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This is a note from there mother to me Aunt Marina:



Hi Marina!
 
Just came from the vet appointment for Milo and Otis. Otis weighs 26lbs and Milo is 25lbs!!!
The vet said that he is very impressed with their progress, growth and temperament. They were very good boys.
Afterwords, I took them to a friend's house for a puppy play date to play with their new Husky/Sheppard cross. They had a ball.
The boys are getting used to our little road trips. I took them with me to deliver a horse to Ontario. They were wonderful company and lay in the back seat or on my lap like a couple of lions!
 
Hope all is good with you.
Lisa

They love to play with the goats!

This was sent to me by Nikki Lyster and her rescue group please read Thanks Marina


The two pit bulls that were taken in the Jones County Cruelty case desperately need a home.  We thought that we had a home lined up for them and it fell through.  GiGi is a the female and Bull is the male.  I was called to go to the home and see if I could help these two dogs in early Feb.  The two dogs were on runners in an L shape.  GiGi had a barrel for shelter, but it was held in place by two cement blocks that she could not reach.   Bull had nothing to provide him with shelter.  The neighbor, the lady that called me, told me that the two dogs would get tangled up all of the time and no one would come untangle or feed them for 3-4 days at a time.  She also told me that they laid outside with no shelter through the heat, rain, and snow.  Bull was very skinny and GiGi was not quite as bad.  The water that they had to drink was in an old cooler and the water was green and slimy.  The dogs were very friendly.  I walked over and untangled them and even looked at their teeth.  You could count every rib in Bull's body, along with every other bone he had.  Even his eye bones were sticking out.  GiGi had blood on her side because of dermatitis.  She had started eating her tail off.  I called the police, who came out and had the dogs taken away.  They were taken to animal control and a week later they were finally taken to the vet.   By this time, they had each gained about 6 lbs.  The vet gave Bull a body scale of 1.5 and GiGi a body scale of 2.5.  The body scale of a healthy dog is 4-5.  These dogs were in animal control for a total of 25 days before being released to me.  I had 3 days to find them a home or they would be put to sleep in the shelter.  I found someone willing to take them in, but because of transport issues, the rescue fell through.  These dogs have been spayed and neutered, have had all of their shots, and are both heart worm negative.  They showed no food aggression to each other and seem to be good with other dogs.  Please help me find someone that could take them.  I am so full that I have no pens open.  They do not have to go together, but it would be preferred. 
 
Please pass this along..  The dogs are at Gordon Animal Clinic in Gordon, Ga. They have been their for about 2 weeks now.  They need a home.  Please help me find someone to show them how life is supposed to be.  If you can not take them but would like to help out, donations can be made at Gordon Animal Clinic for the boarding fees.  It is getting costly.  The number is 478-628-5376.  GiGi and Bull are on the GARD account.
Thank you everyone for your help and concern with these two dogs.Thanks,
Nikki Lyster 478-932-5889 OR 478-538-8086
Haddock, Ga
Pictures available if needed. 

This is posted on petfinder i hope he finds a awesome home!


ID: 56466
Chipper

posted — 04-03-2009

Bernese Mountain Dog

Adult, Male

Chipper (Chipper Mountain King) is a 3 yr old Berner. He is in good health, has all his shots and is ideal weight @ 120lbs. He loves car rides and 30 minute walks in the park. He won the title of 'King' of the first annual Wayland Dog Parade. He is an indoor dog, but has free roam in his fenced in yard. I need to find a home for him as I am relocating and cannot bring him along. If you would like to meet him, contact me and we can walk him in the park. I am asking $25 (yes 25) so I can find him a loving home.

Owner:

Wayland, NY
585-669-9928

Thinking of you both, don't give up yet! Keep us posted on any new news.

DITTO

PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST!


Please consider this an urgent and immediate plea for a number of highly adoptable dogs at Lafayette Animal Control Center (a.k.a. Roicy Duhon Animal Control) in Lafayette, Louisiana.


For the next three weeks (until Monday, April 27), the shelter will not be offering any dogs for adoption to private individuals. Adoptions to the public will be temporarily halted for reasons explained below, but right now, there are over 30 dogs that are available to be pulled by legitimate rescue groups during this time.


As an animal control facility, LACC accepts every animal that is it asked to take in, regardless of health or circumstance. In recent months, the shelter has seen an increase in the number of unhealthy dogs, both in the general community, and coming in to the shelter. During this time, the staff has continued to follow (and has improved) protocols and procedures to control the spread of illness and disease among the dogs. They are now taking this opportunity (the next three weeks) to further improve the dogs' physical environment and health by implementing a number of new initiatives. These will include a new vaccination protocol; new intake, quarantine and housing policies;  and an intensive and thorough shelter disinfection. In addition, they are finalizing a community volunteer program which will include hands-on volunteer activity at the shelter and post-adoption follow-up and support.


Right now, there are over 30 dogs we are trying to place with rescue - to give the shelter the space and time it needs to complete the improvements. There may be more in the coming weeks, but right now these are the dogs we're working on - and they're urgent. They have all been vaccinated with DAPP and Bordatella (some twice) and de-wormed. They have been observed to monitor their health and each appears healthy.


The Shelter Director has asked us to help move these dogs out to rescue, rather than euthanizing them for space during this time, but LACC is a VERY high-intake shelter so it is URGENT that we get these dogs out quickly.


