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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Gem of the Day: "If it fails, admit
it frankly and try another.
But above all, try
something."
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Sara Pace and 3 Year Old "Piper"
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Well, guys, I have screwed up here.
I'm hoping there is a way to fix it without
putting even more strain on the organization.
I am just so sorry. I made a bad call.
As I was telling you last week, we have over
50 Bichons (the exact number is closer to
60) in rescue that are either in Hospice,
or probably not placeable due to things like
old age, Diabetes, Cushing's, Seizures, Incontinence,
Allergies, Separation Anxiety, Blindness,
Deafness, old age heart murmurs, and the
list just goes on.
Because it is costing us so much every year
to support these Bichons (until the vet's
tell us it is time or until God takes over),
our Board of Trustees has decided that we
can't be taking in Bichons that are not readily
placeable, as we just can not sustain supporting
more and more unplaceable dogs for the rest
of their lives.
It makes sense in
the brain, but it's really
hard on the heart.
As it is, we will always need to take our
own dogs back, if they need to come back
into rescue. (That's where many of these
unplaceable dogs are coming from. Their owners
have either fallen on hard times, or have
become elderly and can no longer take care
of them.)
Last week Sara Pace, our Team Leader for
IL. and IN. was at one of the Chicago area
shelters.
It's not one where they just put everyone
down, but, almost as bad, one where they
don't ever put anyone down, even if they
are sick and dying.
Sara has been there before where dogs are
lying in their own waste, unable to stand
and this shelter just lets them lay there
until they die. Not good.
Well, there was a three year old female Bichon
there who had been there since Jan 1.
She was hit by a
car and her owners brought
her to the shelter.
She wasn't in danger
of being euthanized
but she appeared to have
a herniated disc
and would fall down when
trying to walk.
She was able to stand
and take some steps
so we knew she wasn't
entirely paralyzed.
We took a video of her and sent it to our
surgeon before I made the decision to pull
her.
He thought it looked like a herniated disc
and since she is able to use one back leg,
he was hoping that a disc was putting pressure
on the spinal cord, and that it could be
surgically repaired. He told me he would
have to do a cat scan to be sure.
I told Sara to go ahead and pull her, believing
we would be able to raise funds for her,
she would be able to have surgery and she
would be alright and adoptable, as we have
done with many disc type injuries over the
past almost 15 years.
One of our IL. volunteers, Candy Stamos,
has airline privileges and flew little Piper
in the cabin with her down to Oklahoma City,
where our Oklahoma Team Leader, Ginger Wetz,
met them at the airport.
Then Ginger took
Piper on over to Dr. Skip's
office, our surgeon.
Well, I got word yesterday that there is
nothing pressing against her spinal cord
and that she is not surgical.
Then he told me that
she also has a bladder
stone.
This is a video of what it looks like when
she walks.
I asked him if because she will always be
this way, if this was an end of life type
decision that needed to be made.
He told me that if
we can find someone
to
adopt her, she will
have a good quality
of
life. It's just going
to take a special
person.
I'm going to tell you the truth. I just lost
it.
The cat scan and bladder stone removal together
will be $1700.00.
So, not only do we have a $1700.00 bill for
her, but we really can't take on even one
more lifetime hospice dog.
I should not have pulled her knowing this
injury was this old and that she was safe.
There is a chance she could have been adopted
from there and I blew it and I am so very
sorry.
She is in no pain. She is able to get up
after she falls down. She loves people and
other dogs.
I called Kathryn Smith, our Team Leader to
the Carolinas, last night to ask her advice
about this. I guess I was just down and needed
a shoulder.
Kathryn said to tell you that she just walks
"wonky" (Piper, not Kathryn) but
that she would be a loving family member
for someone.
Piper may benefit from the use of a cart
and if someone will ADOPT her, Dale and I
will donate one for her.
She can not fly without a person because
she can't steady herself in a crate but we
can see if one of our airline helpers can
help to deliver her to you at no cost if
we have an approved adopter for her.
Dear God. Is there someone out there who
could give this precious
little girl a permanent
home?
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This is another video
of her moving. She
is quite spunky.
The LAST thing we needed was a $1700.00 vet
bill for testing and bladder stone removal
and that included a 30% rescue discount.
I'm waiting to give him approval for the
bladder stone removal until we can raise
funds. He wants to do it with a scope, since
it is small and that is less invasive.
We never raised what
we needed for the four
others from Chicago,
yet.
Please pray that
someone can help with Piper's
vet bill, and even
more than that, that someone
will give her a home.
Again, I am so very sorry.
All My Love, Robin
See Vet Bills Paid By Small Paws Rescue For
The First 19 Days of
February 2013, totalling
$27, 647.97 which
is an average of
$1, 456.58 per day.
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card, you may e-mail Louie Bertolino at louieb@smallpawsrescue.org to let him know the amount of your donation
for the Bichons.
You may also call
Louie on his cell
phone
at 1-424-442-9484
Louie is on Eastern
Standard Time!
(Please leave a message
and Louie will return
your call if he is
not available!)
You may also send
a check or money
order
to:
Small Paws Rescue
Inc.
3316 S. 72nd. W.
Ave.
Tulsa, Ok.
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A MUST read, sent
in by our Team Leader
to the Carolinas,
Kathryn Smith
~By Sharon Mathers.
Published 1988 in
Canine
Concepts
and Community Animal
Control Magazine.~
>When these folks applied to adopt, and
we asked how their Bichon was killed by a
car, this was their response. We hear this
on an average of once a week.
(These are NOT Bichons
adopted from Small
Paws.)
PLEASE don't take
a chance with the
life
of your Bichon!
We do not adopt to
people who allow
their
dogs to run loose.
To: bonnie@smallpawsrescue.org
Subject: Re: Small
Paws Rescue
We had him for the last five years, He is
very obedient normally when we say "stay"
he will stop wherever he is, so some times
we are used to play with him in the yard
for he loves to run around the yard in circles,
during that time we did not put him on the
leash, this particular day he was not on
leash and did not yield to the command when
he saw some dog across the road. It took
off so suddenly the on coming driver did
not have time to stop the car. That is how
it happened.>
Humphrey Sisco
Dec 26, 1993~ Aug 30, 2006
When I first saw this beautiful picture of
Cheri Sisco's "Humphrey", I thought
it was truly the epitome of what we do, and
why we do it. I wanted to use this black
and white picture of Humphrey, taken only
days before his death due to congestive heart
failure, to let those who may be new to Small
Paws, know what we do and why we do it. Without
Small Paws, Humphrey would have never known
love. He would have died in a kill shelter,
sick and alone. Because of Small Paws, and
Cheri Sisco, he lived, he loved, and he smiled.
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