Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!! I hit the doggie lottery! I have a new “Furever Home” with Mary Boenker and we are going to live in Fredericksburg. I already love my new Mom because she said she loved me at first sight! Mom changed my name to Kirby and I am getting used to that and I like it. My Mom’s daughter also thinks that I am very special. I hope she visits us often, but if she does that means I will have to get off my Mom’s lap!!!
I am one lucky little girl. I have a new Mom! Her name is Linda Diaz and already I love her. We are going to have a great time together.
My name is America and I have a new home!!! I was on the transport with Bob from Texas to go to my new foster home in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. My foster mom is Mary Holtsclaw and this is a picture of us that Bob took when we first met. Well, let me tell you what happened. My great little “pup-onality” won over my foster Mom and now she is my FOREVER Mom. Is that not just the best thing that could ever happen to a girl????? Absolutely. I love my new Mom and my new home.
We’ve been travelin’, travelin’, travelin’ from Texas to the East Coast with Bob. He kept telling us that we would be REALLY happy when we arrived where we were going. And we definitely are!!
Here’s a picture of Pauline Turner. I’m in my new forever Mom’s arms. Her name Nicole Mustaccio. She changed my name to Babe and I LIKE IT!!!!
And here’s a picture of Mia Bella. My forever Mom and Dad are Kym and Robb Thistlethwaite. We’re going to live in Virginia!!!!
Thanks to Lone Star and of course Bob for making this special day happen for us!!!!
I’m Arthur
And I’m Franklin
WOWEEE-KAZOWEEE!!! Both of us have found our forever home together!!! And, we’re going to Vermont! Our new Mom is Julia Edwards and we just can’t believe it is all true. Our new home is on 41 acres. That’s a lot to explore. We are leaving Texas in just a few days. We’re going to miss our foster parents as we’ve been with them for a long time. And we both know that they are going to miss us. But, we all know that this is absolutely the very best thing that could happen. That’s what every Lone Star fluff wishes for – his or her very own FURever home.
I am soooooo lucky! I have a new home with Kathleen and Marc Warren. We are definitely a happy family!!!
UPDATE: 5/2/2012
FINALLY, Repo and Sugar Plum are HOME! Repo spent 11 days in ICU and is still sick, but on the mend. He is no longer oxygen-dependent. And his seizures seem to be under control. Fingers crossed, folks.
Now, his total bill was…….are you sitting down…….$11,100. HUGE bill. But oh so worth it with him. There was one point last week that we almost called it. But, thankfully, we decided to give it one more day and with a change in antibiotics, Repo rebounded.
As of 5/2/2012, we’ve raised $5110 for Mr. Repo. We have another $5990 to go. We can do this people. We have to keep working toward raising funds for him so that the NEXT time we have a critical patient, we can save his/her life too.
Perhaps you each could do a little fundraiser at your workplace or neighborhood. It’s amazing how many friends might kick in $10 when shown the need.
Somehow, we can get there. We’ve always had faith and we’ve always been able to come through for the dogs.
HERE IS REPO’S PAYPAL. If it doesn’t work in the email, try going to the blog page: www.shihtzu-rescue.org. If THAT doesn’t work, try logging into your own paypal account and "send money" to donations@shihtzu-rescue.com.
If you want to make a donation straight to GCVS, the number is 713-693-1144. The account is "Teresa Osborn" and, of course, the dog is "Repo."
If you want to send Repo a check,
Repo
c/o LSSTLAR
PO Box 218075
Houston, TX 77218-8075
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UPDATE 5/1/2012
SUGAR PLUM
I have some good news, and I have some bad news. First the good news. Both Sugar Plum and Repo are coming home tomorrow.
Sugar Plum came into our rescue a few months ago with a horrible stomach full of mammary tumors. She also had a grade III/VI heart murmur. We did a cardiac workup and found that her heart could withstand the surgery.
We did the surgery in two stages. First the right side came off. She had a ton of tumors and the scar was 14" long from her underarm to her vulva.
