Monday, December 10, 2018
Gem Of The Day: “Dogs
truly are able
to see into our souls
and remind us of
the
true meaning of Christmas.”
~ Author Unknown
~
Many thanks to everyone who participated
in our 2018 Holiday Auction! We raised $13,791.00!
Your packages are on their way. Dale and
I mailed ours priority mail on Saturday.
I hope that everyone enjoys their items!
After paying the fees to Bidding for Good,
the online auction software company, of $1,241.19,
we get to keep $12,549.82 and I wanted to
let you know how the auction funds are being
used.
First of all, our
vet bills for the first
4 days of December
were huge. We had some
funds so we used
the rest to pay this balance.
After doing that
we have only about $1000.00
left over which lasts
us maybe a day.
See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue for
the first 4 days
of December, 2018, coming to $11,646.92 which is an average
of $2,911.73 per
day.
And now, we have
an emergency surgery
needing
to be done TOMORROW.
If she looks like
she is in pain, it’s
because
she is.
It’s due to a very
rare disease in dogs.
This disease, which
is call CUPS, is usually found in cats.
It’s a disease that begins inside of the
teeth. Whenever the slightest amount of plaque
forms, and it forms daily on all of us, whenever
that plaque touches any tissue on her gums
or mouth, a bloody ulcer breaks out. It is
VERY painful.
This is what CUPS ulcers look like. Can you
imagine having those inside of your mouth?
We tried cleaning her teeth and pulling 8
diseased teeth, but these ulcers kept coming,
so we did a biopsy. That’s when she was diagnosed
with Chronic Ulcerative Stomatitis or CUPS.
We have already paid $1,629.90 in vet bills for Sadie with teeth cleanings,
regular vetting and a biopsy. She is a young
female with years yet to live a life with
a great quality of life.
This is a letter from our veterinarian to
the Chicago area, Dr. Paul Blaso from the
Plainfield Veterinary Clinic written to you.
Paul Blaso wrote:
<Sadie, a 4 year old Female spayed Bichon,
came to our office on 9-7-18. Physical exam
findings at that time were normal except
for halitosis (bad breath) and excess saliva.
We could not do a thorough oral exam on Sadie
without sedation as she was too sensitive
around her mouth. Once under anesthesia we
could see that Sadie had a fair amount of
dental disease and needed several teeth extracted
(8 in total). On 11-13-18, Sadie returned
after being in foster care because she still
have a very foul odor from her mouth, was
salivating excessively, and she was still
sensitive when trying to look inside her
mouth. Once anesthetized, we noted that Sadie
had very inflamed gums and several sores
on the inside of her mouth. Biopsies were
taken and revealed that Sadie has a condition
referred to as chronic ulcerative stomatitis.
Chronic ulcerative
stomatitis is a very
painful
condition. Treatment
consist of long term
antibiotics and prednisone
or surgical removal
of all the teeth.
The problem with
long term
antibiotics is that
they will often develop
resistance to the
antibiotic and still
need
their teeth pulled.
In addition, there
are
many unwanted side
effects associated
with
long term use of
prednisone. Although
removing
all of Sadie�s teeth
may sound extreme,
by
removing the antigenic
source (excess bacteria
that live on their
teeth) there will
no longer
be an abnormal antibody
response which causes
the chronic inflammation/ulcerations.
Although
there may be short
term discomfort,
the benefits
far outweigh the
long term negative
effects
of chronic antibiotic/prednisone
use that
will still ultimately
result in us needing
to pull all of Sadie�s
teeth.
If you are able to
during this holiday season,
could you give the
gift of pain relief for
Sadie? Think of it
as having chronic canker
sores or ulcers in
your mouth that won�t
go away- OUCH!! Removing
her teeth will more
than likely cure
her condition and allow
her to provide years
of happiness to her
future family. Happy
holidays to you all
and God bless!
Paul Peter Blaso,
DVM>
Right now, her mouth hurts so much that we
can’t pill her without her trying to bite.
She is in that much pain. She is going to
need to have her teeth removed.
