Jayda - The pin's been taken out

Jayda's pin needed to be pulled out yesterday because it had started to press down and come out on the bottom... It hadn't yet punctured the skin, but would have if not pulled... She's not got the soft cast on for she's got sores now from the bandages... We've had to re-wrap it numerous times since the surgery and are keeping our fingers crossed for good news on August 31st when Dr. Novy looks at it again himself and then makes the determination as to the next step for Jayda.

Jayda's gone a-visitin' !!!

Yesterday Jayda spent most of the day with her new furever parents, Dawn and John...

I wouldn't consider myself a religious person, but I do consider myself a spiritual one... I am always amazed at people who think God does not exist, because I see examples of his miracles every day in my life... On the way to their house yesterday, I was thinking about how wonderfully God's plan for Jayda has worked out - her leg is on the mend, so many people donated towards the surgery costs that would have put our small rescue under financially, Jayda has won a fantastic home with two awesome furever parents... and the list goes on and on...

I went over Jayda's meds with Dawn, helped Jayda get accustomed to her new digs and where her bed was, etc. before I left their lovely home... As I started to drive away, I was sending a small thank-you towards the heavens for the awesome home and loving arms Jayda will now have... When I looked to my left, I saw a small covey of about 15 small California Quail running in unison up the sidewalk along a hedge in their neighborhood...

Call me odd, but in a suburban area this was an amazing show of native wildlife adapting to our encroachment upon their living areas... It filled my heart with wonder and my eyes with a miraculous sight... Some might call it coincidence, but to me, it was God's way of reaffirming his loving arms and compassion he feels to all of us that try to do the right thing, and how beautiful it can be when we do...

It was an awesome thing to see and I was struck by the visual aspects of it all combined with what I myself had been doing at the very same time! Isn't God and his creatures just so utterly mind-boggling at times?

Jayda did VERY well in her day visit considering it was the longest time she was away from her puppies and their smell... As long as she can smell her puppies, she will continue to produce small quantities of milk even if she's weaned them... So while she was a bit apprehensive when I picked her up in the evening, she had already started to form the bonds with Dawn and John that she has with me... She gets a day today to relax here at the house, and then we are going to repeat the process tomorrow again...

The puppies now have a full set of milk teeth (and collars!!!), so given half a chance with Jayda, they are now causing her more harm than good... Even with full tummies of solid food, they'll suckle at the drop of a hat, so my days are spent more with taking over Jayda's roles as food provider, cleaning up after them (whatever goes in, comes out STINKY!) and comforting Jayda when I won't allow her in with the puppies...

Normally by now, most moms would have totally weaned their pups, but Jayda has been a fantastic mom despite all she's gone through... She's still WOEFULLY thin and I can't wait to see her fill out and her coat grow back in from the surgery... Her next check-up is on the 31st of August and I'm hoping that pin might come out then... Keeping my fingers crossed because she is DEFINITELY tired of that soft cast now!!! :)

Wonderful news about Jayda...

Jayda had her three-week check-up on Tuesday and Dr. Novy is pleased with her progress so far... There is bone growth at the break, but the pin from the knee to the hip is going to stay in for at least another three weeks just so we can make sure this worked... Dr. Novy described (graphically) the painful surgical process required to stretch the tendons so he could realign the bone fragments... No wonder it was such a LONG surgery!

Dr. Novy decided to leave on the soft cast for another three weeks, but I guess Jayda had had enough of this for I got up yesterday morning at my usual early time (3AM) and found she'd chewed through the cast pieces that went up and over her back... I'm not a nurse or a vet tech, but in the middle of the night/morning, I'm trying to locate something to keep her away from the incision and stitches... I probably did a terrible job if appearances count, but I did manage to cover it all up with gauze and it lasted long enough for their offices to open, get Jayda in there and the area re-dressed...

He decided to remove some of the stitches --- maybe they were getting too tight and that's why she went after them? for she's left the entire area alone since the surgery... Jayda's body is so long that E-collars just don't work on her well... But Dr. Novy re-padded and re-dressed the leg again... We go back the last day of August to see where we're at and what the next step will be...

Jayda's puppies are almost weaned now (they turn 6 weeks on Sunday) and she's not only been an excellent mother throughout all of this, she's been the sweetest little girl ever... Everyone at Valley Vets is impressed with her easy going and pleasant nature... I can't wait to see her true personality once she no longer has a bum leg to tote around, four puppies to feed and worry about, plus a leg she can readily walk on!

