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Angel	When I showed up as a stray in a shelter they thought I had been burned with something on my face. It isn’t quite as bad as that but I do have pemphigus foliaceus so I am going to need some treatments for at least 3 months. Once my problem is under control and my skin starts looking good, I can possibly slowly quit taking medicine and this ugly looking stuff won’t come back. However, sometimes dogs with this condition do need to take medicine every other day for the rest of their lives to keep their good looks. But don’t think I am not worth it! I am a very nice dog and I get along great with other dogs. Hopefully I can give everyone an update sometime in late August or early September.
Clifford	Sometimes I bump into things – but I don’t really mind because I just back up and try to walk a different way. And if it isn’t too dark in the house or outside, I can see pretty good and I can pretty much avoid running into other objects. Even though my eyesight is very limited, I am a happy and friendly boy who loves to hear people talk to me and who loves even more when people pet me! I have cataracts but that wasn’t my only problem. I had bilateral entropian on both of my lower lids. Every day someone had to clean up my face from all the tears that keep coming out of my eyes from the hair on the lower lids irritating my corneas. The little bit of sight I have was getting worse because of all that injury to my corneas. But there is surgery to fix that and I had it done! My surgery went great, my healing was quick and easy and now the stitches are out and I am ready for adoption. If you don’t really have room for another dog, that’s okay because my adoption fee isn’t going to cover all my medical bills so you are welcome to send in a donation to help me get that operation paid for. If you are interested in adopting me, you will be pleased to know that I am good with kids and cats. I am also good with dogs except little ones that are about 10 pounds or smaller. In addition, I love my crate and I am housebroke. When I go outside, I will play with the other dogs but I am not high energy and don’t require a lot of exercise. I am a little underweight because I was picky about what food I would eat at first but I am doing better – I have gained at least 4 pounds since having my surgery!
Minnow	Minnow badly needed a dental and with all the blood work and x-rays, she has quite a hefty veterinary bill. Please consider making a donation to help us pay for a greedy breeder’s blunder. And please research the breed of any puppy you might consider purchasing from a breeder and please research the breeder, too! We are accepting applications for Minnow but we will not consider any home with young children because she is so fragile. Minnow has provisional balance so she will need to be carried up and down stairs. She is demanding for a lap to lie in and does not like to be kept in a crate or in any enclosure or room where the humans are absent. We will also require that an adopter have a patient and understanding dog groomer (a name and phone number will need to be provided) because Minnow is not very cooperative for her grooming. Read Minnow's full bio for more information!
Lacy	The shelter thought I just had a bad case of flea allergies. The veterinarian thought it was likely, too. But after a couple of months, my skin is only a little bit better and the hair on most of my body keeps breaking off in little pieces. Now the nice dog doctor wants to see me a few more times so that they can check some things out at a special laboratory. Yikes! Those places need quite a bit of money to find out what is wrong with me! Since everyone thinks I am such a nice girl and I act spunky and healthy, they all think I should have this done so that maybe they can fix me. Do you want to help me with my mystery skin “thing”? I would be very thankful for any help you can give! Hopefully I can post an update in April and let everyone know when I will be available for adoption. UPDATE MAY 2009 All my tests have been completed. The big fear was that I had Sebaceous Adenitis – a skin disease that use to be a real problem for many standard poodles. The test results say that while it looks like I don’t have a typical case of this, they cannot rule it out mostly because they are still not sure what my problem is! I am doing so much better though so everyone is hopeful that I just had a horrible skin infection that took a long time to clear up. My hair is growing longer and softer and I don’t have any new places that look or feel bad. I have never scratched at myself and I have always felt good so things are looking good! Meanwhile, you need to know that I ADORE attention. I really love to snuggle either on the couch or in bed. I will go in a crate but I don’t really need it and I definitely prefer to sleep on the bed at night – as close to you as I can get! I get along with other dogs and will sometimes play with them. We are not sure how I am with cats or really small children.
