tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76758058755897074032024-03-12T16:24:55.591-07:00TLC - Tiny Loving CaninesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger583125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-58370075362681319972017-08-15T05:25:00.000-07:002017-08-15T12:08:55.679-07:00Carlee - UPDATE *****<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaR8yWDYCBM/WZLhpsHAtII/AAAAAAAAEhA/LjEu2fHyYSEH47KL_uXFtJKjI0HWr4r7gCLcBGAs/s1600/Carlee-good%2Bnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="632" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaR8yWDYCBM/WZLhpsHAtII/AAAAAAAAEhA/LjEu2fHyYSEH47KL_uXFtJKjI0HWr4r7gCLcBGAs/s320/Carlee-good%2Bnight.jpg" width="282" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite still needing round-the-clock supportive care, Conejo Valley Animal Hospital allowed Carlee to come home late last night (more on this further down)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Test results have not yet come back to rule out pyrometria (infected uterus) and the vets still say Carlee is an anomaly in regards to what is making her so sick... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Twice a day (and sometimes three times a day), Carlee's mom was in ER at the hospital, holding, rocking and comforting Carlee... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those that know Carlee (or who have seen her at our adoption events), although Carlee may not respond like a typical canine, she has a distinct personality and you can read her body language fairly easily enough... Carlee would 'perk up' when Mom arrived and each day, Carlee became more and more like herself... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite being so sick, and going through so much mentally and physically, Carlee is still not 'out of the woods' because there is not a firm diagnosis (yet) but we are hopeful now we are close to knowing why she got sick, and then be able to do what she needs done to continue to improve overall... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carlee was REALLY happy to get home to her own backyard and wheelie late last night... Familiar surroundings, smells and sounds help even the sickest dog to feel better... I am sure even Mom slept better last night (despite the 'every two hour' feedings required)....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What's next?... Well, the vets ran liver tests yesterday and we are waiting for those results to come back... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thankfully, Cindi has consistently done full panel blood tests on a consistent basis with Carlee so there was clear benchmarks for them to compare too...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These past three days have been more of a 'stabilize first' and then a 'search and find' effort --- ruling out this issue, then that one --- trying to determine why she got so sick and what is wrong... The cost of ER care is pricey... About $1,000 a day/night on the average with the tests they have had to run to uncover why she was so close to death's door... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As of yesterday afternoon, the balance still due on Carlee's vet bills is about $2,500. We started a GoFundMe when she first went into ER for $3,000 and we raised about 50% of it... Yesterday morning, TLC picked up the percentage GoFundMe charges plus we bumped it by $110 to get it over the $1,000 mark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is the link ~~~><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.gofundme.com/saving-carlee-a-special-needs-dog">GoFundMe for Carlee, a Special Needs Dog</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now that her vet bills are over $5,000 and she still needs a test run for Addison's (about $350), we are desperately trying to help get these vet bills covered. She was able to be released from Conejo Valley Animal Hospital late last night without paying off the balance (and also avoiding another ER night), but these vet bills need to get paid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They are still not sure what is wrong with Carlee, and could not run the Addison test last night because her veins are now all blown with the numerous tests run. Carlee needs to have a few days recovery before that test can be done, which will incur even more vet bills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If TLC's work in the past 8 years has touched your life in any way, please consider donating towards Carlee's vet bills. Or if you just want to help because a wee pup needs it, we will greatly appreciate that too! EVERY little bit helps and we thank you for donating, sharing or challenging other companies or organizations to help raise the funds needed to save this precious baby's life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Linda Nelson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being a dog rescuer is hard - if it was easy, everyone would be doing it... But every once in awhile, something happens that just gives you a MAJOR boost of affirmation that what you are doing is the right thing... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tanner from <a href="http://www.crfsolutions.com/" target="_blank">CRF Solutions</a> called me a few weeks back and asked what kinds of things that the rescue were in need of... I laughed and asked how much time he had, and then gave him a long, laundry list of things we are consistently buying which then takes from the monies available for vet bills, one of our largest expenditures... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday, a few of us TLC volunteers along with Momma and Snookers were asked to come to their office and pick up the results of their donation drive... We were overwhelmed with the generosity of the CRF Solutions' employees... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is where the 'little things' come in... One of the CRF Solution employees had donated a can of milk replacement - something expensive but yet life-saving... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As it turned out, on Monday evening we got one of those "911" contacts... A momma dog had been killed and left behind three small pups just days old... Usually I have at least one nursing mom in the TLC nursery (always the best solution) but currently there is only one nursing mom (and she's nursing her own three pups and two from another mom's litter who was not taking great care of her pups)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I put out the plea to the TLC volunteers Monday evening and one of the volunteers stepped up to bottle-feed the litter... Another rescue took the big, blonde pup in this photo, but Carol from TLC offered to take in the three itty bitties in the top of this photo... You can tell by the size of this person's hands just how small and fragile these three itty bitties are... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As it turned out (and a fluke), I had picked up a can of the replacement milk last Saturday as a back-up plan for me one nursing mom not doing a good job... So I had that can of replacement milk to hand over to Carol ahead of time... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But then to find a second can (and you go through this stuff like crazy when you are bottle feeding) in the CRF Solutions' donation was SO heart warming yesterday... Someone thought enough (or knew) what we go through, trying to save these hard cases and it just touched me so much, I knew I had to sit down this morning and blog about this... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the pups are this young and you don't have a nursing mom, they have NO chance at life if you don't have a volunteer willing to feed them every 2-3 hours around the clock for several weeks until they stabilize... There are only three volunteers in TLC that will take on bottle fed litters, in fact... These are so small, they are being fed with a syringe and a squirrel nipple attached to it... Pups don't know to wet and poo either at this age, so the bottle mom needs to take care of this as well... And keep them warm... And clean... And eventually, socialized and healthy... It is a MAJOR undertaking and not always successful... Mother Nature does a far better job than we humans do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But again - thank you, Tanner, and all of the employees of CRF Solutions for your very generous support and donations to TLC. Please thank them all, but especially the person who donated that replacement milk... Please share the photos of these itty bitty boys that will immediately take advantage of their donation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Linda, Director, TLC</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-62253728612418229362017-02-19T09:52:00.000-08:002017-02-19T09:56:18.927-08:0059 and counting.... <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last night as I was driving home from adoptions after a very LONG and tiring day (up at 3AM and finally calling it a day at 7PM), I was thinking back about the day... How many other people are as lucky as I am?....<br /><br />Once a week, I get to spend the day with some of the NICEST people... Old and young, I get to see a lot of ladies (and a few gents) come together without a thought of getting paid, a day FULL of hard work and with no other rewards than knowing they are part of a movement to save puppy and dog lives... Yeah, sure - you can just about always count on people showing up if there is a paycheck involved, but the time and energy these folks give up comes not from anywhere else but their heart.... ♥<br /><br />Today is my birthday and I am adding one more year to my 'official' age... At 59 years old now, I truly believed I would be retiring from rescue 20 years ago 'cause by now, we as a people would have stopped killing adoptable dogs in our shelters and pounds... But as I was (still) reflecting on growing older, I realized that in less than 4 months from now, our county would have gone No-Kill five (5 - yes - FIVE) years ago...<br /><br />What an EXCELLENT birthday present to give an 'older-than-dirt' lady... Five years of not killing nine of out of ten dogs that walked through their doors...<br /><br />Over five years ago, I used to physically sick Monday evenings because I knew the next day (Tuesday) was kill day at Ventura County Animal Services (then known as VCAR)... And that any dog I could not save and get out of there, was a dead dog early Tuesday morning... No matter how many times I'd plead for a foster that week and pray for that dog to be adopted by someone over the weekend, there were some dogs that I absolutely failed despite my very best efforts... Those dog faces are still the ones I see at times in my nightmares...<br /><br />And five years later?... Monday evenings I no longer get nauseated... I don't FEAR Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays any more... In fact, this past week several of the VCAS and TLC volunteers sat at the same table at Sutter's Mill for a great fundraising dinner... Now, just how SPECIAL this memory is, huh?... Something that no one can take from me and I will have forever as long as I live... Thank-you, Donna and Barry, for committing VCAS to No-Kill in my lifetime!...<br /><br />My husband and I are not wealthy... We are not even 'comfortable' and live paycheck to paycheck like everyone else does... But the love of dogs and doing rescue has 'paid' us back in memories and unconditional love that even the wealthy billionaires in this country don't have... TLC is fast approaching the 3,000 mark of saves, but what numbers don't show is the special cases and not easily adopted sweethearts that have passed through our hands and onto their own furever homes... That never shows up in statistics but it sure shows up in heartbeats and precious memories...<br /><br />Yesterday, despite the threat of rain and overcast skies, there was a beacon of hope and promise that came to adoptions... A dog, thrown into an industrial trash compactor (pregnant) to have her litter inside and the first miracle was that no one pushed that button or threw in heavy trash on top of them... Feral, but not aggressive, she would not (or could not) leave the trash compactor and her puppies behind, so that is how she showed up in rescue - when brave souls climbed into the trash and hauled her and her litter out... <br /><br />Her name is DeMara and we don't know how long she and her litter of pups were in that trash compactor... But when I got her, I could encircle her waist with my two hands, thumb-to-thumb and finger-to-finger... Feral, but not aggressive, she would unwillingly submit to being touched by human hands but by her body language, you could tell it was not something she was comfortable with...<br /><br />Second miracle came along when her pups were weaning and another foster in TLC stepped up to allow her to dry out and start becoming socialized... Those two months brought this beautiful dog from a skin-and-bones skeleton to a plush and healthy, young adult female... Working with DeMara, she went from a 'void, no personality' dog to a dog that looked with interest at a human... It took two months, but oh my, what a big change....<br /><br />And the third miracle of this dog's life?... Unexpectedly we had to switch foster homes for DeMara... Most of us in TLC foster but few of us have big dogs... I asked Lydia and her husband, Neil, if they could just foster for two weeks... And the switch occurred last Saturday at adoptions... DeMara sat, 'plastered to the parking lot' at PetSmart as she waited for her new foster mom... New sounds? New people? New dogs? DeMara was apprehensive and on edge... But in my mind?... She'd gone eons in change already...<br /><br />Yesterday, this beautiful dog came back to adoptions... And in just a week? What another unbelievable change~!!!... Her third miracle in her lifetime and one of the sweetest birthday presents I have had... DeMara was no longer plastering herself to the ground, but actually going up to strangers and new dogs she did not know... She came up to me as I was eating my breakfast and allowed me to feed her half of my sandwich - something she had never done before to me despite being her foster mom for 6 weeks... She actually sat at my feet and took my pieces of breakfast sandwich from my hand~!!! ... Gentle, gentle too...<br /><br />At one point, I had one of those 'heart shudders' you get when you realize just how much of a miracle you are looking at - right in front of you... A dog that had NO chance, nor her pups... To have three miracles in a short amount of time and to come from being feral to being a family dog... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I willingly gave up most of my sandwich... Maybe at the beginning because I could not believe my eyes... But at the end, because I was SO enjoying the vision of her taking food from my hands...<br /><br />THESE are the kinds of birthday presents I get, not just once a year, but year round... I listen to folks that work in offices and at companies, complaining about the folks they work with and for... I could not have a better job... It is hard, it is emotionally and physically draining, it pays nothing (and in fact, you pay to have it in numerous ways... smile...), but oh, how lucky, LUCKY I am... <br /><br />Each day is like Christmas and every week is like having your birthday all over for the non-material 'presents' in memories and heart twitters you get... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, indeed... I am a VERY LUCKY 'older-than-dirt' lady... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P.S. DeMara at her foster mom's home with Bettie (also a rescued and now adopted homeless dog). Bettie Davis is a Chihuahua mix with a beautiful personality... DeMara is a Jindo/Shepherd/Lab mix, sitting behind her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-5458058390115124072017-02-15T13:51:00.001-08:002017-02-15T13:51:46.896-08:00New venue<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have started looking into ways to raise funds to offset the massive amount of vet bills we have, saving canine lives. <br /><br />We already have the 'Luv My Dog' line of essential oils we create in a medium that you can apply to the back of their neck or at the inside tip of their ear.<br /><br />In addition, we are going to start carrying unique doggie items for pet owners and lovers... Or to be used as gifts for a pet lover you love.<br /><br />We will post them on our blog as they are available - use the label 'fundraiser' on the blog cloud to find these items easily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And now for today's arrival? Cute little 'heart doggie love' rings have arrived and will be available at our next adoption event for sale! $6 each... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-37253931990891461282017-02-13T09:29:00.001-08:002017-02-13T09:29:46.096-08:00Pain & Dogs<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dogs are extremely good at concealing pain from us. Why do they do this? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As pack animals, not showing their suffering has clear survival benefits. The ancestors of modern dogs would commonly leave behind a member of the pack who was in pain and slowing down the group as a whole. Each pack member needed the pack to survive, hunt and eat ~~ so without a pack, it was a death sentence. As a result, dogs have learned to hide their pain very well, despite all the breeding we have done and changing of their genetic make-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And as dogs age, just like with us humans, nature takes its course. Depending on the SIZE (and NOT human years), our canine pets move out of adulthood and into becoming a senior citizen, complete with the issues of growing older. While a large breed dog is considered "old" at 7 or 8 (human) years, smaller sized canines are really "old" until they reach 9 to 12 (human years). As they change, we should be changing our care of them as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Side Note about Seniors:</b> Food for seniors will have a lower fat content and a bit higher in fiber. Protein levels will remain the same. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Once a senior dog, they should be switched to a senior formula food accordingly. A good senior formula will have slightly higher levels of glucosamin, chondroitin,and other elements to support joint function. With many senior Chihuahuas, supplements of Omega 3 fatty acids and Vitamin C are more important than ever. </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a great sheet on how to recognize dog pain on our website in the resources section <a href="http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/pdfs/DogInPain.pdf" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Four of out of five large breed dogs over the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">age of 8 are suffering from some kind of joint pain or arthritis. With the smaller sized canine breeds, this usually is between the ages of 9 to 12 (human) years. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately, there are some subtle signs we can look out for:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Weight Gain</b><i>: Obesity is often an indirect sign of arthritis, as dogs become less active due to the pain.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Difficulty in getting up to greet you</b><i>: This is one of the most often cited signals. If your dog usually jumps up to greet you or visitors when they first walk in the door, but suddenly stops this behavior, there may be something wrong.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Limping</b><i>: Often arthritic dogs experience limping right after getting up from lying down. The limp may not last for long, and might only occur a few moments after getting up.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Decreased energy</b><i>: If your dogs overall energy has taken a turn for the worse, they may be feeling the pains of arthritic joints.</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly, most dogs will be affected at one time or another by osteoarthritis, joint pain, or hip & elbow dysplasia. There are many factors influencing when or how bad the symptoms might be. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In general, the larger the breed of dog, the more likely they are to suffer from joint pain, and the earlier you need to start preventative measures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following breeds in particular are prone to more severe joint problems. Many veterinarians recommend supplementation for these breeds as early as 3 years old: German Shepherds, Goldens, Labs, Rottweilers, Mastiffs, Great Danes, Dachshunds, Newfoundlands and St. Bernards. In the case of the Dachshund, we humans have bred the spinal column so long to create the confirmation of the dog, we have created a weakness there that requires early supplementation (even if the dog is not large in size).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many veterinarians recommend supplementing with a high quality glucosamine, MSM, and Chondroitin supplement. In recent years, turmeric has also become a popular ingredient for joint support. For more information on the use of turmeric, see this piece by <a href="http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/turmeric-dogs/" target="_blank"><b>Dogs Naturally Magazine</b></a>. The dosage of turmeric </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon per day for every 10 pounds of dog weight ( 1/2 to 1 tsp for a 40 pound dog).<span style="background-color: white;"> And with anything natural, please don't fall into that mindset of 'if one is good, two must be great and three must be fantastic' we humans are known for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At least on a daily basis, I get 5-10 requests for dogs that are potty-trained, don't ever bark, etc. in our rescue's email... And every week at our adoption events, my volunteers and I hand out hours of free education (to those willing to listen to it) on the handling and care of dogs...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The two biggest errors I see in dog owners that fail with their pets is 1) failure to be consistent and 2) lack of observation... NONE of us have all the answers to ALL of the questions, comments and issues with dogs... The very best any of us can do is to constantly try new things and hopefully find solutions for pet issues... But if you, as an owner, are not committed to being consistent with your dog and willing to be an observant dog owner, you are setting yourself up to fail eventually.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take for example, the big "P" problem - be it :poop: or pee... No matter how cold it is, or rainy, or windy, every morning I go outside with my dogs... I am consistent and I am observant... They know I am going to stand outside there and watch what is going on (even in my pajamas and freezing my tuckus off!)... I want to make sure they are doing what I expect them to do, and this also gives me an opportunity to see if anyone is sick, having problems pooping or the poop is not quite 'right'... You veteran dog owners know what I am talking about here... Even the oldest dog can be potty-trained... Unless there is a medical condition (i.e. bladder infection, etc.), dogs do not want to pee and poop where they sleep and eat... It is just not in their nature... So if your pet is doing his business inside the house, you need to look at how consistent you are about keeping set hours at getting him outside... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At my house, throughout the day, they have a doggie door they use... If a new foster does not know how to use a doggie door, the other dogs will show him quickly... But if I see the dog is unwilling to follow the other dogs? Hot dogs work great at encouraging the dog to go through the flap... However, if you work and you are gone 9-11 hours a day, you do best to confine your dog to a section of your home or apartment that has somewhere for him to relieve himself if needed... If you leave your dog free-roam and you get hung up at work, you can only expect him to find a spot on the carpet when you don't come home at the normal time... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I pretty much go to bed at the same time every night... My dogs and fosters will come around about 15-20 minutes before that time and watch me... Observing me to see how close I am to going to bed... They can't read a clock nor have a wristwatch, but they know... They absolutely know what time it is... My dogs are all kenneled at night for two reasons: 1) I used to let them sleep with me and eventually figured out I don't sleep as well with them in my bed and 2) after a near miss at evacuation for a wildfire heading in our direction, we could not find one of our dogs... Afraid of the smell, the dog hid somewhere we did not think of and that was enough of a scare for me... If I have to evacuate in the middle of the night, I want to be able to QUICKLY grab my important papers and our dogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I use the command "Kennel Up" because it is my habit... I too am a creature of habit just like dogs... Our dogs quickly beat us to their kennel at night because they know they will also get a Greenie once in their kennel... SO easy to teach a dog to do this, and even with a new foster, I don't have to worry about finding a puddle or a present somewhere... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But I am consistent... Over and over and OVER again... If my husband uses a different command, I let him know (and/or show him) how to get the same responses I do when using the same command I do... I'm not being mean - it is for the dog's best interests that ALL family members use the same terms and commands... Dogs LOVE consistency... But they are not 'push-button dogs'... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The better I am at being consistent in something, the more responsive they are going to be when responding... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If your life is helter skelter, your work schedules vary, your social life is heavy and being consistent is not going to work?.... Then maybe your life is not really good for having a dog... If you still need a doggie-fix, any rescue or shelter will GLADLY appreciate your help - trust me on this!... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other area that comes up with people wanting to adopt 'push-button dogs' is the wrong person is making the selection when adopting... We have parents come in all the time and want to adopt a dog for their children... Let's face reality here... Your child will grow up, go through high school and maybe into college before the puppy you adopt from us today is old... No matter how smart or committed your child is, YOU are going to be the one to be the caretaker of this puppy through its normal lifespan, so if YOU don't like the dog or don't want to take on the role of the major caretaker, don't adopt a puppy... If this is just a temporary measure for a few years, adopt an older, bigger dog breed... The bigger the dog is size, the shorter the life span... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And?... Dogs don't teach children responsibility... We as parents do... If we are not consistent in our role modeling, our kids won't be either... If you are too tired to get up and take that dog out at 6AM on Saturday mornings when the dog has been going out at that time Monday through Friday, the dog is going to have an accident in the house because your child is not going to do anything they don't see you do... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Barking?... Well, that is not really something that is 100% genetically programmed in dogs... Dogs in the wild don't even bark - we humans taught domesticated dogs to bark... The only real difference between dog barks and breeds is the size of their lungs and how deep in volume a bark is going to be... But if barking is tolerated (or even encouraged as puppies), your adult dog is going to bark when they are bored, if they are still intact (not spayed or neutered) or hear a strange noise... I don't 'untrain' dogs in regards to the door bell, but otherwise?... I don't like barking dogs... Consistency and a water spray bottle works wonders, but only if you get up and use it IMMEDIATELY over and over again until you have broken the habit in the dog... Hollering out the window to 'SHUT UP' only causes your neighbors to hate you more than your barking dog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your dog is NOT going to like each and every one of your friends... Face it... Do you?... Of course not!... Some dogs seem to have a much higher level of tolerating all kinds of smells... Maybe they were introduced to a lot of smells as puppies and aren't surprised by some of these outlandish aftershaves and perfumes... If one of your friends 'smells funny' to your dog and acts nervous around your dog, your furbaby is simply NOT going to like them... Nothing personal... Just not your dog's cup of tea... So when that friend comes over?... Let Spot take a nap in the bedroom... Easy to fix... