11 Lives Saved, Plus Unborn Puppies this weekend - 1-29-11

Hi everyone, very busy weekend in rescue but we had exceptionally excellent results. Rhonda in NC sent out an urgent message about a little pregnant female that was supposed to die Tuesday in a GASSING shelter and Sandra who sends us all endless pleas all day -- every day, for desperate animals across the country included me in the plea -- b/c of that Diamond & her pups-to-be are on their way to DE!

 

Thanks to Rhonda's contacts for the very first time in my 12 years of experience she is being flown by Kay Cross into ---OMG -- directly the New Castle Airport Thursday weather permitting - which is literally 5 minutes from my home!! Never had anything like that happen before!

 

Then another miracle, I contacted Cathy from Square Dog Ranch & she agreed to provide a foster home for her to give birth and care for her new kids. Cathy owns a wonderful boarding facility that we have used often. Diamond will have peace and quiet and a large area to raise her kids. When they're 6 weeks old my friend Dianne Hess from DE Puppy Rescue has agreed to take the babies and Diamond will then come to be fostered by LNF.

 

Then we got another e-mail about the Golden/Lab family shown here. Mom & Dad and (8) - 5 week old pups who were owner surrendered into a killshelter in NC. Owner surrendered are almost always euth'd no matter what -- due to lack of space -- people jumped in and scrambled and NOW they're also on their way to DE.

 

Not confirmed yet, have to wait until Monday, but hoping they will all go to another No Kill Shelter. If they do not have room <sigh> then Dianne is going to take the Mom & pups and we'll be taking the male. Not my first choice but we had to commit to this to save their lives. Thankfully, this weekend they're all being transported together by one person so the pups will not have to get possibly sick from being transported with lots of animals -- 

 

This all came together due to a whole group of people who have never met --all working behind the scenes day in day out -- Sadly there are not enough of these Happy Tails within our world -- but this is truly what I call "A GREAT DAY IN RESCUE!"   So -- how was your weekend?? Marleen

"We want to thank Lost and Found Dog Rescue for their generosity! "

From Sweet Bark Pit Bull Rescue

" We want to thank Lost and Found Dog Rescue for their generosity!

We want to express our gratitude to Lost and Found Dog Rescue (http://www.lnfdogs.org/ ) for their support and generosity in sponsoring Pogo's veterinary care/neuter through the "De-Sex in the City" low cost spay/neuter program.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Pogo, he's the Berwick Pit Bull that was outside in the freezing cold a few weeks ago. We were able to get him out of the cold and thanks to Lost and Found Dog rescue fully vetted. He's such a sweet boy! Loves everyone and gets along great with other dogs! He needs to work on basic manners, but he's an amazing dog especially considering he spent the beginning of his life tied to a truck. The poor guy was so confused the first time he was inside a house, but quickly got used to warm and comfy indoor living! 

We're happy to report that he's been adopted and is such a happy boy who now has a fursister, LuLu, and we hear he snores a lot!

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Our beautiful Senior Angel - rescued from a hoarder, 17 dogs, 42 cats!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cuD7jdgWCg&hd=1 

Prognosis from Dr Brad Gray, Brandywine Vet Hospital, Chadds Ford PA - Angel - Both knees have advanced DJD with patellar involvement. The hips are of good quality. Both carpi are severely arthritic. There is severe carpus valgus as well. 

Angel's orthopedic examination and radiographs reveal multiple issues. Her front limbs each have carpus valgus which is an abnormal positioning of her distal forelimbs. This is an aged problem that could have been from lack of exercise, poor nutrition, trauma and/or genetic predisposition. There is severe arthritis in her carpi. This could be surgically repaired through carpal fusion. This would permanently place her "wrists" in a proper walking position but they would not bend.

Her hind limbs are showing evidence of bilateral ACL tears with patellar arthritis. Due to the chronicity of these injuries and the amount of degenerative changes, surgery would not benefit Angel.

She has multiple injuries that are aged in nature. surgeries can be performed but I would like to manage her medically with Adequan, Dasuquin & J/D food. Another option that could be taken advantage of would be Stem Cell Therapy. This has been effective in managing some patients pain but is rather pricey, approximately $3000

Conall - The True Founder of LNF Dog Rescue's "De-Sex in the City"

This is our Conall, rescued 4 years ago from South Carolina.  When I saw this picture for the first time, I gasped & sat back in my chair and said to myself  "We've GOT to do more to keep them from being born to end up like this!"  LNF Dog Rescue Adoption Center's "De-Sex in the City" was born at that moment! To date we have provided over 200 Low cost/No cost spay/neuters for dogs & cats for animals.

I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter, the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry. "God," I said, "this is terrible! Why don't you do something?" God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly. "I have done something, He replied. I created you." - The Animals' Savior Copyright-Jim Willis 1999 -