Fritz's Vet Will Do His Surgery Tomorrow

I spoke with the Vet doing Fritz's surgery tomorrow and I feel confidate they will do a great job. I mistakenly thought his leg had been broke as a puppy but they say there is no break. It appears he had a serve trauma to that leg that caused it to change the growth plate. The leg is shorter and of course severely bowed. They will attach a Fixator to that leg which will over time, lenthen the bone and straighten the bow in the bone.
Fritz will be at the U. Of MO for two weeks and every day they will tighen the screws till they have the bone staight then he will come home and wear that "Fixator " for two more months at least. They do say they expect him to walk normal after this is all over. It will be worth it for Fritz is he can. I just hope it is not too painful for him. The Vet says he will be on pain medication but that the dogs tolerate this procedure very well.

Keep all fingers and toes crossed for Fritz. Here is his picture again. I know you are probably tired of seening him by now.

Quote For The Day

"Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window."


Steve Bluestone

We Were Offered a New Challenge

One of the people voting for us in the Shelter Challenge  named Helen was sad we didn't place in the top 3 positions for the "big" money. She decided to help us so she offered us a challenge of her own.She said if my voters could raise $1000 for SEMO Rescue she would match it !!! Now that is exciting.

We did it. We raised the $1000 in two days and she is true to her word. THANK YOU HELEN FOR CARING ABOUT US AND THE DOGS. We are grateful and blessed to have you as a supporter.

The ChipIn is still going, we will never turn down money that is so needed for these dogs but we did make our goal. Thank you everyone for donating and donating so fast, all of you are amazing.

Here are pictures of some new arrivals, I will write more about them later. They have a special story to tell. This Gizmo and Bella 4.

Special Thanks to Pilots n Paws Pilot Don and Wife Marilyn

We had 4 dogs fly out yesterday to Chicago IL and WI. The pilot, Don, took two of the puppies to his home till the rescue could pick them up last night What a great person he is.Don and Marilyn we thank you so much. This is Don's 5 th trip here I think to carry dogs from me. Usually we have more then 4, more as in up to 15.
Here are the pictures from yesterday.
The fosters Leah, Alicia and daughter Kristen got attached to them and had a hard time saying good bye. Yet they know there will be more to take their place. I am so grateful to my foster homes . They take such great care of the animals. Without them I wouldn't be able to save nearly as many as we do. Enjoy the pictures.
The two puppies were found hiding under a house by a nice lady named Shannon who took them in. . Scooter the black and white Shih Tzu was a matted mess when found and Leah says he is close to perfect. The two Lab/Border Collie mixes were abandoned and found starving and very sick by a wonderful rescuer named Julie. That is her in the picture with Don . She said they look entirely different then when she first took them in. They are beautiful now. Thanks to everyone for saving these wonderful dogs.

It Was A Busy Week.

What a week. Running dogs to the vet and back. Picking them up from Animal Control and so many phone calls from desperate folks wanting me to take their dog or dogS. This is so sad, people are calling me to take 7 dogs at a time because "they have too many". Of course none are altered. I want to say "well duh, yes they keep breeding and multiplying if they aren't fixed" and now that they have so many they want me to take them off their hands.
When I tell them how many dogs I have in my house, they're shocked. I am amazed they think I will just take all their unwanted, unvetted, unaltered dogs. None of them are ever on heartworm preventative.
What is it with people who let dogs breed, won't keep them fenced in, won't even get them their shots and then expect someone else to take their problems.

I do when I can. But I try to leave room here for people who truly have a need to rehome their pets for whatever reason. Some go into nursing homes, or someone dies and the family won't take their loved ones pet in. Never understand that but I try to take those. If our Animal shelters are full and I have  space I will help out the others too but for now the shelters here are so full. It is all I can do to keep those dogs from being put down. I have to pull dogs even if I don't have room to make room in the shelter so none have to die. That is what it is so important to place the dogs I have to make room to save more. How many times can we say"SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS". Here are some puppies I am taking including the momma dog. Did you know we never leave the momma behind. They MUST relinquish the momma dog or she MUST be spayed if she stays. I will never take a litter and leave poor momma dog to breed again.

Two Dogs Leave Today and we are in 5 th place in the Shelter Challenge

Chaffee The Black lab and Meadow the Golden /Yellow Lab mix both leave today for Chicago.They are two lucky dogs who were in small outdoor , hot mosquito swamped shelters. Today they leave for their new rescue facility and the good life. They are both great dogs. How could anyone not want them.

Voted All Day Today

Today was vote all day day..and I did. I sent out my last email begging everyone to vote for us. This is it. We are down to the wire. If it is meant to be we will win in the top 3. It is out of my hands now except I will keep voting till the deadline and I hope you will too.  Our rescue can win up to $10,000 in the Challenge that ends Sunday night at midnight.
If you want to vote here is the link: http://www.rainforestsite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3Just type in semo and click to bring up the state of MO. click on search  and then vote. Be sure to confirm your vote.
Vote daily thru Sunday and if you really want to help, email me and I will send you 17 links to vote on daily.
This was a quiet day. I am tired. Exhausted mentally and physically. Tomorrow I have to get out in this heat and try to catch a dog that doesn't want to be caught.
We have more dogs flying out this weekend and dogs on a ground transport too. Next week I will have another ground transport. SAD to say there are always dogs needing our help.
Here are pictures of dogs in Animal Control we are working on getting out as soon as we can.

