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Introducing Our Brand New Website!/ The 20th Anniversary Pictures Are In!

Introducing Our Brand New Website!/ The 20th Anniversary Pictures Are In!

October 25th, 2018

I sent out the wrong link for the pictures from last weekend. This is the correct link! Also I didn’t tell you that the new website is mobile friendly. Constant Contact tells us that 70% of our people read the newsletters on a mobile device. Also, the last few newsletters will be accessable from the […]

Tuesday Evening, October 16, 2018

Tuesday Evening, October 16, 2018

October 16th, 2018

As you know, 3 Year Old Lucy was hit by a car. We raised funds for her to have an orthopedic surgery today. Sadly, we have this letter form he surgeon, Dr. Andrea Hayes. >To whom it concerns, Lucy was treated with pain management last night and was scheduled for surgery today. Preoperative radiographs revealed […]

Tuesday Morning, October 16, 2018

Tuesday Morning, October 16, 2018

October 16th, 2018

Tuesday Morning, October 16, 2018 3 Year Old Lucy has been hit by a car. This is a video of her FULL of pain drugs that aren’t touching the pain. We have gone ahead and authorized Lucy’s surgery for this morning. We have raised enough for the low end of the estimate but not for […]

Later Monday Evening, October 15, 2018

Later Monday Evening, October 15, 2018

October 15th, 2018

3 Year Old Lucy has been hit by a car. This is a video of her FULL of pain drugs that aren’t touching the pain. We have some new matching challenges for her surgury. This is as urgent as it gets. First, a text came in from Joan and Pat Borders at jpborders@aol.com to issue […]

Monday Evening, October 15, 2018

Monday Evening, October 15, 2018

October 15th, 2018

  3 Year Old Lucy has been hit by a car. This is a video of her FULL of pain drugs that aren’t touching the pain. No time for a Gem Today. We have another medical emergency happening. A three year old female has been hit by a car in Chicago. She has four broken […]

Thursday Morning October 11, 2018

Thursday Morning October 11, 2018

October 11th, 2018

Gem of the Day: Psalm 73:26 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” We have lost two dear, dear Small Paws friends over the past three weeks. I didn’t tell you sooner as I was waiting on obituaries and online guest books for you […]

Wednesday Morning September 26, 2018

Wednesday Morning September 26, 2018

September 26th, 2018

Gem of the Day: “Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. ~ Vicki Harrison ~ This was how Hobbitt looked yesterday. I need to tell you all about our little Hobbit and […]

Tuesday Morning September 18, 2018

Tuesday Morning September 18, 2018

September 18th, 2018

Gem of the Day: “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~ This is an update on our little Hobbit, currently at the Animal Care Center of Plainfield, a 24 […]

Sunday Night September 16, 2018

Sunday Night September 16, 2018

September 16th, 2018

As you know, we have a medical emergency happening NOW at an Emergency Hospital in Plainfield IL. 7 year old “Hobbit” was found in a box with wounds to his hind quarters and legs. (Open wounds with live maggots crawling in them). His core body temperature was only 93 and it should be 101.5. I […]

Sunday Night September 16, 2018

Sunday Night September 16, 2018

September 16th, 2018

No time for a Gem. We have a medical emergency happening NOW at an Emergency Hospital in Plainfield IL. 7 year old “Hobbit” was found in a box with wounds to his hind quarters and legs. (Open wounds with live maggots crawling in them). His core body temperature was only 93 and it should be […]