Still At It For Dixie And Olive

It's hard for me to believe that I still have two great dogs in boarding, but that is sadly the case. Below are some pictures I took yesterday of Olive. I didn't have my camera ready when they brought Dixie out so I will have more pictures of her another time.

I am also posting their chip in. I only had to raise a reduced amount this month due to a great month in December. People have been truly wonderful, and several have been repeat donors. I will say that, frankly, I am a little nervous about February. Each month we/I start at zero and have to raise now $800. How many times can you go to the same well without showing some progress?! I want to do a chip-in for the cat colony I'm feeding but before I do I'd like to show some progress on the dogs.

In the meantime, if you can see your way to contributing somehting towards their boarding for January, Id be grateful.

Wearing the coat a facebook fan sent her!

NYC was COLD yesterday - as well as today - so Miss Olive enjoyed her weekly chew bone in the car.

This has come to be known as Classic Olive. Ever-onward, with one ear up and one ear down.

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Another Month for Olive and Dixie

I have learned that if people see a dog that is safe in boarding, and they want to rescue someone, they naturally go to the dogs still in the shelter. I understand, I do!

But I still have two great dogs in boarding!

I hope you don't mind the tin cup rattling again. Here is the newest chip-in, and an explanation of why this month is less money than last. I hope you can see your way to making a contribution of any amount. They add up and have been adding up these last few months. Many thanks to those of you who have given.

For the girls' part, we had some fun on New Year's Eve...

Dixie -- I knew I'd get the crown on her at some point, when she figured out it's not for eating!

And Miss Olive...

The Princess!

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Please Help Me Rescue Olive

The shelter where I volunteer is fuller than I have ever seen it. We have dogs everywhere. Recently about seven dogs were put down, something that takes place a couple times a year as it's a low kill shelter, but we have another sad weekend coming up. All the volunteers are feeling anxiety about who is on the list. This is what shelters across the country face when they must euthanize just for space. Perfectly good pets that are basically just homeless and are out of time.

One dog named Olive has been there a while. She is beloved and a real sweetie. I've bonded with Olive these last couple of months, and I can tell you she's just waiting for someone to make her their lap dog. The shelter is down a road with auto repair stores and a Con Edison (electric) building. We have no grass areas and the place is basically duct taped together. It's sad to see a dog try to roll in four inches of weeds because that's their only option. Thank God for the regular volunteers that come each week (many come both Saturday and Sunday) to give these dogs a walk. Having contact each week with people is important to the dogs, socializes them, and makes/keeps them adoptable.

Back to Olive. This past Sunday I learned from a volunteer friend who wanted to prepare me for next week's "list" that Olive might be on it. I sat with her for longer than usual, and cried. She licked my face and nose. I sat with her again later in the day and wished I could do something to save her. That day two volunteers who have been personally working with one dog they got into a boarding/rescue situation happily announced their rescue has an adopter! 

Who can stand by and do nothing when you see an opening to save a dog?

So I am taking a risk and assuming the initial vetting and boarding costs involved with saving Olive. Each month will cost approximately $360 to board her. She will be nearby so we can visit her, and a group of us are focused on getting her adopted (posting flyers, networking her through rescues, and posting her on facebook). I hope you will join me. Here is a link to a chip in, where you can use paypal or another credit card if you care to make a donation.

Thanks very much for considering. I'm working on getting a close up of her and hopefully some video.

http://sheltertails.chipin.com/olive-girl



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UPDATED: Saving Ridder from the Gas Chamber

Ridder, currently at the South Louisiana Kaplan Shelter, in the Vermillion Parish.

UPDATE:
Ridder had an adopter but she backed out after getting spooked that the area rescuer didn't get back to her in time (incidentially, the same person who got me Mr. Wiggins, and I happen to know how busy this lady is). Now Ridder is out of luck again. We can get him vetted and begin to post him on facebook (you wouldn't believe the "crossposting" community there and how many dogs get rescued this way) but we really do need a little help. Thanks!

UPDATE II:
The angelic rescue person is still pulling Ridder and he is being vetted now. He has the beginnings of heartworm and is getting neutured. Our hope is to find an adopter for him in short order. The chip in below is a way of collecting some of the vet fees for an otherwise at-the-moment unwanted dog in a gassing facility in South Louisiana. If you can help, that would be great.

UPDATE III:
Pilots N Paws has offered free transport to Ridder if he finds a home! Thanks you guys!  You are wonderful!

If you are a regular reader here, then you know I often ask for people to donate to various organizations that support dogs. A while ago I adopted "chip-ins" - a temporary way of raising money for a specific need. I myself have contributed to many and have had the pleasure of seeing various dogs make it out of the shelter they are in alive.

