Early Monday Morning June 25, 2007
Gem of the Day: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
GOD WE HAVE HAD A DOWNRIGHT MIRACLE DOWN
IN FLORIDA!
This picture was taken last night! Our lost
Little Orphan Annie is now safe and alive
and in custody, in Florida! She was still
wearing her SPR vet tags!
A miracle of the Lord God Himself has happened
tonight!
Little Orphan Annie, the precious, lost Small
Paws Rescue puppy mill bichon, who was reportedly
seen being killed and eaten by an alligator
in Florida, has been found after 4 months of running from panthers,
bobcats, alligators and car traffic, and
she is 100% safe, sound, alive and in the custody
of rescuers tonight!!
Hallelujah AND THANK YOU JESUS!!
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your major credit card securely, at this
site.
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secure!
If you have made a past donation using your
credit card, you may e-mail Stephanie Hunter,
at SPRFluff@aol.com and let her know the amount of your donation
to help these Bichons.
You may also call your credit card donation
in to Stephanie Hunter at 516-635-1007. She
is on Eastern Standard Time!
You may also send a check or money order
to:
Small Paws Rescue Inc.
3316 S. 72nd. W. Ave.
Tulsa, Ok. 74107
In January of 2007 we paid vet bills totalling $23, 119. 55.
In February, 2007, we paid vet bills Totalling
$36, 450.23
In March, 2007, we paid vet bills totalling
$33, 026. 56
In April of 2007, we paid vet bills totalling
$38, 744.64.
In May of 2007, we paid vet bills totalling 12,760.92
Last Monday night we paid $8,427.06 for just one week's worth
of vet bills.
So far in June we've already paid $25, 661.69
in vet bills.
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If you are new to Small Pawsing, this may
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Are you still with me?! Are you breathing?!
Breathe! And then you better grab onto something!
You will remember back in February, one of
our little puppy mill rescues got away in
Florida, still dragging her little pink leash,
collar, and the veterinary tags of Small
Pawser Vicki Nixon's vet, from near Detroit
Michigan, where little Annie had been vetted
by Small Paws.
Annie was lost in a neighborhood, surrounded
by canals that were filled with alligators,
and she would not come to anyone. She was
just terrified of people.
We invested much time, money and prayer in
trying to recover this precious little one,
who seemed so very illusive. We had something
like 70 sightings of Annie, but were still
unable to catch or trap her.
If you want to take a trip down memory lane
(Or more like nightmare alley in some cases!)
scroll down to the bottom of this newsletter,
to see the trail of emails that we sent out
in February and March about the extensive
search for this little girl!
Vicki Nixon flew down for a week. I flew
down for 2 1/2 weeks. No stone was left unturned.
The Florida fish and Wildlife Department,
for the first time ever, assisted in the
recovery of a lost domestic animal.
They sent us Lauri Caron, from the Octogon Wildlife Sanctuary, who came out many nights,
with her dart gun as we hoped against hope
to drug Annie into being captured.
This woman and I trudged through backwoods
and backyards, in pitch blackness, hot on
the trail of this one little white dog. I
will never forget my time spent with Laurie
Caron who told me that Annie was the hardest
thing she had ever tried to trap.
We even contacted the US Military, through
one of our Small Pawsers in special opps,
in hopes of receiving a special security
clearance to be able to use one of their
new GPS recovery programs. Unfortunately,
it was going to take 6 weeks.
We set live humane traps. We set more traps.
We set BIG traps! This one was a trap built
for trapping wild boars that destroy farms.
We drugged dog food. We drugged fried chicken.
Sheesh! I SNAGGED her back foot with a pitch
net the first night I was there!
The Tulsa Sheriff's Department even loaned
us their only net gun, and got clearance
for me to travel with firearms, to Florida.
We formed many lasting friendships with other
rescuers, during this search.
We formed friendships between retired neighbors,
who didn't know each other before, but do
now.
They now golf together and go to dinner regularly
because the search for Annie brought them
together!
This little girl brought many people together.