But even BETTER news (like this wasn't enough?) is that Jayda has found great furever home parents... I got a voice message and returned the call, got to talking to the lady who asked what would happen to Jayda eventually and ended up stopping by their home with Jayda...

During our visit, Jayda fell asleep on their living room carpet (after John fixed her a tasty snackie of chicken! Oh my!)... When we got ready to leave, Jayda took a few steps, turned around and looked back at Dawn & John, then a few more steps, looked back again... And repeated this several times until we got to the truck to go home...

It was almost if she wanted to stay and didn't really know if she wanted to go with me... Jayda's been my shadow since day one and this was certainly out of the norm for her... Aren't dogs just the most AMAZING creatures??? :)

As long as I have been doing rescue, I don't think any dog's back story touched me more than Jayda's... More than once I've had people see me with Jayda, had already read about her story in the newspaper and expressed outright anger because of what occurred to her at the hands of humans... And when they meet her in person, see how absolutely sweet she is, it makes people even angrier about the whole series of inhumanity she's had to undergo...

Dawn and John came to the check-up appointment this week so they themselves could access what type of prognosis we were facing with Jayda and future rehabilitation/surgery needs... Once Jayda's pups are fully weaned, she will complete her recovery in Dawn's everloving arms and John's big heart... WAY TO GO, JAYDA~!!!

Once again, thank-you to everyone who helped save this dog's leg... It is very humbling to see the large amount of support and humanity being extended to one of God's gentle creatures like this!

A mother's work is never done - Jayda

I have a PhD in anthropomorphism (putting human emotions onto animals), but I couldn't resist taking this photo yesterday of Jayda... I can almost imagine her thinking with a sigh, "A mother's work is never done..."



And here's a close-up of that face... (smile)...



Jayda's pups are getting larger by the day, but their milk teeth have started coming in so this week we are starting to introduce solid foods in their diet in an attempt to wean them off of her earlier than normal... This will slow down the depletion of the calcium drain from Jayda and speed up her recovery with her leg as well...

Puppies and solid food is always a messy ordeal... What goes in (and messy) comes out and is messy (plus SMELLY!!!)... Not one of my favorite things with dog rescue at all, but always a necessity!

Jayda's hobbling around pretty well and has never once complained about the whole ordeal... She's always sweet and loyal, ready with a wagging tail and happy to see us... I can't imagine any other dog going through this and it not affecting their temperament... She goes in for her three-week checkup next week and at that point we'll know more about how successful this whole surgery has been once new Xrays have been taken... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it exceeds my expectations, that's for sure!

Jayda...

Jayda has been getting out and moving around more and more... She gets along very well with the other dogs, but still she follows me like a shadow whenever she can... Yesterday after adoptions, she found a way up onto the couch and fell asleep on my chest... She is SUCH a sweetie!

Latest update and photos of Jayda

We have been overwhelmed and humbled by the sheer generosity of SO many people who have heard of Jayda... Thank you VERY MUCH to all that have supported her and TLC in this endeavor to save her leg!!!

A week after surgery, Jayda went back into Dr. Novy's to have her bandage changed and they tell me it looks really good underneath there... She had a week of complete bed rest with limited mobility, and so far, so good...

They tell me the leg is starting to turn inwards, so next week they might have to add a splint to force the leg to heal correctly... Eventually we expect a 2nd surgery to break the adhesions that formed around her kneecap while the leg was broken and not attended to, but for now?... We're not buying trouble ahead of time and taking it one day at a time!

Although Jayda is only allowed to walk around once I carry her out to the backyard to go potty, but she's a sunbather like most Chihuahuas, so the other day I thought to myself, "Why not let her lay in the sun here for just a few?"... She sunbathed and started falling asleep in the warm sun until she heard the snap of the camera shutter...



And then we both got hot, so it was time to pick her up and carry her back inside, but I am POSITIVE she REALLY enjoyed the extra little pleasure!



She's getting all kinds of goodies plus her meds, so I am feeling really positive all is going well in the healing process... Her pups are still doing well and will be four weeks old on July 26th! Hurrah!... Amazingly though, none of them are black like Jayda is!