You also may recall that in March I adopted a dog from Louisiana, and a nice couple that rescued him out of a shelter with an active gas chamber took him in till I could get down to New Orleans. They drove three hours one way to bring him to me. Today Mr. Wiggins is snoring a few feet from me. Yeah, he has to be treated for heartworm, but I love him!

Another dog from this same place, Vermillion Parish in South Louisiana, which is to say the Kaplan Animal Shelter - is in need tonight. They have no spay / neuter programs in this area and the intake of this little shelter is simply overwhelming. I have asked this same wonderful rescue couple to pull Ridder (that's his name) but they are WAY WAY WAY beyond capacity and cannot hold onto him.

The plan is to drum up support via facebook, this blog, and word of mouth, and get Ridder adopted!

We need money for the initial vetting and likely transport of this sweetie who we hope to have out of the nice woman's and man's hair by the weekend. It's a long shot, but if you can help, I'd be grateful.

This is dog rescue, one little soul at a time.




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John The Dog Has Mange...

UPDATE II:
John has been rescued!  He is being taken by a bulldog rescue on Long Island! I don't have more details yet but when I do I will share them. Thanks for all your support. All donations made to John's treatment will be donated to the rescue for the same purpose. They are assuming a great cost to take him in. I'm just glad he will have a loving home now, and not die a sad death in a shelter.

UPDATE:
John has been given a slight reprieve! We need to get this moeny raised so he can be adopted out, with a committment of the treatment costs since they are exorbitent. There may be a home for him in CT!

Click the NEW video link below!

Mange can be treated! (as a child we adopted an English sheepdog named Ollie, and don't you know he had the mange!)  But the treatment is expensive. There is a chip in and I've linked it below. Please do what you can to help. As with anything I post, I've contributed something to this effort, as well.

This is John:

JOHN IS SO SPECIAL ... HE BARELY HAS A HAIR LEFT ON HIS BODY, THE DEMODECTIC MANGE HAS TAKEN SUCH A TOLL ON THIS VERY SWEET DOG ... this is John, a three year old Bulldog, who looks sort of a prehistoric creature right now because of severe hair loss due to mange. He has probably suffered his entire three years on earth to get to this point, so now we want him not only not to suffer one minute longer, but to have a wonderful, safe life.

...We think he's part bulldog, part gremlin, he has that great, hunky chunky roly poly body and those feet? Right now they're a little sore from the mange, but they're like pladderpuss feet! Maybe he's part dinosaur! John is three years old and weighs a solid 50 lbs.

Please give WHATEVER you can, every dollar counts, to his chip in:

http://sixdog.chipin.com/mange-treatment-for-john

John is at Animal Care and Control in Brooklyn, New York.



NEW VIDEO:


John the dog from Paula Jean on Vimeo.

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Before, After

Ever wonder about dogs in shelters? Is it too painful to go and look around? I found it very hard. Before I volunteered at Yonkers Animal Shelter, I used to drop off linens that people would give me (dogs often sleep on concrete or very hard plastic beds that wear well under constant washing) but I'd wait till I had a bunch so I wouldn't have to go and see their eyes. I knew I'd remember them and feel bad about not being able to help.

Each time I've adopted a dog from a shelter, I've remembered others there that I did not adopt. It's difficult, when you're a dog lover, to get their faces out of your head.

Here is a good before and after shot, so you can see the affects of taking that step, going to the shelter anyway - even through the difficulty of it - because you can literally save a life.

This is Ari, before being rescued, and after.

Ari is a pregnant pit-mix that was at a shelter in Georgia (a gassing facility, as it happens, which is another horror story). She was one of those pitiful faces that I happened to see on Face book, and cross posted for other dog-rescue people there, with the hope of seeing her get adopted, fostered, sponsored (an offer to pay her vet bills if someone else would take her), or even transported to another city, where someone else would take her.  There are huge networks of people working on behalf of dogs stuck in shelters. Some get rescued, many do not. But Ari did! And her and her pups will have a shot at life.

The below link is a "chip-in" for Ari and her upcoming puppy needs. I believe she is being fostered, and you can be sure her pups will not land in a shelter. Still, they will all need to be vetted and that costs money. If you are so inclined, and if rescuing or visiting shelters or volunteering at one is not something you can do yourself, but you can contribute financially (even five dollars!), here is a way you can help.



Click the above picture to be brought to the updates by the group who rescued Ari, see how many gifts have come in, and feel free to pass this around. This is one of those causes where, if everyone does a little, we've gotten a lot done. A chip-in is a short term need being met by numerous people. Once the goal is reached, the chip-in closes. Both of the others I've listed here have closed (goal was met or new strategy made and that goal was met).  I normally contribute to most of what I publish here, but last week gave to four unexpected causes (very similar in nature - three dog-related things, and one soldier-related thing), so I am going to sit this one out. I hope you will consider giving a little something if you are able.