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A car gets older, it seems to need more mechanical work... We get older, we take more trips to the doctor's... Same goes for your dog... The older they get (and especially if you've fed them junk dog food all this time and didn't do dentals every few years), the more your dog is going to need to see a vet... With a car we intend to keep, we are much more diligent about the maintenance of it... But dogs aren't leased - once no longer cute and a puppy - and maybe with bad habits you've taught them or allowed them to learn - surrendering to a rescue or a shelter is not a good thing... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But if you HAVE to surrender your dog, the MOST and HONEST information you can give at time of surrender will be more insurance that your pet finds a good, furever home... There are people that will adopt a dog that bites children - but don't neglect to give the shelter or rescue this kind of information... If your dog lifts his leg in the house all the time, this can be fixed (neutering is the first step, installing a cat scratch tree right outside the doggie door and applying chemicals is another quick fix)... As long as we know what the issues are, we can quickly either re-train or advise an adopter of what still needs work... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">NONE of us knows what the future will bring... When you brought that cute puppy home, you might not have known your new husband is a wife-beater and you can't stay married to them... Moving is something we ALL know about ahead of time, so that is not a good reason to surrender a dog (IMHO)... Just about any other reason, any reputable rescue (if they have room) should not make you feel guilty about surrendering your dog... And most will try and give you proven suggestions and tips that we use... I always ask, "Do you REALLY want to keep this dog?" and if a pet owner does, I really try to help...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most good shelters have pet retention programs in place now, so if you have issues you need help with, why not contact your local shelter, be HONEST with them about what is going on and there is a good possibility that you don't have to give up your dog... But only if YOU made the right decision at the beginning and did not expect your pet to be a 'push button dog'...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We as humans, are genetically programmed to respond to respond to cute, wiggling puppies and sweet babies... If you are totally not affected by one or both, you've learned to ignore the heart tug... But if you adopt based upon what you believe a breed WILL BE LIKE, or because you had that breed as a child instead of how that dog is acting after 10 days in your life with your lifestyle, you are simply going to find there are no 'push button dogs'...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Throw out your misconceptions of what is old (dogs do NOT age seven years to every one human - it all depends upon their size), which dog breeds are naturally aggressive, sex determines temperament and/or automatic bad habits along with the idea that rescue or shelter dogs are 'broken', 'less than', 'someone else's nightmare', etc... Dogs are no more 'push button' than we as humans are... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Think outside the box (and the button)... There are a wealth of homeless dogs and cats that need a home and yours just might be the best ever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Expect a new selection at our next adoption event to be seen and purchased!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-74486495926104775092016-12-23T09:22:00.001-08:002016-12-23T09:27:19.711-08:00How much is that doggie in the window?<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I, as the Director of TLC, generally work the email box for the rescue... Out of every 5 emails, at least one will be "How much is your adoption fee?"... Usually the person is inquiring after the cutest and most highly sought-after puppy that just arrived on our website, finally available for adoption... And on occasion, I do get a reply back that either a) "Why aren't your dogs free?" or b) "Too expensive - I'll find one elsewhere"...<br /><br />For years, we defended our adoption donation rates - we are not in the business of 'selling dogs or puppies' but in saving them... And saving a shelter dog is not cheap... A few months back, one of our volunteers 'shopped' the local vets to see if we could lower the cost of our spays and neuters... The lowest cost was $300 and the highest (for a 60 pound large breed) was $700... Currently we use Best Friends in Mission Hills and we pay the same rate that the general public does ($114)... It is hard to get an appointment and 'spay day' means you are up at 5:30AM, there by 6:30AM and don't leave until about an hour later... Then the process is repeated in the reverse in the afternoon, you'll hit the rush hour traffic coming home and if you live in Simi Valley, the pick-up process can easily take you two hours to complete....<br /><br />Our adoption donations are pretty standard - $500 for any puppy under 6 months old and over 6 months old, it drops to $350... We no longer take checks because of the incidents with the general public who adopted from us, and then called the bank and stopped payment on their checks... Some people will do everything they can to get a free puppy or dog, so that is on them... We changed our policy now - credit card or cash only now.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because we are No-Kill, we will keep any dog we pull and commit to, regardless of how long, until we can find that great furever home... This little guy (Jack-Jack) is our record in the rescue... We pulled him in 2010 and we still had him in 2013 until he was adopted... In between those times, we feed him, he had numerous vet visits and bills, got his booster shots and rabies, etc. And TLC does not feed its dogs and puppies crap... The average daily food cost is about $2.00 a day... Multiply that cost by three years and you get a partial representation of just how much it costs AFTER you have gotten a shelter dog up to adoption standards... <br /><br />Also, because we are No-Kill, WHENEVER possible we will take back one of our adopted dogs if the adopter can no longer keep them... And this happens more than anyone can imagine... We cannot always do this, but we jump through hurdles and obstacles to make sure that our dogs do not go back through the shelter systems... We are foster-based now, so we are ALWAYS in desperate need of foster homes - and the number of foster homes is in DIRECT relationship to the number of dogs and puppies we can save each year... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of our small dogs was adopted out twice and returned twice... He recently got adopted and his new adoptive mom has emailed us, saying "He is the PERFECT dog. We have been looking for months to find just the right dog. I cannot believe (XXXXX) has been adopted twice and returned. He was meant to be MY dog - that is the only reason I can think of to explain his history!"...<br /><br />So back to the topic - "How much is that doggie in the window?"... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In TLC, we do NOT believe in spay abortions... This goes against the grain and mindset of most of the humane organizations, shelters, etc... It is legal in our state (California) to euthanize any animal that cannot be adopted... Because unborn puppies cannot be spayed or neutered --- or must stay at the shelter or organization until they are at least 8 weeks old and two pounds --- pregnant moms are generally euthanized, and if cute and adoptable, space is at a premium and the shelter does not want to release the mom and pups to a rescue, the puppies are euthanized so the mom can be moved onto an adoptable situation after she is spayed...<br /><br />But in TLC, we have found after MANY years of doing this, pregnant moms who get a spay abortion (especially when close to delivery) usually become incontinent later on in life... The only reason for this (we believe) is that when you disturb the natural progression of things, the hormone production is interrupted, the internal organs do not naturally go back into place, etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also believe (and again, going against the grain of the humane community's mindset), if we always have spayed or neutered puppies available to be adopted, the general public just might adopt instead of buying an INTACT puppy from a back-yard breeder or off the Internet... Our puppies do not contribute to the epidemic of unwanted, homeless animals that flood our shelter systems in this country... And if you decide to buy and not adopt, take a few minutes to review your purchase agreement regarding your new puppy... Does the breeder take back their puppies until the natural old age time?... Does the back-yard breeder also participate heavily in rescue of their chosen breed they do for profit?... Just something to think about if you are determined to buy and not adopt... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So why the $500 adoption donation for puppies under 6 months old?... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We want to rescue the dogs that are left behind in the shelters to die or be euthanized... Usually they are older than 5 years (when they are no longer considered 'adoptable' by the general public), and the smaller the breed, the longer the lifespan of the dog... A cared-for Chihuahua can live 15 to 20 years... But if they are over 5 years in a shelter situation?... People are passing them by and not adopting...<br /><br />Recently we pulled a 10-year old TEENY Chihuahua out of the shelter system... Very sweet little pup about 3.5 pounds... Potty-trained, the foster mom reported she got along very well with her dogs, was no problem to foster and just a little cuddle-bunny who was a sweetheart... Older than 6 months, for us she would be a $350 adoption donation... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once Tuni went in to see our vet (who was VERY generous with what he charged us as a rescue), her dental bill was $335 and some change... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />As a rescue committed to this dog until we find her a furever home, that does not leave us very much 'wiggle room' to keep this dog and keep her healthy... This is WHY our puppy adoption donations are $500 - to provide a few extra dollars to take care of the dogs that are not going to be adopted and out the door right away...<br /><br />Regardless - all TLC dogs and puppies are going to be adopted to you with these items:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spayed or neutered</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Micro-chipped - lifetime activation with no additional charges for changes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Be current on their vaccines (dependent upon the time they arrived in our hands and rescued) - puppies require three series of vaccines (bordetella, plus the core "5" - distemper, parvo, etc.). If they are born in our rescue, they generally have the time to get all three series prior to adoption - we start at 4 weeks old, do them every 2 weeks and by 8 weeks, they have had all three series.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Complimentary vet visit at our vet within 5 days of adoption</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">10% off coupon at Theresa's for all supplies bought within 5 days of adoption (with the exception of food)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Large coupon booklet from Petco valued at over $650</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Even LARGER coupon booklet from PetSmart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Complimentary groom from Indiana Bones' House of Groom</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And your adoption donation is tax deductible to the extent of your IRS status... plus once you adopt from TLC, we go right back out and save a dog's or puppy's life... You are actually saving two dogs in reality - this one you are adopting and the next one we now have room for in our foster base.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, how much is that doggie in the window?... You tell me - it all depends upon your perception of things... Recently I complimented someone on something they had, and their response was, "Oh, thank-you! It really was not that expensive... I only paid $150 for it at (XXXXX)"... I gulped internally, smiled and replied it was really nice, but in my head I am thinking to myself, "I have NEVER sent more than $20 in my lifetime for one of those. OMG!!"<br /><br />Saving a dog or puppy's life in your lifetime? Priceless is my answer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With many doggie hugs,<br />Linda<br />TLC Director</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P.S. If you would like to read more on this topic, here is another website to read through - it is from 2010 but the majority of it still applies today - <a href="http://petnewsandviews.com/2011/01/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-shelter/" target="_blank">"How Much is that Doggie in the Shelter?"</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-4387226464111115392016-11-29T02:15:00.001-08:002016-11-29T02:17:08.254-08:00<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you adopted a puppy from us at TLC, these photos might be hard to look at... But on Giving Tuesday, we thought you might like to see where it begins and why we work so hard throughout the year in TLC... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dedicated to No-Kill in Ventura County, we pull from Ventura County Animal Services (VCAS) and fill every available foster slot we have... A dog gets adopted?... We go right back in and save another dog's life... If they have a pregnant mom or mom with pups, we always take them despite the difficulty and much greater expense to save this kind of rescue...<br /><br />But we also have a commitment with another shelter that if we have room, and they have a pregnant female or a nursing mom with pups, we will do our best to save both the mom and pups... We do not pull dogs older than 6 months from this shelter, always giving priority first to VCAS in an effort to support No-Kill in our county... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From this shelter, my dear Momma came almost 4 years ago and I could not have asked for a better dog...</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> She too came VERY pregnant to us and delivered 9 pups in my home office shortly after arriving into our hands... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you adopted a puppy from us in the past four years, it is very likely it came from Delano, the same shelter we got Momma from... