tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58383406206107109932024-03-13T05:03:30.713-07:00All Animals MatterRescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-47560604085491172362011-12-09T18:46:00.000-08:002011-12-09T18:50:29.760-08:00Consider a donation to an animal shelter or rescue this holiday season.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAwIp1yy1yQ/TuLIYvXDYWI/AAAAAAAAA4E/nX426WGaBdY/s1600/67124_180928828602696_111719005523679_582907_4404329_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">A Rescue Dog’s Christmas Poem<br /><br />`Tis the night before Christmas and all through the town,<br />Every shelter is full – we are lost but not found,<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">... Our numbers are hung on our kennels so bare,<br />We hope every minute that someone will care,<br />They’ll come to adopt us and give us the call,<br />“Come here, Max and Sparkie – come fetch your new ball! !”<br /><br />But now we sit here and think of the days…<br />We were treated so fondly – we had cute, baby ways,<br />Once we were little, then we grew and we grew -<br />Now we’re no longer young and we’re no longer new.<br />So out the back door we were thrown like the trash,<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">They reacted so quickly – why were they so rash?<br /><br />We “jump on the children”, “don’t come when they call”,<br />We “bark when they leave us”, “climb over the wall”.<br />We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed,<br />Now we suffer the consequence of the errors they made.<br />If only they’d trained us, if only we knew…<br />We’d have done what they asked us and worshipped them, too.<br /><br />We were left in the backyard, or worse – left to roam -<br />Now we’re tired and lonely and out of a home.<br />They dropped us off here and they kissed us good-bye…<br />“Maybe someone else will give you a try.”<br />So now here we are, all confused and alone…<br />In a shelter with others who long for a home.<br /><br />The kind workers come through with-a meal and a pat,<br />With so many to care for, they can’t stay to chat,<br />They move to the next kennel, giving each of us cheer…<br />We know that they wonder how long we’ll be here.<br />We lie down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads…<br />Of a home filled with love and our own cosy beds. -<br /><br />Then we wake to see sad eyes, brimming with tears -<br />Our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fear.<br />If you can’t adopt us and there’s no room at the Inn -<br />Could you help with the bills and fill our food bin?<br />We count on your kindness each day of the year -<br />Can you give more than hope to everyone here?<br /><br />Please make a donation to pay for the heat…<br />And help get us something special to eat<br />The shelter that cares for us wants us to live,<br />And more of us will, if more people will give.<br /><br />Author Unknown</span></span></span><div><div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAwIp1yy1yQ/TuLIYvXDYWI/AAAAAAAAA4E/nX426WGaBdY/s400/67124_180928828602696_111719005523679_582907_4404329_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684326007050559842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-20000194019388659402011-10-10T15:15:00.000-07:002011-10-10T15:18:55.864-07:00Another Reason to Adopt and Not Shop for your next dog<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NbAfA-Vrhuw/TpNuvLyABxI/AAAAAAAAA3w/Isa7DHsrE8Q/s1600/264745_243618452332713_100000536815469_951151_5624653_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 235px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NbAfA-Vrhuw/TpNuvLyABxI/AAAAAAAAA3w/Isa7DHsrE8Q/s400/264745_243618452332713_100000536815469_951151_5624653_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661990913430259474" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">This is what your purebred puppy's mama looks like!</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;font-family:'times new roman';" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Hi...do you know me??? I am a purebred Yorkshire Terrier. Pardon my appearance, </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style=" line-height: 14px; display: inline; ">maybe you didn't recognize me. I've been so busy making babies and it's hard to stay pretty when you live in filth and never bathe. Maybe you know one of my children, there are hundreds of them out there in the world. I know not where. They were taken from me so young. I hope they have forgotten me, anyway, and this horrible place I can never leave, this tiny cage with its wire floor is my world, I have never left it, it all I know. Is there something else? I know this cage, I know loneliness, I know fear, I know pain, I know sickness, I know hunger, I know thirst...I know I make babies. That's all I know. Is there more? Why are you here? I only know humans mean hurt. What do you mean help? What is Kindness? What is love? What is there beside what I know? Will you show me? Will you not forget me here? I want to know what else there is beside this hell I live in. Help me please, I can not help myself. ♥</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="caption"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;font-family:'times new roman';" ><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="caption"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">There is a bill in the US Congress that will help dogs in puppy mills all over the country, the PUPS Act. House-HR835, Senate-S707. So far 25% of representatives have signed on in support. Please use the link:</span><a href="http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="line-height: 14px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span>http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Ele</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block; "></span>cted.shtml</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"> to find your US (not state) Senator and Representatives and write or call, much more effective than email, to encourage them to support the PUPS Act. </span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="caption"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;font-family:'times new roman';" ><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="caption"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;font-family:'times new roman';" >PLEASE REPOST!!! PUT AN END TO THIS INDUSTRY FOREVER! TOGETHER WE WILL BE HEARD! MAKE OUR GOVERNMENT LISTEN AND DO NOT STOP UNTIL PUPPY MILLS ARE OUTLAWED AND ANIMALS ARE PROTECTED! </span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="caption"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;font-family:'times new roman';" ><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="caption"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Be their voice and their guardian angel, end the suffering of these innocents, once and for all ♥</span></span></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc translationEligibleUserAttachmentMessage" style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 5px; word-wrap: break-word; "><div></div></div></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="caption"><div id="id_4e936ddab2b348438643014" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><br /></span></div></span></span></div></div></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-17698832667009829612011-10-02T17:43:00.000-07:002011-10-02T17:46:08.959-07:00No words needed here<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8_wfOWC4_4/TokFksK1ZNI/AAAAAAAAA3o/et1E6yi8zFw/s1600/299260_2183587346766_1159449124_32113433_462893751_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8_wfOWC4_4/TokFksK1ZNI/AAAAAAAAA3o/et1E6yi8zFw/s400/299260_2183587346766_1159449124_32113433_462893751_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659060534657770706" /></a><br />Mutts Matter Rescue has taken in a lot of misunderstood bully breeds. When are we (and when I say we, I mean society) going to start being accountable for our actions? We are just killing these dogs for no other reason than being born a certain breed. What a disgrace....<div>STOP BSL!!</div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-44252140976984331502011-09-15T14:38:00.000-07:002011-09-15T14:40:36.883-07:00More BS from Michael Vick<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The next issue of <strong><a href="http://www.gq.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); ">GQ magazine</a> will have a PR fluff piece about Michael Vick</strong> in which<strong> he</strong> <strong>continues to avoid responsibility for killing dozens of dogs</strong> and running his dog fighting operation.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Bill Plashke, a sports columnist for the <strong><a href="http://www.latimes.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); ">LA Times</a></strong>, is one of the few national sportswriters that <strong>refuses to buy the BS of the Michael Vick Redemption PR Machine</strong>, and <strong><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/08/michael-vick-nfl-eagles.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); ">he wrote a great column this week</a></strong> calling out Vick on his <strong>fake contrition.</strong></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I’m so tired of writing about this monster, and yes, that’s what he is, a monster,<strong> but some of his quotes are so disgusting I just can’t ignore them. </strong></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Quote #1 – <em>“For a while it was all, ‘Scold Mike Vick, scold Mike Vick, just talk bad about him like he’s not a person,’ ” Vick told the magazine. “It was almost as if everyone wanted to hate me. But what have I done to anybody? It was something that happened, and it was people trying to make some money.”</em></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 4px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 269px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><object data="cid:7A27B77D-5D30-4002-B5AE-A78D638E8B54@home" type="application/x-apple-msg-attachment" alt="" width="259" height="300" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; "></object></span><div style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Michael. this is why people hate you</span></div></div><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><strong></strong>No, Mike. No one wanted to hate you. But when someone electrocutes dogs, drowns dogs in buckets, hangs dogs until they die, slam dogs against the ground until they die, and throws their daughter’s dogs in a dog fighting ring to be torn to shreds, <strong>people tend to get mad</strong>.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">What have you done to anybody? You showed the us<strong> the depths to which humans can sink.</strong> You reminded us of <strong>the evil that infests our society.</strong> You horrified us by<strong>killing and torturing dogs.</strong> You provided <strong>a cruel road map for kids who admire you to follow. </strong></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And you think people criticized you to make money? No,</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> it’s because you committed a horrific crime and STILL haven’t taken responsibility for it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, serif;">.</span></strong></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, serif; ">Quote #2 -<em> ”Some of us had to grow up in poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods and we just had to adapt to our environment. I know it’s wrong. But people act like it’s some crazy thing they never heard of. They don’t know.”</em></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, serif; ">I’ll just copy and paste what Mr. Plashke wrote in his column as a response to this crap:</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, serif; ">“Nice to see that <strong>Vick is still trying to rationalize his behavior at the expense of the millions of people in this country who don’t use their depressed economic status as an excuse to fight dogs.”</strong></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, serif; "><strong></strong>Mr. Plashke also <strong>correctly calls out <a href="http://humanesociety.