It started last night with this picture posted on the Facebook page of Backstreet Brutality Relief and Rescue, a new Houston group who goes into the front lines where dogs are dumped daily.  
 
The heading read:  ”Small dog hit by car! Witnesses say he went under the wheel and at first couldn’t walk. Now he’s walking. (Yay!) He’s VERY sweet, but also very stinky and covered in fleas. Possibly an escaped pet. SPCA will take him as an injured animal but they are FULL, which means bad news if he isn’t claimed. Is there a rescue out there who can take him and do a stray hold? Did I mention he’s very sweet – and young? Probably 1 yr old, no more than 2. ”

Hmmmmmm.  What to do.   We are OVER FULL.  It took us six days to find a foster home for the last little dog that was on death row at the county pound.  GULP.  And we’ve had such ENORMOUS vet bills lately (Joy, Daisy May, Pluto, Flounder, etc.) so how could we take in another dog?

Ok, how could we NOT take a hit-by-car.

So, our amazing intake coordinator got on the phone and got someone to pick him up and run him immediately out to see our vet.  Then she spent the rest of the day finding a foster home for him to rest in.

Dr. Moore took a look at him – he has a big bruise over one eye and there is a blood bruise in that eye.  There is grease or oil in spots on his coat, but amazingly, nothing else seems to be wrong.  Of course, we’ll have to watch him for a few days for swelling and pulmonary issues, but it’s looking good for little Sleepy.

In the meatime, Harriet was also working on finding a place for a way-past-euth-day dog at our local county pound.  She spent the day going back and forth with a bunch of people – one to pick up the dog and drive him to a meeting point, one foster offered to switch out fosters and she would take the new boy who needs a three week isolation period.  Finally, the pieces came together and this little boy will be picked up in the morning.  

Whew!  And she did this while working a full time job!!  GO harriet.

These are the kinds of things that we deal with day in and day out.   So please bear with us when we are slow on some of our more mundane tasks!

Thanks for all you do!!

Teresa 

Pettalk Magazine (you’ve seen Dougie in it a lot) is having a "best of" contest.  PLEASE help us win as best rescue/foster group in Houston.  Help DOUGIE win as best ambassador!

Here is the link:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YJRY5S

The "nominated" businesses are those that advertise in PetTalk.  But, you can write in a recommendation in any category.  So, help us out.  And, help out the other businesses that HELP US.  Here are the recommended votes:

Doggie Daycare – Deogi

Vet Cinic – Foster Creek

Best Veterinarian – Dr. Michael Moore or Dr. Chris Jones

Best Speciality Hospital – GCVS

Best Dog Trainer – Deogi

Dog Grooming – Deogi

Best Rehab – GCVS

Most Friendly Staff – Deogi

Best Pet Artist – April Murphy

Best Pet Photographer – hmmmmm – ha – the one and only Robyn Arouty

Best Pet Crematory – Paws Memorial

Best Pet Friendly Business – Hollywood Frame Gallery

Best Low Cost Spay and Neuter – SNAP

Best Boarding Facility – Deogi

Best Pet Ambassador – DOUGIE

Best Rescue/Foster Group – Lone Star Shih Tzu & Lhasa Apso Rescue – please type it all in. There are many “Lone Star” rescues.

I THINK you can vote each day.  Please try. 

thank you!

Little Miss Sugar Plum came to us at the end of the year from the county pound.  She is a charming little girl, but had been repeatedly bred and consequently, mammary tumors had developed up and down her entire mammary chain.

We had the first surgery done about a month ago.  Dr. Moore removed the entire right side of her mammaries.  Pretty massive surgery. 

Last week, we removed the other side.  She has a cute little tummy now – got a great little tummy tuck!

But, the surgery cost was pretty high.   The total for the entire surgery was $1795.  She is healing well and will soon be available for adoption.

So far, we’ve raised $485 of the $1,795.   If this is one little girl that moves your heart, please consider donation to her care.  I know we are always asking, but without you, we can’t even attempt to save 250 dogs each year! 

She has a PAYPAL set up HERE. 

Of course, Sugar Plum takes checks too.  They can be mailed to

LSSTLAR
PO Box  218075
Houston, TX  77218-8075

Thanks for all you do for these little dogs! 

Daisy May is HOME!  Yes, she was released from the hospital and is now recuperating in a foster home.  And doing quite well. 

We have had many, many donations for this little girl, but still need quite a bit more.  If you are moved but this gorgeous miss left by her owners at a shelter, who then got sick, please consider donating for her very large ($3700) bills.

We set up a PAYPAL for little Daisy May – CLICK HERE. 

Daisy is holding her own in the hospital right now.  She is eating and slowly recovering.  I believe we will be able to bring her home tomorrow.

We had to hospitalize her because her breathing was irregular and labored.  As you know, it’s costly to hospitalize a dog.  We’ve not only incurred the cost of hospitalization, we’ve run a lot of tests to figure out what, other than pneumonia, is causing her to be sick.  Please help this little girl.

We set up a PAYPAL for little Daisy May – CLICK HERE. 

Wow, we just cannot catch a break.  Dog after dog after dog with life threatening illnesses.

Little Daisy May was rescued from a county shelter just a few short weeks ago.  She is extremely heavy so we put her on a diet.  She quickly started losing weight and we were elated.  Then, she stopped eating and was hospitalized at our vet for a week.  He found out she has an extremely abnormal thyroid condition and started her on thyroid tablets.  She just got weaker and weaker and more lethargic.