Jayda's puppies - Joy, Hope, Faith & Justice

At 3.5 weeks, we've weighed her pups and they are listed below, along with links to each puppy's blog:

Joy - 12 ounces - Darkest tan with the white heart on her forehead - Blog
Hope - 14 ounces - Light tan with the white heart - Blog
Faith - 14 ounces - Mostly white with a black spotted nose - Blog
Justice - 16 ounces - All white with black on the backs of her ears - Blog

Jayda's home!

I just updated her blog with photos from today!

I've decided to name her pups Faith, Hope, Joy and Justice - it says to very much to me in this situation and what Jayda stands for!

Jayda's out of surgery...

I just spoke with Dr. Novy and the surgery was a lot more involved than he thought it was going to be, but he says he's very proud and happy about what they were able to do... Because the break is probably three weeks old, the ends of the bone had calcified, the leg tendons had contracted and adhesions had formed around the kneecap as she kept it tucked up... All of this had to be undone basically...

But he feels it is put back together good and tight...

She's coming up now from the anesthesia and has the shakes as normal... Jayda will stay overnight at the hospital and I'm to call tomorrow at 10AM and see when she'll be able to come home...

She will have a long incision underneath that light bandages and Dr. Novy said it will be cumbersome for her try and get around on it for the next two, three months... Once he sees her progress, we may have to go in later and using anesthesia, break those adhesions that have formed around the kneecap...

But in the meantime? Jayda is doing well, getting pain meds for comfort, and she'll be on stepped-up calcium and vitamin D to help the ends of the bone knit together as I start trying to wean those pups off of her...

I'm emotionally exhausted and it will be a long night... Her puppies are not hungry enough to cooperate with bottle feeding yet, so we'll see... But at least for today, we know we've done our very best so one day Jayda will be able to walk and maybe even run on all four legs again!

Update on Jayda's surgery

Jayda is in surgery as I type... Her pups are starting to stir and they'll need to be bottle feed the rest of today, tonight and most of tomorrow until she comes home and can help until I can get them weaned early...

Anxious... worried... nervous... Should know something by 4PM today how it all went.

Great news for Jayda!

Late update... Last night long after the office had closed, I got a call from my vet's office and although they don't do plating, Dr. Novy believes he can pin the leg so Jayda will be to use it. Having seen the Xrays online and read the estimates the surgical hospital gave, he is willing to do the surgery for $2,000, take what we have collected so far in donations ($600) and give us 60 days to pay the balance. I applied for a grant from an organization and they already pledged $200 for Jayda, so we're 40% there at having collected $800.

Dr. Novy wants to see Jayda today in person at 10:15AM, and if everything is as he believes it is, surgery will be done right away. I'll have to wean the pups early - within a week - to stop the calcium depletion and allow Jayda's bone to knit together as quickly as possible.

I'm not one of those crying types, but after I got off the phone with him, I'm not ashamed to admit I got pretty emotional. I've been dealing with this since July 3rd and you can't meet this dog and not fall in love with her. Even to take the Xrays, they didn't need to sedate Jayda!

She's so gosh darn young to lose a leg, and it was tearing me up inside to consider that option.

Anyway, if you'd like to donate directly to the veterinary clinic, Jayda's surgery will be done by Valley Veterinary Clinic, 845 East Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley, CA 930665 (805-526-0917) - just make sure you mark for Jayda on any check that you send.

And again, THANK YOU for ANY help you can give towards helping Jayda!!!

Donations coming in for Jayda

Some very generous people have donated towards saving Jayda's leg and we now have $600 of the $3,000 we need. THANK YOU!

She and her pups continue to do well... Some of the puppies have started opening their eyes, the one with the circle around her eye has managed to climb out of the box twice now, so I keep having to collect her and put back on the air mattress again...

Jayda continues to follow me around like a shadow and I've gotten to the point if I know I'm going to be up, down, back and forth, I put her with her puppies so she won't follow me and put so much stress on that one remaining good leg...

Today is bath day and as soon as it warms up a bit more, Jayda's getting her weekly bath... She does the very best she can to keep herself clean and potty outside but because of the hopping, she can't always make it in time... With her long hair, I am consistently checking her butt to make sure nothing is caught there --- the boon of my life - to be a dog butt checker!... (smile)...

Jayda update... Xrays are in...

There's good news and there is bad news in regard to Jayda's leg... The good news first... The leg is savable... The thigh bone is broken midway down - the top half has slipped forward and the bottom half connected to the knee bone has folded towards her back end... Unless the bone is brought back together again at the break, reinforced with a plate and pinned, Jayda will eventually lose all use of the leg and it will need to be amputated...