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); ">the Humane Society of the United States’ President and CEO Wayne Pacelle</a> </strong>for continuing to shill for Vick, saying<strong> “what is really criminal is how the Humane Society of the United States has jumped on the football bandwagon and has actually allowed him to participate in various campaigns.”</strong></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><b> </b><object data="cid:2C308C9A-C67B-46C3-846E-AE4283AA2136@home" type="application/x-apple-msg-attachment" alt="" height="480" width="484" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></object></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; "><p style="font-family: Verdana, serif; ">OK, I’m done with Vick for now. I’d like to write more but <strong>I have to get to the bank before it closes so I can cash all the checks I get for calling him out. ARTICLE BELOW</strong></p><h1 style="font-family: Verdana, serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); line-height: 1.2; ">Bill Plaschke: Don’t be fooled by the ‘new’ Michael Vick</h1><div style="font-family: Verdana, serif; "><div>August 18, 2011 | 10:26 am</div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, serif; "><div><p><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/08/michael-vick-nfl-eagles.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); "><object data="cid:6364A7A7-528B-485B-A426-B5CAD6798E30@home" type="application/x-apple-msg-attachment" class="alignleft" title="Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick takes part in a team practice session on Aug. 13. Credit: Rich Shultz / Associated Press" alt="Vick3" width="360" height="210" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin-right: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></object></a></p><p>The NFL is back, and so is America’s favorite football villain, running the field, juking the world, boggling the mind.</p><p>It’s still a Vick-eat-Vick world out there.</p><p>This time, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is destroying his image with his mouth, saying some things in an upcoming GQ magazine story that are far more stunning than last season’s 100.2 quarterback rating.</p><p>Barely two years after completing a 21-month prison sentence for dogfighting, Vick has apparently regained his swagger, not only on the field but also on the streets, where the perpetrator is recasting himself as the victim. He knows America’s sports fans have forgiven, now he wants them to completely forget because, really, what’s the big deal anyway?</p><p>“For a while it was all, ‘Scold Mike Vick, scold Mike Vick, just talk bad about him like he’s not a person,’ ” Vick told the magazine. “It was almost as if everyone wanted to hate me. But what have I done to anybody? It was something that happened, and it was people trying to make some money.”</p><p>What has he done to anybody? It was something that happened? It was people trying to make some money?</p></div><div><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/08/michael-vick-nfl-eagles.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 105, 147); "><object data="cid:F6CB2C9F-BCEA-4749-99E4-F0EDF5B79D65@home" type="application/x-apple-msg-attachment" class="alignright" title="Michael Vick. Credit: BET" alt="Vick2" width="275" height="380" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; margin-left: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></object></a>In looking at that quote, what is really criminal is how the Humane Society of the United States has jumped on the football bandwagon and has actually allowed him to participate in various campaigns.”Yeah, you got the family dog and the white picket fence and you just think that’s all there is,” Vick told the magazine. “Some of us had to grow up in poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods and we just had to adapt to our environment. I know it’s wrong. But people act like it’s some crazy thing they never heard of. They don’t know.”Nice to see that Vick is still trying to rationalize his behavior at the expense of the millions of people in this country who don’t use their depressed economic status as an excuse to fight dogs.”A lot of people got out of it after my situation, not because I went to prison but because it was sad for them to see me go through something so pointless, that could have been avoided,” Vick told the magazine.The only thing pointless, it seems, is continuing to think that Michael Vick’s renewal on the football field has led to a reinvention of his character. It hasn’t. It won’t. America needs to stop believing.<div><br /></div><p>The only real news in the GQ story was Vick’s claim that he could have signed and started for the Cincinnati Bengals or Buffalo Bills, yet the NFL steered him toward a backup role in Philadelphia so his comeback would be slower and quieter.</p><p>Some say fans in those first two cities should be outraged. I say they should be thankful.</p></div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, serif; "><br /></div></span>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-30250902953299856652011-09-01T17:09:00.000-07:002011-09-01T17:41:24.941-07:00Fight No MoreLast month I assisted in a dog fighting case with HSUS in the seizure of close to 50 dogs in New Burn, NC. For those that don't know about dog fighting (if you don't know you must live in a cave) -this is a sick, cruel, blood sport where dogs are forced against their will, to fight to their death or until their is a "winner". As we know, no dogs "wins" in these-they all lose. If they win, the go on to fight more fights. If they lose, they die or suffer a slow and painful death. The dogs on the property we went too, were left out on the end of chains in horrid conditions. All of them had fight scars on them. All of them were afraid. NONE of them were vicious or mean. In fact, all them were so happy to be able to have some human kindness and interaction. All the dogs that were seized are now in a safe place where they are being evaluated. They will be there until the trial takes place, and then they will hopefully go to rescues. Some may not make it to rescue for various reasons-illness, un-adoptability, and more...Dog fighting is a sad life for a dog, and a cruel way for a dog to have to die. As heartbreaking as this may sound,the reality is that even though some may not get placed now, it is still preferable to the alternative...Living a life devoid of comfort, devoid of shelter, food and water, and devoid of love...That is no life at all. Below is a video of the raid I assisted in, along with one that happened shortly before that, that took place in Indiana.<div>
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<br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Arial Black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">" To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime." ~Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize 1915</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"> </span></p></div><div>
<br /></div></div></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-4004333672734261942011-07-12T08:57:00.000-07:002011-07-12T09:00:33.429-07:00Another Reason Why It's Important to spay or neuter<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dear Mom and Dad-</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am in a black plastic bag in a landfill now. Some other puppy will get the barely used leash you left. My collar was dirty and too small, but the lady took it off before she sent me to the Rainbow Bridge .<br />Would I still be at home if I hadn't chewed your shoe? I didn't know what it was, but it was leather, and it was on the floor. I was just playing. You forgot to get puppy toys.<br />Would I still be at home if I had been housebroken? Rubbing my nose in what I did only made me ashamed that I had to go at all. There are books and obedience teachers that would have taught you how to teach me to go to the door.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kGlMHus2zrg/ThxvIRnBUqI/AAAAAAAAA3A/kbwCSUcNzAM/s400/264172_2217806887393_1314265886_2613916_5777822_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628495822262981282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />Would I still be at home if I hadn't brought fleas into the house? Without anti-flea medicine, I couldn't get them off of me after you left me in the yard for days.<br />Would I still be at home if I hadn't barked? I was only saying, "I'm scared, I'm lonely, I'm here, I'm here! I want to be your best friend."<br />Would I still be at home if I had made you happy? Hitting me didn't make me learn how.<br />Would I still be at home if you had taken the time to care for me and to teach manners to me? You didn't pay attention to me after the first week or so, but I spent all my time waiting for you to love me.<br />I died today.<br />Love, Your Puppy<br />(SADLY THIS IS LOST ON SO MANY PEOPLE...THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED)</span></span></span></div></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-59034515925372430812011-05-12T06:40:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:47:52.854-07:00PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The reason so many animals end up in shelters-not spaying and neutering. There are too many unwanted animals out there. Simply stated, over crowded shelter are due to lack of education in poor and impoverished areas, and lack of spay/neuter laws. I think laws should be put in place to make this mandatory. If we S/N, our shelters would be less crowded, and animals wouldn't be put to death simply for being born. If everyone could do their part-we could end over population. Please, read the "top ten reasons to s/n" below. The animals depend on i</span></span>t.</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nkCxnNsJTXc/Tcvj4pfAiFI/AAAAAAAAA2k/gpp3v22v13g/s1600/165763_1654168046123_1594736643_31487861_4627124_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 392px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nkCxnNsJTXc/Tcvj4pfAiFI/AAAAAAAAA2k/gpp3v22v13g/s400/165763_1654168046123_1594736643_31487861_4627124_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605824723540805714" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><ol type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Spaying and neutering saves lives!</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Spay or neuter one dog saves 67,000 lives in six years if two survive each litter. Spaying or neutering one cat saves 420,000 lives in seven years if two survive from each litter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Spaying your female cat or dog will help prevent pyometra (puss filled uterus) and breast cancer.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />It is also less expensive and easier to treat medically (pets go under general anesthesia and are released within hours) than treatment for pyometra (requires hospitalization, surgery and IV).<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Neutering your male cat or dog prevents testicular cancer.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A spayed female will not go into heat.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />There will be no yowling or frequent urination of your un spayed cat looking for a mate and no bloody discharge from your unsprayed dog in heat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A neutered dog is less likely to roam.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />An un neutered male will go to extremes in searching for a mate, including jumping the fence or digging his way out of the yard. Once out, he is at risk of getting lost, getting hit by a car, causing an accident or getting into a fight. A dog who roams is also more likely to get external and internal parasites.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Neutered males are better behaved.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />They are less likely to be aggressive (statistically most dog bites are inflicted by intact males), less likely to mark their territory with strong smelling urine and less likely to mount when stimulated. Spayed and neutered pets are more affectionate and more focused on their owner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Spaying or neutering your pet will not make them fat!