New Matching Challenges For Our Newest Bichons/ Pipper Trotting Video!

Friday Morning, February 22,  2019

Gem Of The Day: “None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” – Mother Teresa

We have some matching challenges for the newest Small Paws Bichons that came in from the CACC shelter in Chicago.

First, from Janet Barto, at jpbartos@sbcglobal.net, we have this matching challenge for $400.00. Is anyone blessed enough to match Janet? Thank you so very much, Janet. I hope someone can match you!

“Please issue a challenge for $400 in honor of Minnie and Sadie. Janet Bartos, Little Rock, AR.

Next, from Dawn Bove at d.bove@fcpmllc.com, we have this matching challenge for $250.00. Thank you Dawn! I’m praying that someone is able to match you for these babies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday Morning, February 21,  2019

Gem Of The Day: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

This is an update on Pipper and Pongo. As you know, Pipper and Pongo. They were thrown out of a moving car onto a busy highway. Pipper had a broken back in two places and Pongo was pretty beaten up. See the story and pictures below.

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue for the first 19 days of February, 2019
coming to $21,973.42 which is an average of $1,098.67 per day.

Pipper’s surgery went well! He is still a patient at the Blue Pearl and Emergency Pet Hospital in Katy, Texas. He’s been moved to the medical boarding part of the hospital to help to stretch our funds, ($70.00 per day) but he is getting the same care he was getting over in the ER. He may be there another ten days.

Looks closely! Here he is a few days ago trying to stand with his back legs. This is amazing progress! He has complete feeling in his back end and just needs to work on his range of motion. He has taken TWO STEPS on his own! He is eating like a horse and is off of all IV meds. They have switched him over to oral. But he still has a way to go to get back to where he was before he was almost a murder victim.

One Year Old Pongo, who was also the victim of attempted murder.

Is there anyone in the Houston area who could possibly foster Pipper and his brother, Pongo, and be able to take Pipper to physical therapy at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists Rehabilitation for a few weeks? Then we have a more permanent foster home in Oklahoma. Let us know if you can help! 

Next, we have this letter from Sara Rhoades at pacess4@att.net, our Team Leader for Il. 

Thursday Morning,  February 14, 2019

Gem Of The Day: “A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s heart is bigger than any “thing” you can ever own.” 
― Elizabeth Parker, Paw Prints in the Sand

See Vet Bills Paid by Small Paws Rescue for the first 19 days of February, 2019
coming to $21,973.42 which is an average of $1,098.67 per day.

Something has happened in south Texas and we need your help.

Yesterday around 5:00 I got a call from Blue Pearl and Emergency Pet Hospital in Katy, Texas, just outside of Houston. A Good Samaritan had been driving on a highway at rush hour and witnessed the driver of the moving vehicle in front of her, THROW two small dogs out of the driver’s side window onto the highway below, with other cars speeding by. And no, the driver didn’t stop. This was intentional. I was livid but now we need to focus on saving them.

 

One Year Old “Pipper”                      One Year Old “Pongo”

The Good Sam blocked traffic with her car and rescued both of the dogs. Both were injured by the fall to the pavement at high speeds. They were not hit by other cars, thank God. 

She took them directly to the Emergency Hospital.

One of them, Pipper, the all white one, is injured with two fractures on his back. Thankfully, (and I’ve confirmed this with Dr. Skip Tangner, our surgeon in Oklahoma City. Skip looked at the digital X-rays.) this IS surgical, meaning that surgery can fix it. 

When they first called, they said these were both one year old males, not neutered and in rough shape.

They said they didn’t look like pure Bichons, but one of them may be a Bichon Mix. We were their last hope after having called several other rescue groups.

We got the pictures and I made an Executive Decision to take them in. I hope I did the right thing.

Pipper is going into surgery this morning. Time is of the essence as there is only a small window of time when it comes to back injuries. He came in, already down in his back end, but still has deep pain sensation.

The estimate for the surgery, with our 20% rescue discount, starts at the low end of $4,850.00 and we have put down a deposit. They will also need their regular vetting which will be about $1,200.00

Pongo is being transferred to our regular vet today. He has some serious road injuries but is happy and raising up to be held. Nothing is broken.

  

And the little guy also lost some skin on his nose, as well.

I hope this is what you would have wanted me to do even though they re not pure Bichons.

Pipper looks as if he once met a Bichon and Pongo was with him, so he probably met a Bichon, too. 

I will issue all matching donation challenges for Pipper and Pongo. I can’t even imagine the pain and fear they must have experienced.

All My Love, Robin