So off she went to Gulf Coast to the miracle workers.  We did an ultrasound and ran a few more tests to determine what was wrong and found that she has a very large liver (don’t yet know the reason) and some abnormalities in the live, but nothing malignant. 

Today, she was also diagnosed with pneumonia and will be staying at GCVS in critical care to pump her full of iv antibiotics and get her over this.

Please help us with Daisy May.  With Plymouth, Bronte and Joy Harris, our credit cards are maxed out.  We desperately need some relief so we can let Daisy May get the treatment she needs.

We’ve set up a paypal for Daisy.  Please donate for her.  She is such a sweet heart and we want to be able to leave her under the expert care of GCVS until she is cured.

We set up a PAYPAL for little Daisy May – CLICK HERE.  Please consider donating for her care.

Yes, indeed.  At approximately 11 pm last night, Judi heard a commotion in her back yard – and scratching on her back door.  Guess who it was?  JACKS!!! 

No reward claimed!

Lucky Jacks, thankful Judi. 

Thanks to all who worried about little Jacks – thanks to all who shared this story over and over and over.  It didn’t take a village this time – it took an entire STATE and even NATION!

Teresa

Yesterday afternoon, gorgeous little Jacks, one of the Mandettes, born at LSSTLAR after his mom was taken from a breeder in Waller County, went missing from his yard.  His dad was home and he was playing in and out of the house with his siblings.  When the neighbor’s tree guys left, Jacks was nowhere to be found!

Jacks is an 8 month old cute, 16 pound lhasa boy, mostly black with a white chest and paws.  He is neutered and microchipped.  He is shy and, as with most lhasas, wary of strangers.

His mom, Judi, is currently undergoing chemo treatment for an aggressive lymphoma.  She is, simply put, devastated.  Little Jacks, with his puppy antics, is what is keeping her going every day.  She NEEDS him back.

She is sitting, right now, in the hospital in San Antonio receiving treatment.  She was distraught last night and couldn’t sleep.  Her system is already being pounded by the chemo drugs, this loss on top is not good for her recovery!

We are offering a $1500 reward, no questions asked, for his safe return!  He may have simply escaped, as puppies do, and is running around in the Castle Hills Forest area of San Antonio.  OR, he may have been stolen and may be on the market anywhere – San Antonio, Austin, Houston – anywhere. 

If you purchased this dog, we don’t care who you got it from.  We just want him back.  Bring him back and $1500 is yours!

Call 210-677-2357 with information.  Or email teresa@shihtzu-rescue.com. 

Or, go to our LSSTLAR facebook page:  www.facebook.com/lsstlar for information or to post suggestions or questions!

We just want him back.

We received an urgent plea from a shelter south of Houston to take in these two adorable dogs.  We are so strapped for fund right now, because of all of our huge vet bills, we need to have these pupsters’ intake sponsorships BEFORE we can accept them in the program.

Two adorable little boys.  Don’t know much more about them. 

This little pitiful thing.  A little male shih tzu, we think.

This little matted mess was found soaking wet during the storms last week.

Intake for these four is $1580.  As of 7 am, Wednesday 2/22/2012, we have raised $365 for them.  If you can help us take them in this week, please CLICK HERE for paypal or to send a check, the mailing address is

LSSTLAR
PO Box  218075
Houston, TX  77218-8075

Please be sure to send me an email if you are sending a check so I can count it.

Thanks

Since we are having so much trouble with chipin, I’ve set up a special paypal just for what we need for Keen, Mistletoe, Melody, Sugarplum – our pupsters needing surgeries and heartworm treatment this week.

Beautiful Mistletoe is a cute little pup that was being neglected by her owner until a kind neighbor convinced the owner to surrender her.  She is an extremely adorable, sweet and charming little shih tzu girl with an amazing smile.  She also has demodex, so we moved her to the front of the line for heartworm treatment.  The most effective treatment for demodex cannot be done on a dog with heartworms.  Her total need is $745 and we’ve already raised $160 for her.

Keen Barker is a gorgeous little boy who had a death sentence at the shelter because of his heartworms.  We brought him in and he is now ready to get those worms G.O.N.E.  His total for basic vetting and heartworm treatment is $745 and we’ve only raised $85 for him.

Remember little Melody Barker – extremely pregnant little girl that started popping out puppies within two hours of us rescuing her from the shelter.  She needs surgery and heartworm treatment.  Her total is $2375, which includes all of the "maternity" costs, her surgery and her heartworm treatment.  So far, we’ve raised $460 for her.

Sugar Plum Harris – how gorgeous is this sweetie?  She was rescued from the county shelter and we found out that she had a heart murmur and mammary tumors running up her entire belly.  We took out one side of her mammary chain a few weeks ago and now it’s time for the surgery to remove the other side.  She needs funding for basic vetting, the cardiac workup we needed to do before she underwent such extensive surgery, and two intense surgeries.  Her total need was $1795 and we’ve already raised $485. 

All of these added together totals $5565 and we’ve raised $1190 toward that.  As of 7 AM, 2/22/2012, we’ve raised another $765 for their treatment!!  Please continue to help!!

We need to help these pupsters THIS WEEK. Please, please help us help them.

The paypal to donate for them is HERE. 

Of course, you can send a check to:

LSSTLAR
PO Box  218075
Houston, TX  77218-8075

be sure to let me know you are sending the check so I can count it.

Thank you for allowing us to help these pups.

Whew, busy week.  Several pups desperate for help got lucky this week.

Donations are badly needed for them!

The PAYPAL link for this adorable little lhasa/poodle boy is HERE.