</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Pets become obese from lack of exercise and overfeeding. The myth that spaying and neutering your pet makes them fat is medically and factually indefensible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Spaying and neutering your pets help create a safer neighborhood.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Stray animals can cause problems in the community. They can prey on wildlife, cause traffic accidents, scare children etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There are no benefits of letting your female have "just one litter."</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Research shows the whole pet population virtually stems from "just one litter." Many pet owners think their dog is special and unique and that is why they should breed their dog. The shelters are full of special and unique dogs. Letting your children witness your dog giving birth to a litter that you do not intend to keep does not teach them about birth, it teaches them to be irresponsible. Finding homes for the litter is not enough. An equal number of animals will then die in shelters. Furthermore what happens when the new owner doesn't spay or neuter the puppy? What if they can no longer keep the puppy? Every time an animal dies in a shelter, someone somewhere is responsible. Don't be that person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; color:black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Just because your dog is a purebred doesn�t mean it should be bred.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br />25% of dogs in shelters are purebred not including those in rescue groups.</span></span></li></ol></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-28608925759567373882011-04-25T05:50:00.000-07:002011-04-25T05:56:43.586-07:00In Mutts We Trust<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-QvtwYnZUI/TbVuOFaRYKI/AAAAAAAAA2c/LskaCrLfkJM/s1600/220010_10150157946955841_706895840_6915378_1108590_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-QvtwYnZUI/TbVuOFaRYKI/AAAAAAAAA2c/LskaCrLfkJM/s400/220010_10150157946955841_706895840_6915378_1108590_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599502899954671778" /></a>Every year, between 7-11 Million animals will end up in shelters throughout the United States. Less than 50% of those animals will get to a rescue or get adopted. THINK before you drop your animal off at a shelter. Shelters are overcrowded, understaffed, and under funded. An animal is a lifetime commitment. Animals want for so little, and only want for love. They ask for so very little in return. So the next time you're thinking of getting rid of your pet, think first. It may not make it out of the shelter. It would be tragic for your pet to die alone and afraid in shelter due to no fault of it's own.RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-31588340551073165412011-04-10T13:59:00.001-07:002011-04-10T14:00:32.217-07:00YES-THEY SUFFER TOO!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9R_RgAdhCu4/TaIaM0BQH7I/AAAAAAAAA2U/zzS1F7XLbfc/s1600/215726_191860890857056_126914040685075_468744_4101088_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9R_RgAdhCu4/TaIaM0BQH7I/AAAAAAAAA2U/zzS1F7XLbfc/s400/215726_191860890857056_126914040685075_468744_4101088_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594062494572224434" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div id="fbPhotoTheaterCaption" class="fbPhotoTheaterCaption mbs" tabindex="0" live="polite" style="margin-bottom: 5px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div class="clearfix fbPhotoInlineCaptionEditor editor" style="display: block; zoom: 1; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: auto; "><div class="fbPhotoCaption"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Here are some facts that you may or may not know!<br />DID YOU KNOW...<br /><br />-863 animals die every second<br />-Pigs are smarter than dogs and three year old children<br />-Piglets are torn away from their mother at just three weeks old<br />-Once the piglet is ready for slaughter, usually at about 5 months old, their food will be withdrawn leaving them feeling weak, lethargic and cold.<br />-Vegans live an average 6-10 years longer than a meat eater<br />-A meat eaters risk of developing heart disease is 50% higher than a veg{etari}ans<br />-Animals are fed drugs so they can grow bigger<br />-In every package of chickens there’s a little bit of poop<br />-They flavor McDonalds french fries with meat juice<br />-Animals like cows are kept in dark, filthy rooms then they are taken in a metal truck, which usually makes the cows sick, and then they are killed in the slaughterhouse consciously.<br />-Birds and chickens are kept in small cages. The great majority of all "layers" are kept in battery cages. Usually 5 hens have to share a cage measuring 18 by 20 inches.<br />-They are also de-beaked with a hot blade so they don’t peck the other animals to death<br />-Cows have their horns sliced off; they are branded, which causes excruciating third-degree burns; and males are castrated. This is all done without any painkillers.<br />-When cows are done making milk they are killed<br />-Pigs-farmers cut off a pigs tail so the other pigs tail don’t bite it off due to the fact of the small space<br />-When chickens are done laying eggs they are also suffocated in plastic bags<br />-Male chickens are gassed, suffocated in a bag, or ground up alive because they don’t lay eggs when they grow up.<br />-Eating one hamburger uses enough energy to drive a small car 20 miles and take 17 showers<br />-More than half of the water consumed in the U.S. is used to raise livestock<br />-Cows are excellent mothers<br />-Sheep can recognize other sheep’s faces and human faces as well<br />-Goats are very curious and playful, have individual personalities and capable of great affection and loyalty<br />-Goat’s intelligence is comparable to that of pigs and dogs<br />-If you give an apple or a small ball to a group of turkeys they'll play with it<br />-Fish grow underwater algae gardens<br />-Hens and their babies communicate even while the chick is still in the egg<br />-A cow must be pregnant in order to give milk... they are artificially inseminated and confined in one stall where they have to stand in their own urine and feces<br />-Cows are separated from their moms within 24 hours of birth<br />-To get milk out of cows farmers use electrical machines and usually the cows bleed and pus comes out so that’s usually that’s what your drinking<br />-The U.S has the highest upper limit of milk pus concentration in the world<br />-Mad cow disease is in the United States<br />-Fishing hurts. Imagine a hook is stuck through your lips and you are being pulled up rapidly.... Pain right?<br />-Raising animals for food need more than a third of fossil fuels and raw materials in the U.S.<br />-Cattle ranching is the number cause of Amazonian deforestation<br />-Going Veggie does more to stop Global Warming than switching to a hybrid car<br />-Vegans save an average of 100 animals a year<br /><br />Now tell me again why you want to eat meat? </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></span>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-37109444330285649742011-04-05T16:05:00.001-07:002011-04-05T19:00:45.854-07:00Pitful little pitty puppy that only wanted to play and be loved..<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NUWDe4vFoe8/TZugR53_JkI/AAAAAAAAA2M/GCOvkctDLf8/s1600/image002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><blockquote type="cite" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><div bg style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><div id="AOLMsgPart_4_e4810768-f94e-43cb-9468-23e0aabf8d30"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><table class="MsoTableGrid" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="280" style=" padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 210pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; color:black;"><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong><b><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; color: blue; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: initial; border-right- border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: initial; padding-top: 0in; font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:windowtext;">Oshkosh</span></span></b></strong><strong><b><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; color: blue; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: initial; border-right- border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: initial; padding-top: 0in; font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:windowtext;">, WI</span></span></b></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">- The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/dogs-in-national/puppy-discovered-starved-on-sidewalk" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: initial; border-right- border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: initial; padding-top: 0in; color:windowtext;">5 month old puppy discovered starved to death</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: initial; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: initial; border-right- border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: initial; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 0in; color:windowtext;"> </span></span></a>on an Oshkosh sidewalk last Thursday had a name. His name was Snoop.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;"></span></span> </div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">The beautiful puppy never stood a chance with the owner that he was cursed with - that owner was identified to police through an informant.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">That informant led police to the home of Bryan I. Hutcherson, 19.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">Shockingly, Hutcherson is reported to have told police that the puppy was too stressful and "too expensive" to feed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">Instead of surrendering the puppy to an animal control facility, the man and his girlfriend reportedly watched him starve to death before their eyes.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;"></span>Apparently little Snoop was kept in a wire cage measuring 2 ft x 3 ft - the cage was kept in the couple's living room. The informant told police that the puppy was covered in feces and shaking the last time that he was seen in February.</span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">Puppies, with their quickly growing and developing bodies, require special puppy food during their first year of life - food with extra calories and nutrients to keep them healthy and ensure proper growth.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">Instead, Snoop received nothing - from what his owner told police, he apparently received nothing for over a month.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">Hutcherson told the police that he decided to lay the sick puppy on the sidewalk, just 2 blocks from his home, last Thursday - the puppy was so weak that he could not raise his head from the cement....</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">A necropsy showed that the emaciated puppy's organs had systematically shut down as a result of the starvation.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">How could a person watch another life slowly fade away before their eyes? Surely Snoop suffered greatly - surely there was crying as the pain wracked his little body....</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">Hutcherson was held on a $1000 bond and will have a preliminary hearing on April 14. He could face fines of $10,000 and up to 3.5 years behind bars.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">In the court of public opinion, his name will forever be associated with that of a person with no heart.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:blue;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:blue;">His unidentified girlfriend is also facing charges - her case has been sent to the Winnebago County District Attorney.