Time flies................well, when it's spring and summer. Puppies and kittens are coming at us in record time and it gets hard that no matter how hard you try and how much you do, there is always another litter in need.
Payton, re-named Snow White, has lost all of her puppies. We don't know what happened. They would seem fine and within an hour their stools would turn black and their gums would turn white and we'd lose them. We were losing nearly one every day. We'd get worried but then they'd seem fine and we'd move on. Then we'd lose another. Yesterday, the last little one passed after seeming like he'd beat the odds.
Their loss means we can take the litter of puppies from the cave. We've got the room now, though it came to us in a sad way with the loss of Payton's babies. Payton will be coming back to us for some eval time. As soon as we're able - hopefully tomorrow morning - we will go get the other puppies and move them to their foster home.
We got a call one night last Thursday that another litter of kittens was in need. 2 days old and their mother had been hit by a car. When we picked them up, they were in a cold wet blanket and barely moving. I was very scared they were going into hypothermic shock. I put them on the floor board in their bucket and turned the heat on low, not wanting to shock them more by warming them too quickly and then raced home as fast as I could.
I called ahead and told my daughter to get the food warmed immediately and have it waiting when I walked through the door. I got in and we started taking them out, worse first and feeding them. With some warm food in their belly they immediately became vocal.
Once we got them settled my daughter said as soon as she brought out the kitten bed, Munchie, my long haired chihuahua, started dancing. It was the same bed she'd used for the litter of kittens she nursed a couple months ago. When I walked through the door carrying them in the box and she could smell them, she started dancing and crying. She knew she had more babies in need.
Once fed, we placed them in the small bed with a clean warm blanket and Munchie waiting. She began cleaning them and snuggling with them and they settled right in.
I had little hope they'd make it through the night. I got up the next morning totally expecting to find at least one passed. I was very shocked and thrilled to find them all doing very well, quite vocal in their demands for breakfast. My daughter had been up to feed them twice in the middle of the night and I took my turn first thing in the morning.
They were born last Tuesday and today, at 6 days old they're eating about 3 cc at each feeding, up from just a few drops. They are all healthy and active and quite happy with their chihuahua mommy.
We adopted out a kitten at our adoption event this weekend. Shrek came back to spend a night with us while his foster family was out of town. He was thrilled to see them and quite happy to hop in the car with them and head back to his temporary home.
With the adoption a week ago of Pierre, Bridgette was able to take home another fur kid and chose O'Connor, who was returned this week. Bonaroo has finally had his first two sets of vaccine and was able to go home with Debbie, as it looks like Shaggy will be going to his home on Thursday. Thelma will be going home with Susan tomorrow until she finds her forever home since Louise went to her new home today.
As always, we're still looking for foster homes. The more we have, the more dogs we can help. We need fosters for:
Sugar and Spice, two year old beagle / terrier mix sisters. Pulled from the shelter in very poor health, it's taken them over a year to be healthy enough for their full vetting and ready for a home. Spice is more outgoing and starting to realize that humans are actually pretty cool. Sugar is much more reserved and still not sure how she feels. She spends her time at adoption events laying down shaking, so she needs someone that's patient and will take her to lots of places to give her a good dose of socialization.
Amy and Dooley, a pair of year to two year old puggles, beagle / pug mixes. Dooley is the two year old male and Amy is the one year old female. Both are just about 100% housebroken, extremely friendly and outgoing and very playful. Would be fine in an apartment setting or out in the middle of a huge farm.
Brady, a 6 month old male Tibetan Spaniel mix. We've just started housebreaking him. He's young and full of life and just starting to learn all those important lessons. He had some dominance issues when he got here, but in a house with 28 other dogs, most of whom are females with great maternal instincts, he was taught proper dog behavior very quickly. He now is playing really well with the other dogs and has become even more outgoing than he already was.
Duval, a 7 year old male rat terrier. He's absolutely petrified of children, as he was abused very, very badly by them as a puppy. He must be in an adult only home with no livestock. He's fabulous with other dogs and cats and warms up to adults really fast. He prefers women to men but will warm to men over time as well. Housebroken and crate trained, he needs someone with time and experience.
