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Dog comes to rescue of potbelly pig
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Patricia
May 17, 2003, 9:21:56 AM5/17/03
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A painting dog has been enlisted to help a fellow four-legged artist, a
Virginia potbellied pig suffering from cancer.
Q-Boy, a Sheltie from Longwood in Central Florida who has been painting
with his paws for about four months, helped create a painting that is
currently on the online auction site eBay. Proceeds from the sale will
help pay the medical bills of Smithfield the pig, who had surgery last
month.
Smithfield lives in Midlothian, Va., near Richmond. In the five years
since he first picked up a brush, Smithfield's paintings have brought
home about $200,000 for a variety of charities and causes. He has had
television appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, with Oprah Winfrey
and on the cable networks Animal Planet and Nickelodeon.
A few weeks ago, Smithfield was diagnosed with nasal cancer and
underwent surgery at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at North Carolina
State University. Now, Smithfield's owner, Fran Martin, a teacher and a
single mother of two teenagers, is facing a $5,000 bill for his
treatment.
Q-Boy pitched in by completing a painting started by Smithfield. Q-Boy's
owner, Kathy Cochran, came up with the idea, and has been contacting
Sheltie and pig groups on the Internet to alert them about the auction,
which ends Saturday.
Since January, Q-Boy has completed 13 paintings and raised about $3,000
for Sheltie rescue efforts.
Virginia potbellied pig suffering from cancer.
Q-Boy, a Sheltie from Longwood in Central Florida who has been painting
with his paws for about four months, helped create a painting that is
currently on the online auction site eBay. Proceeds from the sale will
help pay the medical bills of Smithfield the pig, who had surgery last
month.
Smithfield lives in Midlothian, Va., near Richmond. In the five years
since he first picked up a brush, Smithfield's paintings have brought
home about $200,000 for a variety of charities and causes. He has had
television appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, with Oprah Winfrey
and on the cable networks Animal Planet and Nickelodeon.
A few weeks ago, Smithfield was diagnosed with nasal cancer and
underwent surgery at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at North Carolina
State University. Now, Smithfield's owner, Fran Martin, a teacher and a
single mother of two teenagers, is facing a $5,000 bill for his
treatment.
Q-Boy pitched in by completing a painting started by Smithfield. Q-Boy's
owner, Kathy Cochran, came up with the idea, and has been contacting
Sheltie and pig groups on the Internet to alert them about the auction,
which ends Saturday.
Since January, Q-Boy has completed 13 paintings and raised about $3,000
for Sheltie rescue efforts.
jenlynn
May 17, 2003, 9:19:57 PM5/17/03
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Heymolly56
May 18, 2003, 11:07:27 PM5/18/03
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WHAT A NICE STORY!! HOPE ALL WILL GO WELL.......
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