio, where this is happening. We are using the great speciality vets at Medvet Medical Center for Pets in Worthington, Ohio.

The Ophthalmology Department is who is working with us.

"They said he has cataracts in both eyes (inherited), the right eye has cataracts scattered about, but it is not blocking his vision. The vet said those cataracts are likely to get worse over time, but may not. The left eye is far worse; the cataracts have destroyed the lens and because of the damage from the cataracts there is a small retinal detachment on the bottom of the eye.

He would need surgery to restore vision; they would remove both lenses and put new ones in. They would also use a laser to scar the area where the retinal detachment has stopped to ensure it won't continue. There is a 5% risk of inflammation, glaucoma, and retinal detachment in the right eye w/surgery, 15% in the left eye. There is a 75% chance of those things if there is no surgery. (95% success w/right eye, 85% success w/left eye). 15% chance of further retinal detachment in the left eye w/the laser retinopexy.

The laser surgery in both eyes is $4000-$4200 w/the laser to stop the retinal detachment. They give a 20% discount to rescues.

Dr Web can be reached at 614-846-5800 if you have questions).

Please let me know what you would like to do.

Danielle>

This is how you can help us to save this baby's eyes. Not just his vision, but his eyes.

Again, thank you all for praying for our Chipper! All My Love, Robin

See vet bills paid so far in December of 2009,
totalling $9, 308.81

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue Inc.
For November of 2009 Totalling $37, 807.07

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue Inc.
For October of 2009 Totalling $34, 340.54



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From Small Paws Ebay!

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"Small Paws Rescue Ebay is closing December 18 for a Christmas/New Year break. We will reopen January 4. We'll have some "after Christmas" items to stock up for next year plus new items. So mark your calendar and come see SPR Ebay on January 4!

Thanks,
Patti

If you have items to donate to sell on Ebay, please email us! 

 
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 Small Paws Rescue! Try it out! So far, Small Pawsers have done 83509 searches and have shopped to raise $1413.50 for Small Paws Rescue!
 

Date: 10/5/2009 3:49:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: glbruce@att.net

Now is the time to book your spot(s) for the holiday gift wrapping at Barnes & Noble Bookstores. They have everything you need already set up so it is very easy to do. They let you bring literature about SPR and have a donation jar. We have done it in San Antonio the last two years and got about $150 -$200 in donations (one year we also did it at the Borders). It is a lot of fun and a great way to let the public know about SPR. This is something that even one person can do, but the more the merrier. It is only for a few hours. If anybody has any questions, let me know.

And Lastly:

Subject: new twist on old poem
Date: 12/16/2009 10:40:18 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: dsvedman@elp.rr.com
To: pup3@aol.com

I can't take credit for this version of "T'was the Night Before Christmas" and perhaps you have already seen it or used it, but here it is anyway. I just changed the name of the group to Small Paws Rescue. There was no name to attribute authorship, nor any copyright marked. My boys and I are giving $10 for each of the twelve days of Christmas for a total of $120; please use this to meet any new challenges issued for Jingle B. Deborah Svedman

A Rescue Dog’s Christmas Poem


Tis the night before Christmas, and all through the town;
Every shelter is full – we are lost, but not found.
Our names are hung on our kennels so bare,
We hope every minute that someone will care.

They’ll come to adopt us and give us the call,
“Come here, boy, come, and fetch your new ball!”
But we sit here now and think of the days
We were treated so fondly – we had cute, baby ways.

Once we were little, then we grew and we grew,
Now we’re no longer young and we’re no longer new.
So out the back door we were thrown out like trash,
They reacted so quickly – why were they so rash?

We “jump on the children,” “don’t come when called,”
We “bark when they leave us,” or “climb over the wall.”
We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed.
Now we suffer the consequence of errors they made.

If only they’d trained us, if only we knew,
We’d have done what they asked us and worshipped them, too.
We were left in the back yard, or worse, left to roam.
Now we’re tired and lonely and without a home.

They dropped us off here and kissed us goodbye,
“Maybe someone else will give you a try.”
So now here we are, all confused and alone,
In a shelter with others who long for a home.

The volunteers come through with a meal and a pat,
But with so many to care for, they can’t stay to chat.
They move to the next run, giving each of us cheer;
We know that they wonder how long we’ll be here.

We lay down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads
Of a home filled with love and our own cozy beds.
We wake to see sad eyes just brimming with tears –
Our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fears.

If you can’t adopt us and there’s no room at the inn,
Could you help us pay bills and fill our food bin?
We count on your kindness each day of the year,
Can you give more than hope to everyone here?

Please make a donation to pay for the heat
And help get us something special to eat.
The folks at Small Paws Rescue want us to live,
And more of us will, if more people give.

Merry Christmas!

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