The first Veterinary Oral Surgeon we took
her to wanted $4000.00 to pull Sadie’s teeth.
Dr. Blasso helped us to find Midwest Veterinary Dental Services and Dr. Travis Henry, DVM DAVDC DAVDC/Eq
Dr. Henry is double Board Certified and he
will do this surgery for us for $2000.00.
This is an all day event, beginning early
and ending late.
He is located about two hours from Chicago
between East Troy and Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Julie Lyne is going to take him there for
early morning surgery tomorrow morning. She
will need to stay in a hotel for one night
and then bring Sadie back to Dr. Blaso for
recovery.
After Sadie heals, she sill be able to eat
soft food and will be a normal dog with a
normal life span. She will be able to give
and receive love to human beings. We will
have saved her life.
We only have today
and we need to raise about
$1500.00 for her.
I don’t even know
if we have time for matching
challenges.
Is there anyone out there who can help Sadie
and for traveling expenses for Julie, who
is taking Sadie?
All My Love, Robin
To make a one time donation, or a monthly
donation to Small
Paws Rescue, you
may use
your major credit
card securely, at
this
site. Enjoy our new,
user friendly, secure
site to make your
credit card donations.
See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue for
the first 4 days of December, 2018, coming to $11,646.92 which is an average
of $2911.73 per day.
If you’ve made a past donation by credit
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 1-337-3Bichon
(1-337-324-2466)
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. 74107
Click on the Bichon puppy to see page 2 of
the Small Paws Rescue
Newsletter, including
fostering and adoption
information.
Dear Small Pawsers,
Welcome to the Small Paws Rescue Online Newsletter, especially to those of
you who may have
seen us over the
years on
our guest appearances
on Fox and Friends in New York City, or on Animal Planet on “Dogs 101.”, or you may have read about us in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness,
101 Stories about
Finding Your Purpose,
Passion
and Joy . You also may have seen us on “Inside Edition” with Deborah Norville! (To see backstage photos of one of our trips
to NYC and Fox &
Friends, click here.)
Also, Small Paws Was Featured on a “The Chicken Soup for the Soul Podcast”. It’s was an interview of how Small Paws
Rescue was born,
almost 20 years ago!
2018
is our 20th Anniversary
Year!
If you missed our previous newsletter, this is the link!
Ifyou would like to share this newsletter,
this is the link.
How to Become a Much Needed Small Paws Rescue
Foster Parent!
Support SPR by shopping at Amazon with this
link! If you are
going to shop AMAZON
anyway,
help the Bichons
while you do it!
Dear Robin,
Dear Charity Administrator,
This email is to notify you that Small Paws
Rescue Inc. has been issued a $949.31 donation
from the AmazonSmile Foundation as a result
of AmazonSmile program activity between April
1 and June 30, 2018. The donation was deposited
to your organization’s bank account on or
before August 15, 2018. It may take several
days for the donation to appear in the account.
Your current charity Small Paws Rescue Inc.
has received $10,934.47
as of August 2018
since Amazon Smiles began!
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and use Igive.com?
Join now for free
and select Small
Paws
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Rescue!
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Team
P.S. If you want
to track how your
cause
is doing, please
visit http://www.iGive.com//html/causestats.cfm.
We have links up
there to our SPR Cafe Press Store for SPR Logo Items.
Try GoodSearch.com
as your search engine
and as your online
shopping portal!
Small Paws is signed
up and each time
you
use it, either to
search or to go to
an online
seller, funds are
sent to Small Paws
for
the Bichons! You
can buy those shoes
at Zappos
and those books at
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to
Small Paws Rescue!
Try it out! So far,
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and
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How to Become a Much Needed Small Paws Rescue
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See how we REALLY feel about our volunteers!
(Always remember. God loves you more than
anyone else ever
has,
and more than anyone
else ever will!)
Prayer Requests and
Reports
Florida Charity Registration # CH37698
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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the Small Paws Rescue
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it voluntarily. Small
Paws never gleans
e-mail addresses
from other
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Paws never solicits
e-mail
addresses or shares
them with other “lists”
or organizations.)