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:fuchsia;"><span style=" background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:fuchsia;">Rest in Peace Snoop.</span></span><span style="font-family:Tekton Pro;color:fuchsia;"><span style="font-family:'Tekton Pro';color:fuchsia;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: center; font-family:'Bookman Old Style';font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Hobo Std;"><span style="font-family:'Hobo Std';"></span></span> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></span></div></span></blockquote><div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; margin-right: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; 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width: 210pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; "><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></span></div></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-69242187022186016122011-03-31T06:15:00.000-07:002011-03-31T06:29:19.732-07:00Speak up for our animals..They need you more than ever!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQLIUy7nEOU/TZSBeHc6Z5I/AAAAAAAAA2E/6bjgB6AeHqo/s1600/200440_203458829672910_202528109765982_730613_2031780_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQLIUy7nEOU/TZSBeHc6Z5I/AAAAAAAAA2E/6bjgB6AeHqo/s400/200440_203458829672910_202528109765982_730613_2031780_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590235391870003090" /></a>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-88054694876138247362011-03-13T19:22:00.000-07:002011-03-13T19:31:31.300-07:00A follow up to Nico<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wje6Jtg66c8/TX18o8XRmqI/AAAAAAAAA18/oKjSon5ocJI/s1600/nico_1.jpg"></a>Remember Nico? I wrote about him last year in my blog when he was in the shelter. The story below is another follow up. Nico has had another bad blow....<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This photo is not unknown to animal lovers and rescuers. It captured the depressed and broken spirit of a suffering shelter dog. It’s Nico, the 6-year-old Dogo Argentino who’s picture appeared on Facebook July 2009 that immediately went viral and caught the attention of animal rescuers. He was malnourished, covered in sores, flea bitten, missing several teeth, covered with tumors, and deaf.</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wje6Jtg66c8/TX18o8XRmqI/AAAAAAAAA18/oKjSon5ocJI/s400/nico_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583756155849644706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 299px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was this photo, taken by Southern California animal rescuer Nikki Audet, that saved his life. It caught the attention of Kelley Gibson, a rescuer and animal transporter in San Diego, where she quickly helped get him to the </span><a href="http://www.hamiltonhumane.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hamilton County Humane Society</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> in Indianapolis.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">After three months of training and medical care, his tumors removed, Nico (now known as Nico SwanGarris) found a home in Indiana with two loving moms and settled into a pampered life of playtime, good food, snuggles on a couch, and…squeaky toys!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span id="more-7689"></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It’s amazing that this dog – so broken – got a chance at the good life. There are many dogs in shelters that have their stories end right there – </span><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with a needle</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. It’s the rescue story from heaven.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But now life just dealt Nico another challenge. He has four different types of aggressive cancer. He is currently on oral chemotherapy medication until his two moms can afford highly expensive IV chemotherapy treatments at the </span><a href="http://www.vet.purdue.edu/vth/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Purdue Veterinary Teaching Hospital</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bridget and Melissa, Nico’s owners, are using holistic treatments including a special diet high in protein. They’re optimistic, but battling cancer is tough and they’re taking it one day at a time. They will do everything they can for Nico.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here is the chip in to help with his care </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://nicosfund.chipin.com/nicos-fund-3">http://nicosfund.chipin.com/nicos-fund-3</a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#800000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p></p></span><br /></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-29751799291967891832011-01-27T07:26:00.001-08:002011-01-27T13:26:57.943-08:00No Justice for Baby Justice<div style="text-align: left;">Today was one of those days where I woke up and had that awful feeling in my stomach. I was hoping to hear good news today that Justice, the pug that was hit by a car, had made some improvements over night. Unfortunately, he had once again deteriorated. It had been 5 days, and still no progress. No feeling in his lower body, no anal tone, no ability to defecate or urinate on his own, his spine had become necrotic...he was suffering. All that could be done was to keep him comfortable and drugged up on pain meds and sedatives to help him sleep. He could not get comfortable no matter how he tried to lay. He was broken inside, and noone could fix it. No vet, no specialist. God had other plans for Justice....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TUGPcPCyNmI/AAAAAAAAA1w/FJD7A4Fbnww/s400/IMG_5308.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566888329643964002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">It makes me so angry that someone let this dog out and let him get hit by a car. It makes me angry that he laid in the middle of the road suffering before finally a good samaritan took him to the ER. He deserved better. Today we let him go. He crossed over the rainbow bridge, and won't suffer any longer. He will not be in agony any more. This is the hardest part of rescue. When you do all you can, and you still can't save them. It's hard to have to be the one to make that decision about letting an animal go. For selfish reason, I want him to stay with me forever. But I know in my heart that he had already left us. He looked at me with pleading eyes as if to say "Please let me go. It hurts too much". <b>He is gone, but he will never be forgotten.</b> Some touch our hearts and take a piece of us when they go. Justice did that. He will always have a piece of my heart. </span>I love you Justice. May you finally rest comfortably. I will see you again one day.</div><div><br /></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-89039966990237171802011-01-15T14:10:00.000-08:002011-01-15T14:19:42.328-08:00Gabriel<div>For those that didn't read Gabriel's original story, I have posted it below. But for those who do know his story, below are some updated photos of him happily living in his forever home. I can't think of a better family for him; What a deserving boy he is. This is what makes rescue worth the heartache. Thank you to the Oyer family for allowing Gabe to "choose them" as his forever home.<div><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcrAYeZ8I/AAAAAAAAA1o/umMWSSQHsKI/s1600/166819_175167425852760_100000785118924_318722_7933517_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcrAYeZ8I/AAAAAAAAA1o/umMWSSQHsKI/s400/166819_175167425852760_100000785118924_318722_7933517_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562540014918592450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcq26efrI/AAAAAAAAA1g/Nl-qrdNI48A/s1600/165748_175167085852794_100000785118924_318710_1909858_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcq26efrI/AAAAAAAAA1g/Nl-qrdNI48A/s400/165748_175167085852794_100000785118924_318710_1909858_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562540012376850098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcq9YG9AI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/bl7lXWq66W0/s1600/164856_175167262519443_100000785118924_318717_7810827_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcq9YG9AI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/bl7lXWq66W0/s400/164856_175167262519443_100000785118924_318717_7810827_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562540014111749122" /></a><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcqnM0Z0I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/25yVtkQhfg8/s400/179053_175167179186118_100000785118924_318713_5455167_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562540008158816066" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcqnM0Z0I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/25yVtkQhfg8/s1600/179053_175167179186118_100000785118924_318713_5455167_n.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">MEET GABRIEL. HE IS THE MOST STUNNING PEKINESE MOST OF US HAVE EVER SEEN. HIS PHYSICAL BEAUTY IS ONLY SURPASSED BY THAT OF HIS SOUL AND SPIRIT. HE CAME TO OUR RESCUE ON NOVEMBER 29, 2010 AFTER SURVIVING AN ORDEAL THAT, HAD IT BEEN INFLICTED ON A HUMAN, WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AGAINST THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THIS "ANGEL" SUCH SUFFERING, SADNESS AND PAIN. HE WAS GIVEN THE NAME GABRIEL, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS WONDERFUL, SOULFUL PERSONALITY, BUT ALSO IN HOMAGE TO THE ANGELS THAT MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING OVER HIM.</span></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size: small; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TTIcqnM0Z0I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/25yVtkQhfg8/s1600/179053_175167179186118_100000785118924_318713_5455167_n.jpg"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; ">GABRIEL IS 2 1/2 YEARS OLD. HE WAS BROUGHT INTO AN URBAN SHELTER WITH BLOOD COMING FROM HIS MOUTH, EARS AND EYES. HE FACE WAS SO SWOLLEN, HE COULD NOT OPEN HIS EYES. HIS BRAIN WAS SWELLING FROM THE TRAUMA. WE BELIEVE HE WAS BARELY CONSCIOUS UPON ARRIVAL. HIS OWNER SAID THEIR DAUGHTER HAD BEAT HIM WITH A BAT. THEY BROUGHT NO VACCINATION RECORDS. HE WAS NOT NEUTERED. HE WAS HORRIBLY MATTED. HE WAS VERY UNDERWEIGHT. HIS TOENAILS WERE CURLING UNDER AND GROWING INTO HIS FOOT PADS.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; ">THEY GAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION. THEY CALMLY LEFT THEIR PET AT THE SHELTER. NO REMORSE. NO GRIEF. NO PUNISHMENT. WE HAVE NO WAY OF VERIFYING THEIR STORY.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; ">FORTUNATELY FOR GABRIEL, THE SHELTER KNEW HE WAS CRITICAL AND SENT HIM TO THE EMERGENCY VET FACILITY. HE WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. THE SHELTER SENT OUT A PLEA FOR HELP, AND MMR WAS THE FIRST TO STEP UP. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THIS SHELTER FOR THE LIFE SAVING CARE THEY AUTHORIZED FOR GABRIEL, ESPECIALLY WITH A VERY SMALL MEDICAL BUDGET. WE CAME TO PICK UP GABRIEL ON THE 5TH DAY, WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE SHELTER. HE STILL HAS A BAG OF MEDICINE HE HAS TO TAKE AROUND THE CLOCK. HE MAY HAVE BEEN BLINDED IN ONE EYE, AND WILL RECEIVE FOLLOW UP CARE WITH AN EYE SPECIALIST. HE ROAD FROM THE SHELTER ON A LAP, AND WAS PERFECT THE ENTIRE TRIP TO OUR PRIMARY ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN ROCKVILLE, MD. THE COMPASSIONATE AND CAPABLE STAFF FED HIM AND GAVE HIM A WARM, SAFE PLACE IN THE KENNEL, AWAY FROM ALL THE NOISE. TODAY, THEY GAVE HIM A SOOTHING BATH AND GROOMED HIS GORGEOUS COAT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THEY COULD SEE THE BRUISING BEHIND HIS EARS WHEN THEY WERE BATHING HIM. HE WAS HIT WITH SO MUCH RAGE THAT IT ALSO BRUISED HIS TENDER SKIN! HIS EYES ARE STILL A BIT BLOOD SHOT, AND ONE HAS A BLOOD CLOT, BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL RESOLVE WITH THE MEDICINE HE IS CURRENTLY BEING GIVEN. HE WILL REMAIN AT THE VET HOSPITAL FOR ANOTHER DAY, AND WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED TO HIS EXPERIENCED FOSTER HOME.