July 21, 2003
Gem of the day: Reach for the stars, even
if you have to stand on a cactus.
Susan Longacre
Dear Small Pawsers,
Welcome to the newest members of our online
mailing list! Small Pawsers everywhere welcome
you with open arms!
If you are new to reading Small Paws®, this
may look as if it is coming only to you but
really it is going out to fellow Small Pawsers
all across our country and in several foreign
countries as well. Adoption information is
posted below. Turn up your speakers! We have
music for you!
First of all if you did not receive the last
newsletter that we sent, here it is.
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/july19.html
IMPORTANT!!! I need to let you guys know
that a few of you have been receiving a computer
virus in your e-mail. IT IS NOT FROM ME SO
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!! It is coming from an
email address called pup3@aavid.com (THIS
IS NOT ME OR Small Paws®) and sports a subject
line about Bichons needing help. This is
not true. If you get such an email, please
delete it immediately. We have contacted
the folks at aavid.com, and hopefully they
will be able to stop this virus, and tell
us who originated it.
Next, thanks to those of you who helped us
over the weekend. We found an ad for "Bichon
Breeders" in the newspaper in Mo. I called and told her who we were and negotiated
the price down quite a bit. I will leave
here in a short while to drive over there.
It is a five hour drive and I will stay the
night, then load up in the morning, in order
to get back to the vet's office here before
they close at 5:30.
These Bichons have some serious things wrong
with them. She says that several have breast
tumors and one has cherry eye. One of them
is 11 years old.:( There are 7 females and
2 males for sale.
The phone just rang. Another commercial kennel
owner just called me. She is a friend of
the first lady's and she sounds very nice.
I am going to go to her place first in the
morning and pick up one Bichon, two poodles,
and two corgies. We will get them to their
rescue folks. Then I'll go over to the first
lady's place to get the 9 Bichons.
Dale is out loading up crates for me now.
What a guy and what would I do without him.
Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must
have done something good.:)
The bad news is...we did NOT get the Bichons
from the kennel in Iowa on Saturday. We WILL
get them soon, but two of them have puppies
so she wouldn't let them go yet and wants
them all to go together. I made a deal with
her on the phone, and we will get all four
out, hopefully the second week of August.
Susan will go back up there to bring them
on home!
With these added Bichons coming in from commercial
kennels, PLUS the fact that we have now taken
in over 50 Bichons into rescue since July
1, we do need your help to keep going! Come
see your donation dollars at work!
Available for Adoption
In the summer time, donations seem to almost
come to a halt, while the need continues
to rise.
Here is how you can help. To get you started,
we have a donation gift to the first one
of you to make a $300.00 donation to Small
Paws. Ron and Christine Broderick will send
to you, valued at nearly $100.00, "Treasured
Moments by Michael J Clark
Limited Edition of 800 - 12.5" x 18",
one of the Bichon Prints done by Michael Clark! On your marks, get set...GO!
If you are new to Small Paws® Rescue and have
any questions about who we are, they may
be answered in the following links.
Guidestar.com
Small Paws® Rescue Mission Statement
Before and After Pictures
You may use your major credit card securely,
at this site. This is our own credit card
server. It is secure.
Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover
Cards
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/visa.html
Or, you may phone in your tax deductible
donation to Christine Broderick at (707)
568-5116 on Pacific Time in California.
You may also send a check or money order
to:
Small Paws® Rescue Inc.
3316 S. 72nd. W. Ave.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74107
Next, I need to let you know that CHIPPER, our recent heart murmur baby is now ready
for adoption! Hurry to get those apps in.
He will NOT last long! He is a living doll!
Here is an online application!
Online Application
Next, if some of you are missing some of
our newsletters AND you have AOL, this may
be why. We are trying to address it with
them now! Hold tight!
Delivering Mass Mail to AOL Members
Next, we have a MR. WIDGET update!
<Subj: Widget is doing well
Date: 7/21/2003 8:43:13 AM Central Daylight
Time
From: MleeHess@aol.com
To: Pup3
Robin, Widget is doing well, his only side
effect so far is a touch of diarrhea. I have
a call in to Dr. Hahn and will try ro call
him again and maybe send him an email too.
I have to decide by Wednesday which chemo
to put him on. I'm getting the impression
that the COAP protocol (which my vet recommended)
is easier on the dog, but that the Wisconsin
protocol may have a slightly longer survival.
But my vet also says it is difficult to interpret
the statistics on the different protocols
since the sample sizes for the trials are
small.
We drove to see my Mom and Dad yesterday
and he was just as alert and active as always.
He played ball with us in the yard, and he
is so cute when he does that, it is just
unbelievable.
I seemed to have turned a corner also. The
incessant crying has almost stopped and I
have a bit of an appetite. I honestly think
that no matter what happens now, those first
2 weeks were the WORST. I will be on overnights
for 4 out of the 5 weeks in August, so I
can take him to his chemotherapy.
I am working on the book "I Have Cancer
Too", which is set up like my website
with text interspersed with their photos.
It is good therapy for me.
I continue to get wonderful emails from everywhere.
That has helped a lot also.
