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Wednesday Evening February 16, 2011

Gem of the Day: The Bichon who started it all, my Chipper Pressnall, turns 13 years old on Saturday, February 19, 2011. He's the happiest Bichon I've ever met, and I've met thousands of Bichons! You can't get a picture of him when his tail isn't going 90 miles a minute or when he isn't smiling.

Read below about his story of survival, and how his rescue taught me all about puppy mills, and about how the love of a Bichon Frise can change your life, in ways you never even imagined!


Happy Birthday to my eldest son, to our darling boy, who is eight feet tall in dog years, Chipper Pressnall!



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

If you missed our last newsletter, here it is.

Little "Smudge" had his first hip repair last week and so far so good. He will need the other side done after this side heals. Both hips were out of socket. You can see how much pain he was in. Hopefully he is on the road to feeling better now!
Thank you for helping us to help him!


McDreamy

And little McDreamy is almost ready to come home! His new urinary opening became slightly infected so Dr. Skip wanted to keep him on antibiotics there for a couple more days.

He runs outside on the leash and squats, emptying his bladder completely. YEA!

Then, they walk him to a bush and hikes his leg, going through the motions, but nothing happens. He seems to be ok with this ritual and if he is ok, we are happy!

Debbie Archer in Arkansas is going to be fostering this little "dream" of a guy!

He loves everyone and everything. Anyone who adopts him is going to be blessed by his little angel spirit. He is just under a year old.

I'll get new pictures for you and maybe a short video of his new routine and "outdoor adventures".

As you know it take about $1500.00 a day for us to pay our vet bills.

See Vet Bills Paid for the First 14 Days of February, 2011
Totalling $21, 987.93, an average of $1,570.57 per day.

After paying our vet bills this week, our balance was down to $917.00, which lasted us only about 3/4 of a day. We are now below zero.

Yes, I'm going to tell you that we need help, but first, I want to tell you a story about a very special little Bichon.

I try not to talk too much about my own dogs, but this is a special occasion, one that is really quite special for each one of us, if you are reading my words now.

You see, Chipper Pressnall, the little one who started it all for me nearly 13 years ago, will turn 13 years old on this Saturday, February 19.

Chipper's Story of Survival from a Puppy Mill

And, he is such great shape. He has no cataracts or hearing loss and he plays like a puppy!

See the short video of Chipper and Spunky the Monkey Man playing after a recent bath, in our home.

Bichons are a long lived breed. If you are thinking about adopting an older Bichon, many of them are happy and playful into their later years.

Spunky Monkey is now 12 and Chipper will be 13 on Saturday!

Don't let their age stop you from experiencing the love of a senior Bichon!

Chipper , his Mama, and his brother, Spunky Monkey Pressnall.
Chipper's the one "singing." (He gets that from me.)

I'll never forget the first day I met our Chipper, the horrid conditions at the mill where his parents lived. The dead horse in the front yard that had been there quite some time.

I remember Dale telling me, as we drove up that fateful dirt road, that he thought this might be one of those "bad places" called a puppy mill, and that he had seen something on NBC Dateline about them.

This was all news to me.

He asked me what I wanted to do, did I want to turn around and go home, or did I want to keep going.

What do you think??

Of course we kept going and we have been going ever since, thanks to the love and support of so many of you who love this breed, all across this country and in 28 others, as well.

Now, because there IS a Small Paws Rescue, we have another foster Bichon, named Rocky, who needs bladder stone removal surgery.

Rocky

This is from Deb Fayhe, our Team Leader for MO.

Subject: Re: Rocky
Date: 2/15/2011 12:24:52 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: deb13@optonline.net

Robin, Rocky is a 7 year old diabetic boy who now has a bladder stone about the size of the end of your pinky. The estimate is $500-600. This is a sweet little guy, who keeps getting UTI infections and needs that stone gone!<

And from his foster Mom, Christine Lewis:

Subject: Re: Rocky
Date: 2/15/2011 7:22:30 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: cmvlewis224@aol.com

Rocky is being seen by the North Main Animal Hospital in O'Fallon Mo.

He is just adorable. If you don't pet him when he wants to be petted, he will scratch at your hand until it is sufficient!

He just wants to be loved that's all. He is funny because he makes noises that you would normally hear coming from a video game! He gets along very well with my Bichon, Sophie. He is just one big lovey cotton ball.

He really is quite chipper but today I could tell he wasn't feeling well at all. He greets me at the door like I have been his Mama since birth.

The Hello is so Exciting!!

If only men greeted me so. He is just too yummy!
Christine Lewis<

So I'm going to ask something, and if you are able to do so, it is so very much appreciated.

In honor of Chipper's upcoming 13th Birthday, a Birthday that was an important day for all of Small Paws, if you can make a donation, those funds will be used to help Rocky and several others who need medical attention right now.

Happy 13th Birthday to Mama's Big Boy, Chipper Pressnall!

You have blessed the lives of your Daddy and I more than you will ever know.

We cherish each and every day with you and pray there are several more years to adore your smile and your happy nature.

I couldn't love you more if I had given birth to you, myself. All My Love, Robin

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See Vet Bills Paid for the First 14 Days of February, 2011
Totalling $21, 987.93, an average of $1,570.57 per day.

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Prayer Requests

Subject: (no subject)
Date: 2/13/2011 12:47:57 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: 7135578303@mms.att.net



Robin, sorry it's late but I just got home from putting fuzzy to sleep. I can't type anymore but please say some prayers for me and my remaining fluff Suzie. I need major prayers from folks that live in Gods word including preaching Gods word. Please help me find some peace. My parents don't care and they have the "quit crying and pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Please pray for me and Suzie. Love, Leila>


(Editor's Note: This is from Lori and Andy Foster, our TN. Team Leaders)

Subject: Our oldest Bichon, Mischa
Date: 2/13/2011 10:19:36 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: ABichon@aol.com



Can you please have all the mighty prayer warriors pray for Mischa, who we have had for 16 wonderful years. She is in kidney failure and congestive heart failure but has been doing pretty well on the meds. Friday night, she didn't want to eat and started coughing. We have taken her to our vet Saturday and Sunday nights for added meds but she just isn't getting better. Tomorrow they will do an ultrasound to see what is happening. He did tell us that she may not even make it through the night but then again, she may. At least she is with us and is sleeping right next to our bed so we can be there for her.
Mischa started us on our love of this wonderful little Bichon breed. It is just breaking our hearts to see her so tired and gasping at times for her breath.
Please pray for Andy and I that we can make it through this very hard time.
Love, Lori and Andy
Mischa, Lily shih tzu, Boudy
and Shelby

This is a picture of our special little Mischa >

<From: Shirley Keener
To: Kathryn Smith
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Bailey

I wanted to let you know Bailey my 16 yr old foster 101
failure was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was sick last week and I took him to my vet and I asked her to xray him because he had passed a lot of blood along with diarrhea. She saw some lesions on his lungs and sent the
xrays over to Carolina Vet Specialists for their evaluation and their radiologist called today to confirm what she saw.
My Vet feels in will only be a matter of a few months. I really need to focus on Bailey.

Yes, I would appreciate if you would let everyone know - maybe the prayers will help.

I was really shocked to get that news and we would not have know until he really started getting sick. I am glad we went ahead with the xrays. I will look at the web sites you suggested. But the cancer is wide spread.

But it would be nice since Bailey was originally a SPR dog that everyone knew what was going on. Thank you

Shirley>

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


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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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