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Thursday February 10, 2011

Gem of the Day: Enjoy The "Don't Quit" Inspirational Video!


You may be missing some of the best Bichon items available online!

Rose Coward ( RMCOWARD@aol.com) has worked very hard,
getting our Small Paws Rescue Online E-Store up to date.

(The Small Paws Rescue Online E-Store is a completely
different site from our Small Paws Ebay site.)

Rose has ordered new items and is keeping the Online E-store stocked.
All she needs now is you, our customers!

These are but a few of the items we have waiting for you!




Yellow cab magnet! "I love to ride in the car", 6"x 4" magnet. Great for bumper, door, indoors, or wherever you'd like to display this cute guy!

Our Price: $8.99



The travelers are back ready to follow you anywhere. Cute pair for identifying your luggage easily. Hard plastic, front and back. Just use a sharpie to fill in ID.

Our Price: $11.00


Cute Bichon won't ask to come in from the cold. Thermometer made of resin. Accurate in C and F markings. Measures 7" tall with built-in loop for hanging.


Our Price: $13.00
Sale Price: $11.25
You save $1.75!




Click here for step-by-step directions for using
our new shopping cart to make a donation.
You no longer need to use a password to purchase or donate!

To make a one time donation, or a monthly donation to Small Paws Rescue, you may use your major credit card securely, at this site.

If you've made a past donation by credit card, you may e-mail Susan Sebring at susan@smallpawsrescue.org to let her know the amount of your donation for the Bichons.

You may also call Susan on her cell phone at 785-224-7839

Susan is on Central Standard Time!
(Please leave a message and Susan 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 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."

Click Here to View Most Recent Appearance on Fox and Friends On Youtube!

Click here for backstage photos taken at the Fox New studios in New York City!

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

If you missed our last newsletter, here it is.

First, I want to thank Small Pawser Virginia Sory Brown, our Fairy Dog Mother, for flying me to Detroit last week, for the funeral of long time Small Paws volunteer, Gary Tuss.

Sign Gary's Online Guest Book

Printed in his obituary: "He is the loving daddy of Finnegan, Dandee, Frasier, Calvin, and Small Paws Fosters, Joey, Jake, Sassy, and Taffy."

Jane, (janeway59@aol.com) we love you and please know that our prayers are with you.

Next, we have an update on our precious little McDreamy who was hit by a car back in January, prior to coming into rescue with SPR.

Now he is doing great now, but we did have some complications, and again, we need your help for this darling little guy.

"Dreamy"

Folks, this little one is just under a year old and according to everyone who has been around him, he has personality plus.

When he was hit by the car near Arlington TX., his pelvic bone was broken. which cause his urethra to be crushed and all but severed clean into.

Dr. Skip Tangner, (click to see a short video of Dr. Skip speaking) our Board Certified Surgeon, located in OKC, OK., has gone above and beyond in little Dreamy's case. (They call him "Dreamy." they already love him!)

Skip went in and took out the dead portion of the urethra and connected the two live portions, hoping the graft would "take" and that this would take care of the problem of Dreamy's inability to urinate.

Unfortunately, there was a "stricture" and the graft failed.

Skip called and said he wanted to do a Pre-pubic Urethrostomy, which is a surgical formation of a permanent opening of the urethra at the perineal surface.

Basically, there is another opening that was created for him to be able to urinate, and the surgery was a success.

There is still a slight chance of it failing but nothing like the chances of the other surgery not taking.

This little guy had a serious injury to his urinary tract.

He is now on the way back to health, barking, wagging his tail, etc.

He should be able to come home from the hospital on Monday.

Even with two surgeries, and over 3 weeks of care, our bill is below what it would be in most areas of the country.

Right now it's at $3,645.00. We have raised already for him right at $2200.00, leaving a $1445.00 deficit.

Besides McDreamy (his name was taken from one of the main characters on the hit TV show, "Grey's Anatomy"), we have many other Bichons coming into rescue daily from kill shelters.

"Smudge",
Doesn't he look like a "Smudge"?

Smudge is a little Bichon Mix that we took in, in Indiana and his hips are both unable to stay in their sockets. He is needing FHO surgery done on both sides. Yowser.

Subject: Re: 9 yr old "Smudge" Small Paws
From "Sara Pace" <pacess4@att.net>

Hi Robin,
Smudge's foster mom, Heather took him to see Dr Andrea Hayes, an orthopedic surgeon today. Both of his hips are out of socket and he is basically unable to walk. He needs a bilateral FHO. They will only do one hip at a time. He also has arthritis and is on glucosomine and NSAIDS. The FHO for one hip/leg is $1800-2000, they will give us a 25% discount, so it would be $1350-1500 for each side.

That includes the surgery and post-op follow up visits. He is in pain when he tries to walk. His foster mom has to carry him most of the time. He is really unbelievable, with all this going on, he does not have accidents and is potty-trained. He is other wise a healthy senior dog and very sweet. He loves to be held, sit and sleep with his foster mom.

Can we authorize the surgery on his hips?

I included a picture of him. He was scheduled to be euthanized at animal control until SPR rescued him.

Thank you,
Sara Pace, SPR teamleader IL and IN
pacess4@att.net>

So just for these two fluffs, we need $4400.00 to get them finished with their vetting so they will be ready to be adopted.

Can you help us to help them? I am happy to issue matching challenges for Dreamy and for Smudge! All My Love, Robin

He Will Draw Your Dog
Artist turns hobby into fundraiser for shelters and rescues

See vet bills paid so far by Small Paws Rescue for February 2011, totalling
$11, 555. 10 which is an average of $$1, 444.38 per day.

Click here for step-by-step directions for making a donation using
our new shopping cart! You do not need to register or obtain a password!

Companies Who Match Employees Donations  

From Small Paws Ebay!


Feedback Score Of 1864 100% Positive Comments.



"Small Paws Rescue Ebay is open!
Stop by and see what we have to offer.



I list new items as time allows so check back often. Please remember to leave SPR positive feedback on Ebay when the auction has ended to your satisfaction. Thank-you! Patti

Visit the Small Paws® Rescue Online E-Store where lots of items are on clearance and we have some new items as well!!


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 102, 784 searches and have shopped to raise $1,967.51 for Small Paws Rescue!

How to Become a Much Needed Small Paws® Rescue Foster Parent!
See how we REALLY feel about our volunteers!

Prayer Requests

Subject: Dad
Date: 2/8/2011 7:40:59 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: DANCINBLVD@aol.com
To: Pup3@aol.com


Please add my Dad to the prayer list in newsletter whenever one comes out.


My dad is still inpatient at rehab hospital after having brain surgery. Biopsy came back today that it is cancer. He had a PET scan done and it showed some possible in the lymph nodes. But its not brain cancer per say as they said it has originated from somewhere else in the body. They don't have full report of PET scan yet so they are hoping it shows where as they couldn't give us a prognosis cause of that. He will have 10 radiation treatments of the entire brain for now . My dad is 82 yrs old.
Stephanie Hunter

(God loves you more than anyone else ever has,
and more than anyone else ever will!)


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Will God let us have our beloved pet's in heaven?

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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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