I'll keep you updated,
Mary Lee
Widget and Lily >
This is a prayer request. Remember, prayer
changes things!
<Subj: prayer request
Date: 7/21/2003 8:28:54 AM Central Daylight
Time
From: RFalcon775@aol.com
To: Pup3
Hi Robin,
This is Rod up here in the wonderful state
of North Dakota. I have a prayer request
for a good friend on my wife and I. His name
is Snookie and he is a 12 yr old jack russell
terrier. He was just diagnosed with lympnoma(I
think thats how you spell it). Snookie starts
chemo this week for the next 4 wks and the
Dr's are pretty upbeat about getting him
into remission. Also if this isn't bad enough,
our friend is going thru a divorce. So if
you would please ask for the power of the
small pawsers to pray for Snookie and Crystal
it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks rod>
I am going to end today with one of the email
updates sent from one of our Team Leaders,
Jen, in Ohio. Jen sends the best newsletters
out! You are going to love it. Try to imagine
there are different colors of fonts, and
cute little drawings on it too, that I can't
recreate here.
If anything ever happens to me, Jen will
be the one to keep in contact with you guys...to
write the newsletters. Our plan of succession
has Sharon Krask being the one to take over
as the Executive Director, if anything were
to happen to me, but Jen would be the one
to write those newsletters! Ok..here it is.
Enjoy! I am off to Missouri! Love,Robin
P.S. If you are a new Small Pawser and are
wanting adoption information, these are the
Bichons we have for adoption right now on
our Petfinder's Page. Check in often as this
page changes almost daily! (Bichons in waiting
are adopted as newbies are added!)
Available for Adoption
This is an online application
Subj: ohio / kentucky Small Paws® updates
Date: 7/20/2003 12:31:47 PM Central Daylight
Time
From: BichonHappy@aol.com
To: BichonHappy
Hi Everyone:)
What a great week for our team! We had 6
dogs adopted this week!!! Yes I said 6!!!!
Special thanks to Bonnie & the adoption
coordinators for working so hard.
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Rocky was adopted by a woman in columbus
who's mom lives with her, so he will have
constant companionship:) He did really well
in foster care, so we are hoping that this
is a great match for him!
Sandy, as always, you are the heart of our
team, thank you for everything!
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Mighty went to a lady named Toby also in
columbus. Mighty never made it onto petfinder,
but had been in 3 homes that we know of.
She is a 2 yr old bichon mix, that needed
to be an only dog. I have attached a pic
of mighty & Toby:)
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Louie went to a picnic two weeks ago &
a couple that was grieving the loss of their
poodle fell in love with him. They filled
out an app & were approved!
This is a dog that was a day away from being
PTS. He had ticks, fleas, and had surely
never been groomed a day in his life. You
guys remember I posted that pic of him from
the Lorain county shelter? He had dread locks!
He was thrown away like garbage & I cant
tell you how nice he is in spite of it. He
gives kisses & is gentle and so happy
to be saved. Thank you Robin & hubby!
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Buddy was a dog that was turned into us for
biting. He has not shown any aggression in
foster care and is a really sweet boy. He
was being fostered by sandy d., until yesterday
when he was adopted by the receptionist at
sandy's vet office!
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Baxter went to a nice couple from ashland,
ohio that lost their bichon last month. It
makes me so happy when grievers consider
giving a "middle aged" dog a home:)
Linda, I know you had bax for a long time
& you miss him, but its such a great
feeling when they get adopted to the right
person, thank you very much!
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And last but not least Faygo! Faygo has been
adopted by a nice lady from out of state
who has another bichon with allergies &
understands them. Faygo's foster mom sharon
deserves a great big thanks!!!! She is driving
faygo to memphis to meet his new mommy so
he doesnt have to fly! Thank you sharon &
angela for fostering him!
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We still have 4 great dogs in Ohio available
for adoption!
1. O Hare- not posted yet, but many of you
met him at the bark park. He is a 2 yr old
male rescued from a mill. He needs another
dog in the house and is a great little guy!
2. Benjamin- 11 yr old male, rescued from
living outside because they didnt want him!
housebroken & very well behaved, he has
alot of good years left!
3. Nicky- 11 yr old bichon / poodle mix.
Still needs a dental, I will know more about
him soon!
4. Doodlebug- Last but not least the doodle!
6 yr old male. WONDERFUL little dog. We need
to get him adopted soon before Carole adopts
him!!! LOL!!!
if you know anyone looking please tell them
about these sweet boys!
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Thats all for now...Have a great week! ~
Jen
p.s. in case you know a family looking for
a doggie (& they dont want a flufferbut),
my mom is fostering an adorable rescued bluetick/
basset mix named Murphy. He is only 10 mos
old, housebroken and sweet:) I hope you dont
mind, I attached a pic of him too!
Jen Battaglia
Ohio & Kentucky Team Leader
Small Paws® Rescue
Please help our Fluffs
Volunteers & Foster Homes Needed
Faith doesn't get you around trouble, it
gets you through it.
Robin Pressnall
Executive Director
Small Paws® Rescue
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