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; ">GABRIEL WILL STILL NEED TO BE VACCINATED, HEARTWORM TESTED, AND NEUTERED. HE WILL BE ON OPTHAMALIC MEDICINES INDEFINITELY. WE DO NOT KNOW IF HE WILL HAVE TO HAVE ANY FURTHER SURGERIES RESULTING FROM THE BEATING HE ENDURED. HE WILL NEED SPECIALITY CARE UNTIL WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MUCH HIS EYE SIGHT HAS BEEN AFFECTED.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; ">WE DO KNOW THAT HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY BRAIN DAMAGE. HE IS THE SWEETEST DOG, WHO HAS A VERY CALM PERSONALITY, AND SEEMS TO LIKE BOTH BIG AND LITTLE DOGS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE. HE ENJOYS HIS GOOD FOOD, AND LIKES TO "BURROW" A NEST FOR SLEEPING. HE IS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN, AND A WONDERFUL AMBASSADOR FOR HIS BREED, AND FOR RESCUE.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">MMR WILL BE COVERING ALL OF HIS MEDICAL BILLS. WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND RESCUE FRIENDS AS WE CONTINUE TO REHABILITATE THIS WONDERFUL BOY. IF YOU ARE ABLE, ANY AMOUNT OF MONETARY DONATION WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU CAN DONATE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT </span><a href="http://www.muttsmatterresuce.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">WWW.MUTTSMATTERRESUCE.COM</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> BY CLICKING ON THE "DONATE NOW" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM ON OUR HOME PAGE. IF YOU CANNOT DONATE, GOOD WISHES ARE HAPPILY ACCEPTED. IF YOU CAN POST THIS STORY TO YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR OTHER RESCUE SITES, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, AS WELL. WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT NOT ONLY TO HELP US WITH HIS MEDICAL CARE, BUT TO ALSO SHARE HIS STORY. THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER TO RIGHT A WRONG.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I LOVE YOU GABRIEL....<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica;font-size:13px;"><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; color: black; font-size: 10pt; "><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_6081ff67-e6be-4291-84fe-1b1aefa66a39"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style="clear: both; "><br /></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-40711351776283131462011-01-08T08:08:00.000-08:002011-01-08T10:01:17.795-08:00Farewell to Nikki (Zoey)<div style="text-align: left;">Several months ago, I drove to the NC border to pick a "throw away" breeder dog named Zoey.</div><div>There was a puppymill raid in SC, and all the other dogs got a rescue-except this poor girl. Nobody wanted her. What they saw was a mange infested, emaciated, older bulldog. What I saw was potential. What I saw, was a loving girl who needed someone to believe that her life mattered. And so off I went....to pick up poor Zoey. We decided to rename her Nikki...</div><div>Nikki was a 5-6 year old bully who was used for breeding over, and over, and over again. She was practically breed to death. The people that ran the mill, allowed her skin to become infected with mites and so she was practically bald when I got her. </div><div>Once I drove her back to Montgomery Animal Hospital where she was vetted, we found out more on her medical condition; Things that had gone untreated for God knows how long.</div><div>She had mange, mites, worms, a raging ear infection, yeast all over her feet, some rotted teeth, scabs everywhere...she was a mess. And so we/the vets/ the foster family, all had a lot of work ahead of us to get her well. We spared no expense in getting her well.</div><div>As time went on, Nikki made improvements. She went into a foster home that nursed her back to health. She was getting daily medicated baths, and all the meds she needed. Her hair was starting to grow back in. She was getting love, she was getting care, and she was becoming the dog she was always meant to be. The dog she DESERVED to be...</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiNbbXeE8I/AAAAAAAAA04/DA6wf1gsK70/s1600/2010-07-12%2B19.43.04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiNbbXeE8I/AAAAAAAAA04/DA6wf1gsK70/s400/2010-07-12%2B19.43.04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559849242331059138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> This is Nikki the day I picked her up. Sad, emaciated, and broken spirited.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiNFQgJIQI/AAAAAAAAA0w/Ecw_-QYlVVg/s1600/2010-07-12%2B19.55.18.jpg"><br /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiNFQgJIQI/AAAAAAAAA0w/Ecw_-QYlVVg/s400/2010-07-12%2B19.55.18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559848861457522946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">In my car, I put a big soft bed down for her and gave her a bone to chew on. She had probably never had a bully stick before-or a bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">After a few months, once we felt she was well enough, Nikki was adopted out to a forever home. But after a few months, they brought her back saying her medical conditions were just too much for them to handle. She had regressed as the family did not keep up with her daily baths and Ivermectin treatments. This was a huge let down to all of us. The last thing this poor dog needed was to regress in her care. Needless to say, we were all furious and upset. But I remembered the foster mom who had nursed her back to health, Shelly Bloodsworth, say to me the day she went to her forever home, that if she ever came back into our rescue, she would take her back. So back she went to the foster family that truly loved and cared for her. She was back where she belonged. And so she got well again. Shelly and Mike took excellent care of her and loved and adored her. </span>Nikki's foster family fell in love with her. And so they had decided they were going to adopt her. She was meant to be with them.</div><div style="text-align: left;">All of us were so happy because we knew how much they loved and cared for her. She was a different dog in their care. She was the picture of health. We made her the center of our MMR holiday cards this year. She was an ambassador to what rescue is all about. Taking what's broken, and fixing it. She exemplified that. She was a survivor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiSv56RpEI/AAAAAAAAA1A/S29l9K9ONFU/s400/christmas%252Bnikki.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559855091685631042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yesterday morning, Nikki's foster parents brought her into the vets to have a routine dental done. As she walked through the door of the office, she collapsed. She was rushed back and given oxygen. She was fine. They though it may have been a seizure. But to be sure, we took her to a cardiologist a few hours later to check her heart. After hours of waiting and tests, they couldn't find anything wrong with her heart. They thought maybe she fainted or that she had a small tumor somewhere. Regardless, whatever it was that caused it, could not be identified. And so off Nikki went, back home with her foster family. </div><div style="text-align: left;">She rode in the car and was happy as could be. When she got home she was fine for a while. But then she went to the back door to go outside, and collapsed again. Shelly rushed her to the ER and gave her CPR on the way. By the time she got to the vet and was given oxygen, she was already near death. The doctor suggested letting her go since the amount of oxygen she lost to her brain would have caused brain damage. But Nikki must have know that a decision like that was one that we were not prepared to make. We didn't want to let her to go. So she made it for us. She stopped breathing and crossed over the rainbow bridge. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I have cried today. I cried last night. I cry for her and I cry for all the other dogs out there still living the life that Nikki had. This needless suffering has to end. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Nikki was an angel on earth. She brought a lot of joy into our lives, and touched everyone she met. Now Nikki's wings are real. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiSvxR-oaI/AAAAAAAAA1I/ovMFSE8qD5k/s400/IMG_0139.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559855089369129378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 400px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I saw you pass away. Although I loved you dearly, I couldn't make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hardworking hands at rest. God broke my heart to prove to me, he only takes the best. Heaven is lucky. I will miss you every day.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">RIP SWEET ANGEL </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TSiNFAd0kkI/AAAAAAAAA0o/jP9IEAokEOA/s1600/2010-07-12%2B19.43.04.jpg"></a>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-90008708547829288042010-12-22T15:00:00.000-08:002010-12-22T15:05:24.818-08:00A HOMELESS DOG'S CHRISTMAS WISH<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'normal Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(78, 78, 78); line-height: 21px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">Everywhere </strong>- Children dream of stockings packed with goodies and big boxes filled with the latest and greatest toys. A homeless dog dreams of one thing - being loved. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'normal Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; color: rgb(78, 78, 78); line-height: 21px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">That sentiment is what drives animal rescuers to find homes for the thousands of shelter pets across the nation. We want simply and beautifully, the obvious - what every dog lover knows in their heart, to end the suffering and homeless of dogs throughout the US. Dogs want to be loved. They want to be scratched behind the ears, taken for walks, or sitting by the side of the person that they love. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">Every dog sitting behind the bars of a kennel door wants the very same thing - the simple pleasure and comfort of being loved. This holiday season, consider donating to your local shelter or rescue.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">Tis' the season of giving. Don't forget those less fortunate this time of year; Especially our furry friends.</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><a href="http://www.muttsmatterrescue.com/">http://www.muttsmatterrescue.com/</a></p></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TRKDhj9K_GI/AAAAAAAAA0E/pMaPSoI06jk/s1600/Holiday_email.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TRKDhj9K_GI/AAAAAAAAA0E/pMaPSoI06jk/s400/Holiday_email.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553645903111978082" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(78, 78, 78); line-height: 21px; font-family:'normal Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p></span>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-69173354586762378712010-12-06T05:50:00.000-08:002010-12-06T05:56:58.402-08:00A HOMELESS DOGS CHRISTMAS PRAYER<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Tis' the night before Christmas</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "> </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and all through the town,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">every shelter is full -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we are lost, but not found,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our numbers are hung</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">on our kennels so bare,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we hope every minute</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">that someone will care,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They’ll come to adopt us</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and give us the call,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Come here, Max and Sparkie -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">come fetch your new ball!!