The saddest day was when we heard that a
group of construction workers witnessed the
unthinkable. They told us that an alligator
had caught a small white object, dragged
it down. drowned it and eaten it. One of
them said it was a small white dog.
Praise God in the morning. Our God is bigger
than any alligator or anything that anyone
there may have thought they saw.
Tonight, "NEVER GIVE UP Katie Wagoner",
of EARS animal rescue in Englewood Florida called me!
We worked so closely together during my time
in Florida. No one worked harder on trying
to find Annie than Katie did!
Well, it seems that a few days ago they received
a sighting of a small brownish dog, The last
time we had heard about Annie, was when the
men saw the incident with the alligator.:(
EARS went to work setting up the EXTRA LARGE
live humane trap that we had purchased when
I was down there. I left it with Katie, just
in case.
They put a tarp around it to make it blend
in with the brush. They asked neighbors not
to tell anyone about what or who they were
trying to trap.
They didn't even want to tell us in case
it wasn't Annie, or in case, God forbid,
she got away again or worse. They didn't
want to put us all through that all again.
For the first few days, they put food in
the trap but didn't set it. Annie would walk
all the way in it to get the food, then push
the food to the back of the trap, eat it,
and then walk right out again pretty as you
please. The trap gained her trust.
Tonight, she did the exact same thing. She
returned to the trap at 8:15 PM as she had
for the last few nights. The little booger
IS a creature of habit. I can attest to that.
Tonight, again, just as she had done before,
she went INTO the trap after the food, pushed
it to the back of the cage and WHOMP! The
trap door came down and they got her at 8:30
P.M. tonight, thank you Jesus!
She is being taken to the vet at 8:00 in
the morning. I'm thinking she will have to
probably be put under, to be shaved down.
From all appearances she looks pretty healthy!
We will have a heartworm test done and bloodwork,
just to make sure! Dadgummit! She is a walking
little miracle, as are her rescuers!
I know one thing! I know, that I know, that
I know, that God has had His hand on this
little girl for the past four months. There
is no other explanation for her miraculous
survival!
If you could have seen the terrain that I
saw! This place was crawling with alligators,
30 pound Bobcats, and Florida black panthers.
Oh God. And the SNAKES! ( I didn't even tell
you all, all of the snake stories from my
trip down there! I am still dreaming about
those snakes! (BZZZ! There's another one!
Made ya look!)
I am hoping to be able to fly down to Florida
this week to BRING ANNIE ON HOME!
I'll bring her back with me in the cabin
(strapped to my body twenty times over, encased
in a glass bubble, with a wire cage around
us both, with GPS collars around each of
her feet and both of my ankles) where she
will be fostered back here in Tulsa, by Bonnie
Ferguson, our Executive Assistant.
Bonnie has fostered many puppy mill rescues
with severe "puppy millitus". It
will take time and patience to rehab this little girl back
into society, and to teach her that people
are not going to hurt her and that we love
her with all of our hearts!
Katie also told me tonight that this coming
week is her last week on staff with EARS.
Her three teenagers are needing their Mom
and so she is going to be staying home with
them.
Katie said that this has been a wonderful
gift, finding Annie, on her last week there
with EARS. Aww Katie! We love you and we
thank you so so much for your determination!
Now, I think you all will agree. I would
like to be able to make a donation of gratitude
to EARS for this tremendous, successful recovery
of our baby Annie!
I'd like to send them $500.00 for all of
the trouble they have gone too, taking even
more time away from their own rescue group!
If you are thrilled to see this miracle,
and want to thank EARS for recovering our
Annie, safe, alive and well, this is how
you may do that!
Last month in May, we paid $26, 588.21 in vet bills across the country.
So far in June we've already paid $25, 661.69
in vet bills.
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 (You will need to register to be able see
all not-for-profit's info now. Guidestar
has changed this to require everyone to register
now. You can still get the basic Guidestar
service for free!)
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.