 Anna

Alvin

Basil

15 Puppies and 1 Adult Dog Flew North Yesterday

It was searing, buring heat yesterday. Not a good day to be outdoors. But Michael volunteered to fly all these pups and dog to Chicago..we couldn't let them stay here longer then necessary. They stayed inside the airport till we loaded them and then Michael and Delane flew away. I saw Tara looking at me out the window and cried. She didn't understand why she was leaving me but I knew she was going to a place that would find her a forever home all her own. It hurts when they first leave. They get so attached to their foster homes. They don't want to leave, they think they have already found their forever home.

Little do they know that they will one day be in a even better home. A home where they get ALL the attention and it isn't shared with so many others. I know that and it makes me able to cope with letting them go. Someone rode with me one day to take dogs to transport going up north. One of the dogs was a real favorite of mine and I hated to say good bye. My friend turned to me and asked" how I could let them go." I told her I couldn't afford to feed  hundreds of dogs that was how. (She agreed.)

So on every transport..as hard as it is to say good bye I always drive off thinking there is room now for more . Room for the ones still left in animal control or on the streets that need us.
Yesterday when the plane was leaving, Leah our newest foster turned to me and said well when Scooter leaves next week I have room for two more. NOW THAT IS WHAT A FOSTER IS ALL ABOUT. 
I thank my fosters for all they do and they do so much. Running dogs to the vet. Cleaning, doctoring, cleaning some more. It never ends and they never complain. Not once have they refused to take in a dog and I so appreciate them. IF not for them this wouldn't happen. No dogs would fly out, or leave on ground transport.
I love all of you and thank you for your patience with me , your dedication to your work. I thank the pilots for volunteering to fly our dogs to their new beginning.
Most of all I thank all of you for your support of our small rural rescue.

Enjoy the pictures.

What is Wrong With Some People?

Thursday we took in 3 dogs from a small town animal control facility. One was a Husky, what we were told was a Brittany ( really a German Shorthair Pointer/Brittany mix) and a 7 yr old Shih Tzu. Turns out the Shih Tzu was a owner surrender. 7 yrs old and the owner didn't want him anymore. She got two new dogs!! So she turned her old dog into to AC..isn't that amazing. What is wrong with her? Her pet of 7 yrs was so matted he couldn't poop, pee or see where he was going and he had a fish hook in his tail. This poor guy was in horrible condition and she got TWO new dogs, German Shepherds I am told. I wish someone would turn her into Animal Control.

It is still miserably hot here. It is so hot the dogs poke their heads thru the dog door and as soon as they feel that heat they pull their heads back inside. I wouldn't say they are spoiled but unless I push them thru the dog door and close it off they refuse to go out. Where oh where is fall? They say it will be 90 here next week, well good gosh that is a cold front compared to this.

Remember to vote for SEMO ( in the state of MO) in the Shelter Challenge..and to confirm your vote. ONLY 7 days left!!! please vote daily at this link...WE ARE IN 6 TH PLACE IN THE USA.
The Animal Rescue Site

Look What We Got Yesterday

This big boy is Catron, named after the town we think he was dumped at. This guy is wonderful. Very social, walks well on a leash, loves to go for rides. Catron is good with cats, other dogs and great in his crate and he isnt a nusiance barker! How much better can it get.
Well yes he is a Pittie, but he is a marvelous Pittie.Oh they docked his tail in a long cut.

Catron is being altered today. Sadly, he is heart worm positive, but we are treating him. Isn't he handsome.

Hey did you notice, we are tied for 6 TH place today! Yahoo.....Keep voting multiple times and daily please.We can't let up now.

Well I can say for a fact that yesterday and last night was by far one of the most miserable of my life. Everyone should live through a 101 temperatures with 90% humidity and a heat index of 114. I hate the heat and guess what, MY AC went out.....omg..the dogs tongues were hanging out of their mouths, they were panting and looking at me like"hey you, turn the air on"..........oh how I wish I could have. On top of that  the mosquitoes were getting in the house through the darn dog door that I have the new flap for but haven't yet installed. There were hundreds of them and they loved my sweaty body. I swear I lost two pints of blood, guess I will pass on donating next month. "I gave at home".

Look at our beautiful Bassett puppies. Aren't they precious. 8 of them living outside in this heat, getting on the highway & about to become road kill..thank goodness for the foster and her husband saving them and convincing the owner to turn them over to us These lucky cuties are going to WI this weekend by plane.

My AC is repaired, I am cooling off and the dogs are speaking to me again. It is nap time. G'day all.

New Dogs to the Vet

Today was as hot as it has been all summer. I wanted to stay in the air conditioning and be in front of the fan but dogs had to go to the vet for their spay, neuter and a bath. We have puppy in one of our foster homes that became ill and she was taken into the vet today with a blockage. Poor baby she is so swollen..and she can't poop. They gave her a enema and mineral oil. If that doesn't work she will have surgery tomorrow to remove the blockage. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for her, she is so tiny.

Meadow was spayed, Bodi was neutered and Ilsa got her bi weekly bath.That is her above. She is still not full grown.  The vet tech's said they had to muzzle Ilsa.  I was shocked..I said "my Ilsa"...and they all shook their heads yet...rut row...She got Justin on the hand...scratched him, not a bite. I have never seen that side of Ilsa. When I got there she was fine and let Lori brush her but Lori said she wouldn't let her earlier. Guess I need to take her out more and get her used to other people.

Meadow ,isn't she beautiful.

It has finally cooled off in the house tonight. Tomorrow is supposed to be as bad as today if not worse. I am staying in if possible. Me and heat don't get along. My dogs are not fond of it either unless they are in the wading pool.

Bodi is a real sweet character.