The surgeon's opinion is that there was an automobile collision and then very shortly thereafter she was dumped at the shelter - either by a 'Good Samaritan' type that saw the accident or by the owner who didn't want to deal with the injury (or couldn't)... She sat in the shelter with a broken leg, and then two days later delivered her pups...

Well, that's the good news... The bad news is that the longer we wait to get it fixed, the lower her chances get that Jayda will regain any use of her leg... And the cost? Between $2,800 and $3,200... We've collected $170 in donations so far to save this leg... (sigh)...

I put up a page with Jayda's Xray and diagnosis on the website HERE and another with an update of the amount of donations given towards saving this leg HERE.

I'll tell you just how sweet this little girl is... Yesterday they didn't even have to give Jayda meds or sedate her to take the Xrays... The technicians were amazed, especially after seeing the Xrays, that they were able to stay still and lay there while they took the images! And it was a LONG way from our home to the surgeon's (about 50+ miles one way) - Jayda laid in the cushioney bed I placed aside of me on the seat... On the way back, she rested her head on my thigh and slept most of the way home...

Like I've said earlier, if this were a mean 'junkyard' dog that was snarling and nasty, I could understand how she was never treated for this broken leg... But NO ONE that has met Jayda can believe how sweet tempered she is, especially with all she's gone through so far...

Another day, another step.... Jayda

I'm a big believer in the 'power of the pack'... My dogs are the core of what I do in rescue - without them being well mannered and accepting of the fosters, I could not help the dogs I have pulled from the local shelters! The 'alpha' in my canine pack is a 13-year old female named 'Peanut' who rules the roost and lets everyone know right from wrong from the very start! :)

Today we did introductions between Jayda and the crew... I usually do this after a new foster has been with me for a bit - once I know they trust me and realize I won't let anyone hurt them, that's the beginning... They learn my tone, the smells of our home, etc. and I can't totally explain it effectively enough in writing, but I know it when I see it and sense it... I do introductions via an Xpen in the backyard and today I felt Jayda was ready...

After we did our walk together to check the tomato plants this morning, I picked her up and carried her over to the Xpen I'd already set up... Tail was up and wagging, Jayda could see my dogs and fosters through the Xpen, they could see her... Then I put Frito in the Xpen with Jayda... It went exceptionally well... I stood by with spritz bottle in hand just in case there was any unfriendliness...

These are the times that I am grateful for the gifts of rescue... Seeing dogs interacting with each other in friendly and welcoming manners... Every dog in this house is a 'reject' that came through the shelter system and from the youngest (4 months) to the oldest (15 years), they all get along - I don't allow aggression and barking (my two pet peeves)...

Jayda has spent at least half of today outside of the Xpen which provides the safety needed for her puppies... She's been hopping freely throughout the house, patio and backyard... Periodically, I put her back in with her puppies to nurse, but for the most part, she's no more than a foot or two away from me at any given time...

I added a few cushy doggie beds around so that when she tires, she can readily sit down and regenerate... Any time I look at her, the tail is wagging and although she's hopping, Jayda is a very happy camper today... At breakfast and dinner, she ate with everyone else and that's the sense of community I was looking for... She's put on a small bit of weight already, but she was so woefully thin, she's still got a ways to go...

Good things always come in three's... Early this morning, an orthopedic vet called me after receiving my fax yesterday and tomorrow Jayda is going in for x-rays to see what we're actually looking at in regards to her leg... At that point, we'll know if there are really no other options to save her right hind leg... Shortly after that, I introduced Jayda to the crew and that went so very, very well... I opened my mail this evening and about broke down in mistiness as someone I know sent a $100 donation for Jayda, having read about her on the website...

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we have good news tomorrow after the vet gets to review the X-rays... If nothing else, we'll know that we've exhausted all possibilities and did not turn a blind eye to the previous neglect and care she did not get... Let's think good thoughts for Jayda tonight in our prayers!

Puppy Photos - Jayda's litter

Their eyes are just starting to open up... There's one snow white (still), but it seems they change colors almost daily:



There's another one that started out snow white with just a grey patch over one eye, but as she grows, so does the black behind her ears... She's always the one who's at the other end of the bed, or crawling around (or on top of the other puppies):



This one seems to like sleeping on her back, for she does it frequently and has the beginnings of black growing on her face as well:



It seems like I can never get a shot of the tan colored pup - she's always right there and nursing no matter the time of day... :) And of course, the one with the patch over her eye is there as well!