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><u>Footnote:</u></i> The mindset in the humane community is to spay and neuter, and if the mom is pregnant to spay/abort the puppies... TLC has never believed in this practice... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have also felt that if we had spayed/neutered puppies available for adoption, the general public is more likely to adopt instead of going to the Internet or to a backyard breeder to buy an intact puppy... As all of our puppies are spayed or neutered prior to adoption, we know our puppies are not contributing to the epidemic of homeless, unwanted pets flooding into shelter by unwanted pregnancies... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am not saying our way of thinking is common and/or the norm... Most rescues do not want to take in pregnant moms or moms with nursing litters... They usually take the puppies and leave the mom behind... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The mortality rate of the puppies is high because the mom might have gotten pregnant in poor health, and may not have good nutritional standards while being pregnant... Litters of puppies are fragile and it takes a great deal of care to insure all of them will make it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But when you see (as we have for the past 3-4 years), where these moms are coming from and the dire circumstances they are in, it is very hard for us in TLC to say "No" when asked by this shelter to save a mom and her pups... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If a mom comes into this shelter and she's pregnant, she's going to be in an open kennel run with other dogs... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the high desert and it gets COLD at night... With limited funds and virtually no walk-in traffic, these dogs have a hard time getting adopted, but a pregnant mom?... It is highly likely she is going to have to deliver her pups in an open kennel run -- then attempt to keep them warm and fed under some almost impossible situations... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So this is where your donations go when you donate to TLC... We save these moms with their pups, give them warm, dry, loving homes to grow up in and with good nutritional needs being met.... When they are old enough, we start their puppy shots and at 8 weeks, we spay or neuter both mom and the pups... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These moms are not delivering in a puddle of water or having to protect their pups from other dogs walking about, thanks to your support of our efforts in TLC... We, as a small rescue without taxpayer dollars cannot afford to do this kind of rescue without the community's support and donations... Last year's vet bills were over $100,000 and we are always behind the eight ball, trying to do a lot with very little...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So on this Giving Tuesday, we ask you to dig deep and donate to TLC so we can continue the kind of rescue work we do... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Donations can be done online at our website - <a href="http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/donate.html">http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/donate.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or you can donate through our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TLCanines" target="_blank">Wall of Love on our Facebook page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With your help, you insure puppies survive, thrive and find their own furever homes! Thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Linda, Director, TLC</span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-15215548319115783152016-11-07T13:16:00.000-08:002016-11-07T13:18:37.572-08:00This week... <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From November 6th until November 12th, it is National Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week... I know with election day tomorrow, this has probably fallen off everyone's radar but I wanted to bring this back to everyone's attention... Maybe later this week once the election is over with, you will read this blog and think about it...<br /><br />I can speak for no one by myself, and not even for the TLC volunteers personally, but I know rescue for me is year round, every day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks of the year... I don't do it for an 'atta girl' or even public recognition... The TLC volunteers will tell you that I shy away from publicity, in fact... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But should anyone ask me (or not~!!),<b style="background-color: yellow;"><i> I will always say that TLC has the BEST volunteers in Ventura County... </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They come together, work HARD and do it without any thought of a thank-you beyond a wet puppy kiss or knowing that today they saved the life of an abandoned or homeless shelter dog... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some are gone now, but not forgotten and were instrumental in keeping the TLC rescue train rolling right along through thick and thin... As a rescue that has been knocked to its knees several times in seven years because of obstacles and hurdles, we brush ourselves off and get back into the race of saving canine lives...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TLC has taken on many hard cases or moms with pups or pregnant while other rescues have passed on the hard work involved in doing rescue of this nature... We see our pups all grown up at the dog park or we run into one at a local pet shop... And the 'thank-you' is seeing them healthy and happy, with a home and very much loved... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the most heart-felt and emotional times I have had in the past seven plus years is someone in the general public came into the first rescue shop with an envelope of Starbucks gift certificates... They told me, "I know the dogs and puppies always need help, but I just wanted to say a personal thank-you to you and your volunteers for doing what you do...." Almost brought me to my knees emotionally inside and I was really at a loss for words...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For as a rescue (and I am sure the shelter folks get the same thing), you can successfully place 500 dogs but the thing you will hear the most about is the one dog that did not place well or was not 'perfect'... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For most of us in rescue (the majority is always female), we spend our days elbow-up in poop, laundry, in sinks bathing or washing something! and drag our spouses into our 'passion' whether they are wanting to be involved or not... It seems (at least to me), that the laundry never ever stops... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And you are forever trying to figure out how you are going to pay this vet bill or save that dog, somehow, some way... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And for those that are not fostering, they can be just as busy behind the scenes - seldom recognized for their contribution to the saving of shelter animal lives... Be it the photographers taking 300 photos to get just one great one... The folks behind the scenes picking up supplies or keeping the paperwork parade running smooth and trouble free... Or the transporter who just put 200 miles on their vehicle this week, driving to save lives... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are all folks who go about their lives making a difference in their community... And at this time of the year, I wanted to personally say a BIG thank-you to the TLC volunteers, the staff of Ventura County Animal Services and to the other community residents who get behind and support those of us who do rescue as a passion and commitment!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Linda Nelson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P.S. Most of these TLC volunteers are still with us... Some as long as almost 7 years ago... That says a lot about their commitment to the cause of No-Kill!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-59431534086329702692016-10-24T06:30:00.000-07:002016-10-24T06:56:05.640-07:00Straight Outta No-Kill<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is an AMAZING feat to turn a county from "Kill" to "No-Kill"... Ventura County Animal Services committed to the movement in the summer of 2012 and achieved No-Kill status in January of 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TLC just invested our precious, few financial resources to create this 4'x6' poster we are now hanging on the side of the rescue rig each adoption Saturday...</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But as amazing as that is? It is MANY MORE TIMES harder to sustain No-Kill once the goal of saving at least 90% or more of the healthy, adoptable animals is achieved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why is this? Now, I am not an authority on No-Kill, and I can speak for ONLY TLC... NOT the county or the other rescues, or even the general public... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But as someone in the trenches, fighting for this every day of my life, I have some observations that I would like to bring to the forefront of your consciousness... Some of these ideas you might not even have thought about yet, but I hope by mentioning them, you consider them and join the movement, or at least take the time to spread the word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1975, our KILL rate was 75%... So basically, for every 10 dogs that went into the shelter, only two made it out alive... Pretty grim numbers, huh?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fast forward 40 years and in 2015, the stats were reversed... For every 10 dogs that went through the shelter's doors, at least eight made it out alive... The challenge (in my mind) would have always been which one of the two had to die... And I never envied the shelter officers for the very hard decisions they had to make each and every day! Which of the two dogs in the ten would you have chosen to die?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The concept of No-Kill is that no healthy, adoptable animal must die... You will ALWAYS have some animals that die, even in the best of circumstances... Owners will bring terminally-ill dogs to a shelter, unable to afford the high cost of euthanasia charged by vet offices... Animals will arrive as strays, too hurt to keep alive with any quality of humane life... Aggressive dogs that are a threat to the overall safety of our community... <b><i>But your goal is to achieve at least a 90% save rate</i></b>... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So now that Ventura County has gotten there, why are we having such a hard time and immense struggle to maintain this?... Again, my thoughts and opinions based only upon my interaction with the general public and the comments they have made... </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>"Well, now that Ventura County is No-Kill, we need to start saving other animals in high kill counties surrounding us"</b></span>... <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(huh? Other counties need to commit to No-Kill and work as hard as we have - we cannot 'import' their problems or failure to commit into our community and eventually start killing our animals again!)</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">"It is still a pound and I don't trust them..." </span></b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(never mind that our politicians, tax payers and the general public have committed HUGE amounts of dollars and energy turning this around!)</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">"The shelter only has Chihuahuas and Pit Bulls - I don't want to adopt either of those kinds of dogs" </span></b> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(So because of their breed, you sentence them to die? It is NOT the breed, but the owner on the other end of the leash that determines the kind of canine hooked to the leash!)</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">"I only want a purebred (fill in the adjective) dog and the shelter never has those kinds."</span></b> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(An average of 35-40% of the dogs showing up in America's shelters are actually purebreds without papers... The majority of dogs come into shelters through NO fault of their own, but because of lifestyle changes in the owner's lives... they are not 'damaged' but more victims of the circumstances in the owner's lives - losing their home, job, relationship, etc.)</span></i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can go on with the list, but these are the majority of comments I hear... </span><br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cpz6DtGvNUo/WA4OKI1_atI/AAAAAAAAEag/51eMmuaom3g6sivzWZFKmk2HMRYiluhEACLcB/s1600/sugar%2Bbabies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cpz6DtGvNUo/WA4OKI1_atI/AAAAAAAAEag/51eMmuaom3g6sivzWZFKmk2HMRYiluhEACLcB/s320/sugar%2Bbabies.jpg" width="249" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Allow me - indulge me here - to share that people selecting a dog to save based upon their breed is actually profiling... And we don't like that as a society when it pertains to humans... It is no different than saying that 'all fat people are lazy' or 'all ________ (fill in country of origin) are ________ (fill in adjective)'... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You cannot paint any breed of dog with a broad paint brush like this, and sentence them to die based upon their breed, no more than you can discount overweight folks as 'lazy'....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can see from this photo, Momma (DNA confirmed as a "Pitty") does not fit the profile of being aggressive or vicious... I have numerous photos that I can post that show it is NOT the breed, but the owner (me) on the other end of the leash that has determined what kind of canine citizen she is... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, our shelter has a lot of Pit Bulls and Chihuahua mixes... At any given time, our rescue center could have 60+ small breeds, and it was ALWAYS the Terrier, Poodle, 'fluffy scruffy' mixes that were the 'yappy' small dogs everyone hates... Not the Chihuahua mixes that would be causing the ruckus when a new person same in to see them... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you kill a dog because the previous owner did not train them properly?... Do you kill a dog because of their breed and the probable incorrect reputation that breed might have?... Or do you kill a dog because of their age?... (I'd be in trouble then because I am overweight and an old lady... I am glad this kind of mindset has not flowed over to the human species... yet...