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Monday Night, January 23, 2012

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Small Paws Rescue Inc.
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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.

Click here for the latest YouTube video of our December 12, 2011 appearance on Fox & Friends!

Click here for new backstage photos and videos taken at the Fox News studios in NYC on December 12!

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.

Guys, we need your help in a couple of ways.

As you know, it takes many people to make Small Paw go.

We have a volunteer, Janet at mageefoof@aol.com, who lists all of the Small Paws Bichons for adoption on Petfinder's with pictures and bios.

She also takes in our owner surrender forms, then sends them to the various Team Leaders for dispatch.

She also keeps our XL chart of who all that we have in rescue and which foster home they are in, who all is in hospice, who all is adopted, and who is coming in as a newbie. She also keeps track of major illnesses and treatments going on for these Bichons.

So Janet does a lot online for Small Paws.

Her older lap top computer is dying and taking it's last gasping breaths.

Then, Denise Santos, is our Bichon Travel Agent.

She's the one who makes all of the airline arrangements for Bichons to fly to either foster homes or to their forever homes.

She is online a lot for Small Paws, both early morning and late at night, and we got this today from Denise.

Subject: My computer
Date: 1/23/2012 3:50:30 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: Bernise26@aol.com

Hello Ladies,
I have tried to save my dying laptop but it is just to, to slow at this point.It still works but Its older and the processor is very outdated as well as the memory. Does SPR have a loaner or one I could use for awhile? Let me know , Thanks!

Denise Santo
Travel Coordinator
Co-Team Leader MD/VA<

So, I was wondering if anyone out there may have a new or gently used laptop they can either loan to us or donate in exchange for a tax receipt.

We need it to be one that's a later model (one that isn't mostly dead, itself. Ha.) and one that runs Windows 7.

If anyone knows of any possibilities, please let me know at pup3@aol.com

Next, we have a wonderful challenge for you and Carol will meet it up to $300.00! Thank you, Carol!

On Jan 22, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Carol Ronk wrote:

Subject: Re: This will touch your heart.
Date: 1/22/2012 10:58:31 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: carolronk@me.com

Hi Robin,

Someone just sent this to me . You've probably seen this but It made me cry and think of all you have done with Small Paws Rescue.
I'll issue a matching challenge for anyone whose heart it touches and inspires them to donate, up to $300.00

Thank you so much for all you have done to help us all help so many little pups!

God bless! Carol

Once I was a lonely dog,
Just looking for a home.
I had no place to go,
No one to call my own.
I wandered up and down the streets,
in rain, in heat, and snow.
I ate whatever I could find,
I was always on the go.

My skin would itch, my feet were sore,
My body ached with pain,
And no one stopped to give a pat
Or to gently say my name.
I never saw a loving glance,
I was always on the run.
For people thought that hurting me
was really lots of fun.

And then one day I heard a voice
So gentle, kind and sweet,
And arms so soft reached down to me
And took me off my feet.
"No one again will hurt you."
Was whispered in my ear.
"You'll have a home to call your own
where you know no fear."
"You will be dry, you will be warm,
you'll have enough to eat
And rest assured that when you sleep,
your dreams will all be sweet."

I was afraid, I must admit,
I've lived so long in fear.
I can't remember when I let
A human come so near.

And as she tended to my wounds
And bathed and brushed my fur
She told me about the rescue group
And what it meant to her.

She said, "We are a circle,
A line that never ends.
And in the center there is you
protected by new friends."
"And all around you are
the ones who check the pounds,
And those who share their homes
after you've been found."
"And all the other folks
who are searching near and far,
To find the perfect home for you,
where you can be a star."

She said, "There is a family,
that's waiting patiently,
and pretty soon we'll find them,
just you wait and see."
"And then they'll join our circle
they'll help to make it grow,
so there'll be room for more like you,
who have no place to go."

I waited very patiently,
The days they came and went.
Today's the day I thought,
my family will be sent.
Then just when I began to think
it wasn't meant to be,
there were people standing there,
just gazing down at me.

I knew them in a heartbeat,
I could tell they felt it too.
They said, "We have been waiting
for a special dog like you."

Now every night I say a prayer
to all the gods that be.
"Thank you for the life I live
and all you've given me.
But most of all protect the dogs
in the pound and on the street.
And send a Rescue person
to lift them off their feet."

- Arlene PaceSee More

Ok,we're looking for two new or gently used laptops (we will pay for shipping!) and we're hoping someone can match this challenge!

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!)

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue For The First 17 Days of
January, 2012 Totalling $22, 716.03 Averaging $1,336.23 Per Day.

Companies Who Match Employees Donations  

From Small Paws Ebay!


Feedback Score Of 2084 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!!


Bib SPR 2011 logo. Navy blue with white
Size for 6 month and older. Navy with white embroidered bichon.
Washable. Velcro fasteners.


Sweatshirt in Navy with white 2011 SPR Logo, featuring Bichon. Med, LG, XL (ADD SIZE IN COMMENT SECTION AT CHECKOUT)


T-shirt SPR White Logo on Navy
Remember the Navy shirts with White SPR Logo on the back? We're bringing them back due to popular demand! They are 100% soft washable/dry cotton with reenforced seams. XL, 2 XL SELECT SIZE IN COMMENT SECTION IN CHECK OUT



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!



Now is the time to send in your stories and pictures of your Bichons to Bev Bev Van Zant at beverlyvanzant@gmail.com!

Her Online Bichon Bash is coming up! For each of your Bichon's story that are used on her blog, Beverly sends in a donation!
Read last years stories!


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 Reports and Requests

(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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