You can see photos of the dogs here : www.gallery. me.com/cathydam/ 100032


As we get more information on each of the dogs, we will include it with their photos. Right now, the dogs available include purebred Boxers, a Pekingese, Rat Terriers (including a RT/Dachshund? mix with her four 7-week-old babies), Lab puppies, Chihuahuas, more Dachshund mixes, little shaggy Terriers, Min Pins, a Border Collie, and many many more.....


Please check out their photos and if you can help, please let us know ASAP! If you need more information on any of the dogs, email us right away. We'll do everything we can to help get these dogs to rescue.


Cat adoptions will continue as normal during this period.


Contact us at roicyvolunteer s@ gmail.com

 

I would like 2 please!

Lance is the pom I rescued never been groomed or given any attention to. He is quite the little love and very smart I had taken him to Bryce's school and they groomed him thank you Oh My Dog!

After that he looked like a whole different dog! He had so much fur you couldn't see his    not sure how he went? Everyone kept on saying you should keep him I really would have liked to and he bonded to me quickly but my 3 wouldn't have really been that thrilled with it and I had to remind myself of that. The cats liked him and under all that fur he only weighed 11 pounds! One of my vet techs gave him a loving home and I couldn't be happier!

This email was sent to me from the adoptive mother of my 2puppies Mastiff/Boxer mix. My heart goes out to her Marina



This email is very hard for me. Mainly due to the fact that I cannot do it justice, or fully express my feelings.
For those of us who dearly love our animals and all the creations we are blessed with...we know the joy they bring to our lives. They give so much more than they take. They enrich and teach us to many lessons, if we just take the time to notice.
For me, my Tanner was such a treasure.
He was born in Ontario, Canada and came from champion lines on both his parents' sides. His pedigree is certainly impressive to say the least! Yet, he was sold into the wrong hands for the first three years of his life.
Confined to be abused in so many ways, and then confined to live in total darkness in a barn. No attention, no light, no companionship. ..and left to sleep and spend his days locked in a stall buried in his own urine and feces...for 3yrs!
When I found Tanner, he could not walk due to his muscles atrophying, could barely see from being in the d! ark for so long, his coat was saturated with what he was forced to lay in, his tail was dislocated, ears ulcerated....h e was a the sorriest animal I had ever laid eyes on. Yet, There was a kindness to him...a genuine willingness to forgive if just given a chance.
I loaded Tanner in my car, with all the windows rolled down! I had no idea how or if he'd recover, but I wanted to try and help him somehow.
After 9 hours of grooming, my family was able to finally approach him. His next stop was the vet.
In such bad shape for so long, and still unable to walk...not to mention the whole host of other ailments...the vets examining him strongly suggested that I just put him to sleep since they did NOT expect him to survive a month!
One look in those big, brown seal-like eyes...I knew that wasn't an option. Tanner was never given a chance. I wanted to give that to him. Whether it be a month, a year or many years. That was August of 2000. Nine years ago!!!
At! first it was loading him onto the 4-wheeler, 3-4 times a day ! to take him to the pond for his " water therapy". He LOVED to feel the freedom of swimming and moving his own weight around without help. Then, when he could finally walk on his own, he'd patrol the perimeter of our house and barn (which the path is still worn from him doing so over the years). Although Tanner was in need of a double hip replacement, but not a candidate for one, he stil managed to do very well with good nutrition, acupuncture treatments, supplements, comfy beds and LOADS of love.
I hope Tanner was happy here with us. If he wasn't, he certainly hid it well...
I've had many dogs and other animals throughout my life, but none like my Tanner. Everyone loved and respected him. The other animals treated him like he was the Grand Daddy of the property. Utmost respect and looked to him for approval and protection. He and I had a bond that is very hard to put into words. My only regret is that I didn't find him sooner and that he had to s! uffer those first years of his life! But, true to his nature...Tanne r did not hold a grudge and ...like most rescued dogs...was always grateful and ever present.
Although I knew this day would come, but hoped it wouldn't...I had to make the decision to put Tanner to sleep yesterday.
Someone had driven over him at my barn while I was away for the day, and left him. When we all came home that evening, we found him lying in the barnyard in shock. At first , I had thought he must have had a stroke, but soon realized otherwise. My vet came here to see him. She took some x-rays and found he had badly fractured his left hind leg. He would've needed surgery and pins. Both of which would not be an option for such an old dog with his history. I couldn't let him suffer any longer.
So, my son Paul made Tanner a Bacon sandwich (his favorite) and we laid on his bed with him until he quietly fell asleep in our arms. The last words he heard were how much we loved h! im and what a wonderful friend he has been to us all.
The! kids pi cked a place to bury him, outside my bedroom window, where he would diligently sit on so many nights...as if to protect me.
As most of you know and have experienced at some point in your lives.....Thes e wonderful animals are such treasures. Unreplaceable. One-of-a-kind. Forever missed, but always cherished.
These photos of Tanner are over the past nine months. He was a Platnim Golden Retriever and weighed nearly 140lbs. He was my "Blonde Grizzly Bear."
I cannot even begin to tell you how much I will miss him...my family will miss him. But, like Tanner...we are very grateful for what we had with him.


- Lisa