Photo of Jayda in her new bed

I wanted to include a nice photo I took of Jayda and her pups relaxing on the air mattress thingy we found over the weekend.



And yes, that is a 'slide-under-the-bed' plastic box for storage... We weren't able to find a tall enough box that would allow Jayda to step over with comfort, but keep the babies from falling out accidentally... Then it had to be long enough for the mattress to spread out and I just don't think these things were made to fit inside regular dog beds...

But she sure looks comfortable in it, huh?

Update on Jayda...

Several times a day I carry Jayda out to the side of the backyard that is sectioned off and as I tend my tomato plants, she does a bit of running around, does her business, then follows me around like a shadow... If I happen to sit down in the grass, she'll quickly climb into my lap and just lay there quiet, content to sit and get pets and cuddles...

This morning the grass was still wet and as she waited for me, she walked up to the one dandelion in the grass, sniffed it and it exploded~!!! I'd seen it earlier and had intended to go get my forky thingie to remove it from the roots, but then I spotted more ripe tomatoes and got side tracked (common when you are older than dirt like me!)...

She looked at me with total disbelief when it occurred as in "WHAT HAPPENED??" and then became a little fearful as I laughed aloud at the expression on her face... When she saw I was not upset at her, she quickly hopped over and hid underneath my nightgown skirt, stuck her head out between the snaps and looked up at me!...

What a funny little goober she is!

Morning with Jayda...

When I got up this morning, Jayda (in her new digs) was standing there looking at me through the gate and wagging her tail... She's such a good pup and apparently housebroken, so going on a pitty pad is going to be a new learned behavior for her... Once I took care of the 'raptors' with their goats milk and morning breakfast, I closed the doggie door and picked up Jayda so she could explore the backyard alone... Well, almost alone as Mr. Sweetie and Kimberly were outside, but they wouldn't bother a flea...

Jayda took a few hops and then got 'down to business' as did my morning routine of 'picking up the presents'... Once she was done, she started following me around the yard and I felt bad seeing her hop like that... Her good back leg is weak, so while in my head I know she needs the exercise, in my heart it hurts to see her following me around like that... sigh... Oh well, I can do 'presents patrol' later on in the day...

Another rescue recommended an orthopedic vet they've been using and have been exceptionally pleased with, so today my job is to call and discuss this, see if he will take on another rescue case and go from there... We have three weeks to gather up the funds, do our research and get prepared to do whatever needs to be done...

Hopefully, things will stay as they are right now -- Hope, Joy, Peace and Love will make it, Jayda will continue to gain a bit of weight and improve without any additional stress on her injury and we'll continue to move forward on the goal of making this right for her...

What a sweetie Jayda has developed into... How she can be this sweet towards me with all that my kind has done to her is absolutely amazing!

Update on Jayda...

It's hard to not fall in love with a dog that wags their tail every time they see you, ya know? ... sigh...

This weekend I was fortunate to find a doggie air mattress for Jayda and we swapped it out... I could almost see the enjoyment in her as she laid down with her pups and sunk into the cushiness of it... It must feel much better, especially with that old injury of hers...

Several times a day, I pick up Jayda and take her out into the backyard to let her hop around and do her business... She's always exceptionally friendly with me and I have to admit - I've been spoiling her already with extra goodies, extra pets, and extra attention... I have a weakness for black Bandits anyway... There's something about that look that just melts me... I guess it's a throwback to the wolf look without the huge size and aggression of that branch of the canine species...

Now that Jayda is used to me, my smells, my tone of voice, etc. today we moved to a new and large Xpen... I opened up the visuals so she could see the other dogs and they can see her through the gate of the Xpen... She now knows I will not let anyone hurt her or her pups, but we are a multi-dog home here and everyone MUST get along, not be ugly with each other and co-exist in a friendly fashion...

We've decided we're going to try and save that leg if we can... The next step is to have Jayda see an orthopedic vet, get Xrays done and go from there... Maybe the only solution is an amputation, but before we sign off on such a dramatic surgery, we want to make sure we are doing the right thing for Jayda...