If you can't find a way to make your credit
card work online, and we have your credit
card on file already, please email Stephanie
Hunter, at SPRFluff@aol.com and let her know the amount of your donation
to help these Bichons. Please, at the same
time, copy me at pup3@aol.com so we will know what is coming in.
You may also call your credit card donation
in to Stephanie Hunter at 516-635-1007. She
is on Eastern Standard Time!
One of the ways you can help is to purchase
raffle tickets for this beautiful quilt!
Click on the quilt to see more pictures!
The 2007 fundraiser quilt is ready to make
its debut. A generous 99" X 99",
it is made of high quality 100% cotton, expertly
constructed by our talented Blanketeers.
Because of the Snowballs in the design, we
chose to name the quilt "Come in From
the Cold"
Click Here to Purchase Raffle Tickets!)
Printing is limited to 1000 tickets, at $5
each, and we believe they will sell out well
before the drawing at the Oklahoma Picnic,
October 27, 2007.
(Claudia Bilotti of Stamford, CT won the
2006 quilt! It appraised for $3400.00!) Tickets
will be available in the Online Gift Shoppe, (Scroll down to the bottom of the page)
Contact dianamca@smallpawsrescue.org for more information.
One of the ways you can help is to donate
your car, boat or motor home to Small Paws!
We are now set up to sell these items on
our Small Paws EBay Page!
This is an article with more about donating
a motor vehicle to Small Paws!
And visit our Cafe Press Shop!
PHOTO OF ROBIN & PUP 2007 CALENDAR PRINT
A great photo by Stephen Holman from the
Tulsa World News article written about Small
Paws Rescue.
A rare photo of Robin kissing Chic, a rescued
fluff.
SPR Logo Gear and Merchandise!
And, if you want to donate stock to Small
Paws, we do have a stock account set up and
are able to accept it from your broker!
Still yet another way you can help us is
to Sign Up As a Small Pawser With IGIVE.COM! A portion of your purchases from major upscale
retail stores will then come back to Small
Paws and the Bichons! Help Small Paws Rescue Inc., Robin, Check
out Another New Store and Terrific Summer
Savings (June 20, 2007)
Another way you can help Small Paws AND give
a Birthday or Anniversary gift, is to make
a donation in that person's name or honor.
Please be sure to include a note so that
person or family can be sent notification
via a beautiful Small Paws Rescue card!
Here's another way to help SPR, donate shares
of stock! This is a win-win situation for
everyone. No taxes on the donation (for either
you or SPR) and no broker's fees. This is
a great way to dispose of those miscellaneous
shares of stock you've been holding on to
and put them to good use!
And remember, we also have Small Paws Ebay!
HAVE YOU MADE SMALL PAWS RESCUE A FAVORITE
EBAY SELLER YET?
You don't have to wait for newsletters to
see what is offered on SPR's Ebay page.
Just follow these steps to add SPR to your
Favorite Seller list. You will get email
announcements once a week on new items.
1. Sign on to Ebay.
2. At the very top of the page you will see
"Community", click on that.
3. On the next page enter - smallpawsrescue
- where it says enter a user ID, then click
on "find a member".
4. The next page will show "exact match"
- click on smallpawsrescue.
5. Next page look in the left column and
you will see "add to favorite sellers",
click on that.
6. The next page will show "Favorite
Sellers Top Pick" and the box by it
will have a checkmark. Press "SAVE".
That's it!
Just do this one time and SPR will be on
your Favorite Seller list and you will get
email updates of new items.
Click on the ebay logo to see all of Small
Paws' ebay items!
Click the MissionFish Logo above to go to
the Small Paws Rescue Mission Fish Page.
Now available in our Online Gift Shoppe!
"Trouble In Paradise"
The second Book in the Cassie Grimes Mystery
Series with a special acknowledgement to
Small Paws Rescue! In the book, under "Author's
Notes & Acknowledgements", this
paragraph appears:
A special thanks to Small Paws Rescue for
their tireless devotion to rescuing Bichons
from the most unspeakable circumstances.