</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But now we sit here</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and think of the days…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we were treated so fondly -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we had cute, baby ways,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Once we were little,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">then we grew and we grew</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">now we’re no longer young</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and we’re no longer new.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So out the back door</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we were thrown like the trash,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">they reacted so quickly -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">why were they so rash?</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We “jump on the children,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“don’t come when they call”,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we “bark when they leave us”,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">climb over the wall.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We should have been neutered,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we should have been spayed,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">now we suffer the consequence</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of the errors THEY made.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If only they’d trained us,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">if only we knew…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we’d have done what they asked us</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and worshiped them, too.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPzrIsgCswI/AAAAAAAAAz8/vZ6Sd5gp_E0/s400/GA430.16018081-1-pn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547567375630643970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 154px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We were left in the backyard,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">or worse -let to roam-</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">now we’re tired and lonely</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and out of a home.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They dropped us off here</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and they kissed us good-bye…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Maybe someone else will give you a try.”</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So now here we are,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">all confused and alone…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in a shelter with others</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">who long for a home.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The kind workers come through</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with a meal and a pat,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with so many to care for,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">they can’t stay to chat,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They move to the next kennel,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">giving each of us cheer…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we know that they wonder</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">how long we’ll be here.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We lay down to sleep</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and sweet dreams fill our heads…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of a home filled with love</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and our own cozy beds.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Then we wake to see</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">sad eyes brimming with tears -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">our friends filled with emptiness,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">worry, and fear.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you can’t adopt us</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and there’s no room at the Inn -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">could you help with the bills</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and fill our food bin?</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We count on your kindness</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">each day of the year -</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">can you give more than hope</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to everyone here?</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Please make a donation</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to pay for the heat…</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and help get us something</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">special to eat.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The shelter that cares for us</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">wants us to live,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and more of us will,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">if more people will give.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"># # #</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></span>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-85959779972850104982010-12-02T05:55:00.000-08:002010-12-02T06:01:32.015-08:00Meet Gabriel<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:18px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Friends, Family, and Supporters-</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Meet Gabriel.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> He is the most stunning pekinese most of us have ever seen. His physical beauty is only surpassed by that of his soul and spirit. He came to our rescue on november 29, 2010 after surviving an ordeal that, had it been inflicted on a human, would have resulted in charges of attempted murder against the person who caused this "angel" such suffering, sadness and pain. He was given the name gabriel, not only because of his wonderful, soulful personality, but also in homage to the angels that must have been watching over him.</span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemU62qlFI/AAAAAAAAAz0/xeGwfFIucy0/s400/IMG_4712.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546084344456189010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span>Gabriel is 2 1/2 years old. He was brought into an urban shelter with blood coming from his mouth, ears and eyes. His face was so swollen, he could not open his eyes. His brain was swelling from the trauma. We believe he was barely conscious upon arrival. His "owner" said their daughter had beat him with a bat. They brought no vaccination records. He was not neutered. He was horribly matted. He was very underweight. His toenails were curling under and growing into his foot pads.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemT4Vb-QI/AAAAAAAAAzc/fX092MR78Ag/s1600/-4.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemT4Vb-QI/AAAAAAAAAzc/fX092MR78Ag/s400/-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546084326600079618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They gave no further information. They calmly left their pet at the shelter. No remorse. No grief. No punishment. We have no way of verifying their story.</span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fortunately for Gabriel, the shelter knew he was critical and sent him to the emergency vet facility, where he stayed for about 4 days. The shelter sent out a plea for help, and MMR was the first to step up. We are so grateful to this shelter for the life saving care they authorized for Gabriel; Especially with a very small medical budget. We came to pick up Gabriel on the 5th day, when he was transferred back to the shelter. He still has a bag of medicine he has to take around the clock. He may have been blinded in one eye, and will receive follow up care with an eye specialist. He rode from the shelter on a lap, and was perfect the entire trip to our primary animal hospital, Montgomery Animal Hospital in Rockville, Md. The compassionate and capable staff fed him and gave him a warm, safe place in the kennel, away from all the noise. Today, they gave him a soothing bath and groomed his gorgeous coat. It was reported that they could see the bruising behind his ears when they were bathing him. He was hit with so much rage that it also bruised his tender skin! His eyes are still a bit blood shot, and one has a blood clot, but we are hopeful that it will resolve with the medicine he is currently being given. He will remain at the vet hospital for another day, and will then be transferred to his experienced foster home.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemUahCHyI/AAAAAAAAAzs/7r9TTe9Ss-Q/s1600/IMG_4703.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemUahCHyI/AAAAAAAAAzs/7r9TTe9Ss-Q/s400/IMG_4703.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546084335775522594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Gabriel will still need further medical care. He will be on opthamalic medicines indefinitely. We do not know if he will have to have any further surgeries resulting from the beating he endured. He will need speciality care until we can determine how much of his eye sight has been affected.</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We do know that he does not appear to have any brain damage. He is a very sweet dog, who has a very calm personality and seems to like both big and little dogs, as well as people. He enjoys his good food, and likes to "burrow" a nest for sleeping. He is a perfect gentleman, and a wonderful ambassador for his breed, and for rescue. </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mutts Matter Rescue will be covering all of his medical bills. We are asking for help from our community and rescue friends as we continue to rehabilitate this wonderful boy. If you are able, any amount of monetary donation would greatly appreciated. You can donate via our web site at </span><a href="http://www.muttsmatterrescue.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.muttsmatterrescue.com/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by clicking on the "donate now" button at the bottom on our home page. If you cannot donate, good wishes are happily accepted. If you can post this story to your facebook page, or other rescue sites, we would greatly appreciate that, as well. We really want to get the word out not only to help us with his medical care, but to also share his story. This is what can happen when a community works together to right a wrong. </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemUMryuzI/AAAAAAAAAzk/itF-lqexCIg/s1600/IMG_4689.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TPemUMryuzI/AAAAAAAAAzk/itF-lqexCIg/s400/IMG_4689.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546084332062554930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for your support!</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Melanie Samet</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-63506267046068198942010-11-21T13:45:00.000-08:002010-11-23T07:57:32.345-08:00Some before and after moments....<div style="text-align: left;">Running a rescue can be quite emotionally draining. But there is alot of upside too. The rewards are seeing the successes. Looking into the eyes of a dog that was once broken inside, now living a life filled with love and happiness. I have attached some before and after pictures. These are the moments that remind me of why I continue doing what I do everyday. These are just a few. To date, we will have saved over 250 dogs this year. Next year we want to triple that! </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Tinkerbell...before at the shelter, and now below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOqEw1Ci6dI/AAAAAAAAAyc/_i3jqAbhR9M/s400/MD247.17839530-1-pn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542388265839159762" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOqEw5Fc5bI/AAAAAAAAAyk/AkoFGEiXR0U/s1600/IMG00036-20101120-1309.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOqEw5Fc5bI/AAAAAAAAAyk/AkoFGEiXR0U/s400/IMG00036-20101120-1309.