Thursday Evening, January 24, 2019
Gem of the Day: “Before you get a dog, you can’t quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you can’t imagine living any other way.” ~ Caroline Knapp
(Please bear with me! My G-mail account was full with over 30,000 old emails. They were all already saved, but G-mail was turning away some of your e-mails. All is well now. Thanks for your understanding! Also, I’m still learning how to send the newsletters to you from our new website!)
Can ya tell? (No answer is required.)
They sure look happy now! They are going to stay together and get out of a cage!
We may have a foster home for the trio in Dallas! Thanks to all of you who sent in foster apps. After we have them in foster care for a short while, we’ll start looking at the apps for adoption!
Miracles DO happen! Thank you all so very much!
We also have two matching donation challenges for the vet bills of our newest ten.
First, from Dawn Bove at d.bove@fcpmllc.com we have this challenge for $500.00! Is there anyone who can match Dawn? Thank you again, Dawn! So very much!
“Good Morning Robin: The Newsletter looks great. I will make a challenge for $500.00 to go towards the care of the newest little fluffs or towards Air fair to fly our new family of three to hopefully a forever home.
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(The Small Paws® Newsletter looks different, thanks to Silvertree Technology, our Web Server here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joey Chappel gave me a lesson on how to write our newsletters from our new website and this is the first one I’m trying. (Pray people, pray!) Many thanks to Silvertree Technology for putting up with me.)
We need a miracle. I don’t ask for hard asks very often, but now, we need a miracle.
In order, Tinkerbell, Tramp, and Lily have been together all of their lives. Tinkerbell and Tramp are the Mom and Dad of Lily. I know. I know. I thought the same thing. A backyard breeder dumped them at the shelter.
I was so very wrong and I’m so sorry.
An adult child surrendered the trio to a South Texas shelter late on a Friday night, saying that they belonged to her mother, who has a terminal disease and can no longer care for them.
THEY CAME IN WITH COMPLETE VET RECORDS. THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
They have been well cared for until the last two years, due to her illness. All three were already spayed or neutered.
All needed their teeth cleaned, they are all three heartworm negative. They were due for most of their vaccinations, which we just did.
This is the miracle we need.
They HAVE JUST GOT to stay together. They are presently at Roanoke Animal Hospital near Dallas, TX.
The Vet Hospital says they are VERY BONDED and WILL NOT separate from each when outside.
They are terrified at the clinic. They lost the only home they have ever known.
The shelter asked us to take them so maybe they wouldn’t be separated.
Tramp is 9. Tinkerbell is 9. Lily is 8.
I learned on this day a long time ago, a day that would change me for the rest of my life, Tennessee Tommy is FOUND!!, to be SPECIFIC in your prayers.
I am praying for a miracle. We know the One who does them on a daily basis.
I’m praying that there is someone out there who can foster this trio, this FAMILY.
After they have lost everything but each other, how do we take them away from all they have ever known or loved?
I can’t tell you how strongly I feel God telling me to KEEP THEM TOGETHER. KEEP THEM TOGETHER.
Please share this with your social media friends.
This is an application to be a foster parent.
We will also need $750.00 to fly them to a foster home.
I’m asking you.. one more time.. to please climb a staircase with me that hasn’t yet been built.
If you or someone you know, would give this family a foster family, OR A FOREVER FAMILY, please let us know.
Adoption Information and Application
We will place them all for one adoption fee, just to keep them together.
It’s ok if you have another dog. They like dogs and people. But they NEED EACH OTHER.
This is on my heart, so strongly.
In other news, we’ve been busy here at the home office this January.
In South Texas, under the direction of Team Leader, Karla Carter we have taken in five Bichons or Bichons Mixes. They all will be fostered in South Texas.
Here they are. They are not ready for adoption, but they will be soon after they finish their vetting, quarantine, and some time in a foster home so we can see what they need in the way of a permanent home.
This is Pippi. She is a young female and is 15 #’s.
This is Poppy. She is a four year old female and weighs 10 #’s.
This is Opie, a three year old male Bichon Maltese mix and he is 10 #’s.
This is Felicity who is a young female who is 17 #’s.
This is Andre, a Bichon Shih Tzu mix who is 5 years old and is only 7.5 #’s.
(We named him after Andre the Giant. Ha.)
Then in Chicago, we have this from Sara Rhodes, our IL. Team Leader.
Snowball is a 4 year old male.
Lucy was an unclaimed stray. She is a young female, as well.
We have been busy here at the home office this January.
There are 10 NEWBIES whose vetting will run between $8000,00 and $10,000. We have about $4000.00 of it covered with left over funds. We do need help with the rest.
Their vet bills haven’t started to come in yet, but in the next week they will hit us like a blizzard in February.
See Vet Bills Paid By Small Paws® Rescue For The First 23 Days Of January Coming To
$7, 582.68 which is an average of $329.68 per day.
We need a MIRACLE Foster or Adoptive Home for this precious family of three, $750.00 to fly them to that Foster home, and around $5000.00 more to be able to pay the bills of all ten.
I will issue all matching challenges.
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
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.)
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Dear Robin,
Dear Charity Administrator,
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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 Amazon *AND* donate to Small Paws Rescue! Try it out! So far, Small Pawsers have done over 100,000 searches and have shopped to raise $$2,641.38 for Small Paws Rescue!
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