See vet bills that SPR has paid so far in
2007 totalling $ 312,786.89
If you have questions about our Bichons for adoption please e-mail Bonnie at adoptionspf@smallpawsrescue.org
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Hello! This is Robin Pressnall, Executive
Director of Small Paws Rescue® Inc. Thank you so much for your interest
in Small Paws Rescue®! I am going to include in your request for
information, a recent press release, and
news stories! If you would like, this is a brochure that you may print!
Each breed has a rescue organization for
their breed. Small Paws is the largest breed
rescue in the country, with over 800 volunteers
and over 6000 members in 20 countries.
Small Paws is rescuing approximately 150
Bichons each month from across the country.
We rescue Bichons from shelters, from puppy
mills, and from owners who can no longer
take care of them due to a variety of circumstances.
(moving, having babies, going to a nursing
home, health problems, or other end of life
issues, etc.)
There is an increase in the number of owner
surrenders we see, because Small Paws is
becoming so large now with greater visibility.
We have been featured in many media articles , including the best selling book "Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul".
We've also been seen on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and
on Animal Planet for five years, as well as in newspapers,
and other television news stories across
the country.
The more people who know that we are available,
the more people who take advantage of our
rescue services.
Because of our extensive and proven screening
process, it is very rare when an adoption
doesn't work out, however it does happen.
Sometimes it just isn't a match and other
times things can happen such as a death or
illness with the adopter, causing the Bichon
to come back into rescue with Small Paws
Rescue®.
If an adoption doesn't work out we try to
find another match for the adopter. I would
say that 99.5% of the time, the first adoption
works out wonderfully!
Bichons have a wonderful temperament! They
are cheery little lap dogs! But, when they
have been abused or neglected, as with any
creature, their personalities are affected.
We make sure to fully disclose any abuse
or neglect that has happened previously with
one of our rescued Bichons.
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Cashmere after rescue from a puppy mill.......................... Cashmere after adoption!
Many of our Bichons come from commercial
kennels. (Puppy Mills) They have been there
for one reason, to breed and to make a profit.
They haven't been held or loved. They haven't
been socialized around other people. They
are called "breeding stock" and
are treated like farm animals.
In most cases, their food is dropped
to them through a food chute, and their water
comes from a rabbit bottle. These are breeding
operations, operated on a large scale.
These Bichons' teeth are in desperate
need of attention and most times they end
up losing some teeth.
Small Paws Rescue: Graphic Teeth Pictures
The Bichons that come from commercial kennels
don't know how to relate to people or household
sounds. They only know how to relate to other
dogs, because they haven't been around many
other people and they have never been in
homes before they were rescued. Rehabilitation of a Puppy Mill Dog
When we place a puppy mill rescue, we only
place those in a home with another socialized
dog. That pet dog will teach the rescued
Bichon to be a pet and family member, and
not a farm animal as they have been before.
In the beginning we often placed the kennel
rescues in homes as an only dog. Little did
we know that 100% of those placements would
end up coming back to us in just a few short
weeks.
As soon as we realized that these Bichons
from the puppy mills need another dog in
residence, it became one of our hard and
fast rules.
Below is a bit more about Small Paws Rescue
including a recent press release! If you
need any further information, I am so happy
to speak with you!
Thanks so much, Robin Pressnall
Press Release
Contact: Robin Pressnall
Phone: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1, 2004
SMALL PAWS RESCUE® SAVES THE BICHON FRISE NATIONWIDE
Small Paws Rescue Inc®
, a 501 (C) (3) Not-for-Profit charitable
organization based in Tulsa, OK is enlisting
the assistance of the public in finding adoptive
and foster homes for over 70 Bichon Frise
dogs, recently rescued from a puppy mill.
Small Paws Rescue is the largest breed rescue
in the country. Since its inception
in 1998, Small Paws has rescued over 5000
dogs and placed them in loving homes.
Featured twice monthly on Animal Planet , Small Paws Rescue® consists of over 6000 members and 800 volunteers
nationwide.
SMALL PAWS RESCUE® PAYS ALL VET BILLS ASSOCIATED WITH DOGS
IN FOSTER CARE.
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1. Small Paws® Rescue is a 501C3 Not-for-profit
Nationwide organization and our name is federally
protected by Trade Mark. We have an actively
involved Board of Trustees.
http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/trustees.html
2. Small Paws® Rescue pays all vet bills
for all of our foster Bichons, and we are
now rescuing approximately 150 Bichons per
month. To date we have rescued over 5000
Bichons in the almost 8 years that we have
been operating.
3. Small Paws® Rescue is the largest breed
rescue in the country at this time. We have
over 6000 members and over 800 volunteers
and will accept any Bichon or Bichon Mix,
regardless of age, health condition or location.
We pay between $25,000.00 and $50,000.00
per month in vet bills and we post these vet bills publicly on our home
page.
4. Small Paws® Rescue believes it is better
to fly a Bichon to a new forever home on
a commercial airplane, and to open up a foster
home than to let one die in a shelter or
in a puppy mill, because we don't have a
place for that one. Small Paws® Rescue has
never turned down a Bichon in need. Small Paws Rescue: Shipping Dogs on Airlines...The
REAL Scoop!
5. Small Paws® Rescue believes in doing whatever
it takes to save a Bichon, even if it is
an extraordinary surgery or treatment. Here
are a couple of examples.