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542388266925090226" /></a></div> This is Lulu with her wonderful new family. There were no "before photos since her prior "owners" didn't think enough of her to give her even that.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOqEwuIlLkI/AAAAAAAAAyU/QJGTGtZ-avo/s1600/IMG_4584.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOqEwuIlLkI/AAAAAAAAAyU/QJGTGtZ-avo/s400/IMG_4584.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542388263985425986" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> This is Marshall. He was one of our embedded collar dogs. He lived his life on the end of a chain. He now lives on several acres in with his brothers and lives the life off of a chain. </span><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOvb4tloxtI/AAAAAAAAAzE/NuMiWeQPiEk/s400/LabmixEmbeddedCollar_Photo3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542765533766141650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOvb4a5GD-I/AAAAAAAAAy8/b1vHRC7F8cw/s400/IMG_1939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542765528747479010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">This is Precious. She came out of a shelter in PG Co. She was limping and in a lot of pain. We came to find out that he leg was literally hanging off. It was from someone picking her up by the leg and they dislocated it. So we amputated it and freed her of the pain she was in. She now lives in Pikesville, MD where she is adored and loved tremendously. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOvdS5qvQNI/AAAAAAAAAzM/TluDxPEDqwY/s400/IMG_3846.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542767083196989650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TOvb36eUuoI/AAAAAAAAAy0/nIITMp8ynMo/s400/1031002123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542765520045259394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">These are a few examples. This is what makes me say I'm thankful this year at the Thanksgiving table. (among other things)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-22783826082999371752010-11-09T05:51:00.000-08:002010-11-09T05:53:59.663-08:00More on a shelter dogs life....<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My name is "worthless mutt" even though I have also been called "Dumb Dog", "Flea Bag" or more recently "adult mixed breed" and I'm a stray dog who was found by an animal control officer when I was trying to find ...food in somebody's garbage can. I'm starving, skinny and scared. I'm 2 years old, and my whole life was spent in the backyard of my owner's house, chained to a tree. One day my owner didn't want me anymore and left me on the side of the road. I tried to chase after him in the car, but he was too fast and I almost got hit. I'm not that beautiful. I'm a pitbull mix like most of the other dogs here. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TNlSK8TzQQI/AAAAAAAAAyM/UXZ786krftM/s400/72559_171426999536854_152876678058553_608568_19879_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537547564770083074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My ears are flea bitten and you can count all my ribs. Most people will pass me by because of my emaciated body and my breed's reputation. I know it's time for me to go to heaven and I accept this. I will die with dignity... but apart of me still secretly wishes a kind hearted person would stop at my cage for once and pick me to go home with them. Some of the other dogs talk about having warm beds to sleep in, and bowls full of food everday. They talk about how they miss their owners and being pet, belly rubs, scratches behind the ears, playing fetch and going for walks to the park. I wish I had a home with these things. I wish I had at least had an owner who loved me enough to take care of me, then I could die knowing, at least, I was loved at some point. I want to be loved so badly. But everyone keeps walking by, glancing at me and shaking their heads. If someone would just give me a chance I would be the best dog ever. I would love them forever and be eternally greatful. Since I have been here, more and more dogs disappear and new ones have come in. I heard one shelter worker say I will be next if no one adopts me by tomorrow. They say it won't hurt and I shouldn't be scared. There will be angels in heaven that will meet me at the rainbow bridge...I guess they mean, since I have no one to wait for, but I still wish... I know a large pitbull mix like me shouldn't have hope in a place like this, but I can't help it. I feel there is someone out there who will love me, I just hope they come in time because my time is almost up and I am scared.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "> </p></span>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-12454814540433641462010-11-01T15:56:00.000-07:002010-11-01T16:16:50.442-07:00The Annual Rehobeth Beach Halloween Doggie Parade<div>Had an awesome time at the parade this weekend in Rehobeth Beach, DE. Got to catch up with our wonderful friends, and enjoy the doggies. It was a nice break from the grind of rescue. Most of the time I am writing about the heartaches and trials and tribulations of rescue. I thought I would savor the memory of a nice weekend with some great shots. I just loved seeing the parade. I also got to hang out at the kissing booth for bulldog rescue. I just can't stay away from the flat faced dogs.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9Jnm5WJ1I/AAAAAAAAAyE/bkZQo6SihO0/s1600/IMG_4245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9Jnm5WJ1I/AAAAAAAAAyE/bkZQo6SihO0/s400/IMG_4245.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534723411866429266" /></a><div>Aren't these costumes great?</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9JUs6B3EI/AAAAAAAAAx8/eVbYkpEw0C8/s1600/IMG_4265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9JUs6B3EI/AAAAAAAAAx8/eVbYkpEw0C8/s400/IMG_4265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534723087062391874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9JUM-5qFI/AAAAAAAAAx0/4Ag8WhFeEyo/s1600/IMG_4281.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9JUM-5qFI/AAAAAAAAAx0/4Ag8WhFeEyo/s400/IMG_4281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534723078492891218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9JT4izuHI/AAAAAAAAAxs/hhL94f6bEMA/s1600/IMG_4296.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9JT4izuHI/AAAAAAAAAxs/hhL94f6bEMA/s400/IMG_4296.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534723073006352498" /></a><div>Of course I had to take the peke! She was a chicken.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IZCjXn1I/AAAAAAAAAxk/N85AXlckuaQ/s1600/IMG_4304.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IZCjXn1I/AAAAAAAAAxk/N85AXlckuaQ/s400/IMG_4304.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534722062080778066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IY_E6M8I/AAAAAAAAAxc/o11iIkdBb4A/s1600/IMG_4237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IY_E6M8I/AAAAAAAAAxc/o11iIkdBb4A/s400/IMG_4237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534722061147714498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IYa3STYI/AAAAAAAAAxU/zl0eO2yd1Fc/s1600/IMG_4215.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IYa3STYI/AAAAAAAAAxU/zl0eO2yd1Fc/s400/IMG_4215.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534722051426897282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IYCng74I/AAAAAAAAAxM/SJH1pIUHgTY/s1600/IMG_4212.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TM9IYCng74I/AAAAAAAAAxM/SJH1pIUHgTY/s400/IMG_4212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534722044918296450" /></a>I love dogs.RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-46902863786805519382010-10-19T17:11:00.001-07:002010-10-19T17:13:51.280-07:00Please don't forget about the older dogs at the shelter still waiting.....<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">One by One, they pass by my cage,</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Too old, too worn, too broken, no way.<br />Way past his time, he can't run and play.<br />Then they shake their heads slowly and go on their way</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A little old man, arthritic and sore,<br />It seems I am not wanted anymore.<br />I once had a home, I once had a bed,<br />A place that was warm, and where I was fed.<br /><br />Now my muzzle is grey, and my eyes slowly fail.<br />Who wants a dog so old and so frail?<br />My family decided I didn't belong,<br />I got in their way, my attitude was wrong.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TL4z52lbVGI/AAAAAAAAAxE/wa_IjM_Gs6M/s400/64916_10150101246929202_680584201_7326809_3201466_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529914461455602786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 215px; " /></span>Whatever excuse they made in their head,<br />Can't justify how they left me for dead.<br />Now I sit in this cage, where day after day,<br />The younger dogs get adopted and driven away.<br /><br />When I had almost come to the end of my rope,<br />You saw my face, and I finally had hope.<br />You saw thru the grey, and the legs bent with age,<br />And felt I still had life beyond this cage.<br /><br />You took me home, gave me food and a bed,<br />And shared your own pillow with my poor tired head.<br />We snuggle and play, and you talk to me low,<br />You love me so dearly, you want me to know.<br /><br />I may have lived most of my life with another,<br />But you outshine them with a love so much stronger.<br />And I promise to return all the love I can give,<br />To you, my dear person, as long as I live.<br /><br />I may be with you for a week, or for years,<br />We will share many smiles, you will no doubt shed tears.<br />And when the time comes that God deems I must leave,<br />I know you will cry and your heart, it will grieve.<br /><br />And when I arrive at the Bridge, all brand new,<br />My thoughts and my heart will still be with you.<br />And I will brag to all who will hear,<br />Of the person who made my last days so dear<br /><br />author unknown </span></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-91379789493640244392010-10-17T17:11:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:21:19.372-07:00Why we love our dogs....<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TLuRTBqzZCI/AAAAAAAAAw8/jycflKkIZZo/s1600/image003.jpg"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TLuRTBqzZCI/AAAAAAAAAw8/jycflKkIZZo/s400/image003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529172723578922018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 138px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TLuRRUs7bZI/AAAAAAAAAws/R-osoGSqN3Q/s400/image001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529172694328372626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 138px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'How about my friend here?' the traveler gestured to the dog.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'There should be a bowl by the pump,' said the man.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, and then he gave some to the dog.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'This is Heaven,' he answered.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'Well, that's confusing,' the traveler said.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TLuRSDODobI/AAAAAAAAAw0/Xvf32hbeG7o/s400/image002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529172706815353266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 101px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">So now you see, sometimes we wonder why friends keep forwarding stuff to us without writing a word.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do. You forward mails.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep in contact, you forward jokes.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how.... you forward stuff.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A 'forward' lets you know that you are</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">remembered, you are important, you are</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">loved, you are cared for.