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We as a community and society need to speak up and out, every day, against those who are not supporting No-Kill in this county... There is absolutely no reason someone would need to buy a dog or puppy off of the Internet, from a back-yard breeder or even at a pet store when we have dogs waiting patiently at our shelters to be adopted... There are numerous dogs on Craigslist every day, placed there by owners that need to surrender them, and if no help is given, the dog will end up in our shelter system... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have a friend or relative that has a dog who is not spayed or neutered, ask them why they are shortening the dog's life by not doing this... Intact dogs (both female and male) have a MUCH higher rate of cancer and by not spaying and neutering, the owner is actually lowering the number of years of life with that dog... Unless you are showing a purebred dog in dog shows, there is no other reason to keep a dog intact... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An issue not spoken about is an issue that gets forgotten... All of us need to contact our politicians and make sure that we are heard... We do NOT want to lose No-Kill in Ventura County... We do not want to go back to killing our animals in the shelter system... We want to leave the legacy of No-Kill to the next generation to carry it on and even less animals have to die... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If we, as a county, could turn this huge 'cruise ship' around in 40 years to go from killing 8 out of 10 dogs to saving 8 out of 10 dogs, we cannot let this fail... It is VERY easy to turn a 'speed boat' around on a dime, but extremely hard to turn a 'cruise ship'... The concept, system and physicality of No-Kill is very much a 'cruise ship'... It is huge, took a LOT of hard work and sweat equity (let alone too many animals dying before it took root) to lose in one generation... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Help me by getting word out... Talk to your politicians TODAY... They do listen if they are contacted... Tag your support with #nokillvc to show you are support of this movement... Post your favorite photo of your furbaby on your Facebook page with that hash tag... Start a conversation next time there is a pregnant pause and ask who has rescued their pet... You will be amazed at the good you can do, if you just try... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Paws crossed for No-Kill in our county and my lifetime,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am sitting inside my vehicle waiting for my husband in a parking lot (First and Easy Street) and I happen to look over at the car parked aside of us... It is 11:19AM this morning and it is 72 degrees here in Simi Valley according to the Weather Channel... Beautiful blue Pit who has its water bowl (collapsible) tied to its color with a clip... Dog is panting... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Owner of the silver BMW two door coupe comes back to his car at 11:38AM and I'm thinking, "Great! He's not leaving that poor dog in that hot car any longer"... Instead, he turns the car on, the A/C on and rolls down the windows about 6"... Gets a duffle bag out of the back seat of his car and goes back into the laundromat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I continue to watch the dog, whose tongue is now hanging out the side of its mouth and dripping saliva... The dog is <b>REALLY</b> panting heavily now... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I get out of my vehicle and I walk into the laundromat.... I politely tell the man his car is too hot for that dog to be left inside... He tells me to "Mind your own damned business and get the f*ck out of my face"... <br /><br />I (now insulted) reply that it does not take but 10 minutes for the temperatures inside a hot car to rise, making it unsafe for the dog's health... His next response was worse than the first one, and I in turn reply that it is that legally OK in the State of California for me to get that dog out of a hot car --- even if I have to break the glass --- after notifying law enforcement... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He tells me that if I touch his car, he's going to break my hands and my face... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I headed back to my vehicle to grab my cell phone and call the police... By this point, the dog's chest is palpating in and out like a squeeze box... This is HEAVY breathing... And I have been watching this dog for 24 minutes already... The dog has gone from being too hot and panting to full out drooling and the chest is caving in and out, panting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have my cell phone and dialing for the police when this guy comes out of the laundromat, screaming at me (and I admit, I am now just as loud as him) about what he plans on doing to me and my various body parts... <br /><br />"This is a service dog" he tells me... If it is a service dog, the dog is allowed to go into the laundromat and the dog is wearing absolutely no indication it is a service dog... Why was it left in a hot car with the windows rolled up to begin with?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, to "Mr Dog Owner Who Does Not Care About His Dog"... r</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ead what the AVMA says about how rapidly the temperature inside a car climbs </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you can't bring your 'service dog' inside a laundromat to wash your dirty clothes, maybe the dog should be left at home instead of being left to bake inside of your car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are still some folks around that believe you cannot hurt "as much" when you lose a pet as when you lose a person... To me, "loved one" may walk on 2 legs or 4 paws, but they are still loved ones to me... And while I don't necessarily subscribe to 5 stages school of thought, I am intelligent enough to know that not everyone handles loss and grief the same way whether it is a human or animal loss in their life...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 58 years of life on this planet Earth, I have lost good dogs... And a few, GREAT dogs... I feel that I deal with death of dogs in probably a pretty balanced sense... I understand that it is the circle of life, and that sometimes it is best for Nature to take its own course... Overall, I am a pretty private person when it comes to grieving (or at least I try to be)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is not much anyone can say, right?... "So sorry for your loss" is about the best anyone can do... And I am pretty sure only time, and not words, heal better... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some startling images I have had of death that no matter how many years pass, the shock of it can still cause me nausea if I think and remember it... But for the most part?... Unless it is dead and gross (i.e. ants, flies, etc.), I am pretty good about handling death physically - it is the heart-part that can kick me to my knees (emotionally)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in May, my Coconut developed an issue with one of her eyes and as she was only 11 years old, I opted to have it removed to save her life... The second eye started giving her problems and the past months, I have seen her slowly starting to go downhill... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We discovered she had congestive heart failure going on as well, so while our vet and I did everything possible to create a reverse in the overall decline of her health, it continued to deteriorate... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The past two or three weeks I had been questioning myself as to if I was trying to keep Coconut alive for me, or if I was being fair to her... Once the quality of life is no longer good, let alone great, I feel we are doing a disservice to these gentle creatures that bless our lives for just a small portion of our time on Earth... Needless to say, I was not ready to let her go... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kept looking for that little spunk, tail up and 'Kibbles and Bits' run (even if only at 4 pounds) that I loved so much... Any sign, Lord... Just give me something to hold onto and know that I am doing right by this pudge-muffin of coconut creme... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coconut passed away in her sleep on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by her buds and loved ones at home... I did not have to make the decision as the Lord decided to make it for me... Maybe He knew that I did not (yet) have the heart to make it on my own without His help... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do not offer anyone any advice or suggestions for dealing with the loss of one of their beloved pets... I too am still trying to figure out the best way to prepare myself to handle the loss better... I have had great pets die suddenly and then some, like Coconut, wither away slowly... Neither time frame is easy for me to accept readily.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have recovered both ways... I have waited a LONG time before letting my heart open to another dog (and was in borderline depression now when I look back) and I have immediately gone and redirected my grief into a more positive form of energy by fostering puppies or another dog... Having done it both ways, I can say that the latter is better than the former... There is something about that redirection that made the grieving process easier for me to get through, but that's just me...<br /><br />I personally don't believe I am disloyal to my dog by redirecting my energy... And I also don't believe my great dog(s) would want me to be sad and alone either... You can't replace one dog lost with another one (even if they look somewhat alike) and it is not fair (in my opinion) to expect a different dog to do this for you either... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I said, I cannot offer anyone suggestions or advice... The very most I can do is to share my thoughts and hope they help someone who is going through the same things in their life... As for the 5 steps?... I've done #1 already and could not share my loss immediately with anyone... I am not angry (just very sad) and miss that adorable little girl and her cutest ever mini-run... There is no bargaining going on, 'cause I know she is across the Rainbow Bridge and waiting for me... I am probably still working through #4 and am not at #5 yet... Until I have to close my eyes physically to remember her, her sweet kisses, how excited she'd get when I come home and jump around plus that mini-run, I won't be able to say I have achieved the last stage of loss and grief... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But tomorrow is another day and with each day, time does it's magic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-28264060249368985002016-09-05T11:58:00.001-07:002016-09-05T11:58:55.154-07:00Another "+" for a Pitty!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pit Bulls get such a bad rap that I try and point out good things that happen with this breed... At the end of 2012 (the day after Christmas), TLC rescued a VERY pregnant Pit Bull with her 6 month old daughter... The report came into </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Delano Animal Services that there was a 'mean and vicious set of Pit Bulls in the lemon grove by my house'... A TLC volunteer drove to Delano and saved these two - the mom was originally named "Lemoncello" because of the grove... Her daughter got adopted out almost as soon as we got her spayed and up to date on shots... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lemoncello (to be renamed "Momma") had her 9 puppies two weeks later in the VERY small office in my home... It was a 14 hour effort with all family members chipping in to keep the whelping area dry and clean as Momma delivered her pups... One pup we almost lost and were it not for my husband's efforts with resuscitation and care, she would not be a healthy Pitty today... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Momma's puppies all became adopted right away and my volunteers kept turning down each adoption application we got on her... They wanted her to become a 'shop dog' and eventually she started coming home with me each night from the rescue shop... She's smart... REALLY smart... Each challenge I throw at her, she achieves and exceeds my expectations... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that you have her back story, let me share some more with you... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only has Momma traveled to Vegas to attend a Best Friends rescue conference, she has been an ambassador of the breed to MANY young children and folks afraid of this breed... She'll lick you to death given half a chance... A few of the TLC volunteers she absolutely LOVES, and spotting them from way off, she will get totally nuts with excitement and overjoyed with the anticipation of lovin' up on them... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We called on Momma to save a little puppy's life who needed blood transfusions.... I rushed this pup to our vet's office, convinced he would die before I got there with him and Momma... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I put Momma in a 'sit-stay' and she stood while they pulled blood from her artery in the neck and transfused the pup... As God is my witness, that pup was prostrate and near death... But in less than 10 minutes, he was up and howling, jumping around like all puppies do... The vet techs could not believe they did not need to muzzle Momma to get the blood drawn and then even more surprised with Momma's blood saved this pup from dying... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, let me share the fourth 'save' Momma has done... This 'mean, vicious Pit Bull' that she is... (being sarcastic here as I truly believe Momma knows she is helping other canines and people get over the bad rap Pitties get)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little over a week ago on Saturday, August 27th, one of the TLC volunteers let us know that her dear Fredo had been admitted to Conejo Valley Animal Hospital in severe straits... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He had some red blood-like bruises on his belly and blood tests confirmed that he has very low counts on platelets (14... and they admit dogs with under 70,000 for ER care)... Fredo was actually bleeding out internally... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the time, they did not really know what was wrong with Fredo and were doing everything they could to save his life... They were treating it very aggressively and he continued to deteriorate... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting no better, the next day I suggested that Momma could donate blood to Fredo on the hope it would help... Eventually on Tuesday, August 30th, a blood transfusion became literally his last hope and we rushed Momma over for the donation of blood... Again, she was great and well-behaved... I truly do think she knows she is doing something good for other dogs... I really do... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Fredo is a SWEET Schnauzer mix... Full of love and young - he's only 4 years old!... Very much loved by his fur-parents and has always received the best of care... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That afternoon they transfused only half of what was drawn from Momma and Fredo started perking up... He ate the fresh chicken his mom had brought for him... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><i><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="line-height: 16.08px;">Fredo has an autoimmune disorder that causes Thrombocytopenia which causes his own body to destroy his </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="line-height: 16.08px;">platelets</span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="line-height: 16.08px;">. There is no known cause. It usually goes undetected until it becomes life threatening. Usually in younger dogs it's hard to find because they do</span></span></i></span><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><i><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="line-height: 16.08px;">n't get </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="line-height: 16.08px;">blood work</span></span></i><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="line-height: 16.08px;"><i> done as often. They admit dogs with low platlets at 70,000 and he had 0. He's really lucky to be alive. He has bleeding in his GI tract because of Meds or that the platlets can't clot the bleeding. Once in remission, he can start to be weaned off the Meds slowly and monitored closely within 6mo-year. It might come back "with a vengeance " but we are not going there yet.</i> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>"Fredo <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 19.32px;">has improved significantly!!!! The vet said they are having a celebration in the lab because he has 104,000 NEW PLATLETS!!!! Thanks to Momma for buying him some time and new medications he might be able to come home tomorrow! He's not out of the woods yet, but this is the best news we've had in 5 days. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.</span></b></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And on September 2nd, Fredo was well enough to come home... He's on tons of meds and needs to take it easy of course... Even just moving around slightly, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">our muscles do these little mini-tears, causing micro bleeding and if you don't have platelets or your body is not making them, the body's natural system cannot clot this mini-tears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have now joking referred to Fredo as being a <b>'Schn-itty'</b> having been infused with Momma's blood (her mom was a American Staffordshire and dad was a Bull Terrier, according to the DNA we ran)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We continue to pray and wish for good thoughts for Fredo... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW, Fredo's mom 'gives back' by doing all of the gorgeous photos of the dogs and puppies we rescue these past several years... And the TLC volunteer group is very much a family, extended and large, but all of us pull together when one member or their furbabies are in danger... I am grateful Momma has such strong, rich blood and she readily is willing and able to donate blood to other canines in need... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the next time you see a Pit Bull, and immediately think bad thoughts of the breed, consider how many of these noble dogs are giving back ~~ and in BIG ways ~~ to others and the community... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know Momma 'gives back' to me every night as she listens to my day and gets her pats and cuddles... 76 pounds, but tons and tons of heart and love for everyone she meets... I wish everyone would get these 'Momma blessings' that I do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jake made a full recovery but the scars remained...<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A local firefighter felt compelled to give Jake a home despite the horrible shape the puppy was in...<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now Jake hangs out at the fire station with his dad! He travels around with his dad, giving out educational information regarding fire safety and is a mascot of the fire department. He has even been sworn in as an official member of the department!<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just goes to show you one more time that ANY dog can rise like a Phoenix from the ashes and be a contributing member of the community if just ONE person cares enough to commit to being a furever dad or mom!<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TLC has always struggled to find space to save animal lives since we went from a foster-based rescue to what is called a 'brick and mortar' organization... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having the ability to save animal lives and be open 7 days a week for the general public to view, interact with and hopefully adopt is what we believe is an essential part of No-Kill and keeping this county at the No-Kill status... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>For those not familiar with the definition of No-Kill, basically it means that no healthy, adoptable animal is killed and to achieve No-Kill status, 90% or more entering your shelter must live... </i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At one time in our county when I first got involved out here in California in rescue, for every 10 animals that entered the shelter system, only one came out alive... Five years ago, our county had a kill rate of 60%... For every 10 animals that went into the shelter system, only four came out alive... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TLC has actively pursued the goal that no healthy, adoptable animal needs to die in our county since its beginning on June 9th of 2009... Yes, today is our 7th year anniversary and in 2,557 days, TLC has managed to save 2,723 animal lives - more than one day... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a day we should be celebrating our victories and continuing to achieve our goals, we are being evicted by a landlord that does not want to lease to a dog rescue... Not that we don't pay our almost $5,000 a month rent... But because he does not want to lease to a rescue and it is a 'bad fit'.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Monday, June 6th, we lost in court fighting the eviction and are currently waiting for the sheriff to post the notice on our door that we have 5 days to vacate the four spaces we have gutted, built out, created a rescue center in and have operated a full-time, volunteer-run organization in... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We find it incredible that there is currently 43 empty commercial properties in Simi Valley and not one of the landlords or owners are willing to lease space to a nonprofit rescue that provides such a valuable service to this community... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even more ironic is that our <a href="http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/animal-shelters-capacity-forces-tough-decisions-34a07f98-88b7-11e7-e053-0100007f41b0-382304271.html" target="_blank"><b>county's shelter currently has more than 600 homeless animals</b></a> - an all time high in their history - and they continue to struggle to keep the No-Kill status they fought so hard for in the summer of 2012... They have stopped owner surrenders for the past week, while we can offer no relief because we ourselves are being kicked out of our rental space!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 'not in my neighborhood' or 'in my property' prevails... And it makes you wonder about things... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simi Valley's citizens have long protested the huge number of massage parlors in our city - to the point we were referred to as 'Slimy Valley'... At last count there were 34, but these businesses don't seem to have a problem finding property to lease... To the point that in January of last year, <a href="http://www.pacbiztimes.com/2015/01/16/simi-ventura-put-a-stop-to-new-massage-parlors/" target="_blank">our city council adopted a 45-day moratorium</a> on the issuance of licenses for massage parlors... Something <a href="http://www.vcstar.com/news/crime/simi-mayor-decries-alleged-massage-parlor-prostitution-ep-364197576-352229101.html" target="_blank">Mayor Huber spoke out about</a> over 5 years ago... And something our police department has an <a href="https://local.nixle.com/alert/5140936/" target="_blank">additional workload to enter and inspect</a>... We, as a city, <a href="http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2016-05-20/Editorials/Fight_against_heroin_making_progress.html" target="_blank">struggle with the drug problem</a> here as well... Two areas that attract the criminal element - both areas TLC volunteers have observed from the center and reported to the local police department as any good citizen would... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But to lease to us?... "Nah, not in my neighborhood"... Makes you wonder how many of these commercial landlords and owners actually live in our city... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, TLC has no where to go and 57 dogs and puppies in our rescue... And five days to move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, dear owner, allow me to share my side of this story... Sometime between us closing the rescue center on Saturday evening and 7AM on Mother's Day, you climbed up our steps and left your dog at our doorstep... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No food, no water, no collar, no note, no information... nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TLC volunteers came in to open and found this poor sweet lady curled up on the artificial grass mat inside the gated area on our front patio... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have named her "Jane Doe" at this point, and have tried numerous different foods in the hopes of getting her to eat... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally I was able to convince her to eat part of my smoked bacon/cheddar egg sandwich from Starbucks this morning... The first thing she has eaten for us since her arrival... And we tried EVERYTHING at our disposal... We know absolutely nothing about this dog, and how can anyone be so cruel to abandon a dog like this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We noticed she left blood spots when she urinated, so she (at our expense) is at the vet's office right now... So far, she has badly infected ears, has a skin condition and an ultrasound has been run to see if she has bladder stones causing the bleeding... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The vets believe she is about 12 years old... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have a side of the story, we'd love to hear it... And yes, we have security surveillance tapes of her being dumped like this... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you did not have the funds to provide her with medical care, VCAS does have a program that they can help you out... If you had called us ahead of time, we might have been able to help as well... Instead you chose to throw away this dog like yesterday's newspaper... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So now, we as a nonprofit rescue are picking up the tab and trying to put this dog's story together like a jigsaw puzzle... We don't know if she's had her shots and is up to date... We do not believe she is spayed... She has no microchip... All of the things any responsible owner would do if they loved their pet... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Awaiting your call or email to explain your side of the story, "Jane Doe" sits and wonders why she was left at our doorstep like this... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P.S. If anyone wants to help out with her vet bills, we certainly could use the help. You can donate through PayPal on our website - <a href="http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/donate.html">http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/donate.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-41932787389308836032016-04-26T06:51:00.001-07:002016-04-26T06:52:23.141-07:00H-2-O.... ut oh!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have bottled drinking water at the house, and have had it for years now after my doctor recommended it, citing research he's read for quite some time about the connection between digestive issues and the amounts of drugs that are dispensed, consumed and then end up in water supplies, but not removed by water companies... I wish I had kept the link he gave me to that web site, but I guess if you are that interested, you'll Google and find it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The dogs in our house also drink bottled water... More of a convenience frankly, than going to the kitchen sink to refill their large bowl... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This morning I read a survey done that ended up in my email and it was a bit startling.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, I don't have any cats, but it sure does make you wonder about what is in our water (and especially because we pay some pretty hefty water rates here in Southern California!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you want to read the entire article you can find it here ~~><br /><a href="http://trupanion.com/blog/2016/04/trupanion-trends-hard-water-pet-urinary-health-study/">http://trupanion.com/blog/2016/04/trupanion-trends-hard-water-pet-urinary-health-study/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>More on this topic:</b></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water-education3/2-water-pets.htm"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water-education3/2-water-pets.htm</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://animalhealings.com/articles/pets-water-2.