Robin Pressnall and her army of foster parents,
volunteers and supporters are amazingly generous
with their time and money on behalf of some
of the most loving and trusting creatures
on earth. They are the embodiment of the
idea of "walking the walk."
Her business is in a lull, her husband’s
lost his job and her best friend is so depressed
she’s talking about suicide. Cassie Grimes
is sure that things can only get better as
she loads her dogs in the car and heads for
Florida to work things out.
Fat chance. Nothing’s ever that simple for
this dog-loving woman who seems to be a crap
magnet. Shortly after arriving at the condo
she’ll soon be forced to sell in the name
of solvency, her wealthy best friend is arrested
for the disappearance of her much older husband.
What’s a woman to do? Jump into the middle
of things, naturally. With the help of her
Bichons, Maggie and A.J., her disgruntled
hubby and a couple of gun-toting geriatric
party girls, Cassie can’t resist being an
amateur detective. She’s not making any friends
in the local police department because she
keeps turning up in the middle of crime scenes.
While trying to help her trophy-wife friend,
Cassie uncovers a web of fraud, murder and
extortion that have the bad guys trying to
beat her up or blow her up or just plain
shoot her. It gets so bad that Gene even
suggests she hire her former boyfriend as
extra security. Yikes.
What Cassie goes through in the name of friendship
will keep you on the edge of your seat. That
is, of course, if you don’t fall off it while
laughing out loud. Once again, Pearson proves
that everyday life can be not only exciting,
but hilarious.
Of course, they are signed from Maggie and
A.J. to the buyer's pooch, so please put
your fluff's name(s) in the Comments section
of the order form!
$14.95 plus $4.05 Shipping and Handling
Add To Cart $14.95
As a special treat, we also offer a 6 1/2"
Douglas Cuddle Toy stuffed bichon sporting
an adorable red bow! Machine washable. Only
$7.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling or
only $3.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling
with the purchase of a Family Ties or Trouble
in Paradise book!
Add to Cart
See our NEW GIFT SHOPPE ITEMS THANKS TO LINDA
LANGFORD OUR GIFT SHOPPE MANAGER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
DA SPR Logo MUGS are back in stock at the
Small Paws Rescue Online Gift Shoppe!
1 Mug $14.99 includes shipping Add to Cart
2 Mugs shipping to same location $25.99 Add to Cart
4 Mugs shipping to same location $39.99 Add to Cart
Bichon Key Hook
Never loose your keys again!
Only $9.99 includes shipping to the USA and
Canada Add To Cart
"I used to have money-now I rescue Bichons!
Plaque 7x9 1/2
Don't we all know this feeling!
$29.99 Plus $4.05 shipping Add To Cart
Your photo.
Your picture turned into a pattern for you
to cross stitch!
(Betsy Bunny, Annie (an SPR doggie), Ding-Ding
and their Mom Debra have given me permission
to use their picture.)
Do you or someone you know like to cross
stitch? If so,this item might
be just the thing for you. Have your favorite
photos converted into a
pattern that you can cross stitch. It can
be a picture of your dog,
cat, child or anything you have a picture
of that you would like to
cross stitch. You can support Small Paws
Rescue and have fun at the
same time. 100% of the proceeds will go to
SPR.
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This would make a great gift for someone
you know that likes to cross
stitch. You can buy the pattern or the pattern
and the floss and give
it to them as a gift, or you can stitch it
yourself first then give it
as a gift. When you are done, it can be framed
or made into a pillow.
You will get a computer generated cross stitch
pattern (not a kit). All
patterns are printed out for 16 count, but
can be done in any size you
wish. The design is coded for DMC floss and
will come on several
sheets of paper. All patterns are done in
whole cross stitches.
Included with the pattern is an easy to read
symbol key guide and a
color picture of your item. The pattern is
printed in black and white
on a laser printer.
Betsy Bunny, Annie (an SPR doggie), Ding-Ding
and their Mom Debra have given me permission
to use their picture. Above is the digital
picture of them and then how it will look
after it is stitched. This pattern uses 50
colors and the finished size using 16 count
canvas is 8 inches tall by
12 inches wide.