Kayo	Lucky for me, my former owner went out of business. Usually that is not a good thing but the business was breeding dogs so instead of having to work for living, I now can live just to enjoy life and be spoiled like a shih tz thinks they are suppose to be! Besides, my teeth were pretty yucky and I needed some of them pulled and the rest of them cleaned up. Plus, I had this funny thing on my good eye so I couldn’t see real well. My left eye is a micro opthalmia eye and the vet thinks that it doesn’t work at seeing anything so it is pretty important for me to have a healthy right eye so that I don’t go blind. Hopefully the biopsy on that thing that was growing where it shouldn’t have been will be benign but while we are waiting to hear the results, I have to save up my money to pay my surgery bill and I am hoping to get some help because I don’t have a job anymore! If you want to help me, please send me some donations! Watch for an update on me at the end of March and I will let you know how I am doing and when I will be ready for adoption.
Hannah Thanks to Jean Christie & Linda Allen for sponsoring Hannah!	Hannah is a sweet, funny Pug lady who is in good health but has a condition known as “elongated soft palette”. What this means is that she has a partially obstructed airway and has trouble breathing whenever she gets too excited, walks a long distance, or is too warm. Hannah needs surgery to correct this condition. This is a common surgery needed for Pugs, so we are asking for your help for Hannah! Little Hannah appreciates it and looks forward to breathing normally! Update 2/20/09: Hannah has recovered nicely from a series of urinary tract infections, only to face yet another setback. She had a large mass in her lower abdomen that had to be removed surgically. We are waiting on the biopsy results and wishing her a speedy recovery from her surgery. Update 3/06/09 Wonderful news! Hannah’s biopsy came back negative! She is cancer free and is recovering nicely from her surgery. Update 06/09 Hannah is scheduled for her soft pallette surgery on June 18th - we'll be able to update on her progress after she's recovered!
Ellie	UPDATE: 9/1/2008 Ellie is healed and ready for adoption!!! Now that she is feeling good, she runs like a little pony and can jump and go up and down stairs and basically has NO problems with her knee. After seeing how well she gets around and that she never cries or acts like her knee hurts her at all, the veterinarian recommended that we not do any surgery on her since she really does not need it. So this spunky little girl is all done with having surgeries and wants to find a lap that will take her anytime she is ready to relax and have some attention. Ellie's original story: When I showed up as a stray in a shelter they thought I had a big ole’ tumor on my belly. I was sent to rescue and the vet found out that I just had a big ole’ inguinal hernia. When I got spayed, I had that big ole’ hole sewn up to keep my insides from sticking out my belly. Now I have a big ole’ scar that is healing up. Meanwhile, I had been walking kind of funny so the vet checked out my hips and knees. I found out I have a big ole’ luxated patella and the doctor called it a Grade IV because my kneecap stays out of its proper place all the time. I am not real active right now but once I am really healed from my other big ole’ expensive surgery, these people here will have to decide if I would be better off getting surgery on my knee or not. You see, they are not sure if I have pain or not. If I can run and jump and act like nothing is wrong, then I think it would be silly to give me more pain with a surgery. But if my knee really hurts me, then I will need some more big ole’ money to help me pay the doctor to fix it!
Cassie Thanks to John Schankin for sponsoring Cassie!	Cassie is a nearly one year old Chihuaua. She is a playful and loving little girl. Cassie was found wandering the streets, apparently abandoned. Somwhere in her travels she contracted Mange, usually the result of poor living conditions and poor diet. In spite of her itchy, raw skin she has a happy demeanor. She is currently under treatment for the mange so will not be available for a few weeks. Please consider helping with her medical costs.......She is a delightful little girl!