We have completed 24 Heart Murmur repairs.
The Heart Murmur Reunion Page
Baby Harley Fights for His Life
Small Paws® Rescue: Elvis Has Braces on
his Teefies!
6. Our members believe strongly in rescuing
Bichons from Puppy Mills.
Rehabilitation of a Puppy Mill Dog
7. Small Paws® Rescue actively seeks media
attention to bring the plight of these Bichons
to the public is to begin to address the
problem of puppy mills, and to recruit additional,
much needed foster homes and volunteers.
Small Paws® Rescue appeared on the Internationally
syndicated cable program, Animal Planet twice
a month and for five years until that series
was cancelled by the network.
APL: Episode Bichon Rescue
Small Paws® Rescue is also frequently published
in various newspapers and television stations
across the country. Here are a few of our
most recent news stories.
To the rescue: Small Paws looks out for the
Bichon Frise Breed
Jody Keil Writes the Editor in Wisconsin!
Small Paws, Big Fight
Small Paws in the News in Ohio with Jeanne
Rothe! (Video)
NewsChannel 8 - More Than 70 Dogs Rescued
From Puppy Mill (Video)
Rescue Group Hosts Picnic Saturday
Penny's for Puppies
Small Paws Rescue Saves the Bichon Frise
Small Paws Bichons Assist in Recovery from
Eating Disorder
Rescue Volunteers Do Big Jobs
Puppy Mill Dog Granted New Life
Dogged Determination Pays Off for Newton
Boys
Small Paws Assist Homeless Dogs
To the Rescue: Small Paws Saves the Bichon
Frise
8. We encourage our members to share our
newsletters with anyone they choose. Many
are shared with entire churches and civic
organizations.
These are just a few of the programs that
Small Paws® Rescue has implemented! We are
very proud of these programs!
1. The Small Paws® Rescue Blanketeers
2. Small Paws® Rescue Ebay!
3. Singing for Small Paws®
4. The Puppies for Griever's Program Small Paws® Rescue: How To Adopt Puppies
5. Our Petfinder's Page has anywhere from
50-150 Bichons available for adoption at
any one time. Small Paws® Rescue : Available for Adoption
With Small Paws® Rescue, many Bichons, usually
50-100 are in various stages of quarantines
from the puppy mills, heartworm treatments
and surgeries, and are not yet listed on
our Petfinder's Page. Some are in permanent
hospice care where loving volunteers care
for them...until God takes over.
6. We have an Airline Transportation Department,
under the direction of Lynda De Hart at BADEHART@aol.com. This group of people make
reservations for each of the Small Paws®
Rescue Bichons to fly to their forever home.
We have flown over 3500 Bichons without incident. We believe it is the safest and most economical
way to transport!
7. We have a full service online Gift Boutique which operates 7 days a week, under the
direction of Linda Langford at SPR_Gift_Shoppe@langfordhome.com. We market many items with the Small Paws®
Rescue Logo! Small Paws Rescue: The Gift Shoppe
8. We have 26 experienced and professional
Team Leaders, who oversee the rescued Bichons
and the volunteers in their areas.
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Joanne Raus
Colorado, Montana, Wyoming
Glennda Bruce
9. We have 25 adoption processors who thoroughly
screen each applicant for Veterinary references,
and complete two in-depth phone interviews.
You can find out a lot about how an applicant
will treat a future dog by the way they have
treated dogs in the past.
10. We openly believe in the miracle healing
power of prayer, and have a prayer ministry
operating with each and every newsletter.
Small Paws® Rescue: Tommy is FOUND!
11. We have a post adoption counselor who
checks back at least twice on each Small
Paws® Rescue to make sure all is going well
in it's new adoptive home.
12. We have our Spay/Neuter Coordinator,
David Frutz at dkfritz@sbcglobal.net
who checks to make sure that all adopted
puppies are spayed or neutered by the age
of six months.
13. We have a legal team which has been credited
with saving many lives when there is a shelter
that refuses to work with rescue, when another
Bichon rescue organization is trying to interfere
with our fund raising efforts, or when someone
is illegally using our federally protected
trade marked name.
14. We have a department which makes and
sends out beautiful sympathy cards to anyone
who has lost a loved one, be it human or
canine. The card department is manned Stephanie
Hunter at SPRfluff@juno.com
. We send several
of these out each day. We also send Thank
You cards out for every donation received
by check. Online credit card donations, receive
adorable E-Cards, made specially for Small
Paws® Rescue!
15. We believe in spaying and neutering!
This makes less work for us down the road
because in six short years years, one female dog and her offspring can theoretically
produce 67,000 dogs. (This information comes from the Humane
Society of the United States.)
17. Our "Bonded Pair" program insures
that when two bonded dogs come into rescue,
they will stay together, even if one is a
Bichon and one is a one eyed, one horned,
pink, purple people eater. We feel that when
pairs come in together they are going to
stay together, because they have already
lost their people, and their homes. These
are a just a few of our bonded pairs that
we have placed in loving homes, together!
18. Legacy Gift Giving. If you would like to leave a gift that will
help Bichons in perpetuity long after you
are gone, we can assist you. We are also
happy to be named as guardians for your Bichons.
19. Small Paws® Rescue operates 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. There is never a day,
including Holidays, that we don't take in
Bichons in need.