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://animalhealings.com/articles/pets-water-2.html</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.foodsafety.gov/blog/treatfamily.html"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.foodsafety.gov/blog/treatfamily.html</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hollywoodfeed.com/blogs/blog/92354246-7-easy-ways-to-keep-your-pets-hydrated">http://www.hollywoodfeed.com/blogs/blog/92354246-7-easy-ways-to-keep-your-pets-hydrated</a></span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-15346704541600624732016-04-25T21:10:00.002-07:002016-04-25T21:12:53.225-07:00Too nice to die.... <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have an aversion to leaving nice dogs to die... If you are a nice dog but you are an older dog, your chances of getting adopted diminish... I have often thought to myself, "What if people treated other people the same way they treat the dogs in shelters? Older dogs get euthanized, dogs with medical issues die, even fat dogs don't get adopted as quickly and run the chance of being killed... where would that leave me? I'm old, I have medical issues, I am overweight...."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, Nasir is not overweight but he certainly has won the heart of many TLC volunteers, including mine... We found him at the Camarillo shelter and knew going in that he had a cataract in his right eye... But that didn't stop us from pulling him...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shortly after saving him, the cataract 'flipped' and instead of flipping inwards, it flipped outwards... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we came into the rescue center that morning, it looked like his entire eyeball was going to burst out of its socket... I will spare you the gruesome image and not publish that photo on this blog...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was also not in really good health... He was underweight and apparently not been giving good nutritional food for some time... His coat was and thin in places... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But personality-wise? He was a love... pure sweetness wrapped up in 5 pounds of heart and affection... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Off to the vets he went... And then we discovered he had a grade 4 heart murmur... Surgery would be dangerous for him... sigh... BIG sigh...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Too many times it comes down to the lack of money to save these dogs... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An 11-year old dog with an adoption donation of $200 and now facing a $1200 surgery to remove this eye... He's really not old in dog years for this breed, but still... And I know, I know... We can't save them all, but it does not make my job any easier... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am usually pretty good at making decisions and I have to - every day - based upon what can we do to save and take good care of ALL of the dogs we save at TLC... Looking at this logically, we just could not afford this new surgery, and even if we could, would he even survive it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The hard decision had to be made... And I made it... But I tossed and turned that night... Throughout the night... And unhappy about the decision I had made to have him humanely euthanized the next morning... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I woke up, I realized I just could not do it... Some how, some way, I would find the money to get this surgery done... He was just TOO sweet and loving of a dog to have to die because of a medical issue that could be fixed... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Instead of taking him that morning to be humanely euthanized, I took him in to have his surgery done... And then I nervously awaited throughout the day for news from the vet's office... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most of the TLC volunteers sat on pins and needles with me... Nasir had quickly become a favorite of everyone's... It was a big sigh of relief when we learned he had pulled through the surgery... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once this eye got taken care of, Nasir had a rough first week... But slowly he started gaining weight and his coat started filling out well... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because he is potty trained and oh-so-friendly, we let him wander around in the lobby at the rescue center now... He greets people (and begs to be held) when they sit down to do their adoption paperwork on some other dog or puppy... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We keep hoping someone will see him for the jewel of a dog he is, and he will find his own furever home... He has such an endearing little almost cat-like sound he makes when he is asking to be picked up and cuddled... That little bob of a tail wiggles to beat the band and you cannot help but fall in love with him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think (??) he is getting some extra treats and being sneaked some extra goodies, 'cause he is starting to get a bit chunky 'round the middle... (smile)... And losing an eye has not changed one thing about his personality except to make him even more loving, if that is possible... Maybe there is some internal thing going on that he knows despite not having the money to do the surgery, we did it anyway because he truly is worth it, ya know?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nasir's own person is out there, and will one day walk into the rescue center and fall in love... I just know it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-18678602428997922662016-04-11T04:45:00.002-07:002016-04-11T04:47:22.142-07:00"You're too fat"<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>"Owner surrender requesting euthanasia because dog is too fat"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You might think we are kidding, but no, we're not. We have several of these dogs now at the rescue center. In fact, we pulled three at one time and set up a special area just for them with extra room to walk around in, feeding them special diets, a program set up with our dog walkers and logs to monitor their weight loss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We call it our "Chunky Monkey" section and no one can believe these sweet dogs were destined to die - requested to be put to death by their owners - because they were fed too much and/or the wrong things and allowed to get "fat".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What do you even say to someone when they tell you this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When Sox came to TLC on the 22nd of February, she weighed 29 pounds. You had to help her stand up by pulling slightly on the lead to give her that extra hand in going from a laying down position to an upright, standing position. She could not walk up or down the steps of the rescue center... in fact, she was 'done' and out of breath simply walking from the dog room to the front door of the rescue center! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then our dog walker would have to carry her down the front stairs, nudge and coax her to walk 200' around on the sidewalk, then carry her up the back steps!<br /><br />Today, seven weeks later, she weighs 21 pounds. She is no longer out of breath simply by her walk, can stand up on her own and looks forward to her walks... bring the leash and she is ready to go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We haven't done anything spectacular here - just simply cared enough about her life to do the right thing. Sox has been to the vet and there is nothing really medically wrong with her. Our vet was really impressed by how much weight she's lost in 7 weeks (8 pounds) and by this time next month in May, she'll be at her ideal weight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now Sox can sit down like a normal dog, and walks without the pain of her hind legs being stretched too far apart because of the extra girth in her belly. This dog's frame was never meant to carry almost 30 pounds - her ideal weight is 15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As for her special diet, we purchase frozen green beans and freshly shredded carrots in addition to the high quality kibble (Zignature) that we feed all of our rescued dogs. A bit of warmed up salt-free chicken broth popped into the microwave added to the mix? The chunky monkeys love their extra special meals at TLC!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sox could use an advocate however... Or more than one... Someone willing to come to the rescue center and walk her once a day, or several times a week. Have you been wanting to give back and not been able to figure out how? This could be your gentle act of paying it forward -- to help save the life of a sweet, deserving dog that did not deserve to die because she was 'too fat'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-40237644708234510492016-03-10T09:21:00.001-08:002016-03-10T09:21:14.782-08:00Adoption FAQS<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We respond to so many inquires with the same answers, so we thought we'd save you time and our volunteers' time by listing them somewhere. So here goes:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the dog or puppy is showing on our website (<a href="http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/">www.tinylovingcanines.org</a>), <b><u><i>they are still available. </i></u></b> Other websites like Petfinder and Adopt-A-Pet do not reload our information as quickly as we do, so we cannot assure you of the same timely information out there on the Internet beyond our website.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you see our rescue on Petfinder and click their "inquiry" button, you send an email to us and we respond asking you to submit an adoption application (available online </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tinylovingcanines.wufoo.com/forms/z7x3k7/">https://tinylovingcanines.wufoo.com/forms/z7x3k7/</a>) or to come into the rescue center at 1736 Erringer Road, 2nd Floor, Simi Valley, CA and do it in person.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are owned, run and operated by volunteers - many who also have full-time jobs as well. We do our best to answer all emails within 24 hours, and approve any adoption applications within 48 (or advise you otherwise and why).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you have been sent in the adoption application and received a return email indicating you have been approved, the approval is valid only for 24 hours. After that time, we will assume you are no longer interested in the dog or puppy and will discard your information.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rescue work is very fluid and organic - we can receive and approve numerous adoption applications on the same dog or puppy (and do). Because you have received an approved adoption application email, that does not guarantee you will be adopting them (i.e. the puppy is ONLY approved to be adopted by you) - we do not hold dogs and puppies based upon approved adoption applications. There are just too many dogs and puppies getting ready to die in shelters and we have only so much space to save their lives.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have submitted an adoption application, have been approved and contacted via email of the same, we cannot hold the specific dog or puppy for you unless you are willing to put down a 50% nonrefundable adoption deposit (for exact amounts, please see #9 below). This can ONLY be done online via PayPal (link is on our website under <a href="http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/donate.html">http://www.tinylovingcanines.org/donate.html</a>) or in person - we no longer accept credit card numbers over the phone as we will not have your signature on the required credit card receipt for our files.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are not a boarding facility, nor do we have a boarding permit by county ordinances to do this for you. Once you start the process, please be prepared to see it through to the end and pick up your dog or puppy.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">We <b><u><i>STRONGLY recommend</i></u></b> that you think long, hard and well before considering adopting a dog or puppy. Puppies especially are expensive the first year of their life. Most of our rescues have a life-span of 15 to 20 years, so if you are not prepared to take care of them and have them live out their natural life, step back and rethink this idea before adopting</span>.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our adoption donations are fixed and tax deductible. This allows us to fund the huge amount of vet costs we incur each year and continue to save the next dog or litter of puppies waiting to die tomorrow (in 2015, our vet bills ran over $100,000 BTW). Dogs over 5 years or with us for more than 6 months are $200. Dogs and puppies between 6 months and 5 years are $350. Puppies under 6 months are $500.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each dog or puppy will be spayed/neutered and microchipped prior to adoption. Their shots and vaccines will be up to date (*) at time of adoption. Each adoption packet includes a complimentary visit with our vet and a 10% off coupon at Theresa's Country Feed within 5 days of adoption. Each adoption packet includes a complimentary free groom at Indiana Bones Temple of Groom - these services require a copy of our adoption agreement to receive.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We do not 'guarantee' the health of any dog or puppy we have saved from the shelters. We receive very little information beyond they were picked up as a stray or are owner surrendered. As such, we have little background information to pass onto you - we can only advise you of what we have observed, if we've taken them to the vet and what they were treated for. Again, once you have adopted, you take on all medical responsibility for any immediate issues or long ranging health issues, so think carefully before adopting under financial constraints and issues.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(*) If over 3 months, dogs and puppies will be vaccinated against rabies. Adult dogs will have both bordetella (kennel cough) and vaccinated against the core diseases. If the puppy litter was born with us, they will have three series of puppy vaccines (4 weeks, 6 weeks and 8 weeks). If not, our vaccination protocols start when they arrive, and you will be advised they do not have the recommended 3 series of puppy vaccines on your adoption contract at time of adoption. Some vets recommend 4 series - all vets have different opinions as to when and how many - we follow the protocols for shelter medicine established by U.C. Davis.