Abby & Annabelle Thanks to Sleezy Barb Horsewear for sponsoring Abby & Annabelle!	ER Update 6-15-2008 Hi, I'm Abby. My sister Annabelle and I had bad, bad, bad heartworms. Ma Resa took us to the doctors. They give us medicine to make us better. The medicine made me sick 'cause the heartworms were SOOOOO bad!! I spent a long time at the Miller Animal Clinic then was okay to go home. I was home a couple days when Annabelle got real sick and went to the hospital. The next day Ma Resa was crying and sad and told me Annabelle had gone to the Rainbow Bridge and would not come back. Annabelle was my best sister. I wanted to be with her for always. Ma Resa knows I get lonely so lets me be in the house with her and the c*ts. I stay close to Ma Resa or her mate Wolf. (I think it's funny Ma Resa's mate's name is Wolf 'cause he is human. Guess she just likes dogs too much.) Anyway, after Annabelle went away I got MORE medicine for the heartworm larvae and got sick AGAIN. Ma Resa rushed me to Miller Animal Clinic late one night and had to hold me tight so the nice doctor could put an IV in my leg. I was real scared and cried and everything but I did not bite 'cause humans are nice and I love humans. I had to stay at the hospital a couple more days but got lots better and came home. I have to have special supplement and liver diet food 'cause my liver is kind of goofy after being so sick. I don't know if I have to eat it forever or not but it tastes REAL good and I eat a lot. Ma Resa says I have gained a lot of weight, look real healthy and beautiful. I don't know what that means but I like feeling good. I have get to take little walks every day. I was too sick to go for walks for a whole month!! I am happy to feel good. Only one thing worries me. Ma Resa said I need to be fixed. I don't think that is too good an idea 'cause every time Ma Resa took me to the doctors I got SICK. I think I'm fixed enough! I still like Ma Resa though. I wag my tail every time she talks to me to let her know I like her. Of course I wag my tail for every human I see...I just like humans so much! Abby
Yoda	These pictures are really all of me! Can you believe someone left me looking like a mass of matted cotton?!? And not only that, but I had a growth on my tail. So after I lost all my smelly mats, I went to the vet. He removed the mass but I lost my tail, too since the blood supply to my tail was all messed up in the tumor. They insist on keeping this plastic thing on my head for awhile because otherwise I will chew out the stitches. It isn’t very easy for me to chew anymore though because after they cleaned my teeth and pulled out all the infected ones, I only have 3 of them left. I can still eat pretty good and I even like to eat the hard kibble that the other dogs eat, although I do love my soft food, too. And I have a good appetite and am pretty spunky for an old gal! If you are a fan of the maltese breed or if you just want to help me because I am so cute (or will be when my pretty fur grows back), please consider donating something to help pay for my expensive vet care! THANKS!
Nida Thanks to John Schankin for helping with Nida's treatment for demodex mange!	TA DA!!! I am ready for adoption! It has been a long “haul” getting me over the demodex mange but it is finally gone! The “pink” picture of me was taken when I first came from the shelter. That was over a year ago. It took so long for me to be ready for adoption because I had an allergic reaction to some of the medicines and my skin got even worse. Then I developed a bacterial skin infection so the healing took even longer. Even though I often felt pretty sore and uncomfortable through this ordeal, the whole time I have always been a happy and friendly little girl and was always an excellent “patient”. In fact, I always thought I was a lap dog and still try to be! I never get sick of hugs and petting and attention! I play with other dogs really well but I can get bossy with new dogs that come in so I have to be watched sometimes at first. Once I know they are here to stay, I totally accept them as part of the “pack”. I love doggie toys and am almost over my “chewing” stage of “eating” things I shouldn’t. These nylon bones are the best. I even try to sneak them outside so that I can hide them from other dogs. In fact, I sneak a lot of toys outside! Those ones with stuffing in them are really fun to rip apart. Sometimes if I get them outside without anyone noticing, I can make it look like it snowed in part of the lawn! I am crate trained and housebroke but have not been around cats. I am a little shy sometimes with new people but am a total “attention hog” when I get to know you. And when people come over that I recognize, I always bring them one of my favorite toys to let them know I like them!
Chester	Unfortunately we have no background information on this senior "gentleman". He was found as a stray and no one claimed him. He definitely was someone's pet as he adores attention and is very good for his baths and grooming. Chester likes to bark at the big dogs if they start playing rough. It almost seems that he wants to play but he doesn't really know how or otherwise, he just likes to try and tell the big dogs that he is the boss! But he gets along fine with small dogs although he doesn't play with any of them. He will gladly curl up in a doggie bed with them, though. Chester hates the crate. Even when given a chewie bone in a crate, he soon loses interest and wants out NOW. It is good thing that he really doesn't need to be crated. Chester is probably either deaf or is really hard of hearing. He does startle if you touch him when he is sleeping as if he was sleeping so sound that he did not hear or notice that someone was approaching. Update 6-2008 Chester is now totally deaf, and almost blind. At this point, we feel it would be a kindness to keep him in foster care for his remaining time.
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