Randy, year old male American Pitbull Terrier. He had been adopted to a family with young children. He adored their daughter and when she was at our adoption events, it was common for him to take naps with her, curled under the blanket right beside her. However, their family had a friend with a little boy that was allowed to torment him for a month, leaving him scared half to death. After a month he finally growled at the boy and then snapped as a warning to leave him alone. They decided he couldn't stay and returned him. He's been around other people and children since then and been fine, so we don't think there's any aggression issues, as much as their was ill behaved child issues.
Rex is a 3 year old male beagle / hound. He's a major love bug and will spend all day by your side and all night sleeping at the foot of your bed. He's 'low man on the totem pole' in our house and the other dogs don't spend much time playing with him. Sugar and Spice gang up on him, trying to play but ultimately just scaring him. He's got a hound bark and bay for sure and needs to be on a big farm some place where his bark isn't going to upset neighbors.
Batman and Robin were dumped in the local dump together. As if being dumped in a landfill wasn't bad enough the people that worked there would throw things at them and kick at them. Their young lives weren't very pleasant. A young couple picked them up and brought them home and held on to them until we could take them. They are both young mixes, Batman a border collie type mix of maybe 12 pounds and Robin looks like a shepherd / lab mix but is only about 20 pounds and full grown. Batman has really come out of his shell and will approach people when called. Robin is much more hesitant and like other dogs with a bad start in life will need someone with lots of love and patience. They are fine in a crate and Batman is crate trained but Robin will potty in his if he's left alone too long.
All of the dogs that need foster homes can be split up, even if listed as a pair above. The ones listed above are a bit 'bonded' but can be seperated and will re-bond with another dog or human rather quickly.
If you are interested in helping, please see our website for more information at:
http://hilltopanimalrescueteam.com/foster_parent.htm
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
And the puppies keep coming.....
Now that we've got Payton (now named Snow White and her puppies are the seven dwarfs) settled in, we have started getting calls of other dogs and puppies in need. It seems this is the week to whelp!
Buttercup is a possible border collie / golden retreiver mix. She showed up at my husband's barber's property to give birth to at least 4 little puppies in a cave. They've not been able to get in to them and we're very worried about their safety, so we're trying very hard to find a foster home for them ASAP. The puppies are a week to 10 days old and should have their eyes open now. We'd like them to imprint on humans as soon as they can to make sure they'll be friendly, outgoing little guys.
We also got a call about a possible Irish Setter mix girl that has 7 puppies. They think the fathers are a rottie mix and a lab mix. They were born on Tuesday, July 6th. 4 of them have rottie markings, 1 is brown with a darker ridge running down their back and the other 2 are blond with the same darker ridge. They have foster homes so we'll be taking care of them and updating with photos.
If you can help temp foster the litter with possibly 4 puppies and are in middle TN please let us know. We can provide a kennel, food, vetting, etc for them. We just want to get them to safety!
Buttercup is a possible border collie / golden retreiver mix. She showed up at my husband's barber's property to give birth to at least 4 little puppies in a cave. They've not been able to get in to them and we're very worried about their safety, so we're trying very hard to find a foster home for them ASAP. The puppies are a week to 10 days old and should have their eyes open now. We'd like them to imprint on humans as soon as they can to make sure they'll be friendly, outgoing little guys.
We also got a call about a possible Irish Setter mix girl that has 7 puppies. They think the fathers are a rottie mix and a lab mix. They were born on Tuesday, July 6th. 4 of them have rottie markings, 1 is brown with a darker ridge running down their back and the other 2 are blond with the same darker ridge. They have foster homes so we'll be taking care of them and updating with photos.
If you can help temp foster the litter with possibly 4 puppies and are in middle TN please let us know. We can provide a kennel, food, vetting, etc for them. We just want to get them to safety!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Busy busy busy busy busy.....
It's really funny. People that truly are dedicated to animals and somehow manage to find time and energy that never existed before seem to find each other. It's a wonderful thing!
We've added an amazing groomer who also is keeping the dogs walked and the kennels clean and the ICU spotless for us! I have no clue how in the world she does what she does. She can bathe a dozen dogs in the time it takes me to get ready to bathe one. Every one of our dogs fell in love with her instantly. Duval who's afraid of everyone and Diva who's very shy were instantly head over heels for her. And she's got an amazing hubby that even comes along to help out when we're busy too. On top of everything else they're doing for us, they're also fostering kittens and have fallen in love with, and are planning on adopting, the momma terrier we pulled from the shelter.