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675805875589707403.post-26259950482511465272016-03-06T04:24:00.000-08:002016-03-06T04:33:36.137-08:00Rescue Juice<i><span style="font-size: large;">As I sit here about 4AM, listening to the rain coming down in buckets outside, I think about all the homeless dogs that are still out on the streets - bunkered down in some nook trying to stay dry and out of the rain for the night - or still in shelters tonight... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Momma lays at my feet, all nice and dry... Fiesty is laying by her side, curled up on a blanket... They are safe and dry, living in the day and maybe a bit of tomorrow in their dreams... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The house is nice and quiet - a time for me to think and get a start on the paperwork that has become my 'day-off' routine... But my mind continues to wander back to the homeless, unwanted pets that are still out there on the streets or in the shelters... What an awful existence they have until they are found, rescued or saved... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I wish, after all of these years in rescue, I could understand the human species... How they could so easy throw away a dog or puppy like yesterday's newspaper... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I talked to someone yesterday who asked if we could take in their dog because they were moving... I asked why they picked a new place that didn't allow them to bring their furry family member, and they replied they did not know... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">How do you 'not know'?... Would you leave a child behind because you decided to move somewhere?... Your new place only has one extra bedroom and you have two children - so you leave one behind at a neighbor's or on the streets to fend for themselves?...</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Momma has just taken one of those big, deep sighs that only 'wanted' furry family members have... She rolls a bit to her side and stretches out, touching a part of Fiesty's arm... In turn, Fiesty's paw reaches out so very slowly and touches back... A 76-pound Pitty and a 3-pound YorkChi... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">And I realize that God is (once again) speaking through my furry family members --- asking me to take today - one day at a time - and continue the journey of No-Kill in my generation... He chooses to give me these 'Kodak moments' to remind me that we cannot save them all... And that we will continue to do more than most... But that I too should stay in the 'today and a bit of tomorrow'... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">I want to share a beautiful picture, and certainly not because I am in it... Those who know me, know how much I dislike photos and the limelight... Yesterday a wonderful couple came into the rescue center and fell in love with one of our little pups who had just come out of my nursery and up for adoption yesterday... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Jelly (the pup's name) had taken on the care-taking role of her bud she'd been in the shelter with... And Peanut Butter (her bud) had just gotten adopted 30 minutes prior... Jelly was finally able to take on her own life and look for a furever family... This couple walked in, and the mom gravitated towards Jelly, who seemed to immediately relax in her arms... Hubby came to the educational corner of the rescue center and sat down - Jelly shortly thereafter fell asleep in the comforting circle of their bodies on the couch... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">This is what we rescue folks call 'rescue juice'... It is the 'nitro' we get injected with when we see one of our dogs find a great, furever home... Daily we rescue folks see the dregs of humanity and the inhumanity towards these precious, tender souls? Well, it wears down on your soul eventually... Most of us old-timer rescue folks burn out and retire, believing we will never stop the killing of healthy, adoptable pets in our lifetime... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">And then it happens... that shot of rescue juice 'sunshine' streams through a heavy bank of rain clouds... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Thank-you, Jelly and your new fur parents for the beautiful moment you all shared with me and the other TLC volunteers yesterday!... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Love and hugs,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">A long, happy furever life... </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are trying to raise $567 for a life-saving surgery needed for one of the dogs we saved out of Camarillo - Peppermint Patty. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She's got a double inguinal hernia (basically her intestines are trying to slide through a break in the belly muscles)... We've had the surgery done once, but it did not 'take' and we need it done again at our vet's office to save her life... </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We recently had three A-DOOR-A-BLE puppies come into our rescue that we thought were Pekingese mixes... Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei... Two boys and a girl... They were born on approximately December 7th and are absolutely some of the most beautiful puppies we have seen in a long, long time... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are holding a silent auction for these three puppies to be adopted... They can be seen every day at the rescue center through the glass... Now spayed and neutered, they are up to date on their shots and microchipped... Adoption packet comes with a complimentary well puppy exam at our vet's office, first complimentary groom at Indiana Bones Temple of Groom and a coupon valid for 10% off all supplies purchased at Theresa's (excluding food) for the first 5 days after adoption.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To bid, you must have an approved adoption application. If you have not already submitted your application, you can do so online at our website - the link is <a href="https://tinylovingcanines.wufoo.com/forms/z7x3k7/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. https://tinylovingcanines.wufoo.com/forms/z7x3k7/</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once your adoption application has been submitted, we will notify you of its approval or being denied within 24 hours of submission. At that time, your bid can be submitted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Starting bid for any of these three puppies is our normal tax deductible puppy adoption donation ($500).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three highest bidders will be notified via email on Sunday, February 21st at which time they can come in and bring home their puppy. Highest bidder wins choice of the three, second highest bidder wins choice of the two, etc.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not wanting to simply guess at the parentage of these three puppies, we have submitted their DNA to DNA My Dog, and although not Pekingese, they are Chorkies... just as desirable and a much sought after 'designer breed' mix. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beijing - <a href="https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/34302487">https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/34302487</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shanghai - <a href="https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/34302519">https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/34302519</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taipei - <a href="https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/34302551">https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/34302551</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No, make that three more reasons to spay or neuter your pet... Their mom (Lady Love) almost lost her life bearing these two little munchkins on Saturday (2/13/16)... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A teeny tiny little black doll baby of a Chihuahua, Lady Love should have NEVER gotten pregnant in the first place... And whatever male she bred with was much larger than she was... In turn, she carried and then tried to give birth to puppies that were much too large for her... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dumped in a shelter because she was pregnant, Lady Love MUST have been someone's loved and treasured pet at one time in her life... She's 'maybe' 4 pounds when not carrying pups, and just as friendly and cute as can be... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not one person comes into my nursery and does not comment on her beautiful appearance and personality... She has such a winning smile and is always SO glad to see you... Friendly as can be, Lady Love is a jewel and her owner should have spayed her so she would not have had to go through this... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She began the birthing process EARLY in the morning on Saturday and struggled, struggled... FINALLY the first pup was born, and with due diligence, she immediately broke the sack, breathed life into her and cleaned her up... When the second pup began its way down the birth canal, Lady Love struggled once again... I could clearly see that this pup was far too big for her to birthing... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did everything I could in my 'experience rescuer tool box' and was seconds away from rushing her to the ER for an emergency C-section (a $1200 - $1800 procedure even for a rescue)... Lodged in between, I was not sure the pup and Lady Love would have survived the 12-minute race to the facility, so I did my very best... Once born between the two of us, Lady Love did her part with the placenta and I did mouth-to-mouth without success... A little boy, he crossed the Rainbow Bridge with supreme effort by all of us to no avail... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The third and final pup was no different... A female myself who has given birth, I was cringing inwardly as I watched Lady Love strain to give birth to this pup... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I pushed aside the anger I felt towards the owner for not taking better care of this lovely female Chihuahua... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not the time nor place - the puppies' lives were at stake along with their mom's life... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The anger could come later, so here it is... Black dogs are the last to be adopted and the first to be killed in our shelters - it is our mindset about what colors are good and which are 'evil'... If you want to know more about this phenomenon, Google "Black Dog Syndrome"... We deal with it every day in rescue and at TLC offer a discount every Friday on the adoption donation in the hopes the black dogs find furever homes faster... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We kill an estimated 8 million pets in this country each year because we have an epidemic of unwanted homeless pets... Simply going and spay/neutering your pet will stop countless unwanted litters that have high mortality rates and moms that suffer unwanted pregnancies and deliveries... In my 36+ years of rescue work, I have bottle-fed countless litters whose mom has died, trying to give birth... Orphans without a mom, sometimes we save a majority of them - sometimes we lose the entire litter through nights and nights of 3-hour, round the clock feedings... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have taken on moms with prolapsed uterus issues, giving birth in fields where the pups and mom's uterus is loaded with grass clippings and fleas... We have taken in moms and dads plus the litter when the two pets were not spayed & neutered and the inevitable occurred... An unwanted pregnancy and an unwillingness to raise the puppies... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you cannot do the 'right thing' in regards to your pets, you really should not have them at all... And the 'right thing' is to spay or neuter your pets unless they are show dogs and have legitimate waivers to remain intact... I doubt few reading this blog post have a $6,000+ show dog but many do have pets that are still intact... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are SO many low cost spay and neuter options available to all of us... And if you allow your pet to remain intact, you GREATLY increase their chance of testicular or ovarian cancer, cutting short their life... Because you could not afford the $60 to do the 'right thing'?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you aware that conservative estimates now state that for every 10 puppies born in this country, only 1 will live out its normal, healthy life into old age?... The other nine will die early because of illness, neglect, car accidents, lack of yearly veterinary care, etc... What gives us the right to kill like this - intentionally or accidentally?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before you believe you are not part of the problem because you do not have a pet, please allow me to share this fact with you... If you are a taxpayer in California, 8% of what you pay in taxes goes to the care, feeding, housing and eventually killing or adoption of unwanted homeless pets... Whether or not you own a pet... And until we as voters and taxpayers say, "Enough is enough" (whether you are talking to your legislators or to your neighbor who just HAD to buy that puppymill puppy that is still intact and will produce more unwanted offspring), we are ALL a part of the problem... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unwanted homeless pets and their offspring is everyone's problem and until we are ALL a part of solution, it is not going to go away, folks... Whether you have an intact male who is not neutered, or a female who is not spayed... Whether you do not own a pet but are not speaking out to those pet owners who leave their pets intact... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We cannot sustain No-Kill here in Ventura County and across the State of California unless we all get behind the efforts to stop unwanted homeless pets from entering our shelter and rescue systems... Please think of Lady Love and the struggle she had to bring these puppies into the world... </span><br />
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