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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Gem of the Day: "You Americans need to learn the
difference between inconvenience and catastrophe."

~ As told to me by an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor when I was 21 years old. I called into a radio talk show hoping to be chosen to get to speak to her. I asked her what advice she had for young people.
Her answer has been etched in my memory for all these years.~

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue in May of 2011 totalling $33, 991.80 for the first 19 days of May, which is an average of $1, 789.04 per day

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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.

Catastrophe has hit the heartland of our country.

I would have written to you sooner, but the tornadoes caused me to be delayed in Chicago for two days, unable to fly home from the CT. Bichon Bash and unable to write a newsletter to you all.

I finally got home late Tuesday evening.

I wanted to give you this update on the recent storms.

I'll send a regular newsletter after this.

Vicious tornadoes have destroyed lives and properties in the last several days in both Joplin MO., and in central Oklahoma.

We are fine, We are in the Tulsa area, which is in Northeastern OK.

I am 90 miles from Joplin, MO.

The tornado that hit Joplin, MO. went straight up the center of the town, in the most urban of areas.

I've spent many hours in Joplin, MO., as it is a meeting place for rescuers, who are doing mill rescue in MO.

Many of you have asked and the storm did NOT hit the
outskirts of Joplin, where the commercial kennels are located.

It hit city neighborhoods, houses, apartments, churches, and shopping centers. Densely populated areas.

"Roughly 1,500 people have been reported missing in Joplin, Missouri, following Sunday’s deadly tornado, a fire department official said Tuesday. The city of Joplin has about 49,000 inhabitants. While the number of missing is alarming, it is possible that some of them survived or fled ahead of the tornado, but have been unable to notify authorities. On Monday, rescuers pulled seven people out of buildings that had collapsed, but no additional survivors had been found on Tuesday. At least 122 people have been confirmed dead following the country’s deadliest tornado in 60 years. The tornado, which cut a three-quarter-mile-wide path through the town, also injured 500 people and damaged 30 percent of the town’s buildings.
Read it at The New York Times "

Many pets are missing as well.

Please pray for the people of Joplin, MO. and for their animals.

The Joplin animal shelter knows SPR well and will call us if there are any Bichonly dogs in need of rescue.

The Joplin animal shelter was not in the path of the storm, thank God. It is located on the north side of town, not in the center.

The storms that hit Oklahoma were in the central part. Nine lives were lost and a three year old little boy is still missing.

Tuesday night, our Bichons, Chipper, Spunky Monkey, Reagan and I went into our safe room, located in our garage which is located in a basement.

Dale and Sally Ann Pressnall, chose to stand outside on the deck, "watching".

Watching what I ask? STEP AWAY FROM THE DECK AND INTO THE SAFE ROOM NOW.

Men. They can't help it. They were born this way.

They have to see it coming before THEY are going to take cover.

They have to hear THEIR name called by the weathermen on TV before they think the warning is meant for THEM.

It was a good dry run for the boys and I since we now have a third Bichon, Reagan.

I tried to make it a game for them, but the Monkey Man 'TWEREN'T buying it.

Remember, Spunky Monkey was tied outside to a boat, in a driveway in Joplin MO, when he was 8 months old. His former owner abandoned him and moved away. Neighbors fed him until they took him to the shelter, where SPR rescued him 11 years ago. He REMEMBERS storms and being outside, living though them.

If you are ever needing to evacuate in case of a tornado, GET LEASHES ON YOUR DOGS IN CASE YOU HAVE TO PULL THEM WITH YOU TO SAFETY.

You may THINK your dog would never leave your side and that they would always follow you.

Not so.

Barometric drops in pressure, and the loud sounds of a freight train that come with tornadoes, can cause an otherwise obedient dog to lose their ability to think normally and to follow you.

Keep a leash on them and keep it attached to you.

Have a bag ready to go with their vet records and medications, first aid kit, their food and bottled water in case the unthinkable happens, as it did to thousands over the past few days.

I wanted to give you an update of these horrible storms, since they are so close to our home office of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Thank you for being concerned about us.

We are fine but so many are not.

If you want to help people, this is a link to the American Red Cross.

If you want to help the animals, this is a link to the APSCA.

APSCA Mounts Temporary Shelter in Devastated Joplin.

Ok, that's the latest info that we have on the storms.

All My Love, Robin

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue in May of 2011 totalling $33, 991.80 for the first 19 days of May, which is an average of $1, 789.04 per day.

Remember, The Small Paws Rescue Online Auction Is Coming May 27, 2011

Donated Items Are STILL Needed!



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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!!

From Rose in the Small Paws® Rescue Online E-Store:

Subject: E-store Sale
Date: 4/20/2011 8:17:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: RMCOWARD@aol.com

Hi, I'll be ending the Specials Sales in the Small Paws® Rescue Online E-Storewhen the Spring Auction begins. There are some very good prices right now for two more weeks! Thanks, Rose

Huge Sale happening now in the Small Paws Rescue Online E-Store!


Great logo t-shirt. Fits 11-13 lbs (neck to tail 12 inches) $14.50




Easy to find in your purse. Enjoy your little pal every day. Face turns inside circle. Check them out in the e-store.



Kids Bichon slippers. Ty loves his (Rose's grandson) Fluffy as the fluff, Bella, also for sale in the e-store. Check them out. Slippers sell for $24.


Check out the E-STORE for many new items. Fluff love, Rose-Manager


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!

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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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