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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Gem of the Day: "Dogs do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have and how to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith.

~Eugene O'Neill~



FOSTER HOME STILL NEEDED. THIS IS BECOMING URGENT.

Nellie and Hubble are both nine years old. They came in from an owner who lost her home in Harper's Ferry West Virginia. It's about an hour and twenty minutes outside of Washington DC. and about the same from Baltimore MD. We desperately need a foster home for them either within driving distance or we may be able to fly then to you for foster care. Foster help needed!
These are very nice, laid back dogs with no behavioral issues.
They love each other very much.

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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.

This has been an upsetting day . Everyone is alive and ok now, but we had a close call this morning.

I'll tell you about it a little further down in the newsletter. It's the reason your support is so crucial.

First we want to give you all an update on the little pair we took in last week, whose owner lost her home and had to surrender Hubble and Nellie to Small Paws. They are littler mates and have been together all of their lives from birth.

Oh dear. This is upsetting to see, but please know that they are both doing well, now. But man, what the physical pain they have had to endure is really hard to grasp.

We knew that Nellie had "bladder issues", but we did NOT know that THIS was lurking inside of her body.

You are looking at a bladder stone that was the size of a LEMON according to the vet. It was the largest one they have ever seen. It was removed yesterday.


This is little Nellie after that rock was removed.

And we knew that Hubble had bad teeth. But we weren't prepared for this.


He only had nine teeth left when we got him. Eight of those were rotten and had to come out. The only tooth he was left with was this one and no I am not kidding. Bless his little heart.

I don't know if you have ever had a toothache, but imagine that times eight.

And imagine carrying a rock the size of your foot in your bladder. That's what Nellie was living with day after day.

So thanks to you we got them in and took care of their pain.

Now, they need a foster home. Extended boarding for two dogs is not going to be financially feasible.

They lost their Mom. They lost their home and everything that was familiar to them.

Now they are living in a cage.

Is there anyone out there who can help them, please?

Small Paws Rescue Volunteer and Foster Application

Next, I need to let you know why YOU are so very important to this rescue effort.

This morning, we got the following owner surrender form.

The owner was going to euthanize his 8 year old Bichon BECAUSE OF A DIVORCE AND THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR 11:30 A.M. TODAY. HE HAD ALREADY PAID FOR IT OVER THE PHONE!

Surrender Information

Your Main Email Address (enter only one valid email address):
xxxxx@comcast.net
Your First Name: xxx
Your Last Name: XXX
Your City and State? Olympia Washington
Name of Bichon/BichonMix in need of rescue: Hailey
Is this dog a Bichon or Bichon Mix? X Yes
Dog's age: 8 years
Sex of dog:
Male
X Female
How much does this dog weigh?
15lbs
Where did you originally get this Bichon?
bought from newspaper ad
Has this dog been Spayed or Neutered?
No
Yes
Don't Know
Can you tell us why this dogs needs to be rehomed?
we have recently separated. the wife took the 2 boy's because they're inseparable. she couldn't take all 3 because the apartment is so small as it is. my apartment allows for the cat. I've been staying at the house the last 2 week's, while moving my stuff slowly to the new place. I feel Hailey still has a couple year's left in her, she's been going on walks every night and really enjoys them. her only problem has been her teeth when we got her. we had her put under at Steamboat animal hospital and they pulled some, but we didn't like how she was and the danger's of the procedure. so we haven't had any more pulled. She's set to be put down this morning, so if someone can help give this girl a reprieve would be wonderful.
Your phone number and the best times to reach you?
xxx
Your relationship to the dog? Owner
Relative of Owner
Friend of Owner
Found the dog
Other
Housetrained?
yes
Has this dog ever bitten?
no
If yes, how many times?

Have you sought out help from your vet or behaviorist about this problem?
Is this Bichon good with children?
yes
Vet's Name:
xxx
Vet's Phone Number
xxxx
I give permission for SPR to contact my veterinarian and to get a copy of my dog's vet records. (Please enter your initials and date your yes answer.)
No
X Yes xx
Tell us a little about this Bichon's health:
everything else seems fine except for the teeth problems
A picture of your dog is needed before we can accept he/she into rescue. Please e-mail a picture immediately after submitting this form to daisy1027@aol.com. If you can't send a picture, we will need to call your vet to verify that your dog is a Bichon or a Bichon mix.
Yes I will send a picture X
I understand that after surrender, my Bichon may be flown via the commercial airlines to their new foster/adoptive home in another part of the country.
Initial and date:
xx 9/27/12
Small Paws has 200 Bichons in rescue right now across the country and we are only accepting Bichons that are in danger of being euthanized.

Is this Bichon or Bichon Mix safe for the time being?

no, due to go down this morning

We are trying to save our resources for Bichons that are in danger of being euthanized or of being taken to a kill shelter. Thank you for your understanding. Robin Pressnall Executive Director Small Paws Rescue Inc. <

Carrie Rogers, our Team Leader to the Pacific Northwest was all over this.

I called the vet and said, " DON'T DO IT. WE WILL TAKE THE DOG."

So one of our volunteers is picking this little one up. SHE WAS ALREADY AT THE VET WITH THE APPOINTMENT SET FOR THIS MORNING.

After paying our vet bills on Monday night of this last week, our balance was down to $4066.00.

It is costing us an average of $1218.79 per day for our vet bills across the country. That gave us enough for 3 1/3 days.

It's 3 1/3 days later now.

Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue For The First 24 Days of September, 2012,
Totalling $29, 250.95, An Average of $1,218.79 Per Day.

I don't come to you with every Bichon that comes into rescue.

Your E-mail boxes would be full and you would be as overwhelmed as we are. Trust me on this one.

But they are coming in and they need help.

They can't help the situation they have found themselves in.

Sometimes it's the economy. MANY times it's that the owner has dies or gone into a nursing home.

And sometimes it, I don't even know what to call it, LIKE THE SITUATION ABOVE WITH HAILEY.

I try to put myself in your places.

Would I want to see one more e-mail asking for money from Robin?

Sometimes, I start to write something to you and I just feel like it's asking too much, and I delete. Thinking that better words will come. A better picture will come. A unique and interesting situation will come.

The truth is that by now, after almost 14 1/2 years, there isn't too much we haven't seen.

Most of it involves pain and it all involves money to alleviate it.

We are being painfully aware of who we are able to take in. If we had taken every Bichon that we hear about, we wouldn't have been here to interfere with Hailey's fate and that 11:30 A.M. appointment.

Please don't misunderstand.

I love what I do.

I hate the financial situation we are put in, when it comes to caring for these precious little white lambs, who would never hurt anyone. Whose empathy for us, their caretakers, is oh so evident by just looking into their eyes.

My four, Chipper, Spunky Monkey, Reagan and Pipper, don't have a clue what a vet bill or a dollar is.

And I never want them to know.

I'll gladly take that burden for them, and I know that you would take it for your babies.

Oh man. I'm doing it again, I'm rambling.

I guess I just need to tell you that sometimes, we don't have time to come to you and raise funds before a life is going to be lost.

We just have to do it and pray that funds will come in to support the work we are doing.

We are giving it our all.

Our Board of Trustees is in contact, sometimes, 30 times a day.

We are trying to do the most that we can for the most Bichons that we can.

We need your help.

We also need a foster home for Hubble Snaggletooth and Nellie.

I need you.

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!)

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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!!

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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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