We were contacted by another amazing lady who offered to foster a mother lab and her newborn 8 puppies. They were supposed to go to a rescue up north and we had a temporary foster all lined up for them. Saturday rolled around and the transport never showed and the foster couldn't keep them any longer. We asked if this foster could take them until we got another transport together and she agreed. When the transport failed to pick them up again she offered to keep them as long as needed so they could join our program and we would know they're safe. After taking them in she offered to take the puppies we have as well. On top of the fostering she's doing for us, she's raising 6 children and going to college to get her PhD!! The girl is a super hero, I'm telling ya!!
It seems like we've finally kicked the kennel cough virus. What a nightmare. Coccidia seems to finally be dead. We're slowly but surely emptying the ICU room. We've got a couple that still have an occasional dry cough, but the hacking and heaving is over. Phew!
Randy has come back to us. His adoptive mom said he never relaxed in her house. Her daughter said a family friend's little boy was over a lot and liked to tease him and scare him. She kept telling him to stop but he didn't. Sounds like Randy may have been tormented a bit. Yesterday the kid had him backed into a corner and wouldn't stop. Randy growled and the kid kept it up. Left with no other way out he snapped and scared the little boy. The daughter said he never got close to making contact with the boy, just got close enough to scare him into backing off. But the mom was freaked out, so back he is. He was thrilled when we pulled in the driveway and he saw John. His tail didn't stop wagging all night. He and Diva were still playing this morning.
We'll be bringing him to adoption events to re-socialize him and let him see that not all kids are that way. Such a shame, as he's one of our dogs that was happier with children and other dogs than he was with adults. We're just hoping that the torment hasn't left him terrified of all children.
We've added a guest book to our website. It's still in the early stages of design, but it's up and running and ready for your input!
Tomorrow is our 4th of July party at Petco. We'll be having contests and raffles and all kinds of fun games with prizes. Bring the kids along. We've got a coloring contest just for them!! Only a few dogs will be in attendance. We're trying to focus this more on the people that are dedicated to responsible ownership and thank you for being so wonderful! The few that will attend however will be:
Gomer and Andy, of course
Sarge (we have someone coming to look at him so he may get adopted!)
Pierre, the scottie - this will be his first event!
Connor - he's just waiting for someone to come along that wants a boy to play ball with!
Not sure on the others yet, but stop in and find out for yourself!
We've added an amazing groomer who also is keeping the dogs walked and the kennels clean and the ICU spotless for us! I have no clue how in the world she does what she does. She can bathe a dozen dogs in the time it takes me to get ready to bathe one. Every one of our dogs fell in love with her instantly. Duval who's afraid of everyone and Diva who's very shy were instantly head over heels for her. And she's got an amazing hubby that even comes along to help out when we're busy too. On top of everything else they're doing for us, they're also fostering kittens and have fallen in love with, and are planning on adopting, the momma terrier we pulled from the shelter.
We were contacted by another amazing lady who offered to foster a mother lab and her newborn 8 puppies. They were supposed to go to a rescue up north and we had a temporary foster all lined up for them. Saturday rolled around and the transport never showed and the foster couldn't keep them any longer. We asked if this foster could take them until we got another transport together and she agreed. When the transport failed to pick them up again she offered to keep them as long as needed so they could join our program and we would know they're safe. After taking them in she offered to take the puppies we have as well. On top of the fostering she's doing for us, she's raising 6 children and going to college to get her PhD!! The girl is a super hero, I'm telling ya!!
It seems like we've finally kicked the kennel cough virus. What a nightmare. Coccidia seems to finally be dead. We're slowly but surely emptying the ICU room. We've got a couple that still have an occasional dry cough, but the hacking and heaving is over. Phew!
Randy has come back to us. His adoptive mom said he never relaxed in her house. Her daughter said a family friend's little boy was over a lot and liked to tease him and scare him. She kept telling him to stop but he didn't. Sounds like Randy may have been tormented a bit. Yesterday the kid had him backed into a corner and wouldn't stop. Randy growled and the kid kept it up. Left with no other way out he snapped and scared the little boy. The daughter said he never got close to making contact with the boy, just got close enough to scare him into backing off. But the mom was freaked out, so back he is. He was thrilled when we pulled in the driveway and he saw John. His tail didn't stop wagging all night. He and Diva were still playing this morning.