After that healed for several weeks, we removed the other side.
She had a tight little tummy after that surgery.
She was doing very well, had totally healed, was in good spirits and starting to live life.
On Friday, I came home at lunch time and found her going into respiratory distress. Of course, I rushed her to the cardiologist at GCVS who admitted her into the hospital. She was put immediately into oxygen and started on meds.
They found that she had an acute tear in one of the "cords" that keep the mitral valve under control and the blood was not pushing through her heart correctly.
She got better slowly and finally today, she was well enough to wean off the injectable meds. So now, I get to bring her home tomorrow.
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Mr Repo – this is now our gold-plated dog. Mr. Repo not only has had two-three orthopedic surgeries, he has just spent 11 days in ICU. He struggled with the pneumonia for many days, with the doctors changing the meds and treating him with oxygen. Finally, late last week, he started to improve and has now made significant improvement. He also recently started having seizures, so the vets had to get those meds stabilized also. Finally this afternoon, I got the call that he would likely be released tomorrow!
Do you remember what Repo looked like when we took him in?
This is his "jail" picture – the day he came into the shelter. What a mess. Many people thought we should have just put him down then. What do you think?
NOW THE BAD NEWS…..
We have had so many ICU emergencies this year, it’s ridiculous. Seven just in the first quarter and now THREE MORE in the past week. I know I ask for it – taking in all of these pitiful dogs – hey, but we all love the feeling of making them better don’t we?
Right now, Sugar Plum’s bill is estimated to be $2700 AFTER our huge discount and Repo, well, can you imagine how expensive it is to spend 11 days in ICU – well, his bill is estimated to be $10,700. Honestly, at one point last week, we almost threw in the towel for him. He just wasn’t getting any better and I started having an anxiety attack about all of the money we were spending. It took several discussions with the vets and a long talk with Repo before I decided to keep going just one more day. Thank goodness, that was the day he finally started to improve. I am just so thankful we didn’t decide to put him to sleep at that point. I was just sure you all would want us to save him. Was he worth it? Every cent. We’ve already raised $1275 for Ms Sugar Plum and $3,650 for Repo so obviously, we need a lot more to be even.
So, the bad news is that when I pick them up tomorrow, guess what? Yep, we have to pay the bill.
We really need to get these kids over the hump soon. I know we can do it.
and HERE IS SUGAR PLUM’S PAYPAL.
If these links do not work, and they often do not, thank you paypal, try going directly to the blog entry by CLICKING HERE.
Or, simply log into your paypal account and send money to donations@shihtzu-rescue.com.
Our mailing address is:
LSSTLAR
PO Box 218075
Houston, TX 77218-8075
Thank you for allowing and helping us save these two deserving dogs.
I have a new home and I am so very excited. My new Mom and Dad are Carole and Don Busick. And, I have a new fur sister named Amy. She was a Lone Star dog too, so we will have lots to “yap” about. I am a very happy little dog right now!!!
Several weeks ago, a puppymill with 78 dogs was busted in Waco Texas. Horrible conditions, of course, pitiful looking dogs. We spoke with the humane society and told them we would support them in whatever way they needed.
We kept hearing stories that the dogs would be returned to the owners so basically didn’t make a big deal out of it.
Two days ago, the court awarded the dogs to the Humane Society, but the owners said they would appeal, so again, we didn’t make a big deal out of it.
Tonight, we got the call. The owners decided not to appeal so the dogs are now owned by the Humane Society.
Tomorrow, I am driving up to Waco with another volunteer to pick up six shih tzu and likely two lhasas.
We NEED HELP! IMMEDIATE HELP.
We got ten
I have a new home! My foster Mom Savannah found me a super forever home with Julie Hendrix. Julie has adopted from Lone Star before and I am going to have a sister, Olivia, to play with. I am Julie’s third Lone Star adoption. Pretty cool!!! My foster Mom forgot to take a picture of me when she took me to my new home. I think my new Mom might be able to get one or two of me. Maybe at the dog park………..
