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Friday, September 7, 2012

Gem of the Day: "The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice."

~Ernest Hemingway~

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The E-store is having a FALL SALE!! Many items on special!!
Help us raise funds for the many fluffs coming in!!


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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!)

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 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.

If you missed our last newsletter, click here to read it.

We want to let you all know about a sad situation that has happened in San Antonio, Texas.

Postings are rampant on Facebook, and Internet message boards, and we wanted you to hear the true story from us.

A man died, leaving over 30 Bichons and Havanese inside of his home.

First, you need to know that all of these dogs are now safe with rescue, as of about an hour ago.

An Anesthesiologist, living in San Antonio, passed away at his home a little over two weeks ago.

He had applied to both foster and to adopt from Small Paws Rescue, several times, beginning back in December of 2010.

He was denied every time because at the time he had 24 Bichons living in his home.

He would write and ask for ten Bichons to foster at a time. :(

While his vet reference was excellent, and all of his 24 Bichons were spayed, neutered, and up to date on vaccinations, we felt like this was way too many dogs to be inside of one home and we didn't want to add any more to that number.

Last week we learned that Animal Control was called to the home after his body was discovered, and he had been deceased for a week.:(

Animal Control removed over 30 dogs from his home.

Our understanding is that the family has spoken for five of these, and signed over the others over to Animal Control of San Antonio.

As per the family's request, Animal Control has in turn arranged for these dogs to go to to one of their local rescue partners, the Animal Welfare Society of Bandera County. (The mother of the deceased owner has a friend who is a volunteer with this rescue group, and they have asked that the dogs go to them.)

This is a no-kill rescue and all of these dogs will be placed locally, which is what the family has requested and of course we are going to honor that.

Our Board of Trustees feels that since these dogs do have rescue available to them, that we need to save our spots for Bichons who are about to be euthanized without us, nationwide.

The Animal Welfare Society of Bandera County is a 501C3 Organization and has been operating for 16 years.

According to their veterinarian, each of these Bichons is already spayed/neutered. current on vaccinations, and current on heartworm preventative.

We are sending a 3000.00 donation to the Animal Welfare Society of Bandera County to help support these dogs until they are adopted.

We have received this from their President, Sandee Bowman. Sandee was able to visit the dogs on Tuesday at the shelter, where they were being kept separately form the general population. Sandee said they were all safe, in good condition, and receiving good care while at the shelter. Sandee has them now. They were just now picked up and are all seeing the veterinarian, today.

<Date: 9/5/2012 3:06:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: 4paws123@sbcglobal.net
Reply To:

We want to take this time to thank Small Paws for all their support and assistance in the tragic situation in San Antonio, TX. They, as well as Animal Care Services, have been so helpful regarding this matter and need to be thanked by all - especially those with a love of the Bichon breed. If anyone would like to contact or make a donation to this sad situation please do so at our website: www.aswbc.org. Again, thank you so much for all your help!

Sandee Bowman, President
Animal Welfare Society of Bandera County>

Many thanks to Sandee and her group for helping these dogs.

Please consider having a will that provides for your Bichons in case, God forbid, something were to happen to you.

Our sincere condolences go to this family.

In the last two days we have had five Bichons come into rescue with Small Paws.

These are their pictures and a little about them.

From a shelter near Chicago. From Team Leader Sara Pace:

Subject: Aladdin
Date: 9/5/2012 12:52:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: pacess4@att.net

This poor baby is full of Matt's and really thin. Estimated at 2-3 yrs. "Aladdin" needs neuter, vaccinations and and quarantine. He is very sweet.


From a shelter near Chicago. From Team Leader Sara Pace:

Subject: Cindy
Date: 9/5/2012 12:56:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: pacess4@att.net

"Cindy" was found in an abandoned apartment in a crate. She is very matted with urine and stool. She is estimated at 1-2 yrs. No dental needed. Needs spay and her umbilical hernia fixed, quarantine and vaccinations
She was so scared but gave a lot of thank you for rescuing me kisses!


"Sugar" is heartworm positive, rescued from the Edmond OK. shelter.

From Edmond OK. Volunteer, Randi Rice;
"Robin called me just as I was getting in from work and I went and got him. His name is Sugar. He is very quiet and shy. His fur is badly matted. I took him to a local groomer but they wouldn't touch him without shot records. I just got a call from Mike at the Edmond Shelter and he said he forgot to give me the dog's registration papers (he's AKC registered). He is mailing them to me. They said he was current on rabies, but from the condition he is in, I have my doubts. The shelter gave him Bordatella when he came in. Sugar weighs about eleven pounds.


These two, Ernie and Maggie,were from an owner surrender in PA, last night.
Oh Dear.

Your First Name:: XXXXX
Your Last Name:: MXXXXX
Your City and State?: Newville PA
Name of Bichon/BichonMix in need of rescue:: Maggie and Ernie
Is this dog a Bichon or Bichon Mix?: Yes
Dog's age:: 2 and 5
Sex of dog:: Male and Female
Where did you originally get this Bichon?: A bichon breeder then our bichon had puppies.
Has this dog been Spayed or Neutered?: No
Can you tell us why this dogs needs to be rehomed?: We are currently moving and can only have one dog. We have 5 so it is hard to get rid of them.
Your relationship to the dog?: Owner
Housetrained?: Yes
Has this dog ever bitten?: No
Is this Bichon good with children?: Yes
Vet's Name:: XXXXXX
Vet's Phone Number: XXXXX

Tell us a little about this Bichon's health:: Maggie is in very good health. She is allergic to some kinds of food do that's why we fed her Iams lamb & rice. Maggie also gave birth to two litters of pups.

So this is the news for now. Have a wonderful weekend!

All My Love, Robin

See Vet Bills Paid For the First 29 Days in August of 2012
Totalling $27, 227.32 which is an average of $938.87 per day.

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!)

Companies Who Match Employees Donations  

From Small Paws Ebay!


Feedback Score Of 2100 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
The E-store is having a FALL SALE!! Many items on special!! Help us raise money for the many fluffs coming in!!






Raffle Tickets are now on sale to win the Beautiful 2012 Small Paws Rescue Quilt made by the Small Paws Rescue Blanketeers! It is an exquisite queen sized quilt made of beautiful 1930's reproduction fabrics in pastel shades to fit any decor!

Tickets for the raffle are $5.00 each and the drawing takes place at the Small Paws Rescue Okie Bash in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Oct. 27, 2012!
You do not need to be present to win!

So get in line and buy as many as you can to increase your chances of winning while helping the Bichons at the same time!
Many thanks to The Small Paws Rescue Blanketeers (especially to Diane Piskar, Linda Gonzoles, and Sue Halley!) for supplying our 2012 Small Paws Rescue Quilt!!

Subject: Re: e-store
Date: 8/2/2012 6:59:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: RMCOWARD@aol.com

Hi, Robin, Will you give the Small Paws Rescue Online E-Store a big announcement next letter, just asking people to look to see what is there. I have lots of requests to get things in for them, then there are no sales. So the new items inventory is great, beautiful and we need customers. Help! Rose


Set of 6 cards (2 of each shown) Created for Small Paws Rescue by Wanda Ketcham from the Pinellas Park Bash in Florida.


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 over 100,000 searches and have shopped to raise $$2,641.38 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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