We'll be bringing him to adoption events to re-socialize him and let him see that not all kids are that way. Such a shame, as he's one of our dogs that was happier with children and other dogs than he was with adults. We're just hoping that the torment hasn't left him terrified of all children.
We've added a guest book to our website. It's still in the early stages of design, but it's up and running and ready for your input!
Tomorrow is our 4th of July party at Petco. We'll be having contests and raffles and all kinds of fun games with prizes. Bring the kids along. We've got a coloring contest just for them!! Only a few dogs will be in attendance. We're trying to focus this more on the people that are dedicated to responsible ownership and thank you for being so wonderful! The few that will attend however will be:
Gomer and Andy, of course
Sarge (we have someone coming to look at him so he may get adopted!)
Pierre, the scottie - this will be his first event!
Connor - he's just waiting for someone to come along that wants a boy to play ball with!
Not sure on the others yet, but stop in and find out for yourself!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Great adoption events continue!
We started the week with our trip to the shelter to pull dogs. Those that follow us may have seen the post on Facebook, everyone taking bets on how many I'd come home with. Well, the winning guess was 16! Among them:
Bonaroo, a sheltie mix puppy boy about 8 weeks old
Jasmine, an 8 week old yellow lab puppy girl that was adopted the day after we got back!
Merlin, an 8 week old GSD / rottie mix puppy boy
Dooley, a beagle / pug mix boy about a year old
Gin'E (for search engine) and her 3 nursing puppies Google, Yahoo and Bing. They are rat terrier mixes.
Junebug, a female 8 week old Great Pyrenees mix puppy
O'Connor, a gorgeous young adult male American Eskimo
Scooby, a young adult male Yorkie
Scrappy, a young adult male Cairn Terrier
Shaggy, a young adult male Schnauzer
Pierre, a young adult male Scottie
Precious, a 6 year old female toy poodle
Prince, a 5 year old male toy poodle
They are on a quarantine hold for two weeks during which time we'll be evaluating their temperament.
This week's adoption event was wonderful again!
With Mr.HART in Atlanta for a concert, transport space was limited. My vehicle is so tiny I'd have to really work to transport a mouse! Luckily our shelter coordinator had the day off and Mr.TransportCoordinator didn't mind staying home to play fur kid daddy for mommy!
Tammy got to our house on time but I was running late............as usual! Tammy's got several dogs that just came available that are just wonderful so we decided to give the other dogs a week off. We loaded up Sugar and Spice, two adorable little bassett sisters and Mork and Mindy two very tiny little Norfolk terrier mix puppies that someone had found in a dumpster. I brought along Bolt since he'd only been to one event so far.
We loaded and thanks to Tammy's driving and few cars on the road we made it on time. We had tons of volunteers show up, always a wonderful thing! We'd had a lady call before we left to say she was driving all the way from Crossville with her fur baby to visit Spice. We walked in and the manager tracked us down to let us know she'd called to let him know too! She obviously fell in love with her over the internet!
In the meantime we had two ladies come in and fall instantly in love with Mork and Mindy. No surprise to any of us. They are beyond precious! They decided to adopt them both! We were so happy. After some cruel human threw them in a dumpster like trash they not only got a home, but got to stay together!
The lady about Spice showed up - Yay! Her dog is so laid back and easy going that she had no issue at all with Spice. Spice is just a laid back girl, so it seemed like it was meant to be. She called home to make sure everyone was absolutely positive they wanted the adoption and a resounding yes followed! We were thrilled that on her first day out, Spice found a family!
A couple came in and looked at Sugar. You could tell they just adored her. She was so sad when her sister left, walked around the pen and cried. When they took her out she climbed right in their lap. Just a complete snuggle bug! So daddy went home to get their dog to make sure they'd get along. Sugar is just so laid back it didn't seem to affect her one way or another. Because they wanted a dog to play with theirs, they took Bolt out. It wound up a perfect match and he was adopted!
By the end of the day 4 of the 5 we came in with had homes / families! We couldn't be happier!
Bonaroo, a sheltie mix puppy boy about 8 weeks old
Jasmine, an 8 week old yellow lab puppy girl that was adopted the day after we got back!
Merlin, an 8 week old GSD / rottie mix puppy boy
Dooley, a beagle / pug mix boy about a year old
Gin'E (for search engine) and her 3 nursing puppies Google, Yahoo and Bing. They are rat terrier mixes.
