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Tuesday Morning March 08, 2011

Gem of the Day: "Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential."

~ Winston Churchill~


"Small Paws Rescue Saved My Life."

Tyler's Online Bichon Bash for Small Paws Rescue!

Submit your story and picture of about your own Bichons and a donation is made to Small Paws Rescue for the entire month of March! Hurry and submit your stories and pictures!

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 AN UPDATED 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.

Again, Dale and I want to thank you all for your prayers for our darling Spunky the Monkey Pressnall. He is doing so much better.

We got the final diagnosis when a tick panel that Dr. Skip ran, came back on Friday.

This is hard to believe but we are evidently in an epidemic in this area.

He tested positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. which explains a lot.

The good news is that it is treatable with antibiotics and he is taking those every twelve hours now.

I have removed a tick from each of my boys within the last month, despite them being treated with Frontline Spray AND Advantage for ticks and fleas.

These are some of the symptoms and they can be vague.

"Clinical signs (secondary most to least frequent, scientific term, synonyms)
Depression, lack of appetite (anorexia), inflammation of the eye (conjuncitivitis, ocular discharge), swelling (edema) of the face, skin, limbs, muscle and joint pain (myalgia, polyarthritis), neurological signs (head tilt, circling, incoordination, hypersensitivity to sound, seizures), coughing and difficulty breathing (dyspnea), rash, hemorrhage under the skin (petechia) and sloughing of skin (dermal necrosis), vomiting and diarrhea, organ failure, especially the liver or kidneys, irregular heart beats (cardiac arrhythmias), low platelet count (thrombocytopenia), low or high white blood cell count (leukopenia or leukocytosis), low red blood cell count (anemia), low blood protein (hypoproteinemia), low blood sodium (hyponatremia), protein in the urine (proteinuria), blood in the urine (hematuria)."

Spunky had the pain in his muscles and joints. I could have sworn I saw a bruise on his tummy earlier but Dale thinks I was imagining things. (MEN. They can't help it. They were born this way. But I digress.)

So, since Chipper had neurological signs, which may be nothing more than Vestibular Disease (vertigo), we marched his little white butt right up to Dr. Russell's be tested, and unbelievably, he TOO tested positive for Rocky Mountain Spotted fever.

We are just stunned but grateful there is an antibiotic that gets this disease.

The good news is that the antibiotics also make them feel better within days, sometimes within hours, and that seems to be what has happened with our boys.

So, if your dog has any of these symptoms I listed above, ask your vet if it could be Rocky Spotted Mountain Lion Fever, which is what Spunky tells people that he has. (Hey, I'm just the translator.)

Next, we need a foster home for these two Bichon brothers.

Their owners were both very ill and we took them in.

They have been in boarding since the middle of January.

We can't afford to keep paying boarding and it's not fair to them after they have lived in a real home all of their lives.

They are located in Southern Texas and they need your help.

We can fly them to you for foster care.

Date: 3/6/2011 6:05:24 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: glbruce@att.net

This is from Sindy Parsons:

Hi, we're Hobo and Rascal. We are brothers that have been together since birth and will turn 11 yrs on April 1, but we act like we are about 7 years young. All who meet us say we are the sweetest boys and we truly are very sweet, upbeat nature and happy to see anyone that visit with us. We lost our home because our human parents are both very sick and could not give us the care/attention that we need. Due to their strong love for us, they ask SPR to find us a new home. We have been at the vets since the middle of January and we are so ready for a foster or new forever home. The nice Dr. has checked us over and we are vetted plus teeth cleaned and we are ready to go. Our coat is growing out nicely and we are already handsome boys but will be even more handsome in a few weeks. The groomer is keeping our coats in good shape. Oh, we are also swimming in warm therapy pool to aid in keeping our muscles strong and we do have fun at the swim. We love going walking at the park and going to one of the nice volunteer's house to visit her dog. Please considering fostering us or better yet give us a new forever home.

From the Happy Boys, Hobo and Rascal.

Online Adoption Application We will offer a two for one adoption fee of only $75.00 for both of these darling boys together.

Online Volunteer Application

Let us know if you can help with providing a place for these brothers to hang their little hats.

I'm getting another newsletter out this afternoon because we may have a hit by car one year old female needing to come into rescue, and we do not have funds to vet her as of yet. She has a broken hip and a very affectionate personality.

She may not be a Bichon, We can't tell until we see all of her what she is.


She does have a tail and a broken hip.

As soon as we know that we will for sure be getting her, we will need to come to you for help for her. All My Love, Robin

See Vet Bills Paid For the first 7 days of March, Totalling $8126.60

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 1887 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!!


They are in. Long johns! Thermal pj's gives warmth for lounging or sleeping.Free Monogramming-please allow 2 weeks for delivery. $19.99

Check in the e-store for measurements.


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

(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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