Remember 100% of the sale will go to Small
Paws Rescue!
This can be yours for $15.99 includes shipping.
Custom Cross Stitch Pattern
Add to Cart
Graciously donated by Lori Berlin
Small Paws Rescue Belly Bands
Two Great New Designs
Durable silk screen on cotton/poly blend
navy fabric
Lined with a coordinating soft flannel
We recommend using only with an incontinence
pad
Machine wash, either machine dry on low heat,
or air dry
Sm. 12-14 inches
Med. 15-17 inches
Lg. 18-20 inches
Only $14.99 Includes Shipping to the USA
or Canada
Diana can do custom orders for tiny doggies,
or big guys!
Please click on Add to Cart for the design
that you want and you will then be given
a choice of sizes.
After you choose your size hit recalculate
and the item will add to your cart
Small Paws Rescue Saved my Life Belly Band
Add to Cart
Support Small Paws Rescue Belly Band Add to Cart
Come Visit Our Small Paws Rescue Store on
CafePress!
From: dianamca@hughes.net
Hi Robin,
I've created a new section in our CafePress
shop - The logo is different, lighter, and
might appeal to more of our members.
You might want to mention it in the next
newsletter you do - people getting ready
for Summer events might enjoy some new logo
wear.
Also, Buckwheat and Tina are featured on
the first two SPR postage stamps, at just
$19.99 a sheet.
http://www.cafepress.com/smallpawsrescue/1578193
Maybe it will help to raise some funds for
when it's raining Bichons.
Diana>
One more thing! If any of you have enough airlines miles
where you could get a round trip domestic
ticket so that I could fly from Tulsa, Oklahoma
into either Sarasota, Florida or Tampa, Florida,
maybe Wednesday or Thursday, and you would
like to donate them for me to be able to
go and bring Annie back home, please let
me know in e-mail. Thank you in advance!
I am flying on air tonight, right here in
Tulsa Oklahoma. Thank you God. Thank you
God. Thank you God. Our Annie is coming home.
Alive, in one piece, and NOT ET by alligators!
All My love, Robin
P.S. Dear God. Please forgive me for the
evil thoughts I've had about Your alligators,
involving firearms, sharp objects, and blow
torches, for the past four months. Amen
See the previous emails about Little Orphan
Annie and the search that moved the whole
state of Florida!
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/feb2607a.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/feb2607.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/feb2707.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march0207.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march0907.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march1807.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march1807a.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march1807b.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march2307.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march2607.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march2807.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/march2907.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/april0207.html
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/april0907.html
God Will Make A Way
By Janet Paschal
Must have felt strange to end up stranded
between an army and the sea
They must have felt forsaken wondering why
God wasn't all He said He'd be
When your back's against the wall
It's the hardest place of all
But somewhere between provisions and impossibility
Chorus
God will make a way
When there seems to be no way
Forever He is faithful
He will make a road
When you bear a heavy load
I know, God will make a way
Bridge
When a wall of circumstances leaves you crying
in the night
And you struggle til your strength is almost
gone
God will gently hold you in the shelter of
His heart
And carve a road for you to carry on.
So carry on
Copyright 1997 Mapelsong Music. BMM Music
Ascp
Janet Paschal: Music: The Good Road
Always remember. God loves you more than
anyone else ever has, and more than anyone
else ever will. YOU are the apple of His
eye!
He knew you and loved you before he knitted
you together in your mother's womb.
All the days ordained for you were written
in His book, before one of them came to be.
YOU are VERY special to God! Yes YOU!
Humphrey Sisco
Dec 26, 1993~ Aug 30, 2006
When I first saw this beautiful picture of
Cheri Sisco's "Humphrey&qusot;, 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.
Godspeed Humphrey Sisco. Godspeed.
For Those Broken of Heart from the Loss of
a Beloved Pet
Gospel CD: It's A God Thing!
Singing for Small Paws®
The Heart Murmur Repair Bichons Reunion Page
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Adoption
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