Junebug, a female 8 week old Great Pyrenees mix puppy
O'Connor, a gorgeous young adult male American Eskimo
Scooby, a young adult male Yorkie
Scrappy, a young adult male Cairn Terrier
Shaggy, a young adult male Schnauzer
Pierre, a young adult male Scottie
Precious, a 6 year old female toy poodle
Prince, a 5 year old male toy poodle
They are on a quarantine hold for two weeks during which time we'll be evaluating their temperament.
This week's adoption event was wonderful again!
With Mr.HART in Atlanta for a concert, transport space was limited. My vehicle is so tiny I'd have to really work to transport a mouse! Luckily our shelter coordinator had the day off and Mr.TransportCoordinator didn't mind staying home to play fur kid daddy for mommy!
Tammy got to our house on time but I was running late............as usual! Tammy's got several dogs that just came available that are just wonderful so we decided to give the other dogs a week off. We loaded up Sugar and Spice, two adorable little bassett sisters and Mork and Mindy two very tiny little Norfolk terrier mix puppies that someone had found in a dumpster. I brought along Bolt since he'd only been to one event so far.
We loaded and thanks to Tammy's driving and few cars on the road we made it on time. We had tons of volunteers show up, always a wonderful thing! We'd had a lady call before we left to say she was driving all the way from Crossville with her fur baby to visit Spice. We walked in and the manager tracked us down to let us know she'd called to let him know too! She obviously fell in love with her over the internet!
In the meantime we had two ladies come in and fall instantly in love with Mork and Mindy. No surprise to any of us. They are beyond precious! They decided to adopt them both! We were so happy. After some cruel human threw them in a dumpster like trash they not only got a home, but got to stay together!
The lady about Spice showed up - Yay! Her dog is so laid back and easy going that she had no issue at all with Spice. Spice is just a laid back girl, so it seemed like it was meant to be. She called home to make sure everyone was absolutely positive they wanted the adoption and a resounding yes followed! We were thrilled that on her first day out, Spice found a family!
A couple came in and looked at Sugar. You could tell they just adored her. She was so sad when her sister left, walked around the pen and cried. When they took her out she climbed right in their lap. Just a complete snuggle bug! So daddy went home to get their dog to make sure they'd get along. Sugar is just so laid back it didn't seem to affect her one way or another. Because they wanted a dog to play with theirs, they took Bolt out. It wound up a perfect match and he was adopted!
By the end of the day 4 of the 5 we came in with had homes / families! We couldn't be happier!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Incoming!!!
After our wonderful adoption weekend last week, we've committed to pull quite a few dogs and had some others come in as owner surrenders / strays that the people in the community can't keep.
We'll be headed to the shelter tomorrow after we pick up Dixie and Bolt from the clinic after their spay and neuter today. Once settled, it's off to Kentucky we go!
From the shelter, our list will include:
A female white and tan cocker spaniel
A male yorkie
A male Scottish terrier
A male Cairn terrier
A male American Eskimo
A mother rat terrier and her 3 female babies about 4 weeks old
A male rottie mix puppy, about 8 weeks old
A female Great Pyrenees mix puppy, about 8 weeks old
A female yellow lab, about 8 weeks old.
All adults are in the 3 - 5 year range for age as far as we know. Once we get them seen by the vet we'll have more info.
We also accepted 2 Norwich terrier mix dogs this morning that had been thrown in a garbage dumpster, a male and a female. They apprear to be younger, maybe 8 months or so.
We may have some of them at the adoption event this Saturday. For certain in attendance we will have:
Murphy, 3 year old male golden retreiver
Trixie, 3 year old female boxer mix
Bolt, 8 month old male corgi / terrier mix
Andy, 8 year old male chihuahua
Rex, 3 year old male hound / beagle mix
Shrek, 3 year old male beagle
In attendance pending their foster homes ability to make it:
Buffy, 12 year old female poodle
Alvin, 2 year old male beagle / cattle dog
Batman, 18 month old male border collie mix
Robin, 18 month old small male terrier / shepherd mix
Not attending but still looking for a family and home of their own are dozen more kids, with more coming in tomorrow. Please look at our website or Petfinder and see if you can find your next family member!!
We'll be headed to the shelter tomorrow after we pick up Dixie and Bolt from the clinic after their spay and neuter today. Once settled, it's off to Kentucky we go!