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Next time you get a 'forward,' don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend, me, on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">AND you are welcome at my water bowl any time!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div></span><br /></span></span></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-81852912033897060492010-09-28T06:40:00.000-07:002010-09-28T09:14:40.721-07:00A follow up to the Michael Vick Case<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I just started reading a fascinating book by Jim Gorant called, The Lost Dogs-The Michael Vick dogs and their story of rescue and redemption. I know the story about what happened has been told over and over. It can't be told enough as far as I'm concerned. I know that God says we should forgive, but I just can't in this situation. When I read the first two chapters of this book, it told it from the standpoint of someone who was actually at the fights and was involved with what happened to these poor dogs. And although I have seen videos, it is something you never ever get used to seeing or reading about. This barbaric blood sport is beyond cruel. People that do it or participate,or attend, should be put in jail for life. OR better yet, let their punishment be the same as their crime. Let's electrocute and drown them. Or make them fight to their death against their will....</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But that is not what this blog is about today. It is about the dogs that DID make it out of there. One dog has gone on to be atherapy dogs. Most live normal lives in homes with children and are loved for the first time in their lives. 47 of the 51 dogs made it out. This book shows what happened to the dogs that did make it out. I suggest this book to anyone interest in learning what happened to these great dogs. Here is a link to an interview they did on the book and the Vick dogs last week. A great read and a happy beginning for these deserving dogs.</span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6884146n&tag=related%3Bphotovideo."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6884146n&tag=related%3Bphotovideo.</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p align="center"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style62"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just remember, The "fighting dog" has few friends. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They live lives of brutality and unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who gamble on their deaths, while betrayal and death await them at "humane" societies if they are "rescued".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TKH2oagFlQI/AAAAAAAAAwc/xPFT8KRk2P8/s400/abuse2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521965792302044418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">These animals are</span></span><span class="style61"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> victims</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> of cruelty. Help end this ugly sport and fight BSL.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">These dogs deserve a chance like any other. Their only crime was being born a pitbull.</span></span></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don't support "humane" groups that don't include these dogs in their circle of compassion.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read more about the Vick dogs by reading this book. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.thelostdogsbook.com/bio_contact/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.thelostdogsbook.com/bio_contac</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">t/</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TKH5cETa0II/AAAAAAAAAwk/h37URxnx6Tg/s400/lost+dogs+recrop.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521968878719783042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 285px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></b><p></p></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838340620610710993.post-37977256064332463162010-09-14T05:53:00.000-07:002010-09-14T06:09:29.490-07:00Remember Nico, the deaf Dogo Argentino?<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 25px; "><a href="http://thevoiceforthevoiceless.blogspot.com/2010/09/update-nico-deaf-shelter-dog-whose.html" style="text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Update: Nico, the deaf shelter dog whose photo inspired online rescue community, has a new home in Indiana</span></span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(21, 34, 43); font-weight: bold; font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><div class="entry-body" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Last year, Janet Kinosian </span></span></span></span><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/10/rescue-success-story-hard-work-perserverance-and-one-amazing-photo-save-nico-the-dogo-argentino.html" target="_self" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">shared the story of Nico</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, a shelter dog who was rescued through the efforts of Southern California rescuers and a community of animal-loving Facebook users. Since then, Nico's story has gotten even better; here, Kinosian fills us in on what's been going on in the life of this hard-luck dog who became one of the luckiest couch potatoes in Indiana.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(21, 34, 43); font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(21, 34, 43); line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:14px;"><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Remember Nico, the defeated deaf white Dogo Argentino at South Los Angeles animal shelter -- who moved so many people with the sad photo of him first posted on Facebook? Nico, the forlorn animal who evoked the agony and utter defeat so many discarded animals must experience? Well, it's a joy to update you on Nico's life.</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TI9xyievKjI/AAAAAAAAAv4/nk91dxigBSk/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133f353929c970b-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516753181615270450" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 350px; " /></span></span></em></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(21, 34, 43); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(21, 34, 43); font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:14px;"><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Just look at these two photos before and after: Can this possibly be the same animal?</span></div></span></span></em></span><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TI9xyZy93iI/AAAAAAAAAvw/iY-JEMNL0Yo/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef01348677bd0a970c-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516753179284200994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 350px; " /></span></span></em></div><div><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(21, 34, 43); font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:14px;"><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Photos like the one on at the top aren't anything new on the Web: Tens of thousands flood Facebook alone on a daily basis. What was different about Nico's photo, though, was what it captured: the loneliness of an animal that lay against the shelter's wall full of sadness, seeming to have lost all hope. That only spurred on Southern California rescuers.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">And that's where the photo below it comes in.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Things have worked out well for Nico SwanGarris. That's his new name and he lives now with his two moms and new sister, Brisby, a pit bull mix who is also deaf and white, in Indiana. He still loves balls, baths and life as a major couch potato, says Bridget Swan, who, with her partner Melissa, adopted Nico in November 2009.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Last August, Southern California animal rescuer Nikki Audet first posted Nico's photo on Facebook, and Kelley Gibson, a rescuer and animal transporter based in a San Diego, helped get him to the Hamilton County Humane Society in Indianapolis. Nico likely didn't know how lucky a hand he'd been dealt.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TI9ynmnyDOI/AAAAAAAAAwA/Jum5HCl1RAc/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133f3539a58970b-600wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516754093260016866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">He quickly went through training to help him with issues resulting from his deafness and teach him how to navigate in a world of sound. His bumps and nicks and battle scars were attended to. He was happy and safe when Bridget and Melissa decided they wanted to adopt a dog, and Bridget's friend said she should see this dog at the local humane society.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Swan remembers that, at first, the animal agency was a bit wary of her adopting Nico. She didn't understand why until she was clued in by shelter staff that Nico was a bit of a celebrity and they wanted to make sure she was adopting him for the right reasons.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">These days Nico walks in parades with his new moms, “loves to sit up close on your feet so he knows when you are walking away,” says Swan, and “in general is 100% low-key. He'll get a wild hair in him once in a while, but he's a mellow guy, and he deserves it after all he went through back then. He just loves people -- despite whatever was done to him -- and gives lots of kisses. He's very generous and free with his kisses. He's just so dependent on us, and he likes to hang with you 24/7.”</span></span></span></div></div></span></span></em></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TI9yoRLYumI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/rpgJlMFc3Gs/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef01348677c238970c-600wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516754104683641442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WU4c2q66qqA/TI9yn8mf1hI/AAAAAAAAAwI/e0lqx6QHiXc/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133f35399f0970b-600wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516754099160208914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(21, 34, 43); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; "><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Nico has had one setback: A cancerous tumor was discovered and removed shortly after his adoption. Recently, Swan and Garris learned that the cancer has returned, but they remain optimistic about his future. "We are attempting a holistic approach so that we can hopefully avoid an ear amputation," Swan says. "We know that he will beat this just like all the other terrible things he has put up with in the past. He is a loving fighter and is strong."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">According to Swan, finding toys for Nico can be a bit of a problem, as he loves and chews up Kongs, bones and anything he can wrap his canines around. He also has hundreds of fans on Facebook who hear about his daily happenings and send him messages of love and support.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Asked what Nico might say now that he's safe and sound, Swan replies: “The main message is this: Just because it's a cute small dog or puppy doesn't mean it'll be your best companion. Go for the downtrodden, defeated dogs, look at the underdog, because they will give you all their love and gratitude and forever be grateful you literally saved their life.”</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">So this soulful, special dog, once full of sadness, now lives out the good life in the Midwest. It's the happy story ending all dog rescuers wish for but often don't always see -- though every animals deserve nothing less. We're wishing Nico a happy, healthy and cancer-free future!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; ">Reprint courtesy of **Janet Kinosian-Voice of the Voiceless</div></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></div></div></span></div>RescuegirlinVAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03038376305111810454noreply@blogger.com4