UPDATE: I caved and donated.
But I don't see the update yet.  I hope gifts start showing up!

Thanks.

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Chip in for Max

UPDATE:
Max has a foster closer to him and the money people gave will either be donated to the shelter where Max came from (they emailed me to check what I wanted to do and I said put it there), or will be returned or repurposed as decided by donor.)

Well, Jack's chip in worked well!  In just a short time he had what he needed and is on his way. Jack and the following dog are from the south, where there are fewer spay/neuter programs and high-kill shelters.

Please consider another special case: (I gave to three of these today, even thought the contributions were modest, they are encouraging and they add up!)

Here is the link with the updates on Max:
http://helpmaxgetvettedandhome.chipin.com/pls-help-max-robeson-survivor-wsome-vetting-and-get-to-his-adoptive-home-in-ny

Here is the last note from Ann, Max's angel:

Okay, Judy Klipp is in NY and has kindly offered to foster Max if we can't find a closer foster or better yet, and adoptive home! Max is at the South Robeson Vet for the next week or so to be vetted and then we need to figure out how to get him to Judy in NY...this is do-able but will take some funds. We also can't leave Nicole stuck for Max's vetting & boarding costs at the vet, so some more money is needed for that as well. Some of you have already called the vet (as I did) and helped her with this but if you haven't already and can help with this still, PLEASE DO!
Max was saved from a painful and sure death at Robeson and I appreciate everything Nicole has done for and is doing for Max...we can't bail on her now! DO THIS FOR MAX please! Even if everyone can only give a few bucks...we understand...we're broke too! The things we do for these animals, I tell ya! (...but sure makes your heart feel good when you see these results!!!)

Feel free to email me anytime if needed (abtrvlr@aol.com) or just jump on here & CHIP-IN!

Thanks in advance...WE LOVE YA MAX! Ann

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Chip in for Jack

UPDATE:  JACK HAS TRANSPORT TO HIS RESCUE!!!


I find a lot of dog related content on face book and recently I came across what I think is a fine idea.
A chip in. As in, if you want a way to help but don't have the time to make a longer term commitment, or happen to appreciate direct action, one way is to help with a short term need for money called a chip in. It's not an organizational thing; it's to an individual who is transporting a dog, or to a vet that is boarding a dog or giving it care after it's been rescued from some bad situation.

If you go to the link provided, you will see the classic fundraising thermometer, the progress made, the people who have given, the details of how the money is slated to be used. Instead of giving it to a group, which is not bad, certainly, this is meeting a short term need.  Once the need disappears, it's done. An organization has to pivot and adjust to the next thing, and they do, but a part of me that has a masters degree in needs-assessing non-profits likes the rapid response aspect of this and the short term action needed and met.

The question becomes, but do I know these people and how do I know they will do the right thing with the money? The answer is that you don't know them, but someone whose information you trust does, and they are presenting this for your consideration.

Take a look at an effort for a dog named Jack. Jack is the ubiquitous black pitbull mix. He was rescued from a shelter in North Carolina - a high-kill facility. He needed vet care, received it, and now he is being boarded at the vet. That costs money, and the sooner he can get to his committed foster situation, the better.  The foster will socialize Jack with the other pets there, train him if he needs it, and help make him a more suitable choice for adoptable pet when the right person comes along. This has become the way a lot of perfectly wonderful dogs are handled. The alternative is they'd be put down for lack of space.

If you are so inclined to see Jack receive some help, perhaps you will consider a contribution. Here is the info.

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***Please share and cross post!! WE NEED TRANSPORT FOR JACK!! Saved from sure death at Robeson and vetted, NOW needs a ride to his foster home!! Been trying all week to no avail!! Someone please help get him to his new home!! I have created this note in the hopes we can get transport put together for him!!

We also need help with his expenses. Here is the chip in: http://gatchaman.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/2d7b34d2799486f9
Jack is currently in boarding at South Robeson Vet Clinic. His boarding was up on Friday but a kind individual paid for another few days of boarding for him. Desperately need help getting him transported. Transport info is as follows:

Jack will need to be picked up from South Robeson Vet Clinic, 9464 Nc Highway 41 S, Fairmont, NC 28340-5914, phone: (910) 628-7178

He needs to be transported to North Sunset St , Atkinson, NC 28421 ...

I will give the house number in a private email to whoever is able to help with the last part of transport.

I have made this note available to everyone so that anyone can post. I need to get this worked out asap as he has already been in boarding for a week. Please share and cross post this note so we can get Jack to his new home. Thanks.

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xoxo (Good luck to Jack)