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December 20, 2010
Gem
of the Day: "We could use a few wise men
AND some
shepherds right about now."
~ Guess
who~
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Dear
Small Pawsers,
Welcome
to our newest members of our Small
Paws®
Rescue
Online Newsletter, especially to those of you who have
seen us on
Fox and Friends in New York City, or on Animal
Planet on "Dogs 101."
Welcome! We hope you
enjoy reading about the Bichons and the people who love
them!
If
you missed our last newsletter, here it
is.
Well,
it's December the 20th and there are five days left
before Christmas.
We had already battened down
the hatches, in preparation for the Christmas Holidays,
making sure that every Bichon currently in rescue with
Small Paws, had a safe place to be.
Bonnie
Ferguson and I were looking forward to taking some time
off to rest and spend with our own dogs and our families
as we try to do each Christmas season.
Then it
happened. Boom from out of no-where.
We got an
e-mail from an Humane Society in MO. It is NOT a
no-kill shelter.
This is what the shelter worker
told me.
Yesterday, a man heard quite a commotion
going on yesterday next door to his house. He went to
see what was going on. It was his neighbor, a commercial
kennel, and he was out gathering up 13 Bichons,
which were to be shot.
The neighbor took these
Bichons back home with him and called the Humane
Society which is NOT a no-kill shelter.
This
is in the middle of an area with so many commercial
kennels.
She said they have no cage space for
them, even for them to be kept there for a short time.
Everyone is so very full.
They contacted
us.
One of these Bichons is supposedly very
pregnant and "about to pop". Six are
pups ( I don't
have ages or sizes yet) and the other six are adults.
There was no one else that can take these dogs.
We asked.
So we have committed to them
now.
I will go to pick them up in MO tomorrow and
will bring them back to Tulsa tomorrow afternoon or
early evening.
I thought I wasn't going to need
to send out another newsletter until after
Christmas.
You guys, I am so very
sorry!
Is there anyone who can help us to pay the
vet bills for these 13? Is anyone even online?
We
need your help. I have no idea what kind of shape they
are in, ages, sexes, nothing.
I only know they
were about to be euthanized with a gun by their owner
when a neighbor stepped in and stopped it.
Yes,
this is a legal method of euthanization in Mo.
That is all of the info I have right
now.
It runs about $500-600 to vet and quarantine
each adult from a commercial kennel, and that's if
nothing else is wrong.
Pregnant females can mean
an emergency C-section. I have no idea who or what the
Daddy is, what size he was, nothing.
It seems
that these 13 found weren't wanted.
Now, they
have been guided to us.
Our inn is pretty full
too.
Can you find a place in your hearts to help
us to help them?
If I know we can pay for their
vet care I will be able to drive there and back, to get
them and bring them on home, without wondering, "What in
the world have we done, here?"
This is how you
can help. We do need your help! They need you. I thank
God for each of you, especially at times like this. All
My Love, Robin
See
vet bills paid for the first 13 days of December
totalling $21, 477.13
which is an average of 1652.09
per day.
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ended to your satisfaction. Thank-you!
Patti
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you have items to donate to sell on Ebay, please email
us!
Visit the Small
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Lots of items on
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Small Paws is signed up and each time you use
it, either to search or to go to an online seller, funds
are sent to Small Paws for the Bichons! You can buy
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far, Small Pawsers have done 102, 784 searches and have
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Prayer Requests and
Reports
Subject: Prayer request
Date:
12/14/2010 3:15:08 P.M. Central Standard Time
From:
sister...@tele-net.net
To: pu...@aol.com
Dear Robin,
My Grandson Arthur is in pre
op as I type to get a second central line put in.
He
will be starting chemo tomorrow and will be having a
bone marrow transplant on Monday December
20th.
Arthur just turned seven last month and has a
combined imunodefiency disorder and a lung disease
Bronchiectasis.
He is smaller than his 20 month old
brother and this may be his only chance to grow
up.
Please ask the prayer warriors and all of the
Small Paws family to pray for Arthur.
Thank
You
Maureen Nimmo
Nevada
Volunteer<
<Subject: Re: Greetings from
Wisconsin
Date: 12/14/2010 7:07:31 P.M. Central
Standard Time
From: cps...@charter.net
Hi
Robin,
I know it has been awhile since I have
e-mailed you but SPR and you
are always in my
prayers. I will try to keep this short as I know
you
are very busy.
I am asking you to please keep
Chris and I in your prayers. Last
year at this time,
Chris was told that his salary was being cut by
$68,000. He kept this from me until about 3 weeks
ago as he wanted to
protect me. Our entire life's
savings is gone and we have just
filed Chapter 7
Bankruptcy. We will know on January 10th whether our
filing has been approved. I ask that you pray it is
approved. We
are going to keep the cabin in GA and
hope to move there in April. We
told Brant and Edith
about it and they have been very supportive. I
know
they are excited that we are moving closer to them as
are we. We
love them as they are family to us. We
have not been happy since
moving to Wisconsin. The
first thing was the situation of having
three
Bichons and having to move out of our condo because of
the two
dog limit and as a result of all this I
ended up in the hospital
twice because of stress but
the insurance wasn't paying my bills
because Chris's
boss did not change us from the Florida network to
Wisconsin so we had to pay for most. We are still
trying to get this
settled. Even though we are
losing almost everything and probably
would not be
in this bad of a situation if it hadn't been for having
the problems with the condo, Chris and I would not
change our
decision. We love our three Bichons and
having them and each other
means more than any
material things in this world. Their
unconditional
love is priceless!! As long as they are happy and
taken care of, that is all that matters to us. Our
cabin is only
12x24 but we will make it work as long
as we are together. The Fluff
Brigade love being at
the cabin and I am sure they will have no
trouble
adjusting. Again, please keep us in prayer and as soon
as
this is settled and we move, I hope to become
more involved for SPR
in GA. We continue to keep SPR
and you in prayer and we will pray
that all the
little ones that need to be placed in foster homes will
be there by the new year. We wish you a VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND A
WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!! MAY GOD RICHLY
BLESS SPR AND YOU ALWAYS!!
Love,
Pat &
Chris Smith>
(God loves you more than anyone
else ever has,
and more than anyone else ever
will!)
Hear
the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sing "So You Would
Know."
Will God let us have our beloved pet's in
heaven?
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"Trust,
a Deadly Disease"
A MUST read, sent in by our
Team Leader
to the Carolinas, Kathryn Smith
~By
Sharon Mathers. Published 1988 in Canine Concepts
and Community Animal Control
Magazine.~
Humphrey
Sisco
Dec
26, 1993~ Aug 30,
2006
When I
first saw this beautiful picture of Cheri Sisco's
"Humphrey", I thought it was truly the epitome of what
we do, and why we do it. I wanted to use this black and
white picture of Humphrey, taken only days before his
death due to congestive heart failure, to let those who
may be new to Small Paws, know what we do and why we do
it. Without Small Paws, Humphrey would have never known
love. He would have died in a kill shelter, sick and
alone. Because of Small Paws, and Cheri Sisco, he lived,
he loved, and he smiled.
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