We need financial support and help to do this so we've created a "Jayda's Fund" page where people can donate... Even a few dollars will help and if you just gave up one Starbucks a week in Jayda's behalf, I know we together as a humane community can do this... Here's Jayda's page to read more on her story and see an updated photo I took of her today... How can you not melt into those eyes, or allow her to be hit by a car and not seek medical attention? I don't get it, but to add salt to the wound, not having her spayed and then allowing her to get pregnant was beyond inhumane IMHO.

P.S. I've decided to call her pups Faith, Hope, Peace and Love.

Jayda and her pups...

After you do dog rescue for awhile, you almost get a hardened perspective on the human race for we see all kinds of tragedies, neglect, inhumane treatment towards animals, etc... You almost get to the point where you believe you've seen the depth of inhumane treatment and then you get emotionally smacked into the face with yet another tragedy - such as Jayda and her back story...

Jayda was born on December 25, 2007 and she's probably a poorly-bred, long-haired black Bandit Chihuahua... Currently she weighs 9 pounds... While she's a bit over the AKC standard for the Chi, she's also nursing 4 puppies right now, which were born on June 28th inside one of our local shelters...

Doesn't sound so bad, huh?... Well, settle back and allow me to tell you just the absolute depths of inhumane treatment a dog can get from their owner...

According to our vet yesterday, Jayda has an old injury - probably was hit by a car - and where the top of her leg bone should be (where it should be connected to her pelvis at the hip joint), it is sticking up and out several inches higher...

Basically, if you took where the top of your leg folds as you sit down and put it up at your waist, you'd be in the shape Jayda currently is... Accordingly when Jayda walks, she is holding up her right leg as it is now much shorter than the left leg... She has limited use of it and can step down on it, but it is hanging (more or less)... And in her short life span of 18 months, it healed like this WITHOUT medical attention... Her owner never had the injury attended to at a vet's office and while it must have been excruciatingly painful when it occurred and she recuperated, the inhumanity didn't stop there...

Jayda was not spayed and she was allowed to become pregnant... And two days before she delivered her puppies???... Jayda was picked up by Animal Control as a stray (and with a microchip)... The owner never came to claim her from the shelter...

At this point, we have Jayda and her four pups (all female and all appear to be doing fine)... After seeking another medical opinion yesterday, we've confirmed that she is not in pain from the old injury and the wound on her side is slowing healing as well (not connected with the old injury, if you can imagine!!!)...



If you look at the picture above, her cream-colored puppy is resting her head on the top of Jayda's femur bone that protrudes and when comparing the length of her two legs, you can see how much shorter the right leg is from the left... We intend to seek another medical opinion to see if anything at all can be done, but options we were given so far is to do nothing about the leg or amputate it once Jayda has weaned her puppies... As we were told, "She's not had any use of it for quite some time so she wouldn't feel as if she's lost anything if we go the route of amputation"...

Jayda is an EXCELLENT mom already with her pups... And she's not aggressive or mean - if she were, we might be able to understand (??) why someone wouldn't take care of her like this... Maybe...

She's undergone many things since she's been with us... Trips to the vets... All that manipulation, poking and prodding to determine if she was in pain from the old injury... Repositioning her and her pups to accommodate her need to stretch out (we found a HUGE dog litter tray that has one side lower so she can readily step out, but the pups are still contained so they don't accidentally fall out)... A bath which required her to be held up gently by one person as the other person gave her the bath... Moving and touching her pups... You name it, we've had to do it and NOT ONCE has Jayda growled, snapped or showed any sign of aggression despite having a very young litter of puppies...

She's been put on a highly nutritional diet for her sake as well as her puppies' sakes... Jayda now is clean, well fed and comfortable (or as comfortable as you can be in a situation like this feeding a litter of puppies)... She greets us with a wagging tail and is already getting spoiled with extra home cooking and treats, extra protein and goats milk as well... We just say her name and she looks up with a sweetness that breaks your heart as that tail wags for you... sigh...

The puppies' eyes are still closed and as you watch Jayda lovingly attend to them, you cannot help but become angry at her previous owner... Fearful at venting unbridled angry emotions at the human race, we'll leave it at that! However, this will be a long-term care endeavor and rehabilitation, so stay tuned to her blog for more details and photos as she recuperates and her puppies grow.

If you would like to donate towards Jayda's medical costs, please visit our website HERE... Even a few dollars will help procure a specialist to address Jayda's health conditions...