From the shelter, our list will include:
A female white and tan cocker spaniel
A male yorkie
A male Scottish terrier
A male Cairn terrier
A male American Eskimo
A mother rat terrier and her 3 female babies about 4 weeks old
A male rottie mix puppy, about 8 weeks old
A female Great Pyrenees mix puppy, about 8 weeks old
A female yellow lab, about 8 weeks old.
All adults are in the 3 - 5 year range for age as far as we know. Once we get them seen by the vet we'll have more info.
We also accepted 2 Norwich terrier mix dogs this morning that had been thrown in a garbage dumpster, a male and a female. They apprear to be younger, maybe 8 months or so.
We may have some of them at the adoption event this Saturday. For certain in attendance we will have:
Murphy, 3 year old male golden retreiver
Trixie, 3 year old female boxer mix
Bolt, 8 month old male corgi / terrier mix
Andy, 8 year old male chihuahua
Rex, 3 year old male hound / beagle mix
Shrek, 3 year old male beagle
In attendance pending their foster homes ability to make it:
Buffy, 12 year old female poodle
Alvin, 2 year old male beagle / cattle dog
Batman, 18 month old male border collie mix
Robin, 18 month old small male terrier / shepherd mix
Not attending but still looking for a family and home of their own are dozen more kids, with more coming in tomorrow. Please look at our website or Petfinder and see if you can find your next family member!!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Best day ever!
Our adoption event yesterday was an unbelievable success!!! I was absolutely shocked at how very busy we were. By the end of the event, Rocky, Charlie Brown, Garrett, Willow, and Lord Farquaad had all been adopted. Willow will be staying with us an extra week while her mommy and daddy are on vacation. Rocky's new family will be going on vacation next week so he will return to his foster mommy while they're gone - how about that? At Hilltop we even provide babysitters for your new family member!
After leaving our event one of our foster mommys called to let us know she'd gone to visit a potential home with Liza. The adopters had brought their dog to make sure they'd get along ok. She said they pretty much ignored each other, both being very much the couch potatoes. The application looked wonderful and pending a home visit on Friday, it looks like Liza may have a home as well!!!
We'll be headed back to Jessamine SAVE Center on Thursday to pick up some more. We've had a couple people contact us about fostering for us as well, which means we've been able to pull at least 2 more dogs off of euthanasia lines, possibly four more! For every foster home we have agree to help us out, we can save another one or two. It's a fabulous way to have a fur kid in the house with no expense from it and save their life in the process. The ultimate gift of love - life!
We've also got all those kittens! We'd planned on someone coming to help transport at least 16 of them to the event but they didn't show, so we weren't able to bring them. Next week though it looks like we may have a 3 vehicle caravan headed up, so we could possibly bring everyone!!! I can't even begin to imagine where we are all going to fit, but we'll certainly manage somehow! If you're looking for kittens, swing out to the Petco in the Avenue shopping plaza. We've got at least 16 of them from 8 weeks to 14 or 16 weeks that will be there. $30 adoption fee includes their first set of shots and de-worm. You can't beat that!!
We've got an appointment for Gomer on Monday afternoon for x-rays on his knee. He has an approved adopter, so we're waiting to see what x-rays show to find out when he can go home. If he needs surgery they'll need to wait to bring their little boy home until after he heals. If he's cleared for adoption and only has arthritis and just needs meds he can go home now.
Once we get them through and get Dixie, the female boxer we took in for her spay ready, we'll be taking in the kittens that Munchi has been nursing. They're staying incredibly small. We've got a litter of kittens their age and they are half the size of the others. They seem very healthy and quite active though. We're quite eager to see what the vet says and are wondering if they're going to be mini-cats??!!
If you missed the Munchi and the kittens stories, the link is here, with a video on the right side of the link. You can see her playing with them, nursing them, and cleaning them. She's a very good mommy!
http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=12479395
In the meantime we're gearing up for our two big events leading up to 4th of July. We'll be having contests at Petco on June 26th and July 3rd. Categories are cutest pet, best trick, best costume, etc. Gift certificates and other prizes from local businesses will be given out as prizes. These events will lead up to the 4th of July event in Smyrna where we have a booth set up with information and photos and info on all of the pets we have available for homes! Stop in and see us!
After leaving our event one of our foster mommys called to let us know she'd gone to visit a potential home with Liza. The adopters had brought their dog to make sure they'd get along ok. She said they pretty much ignored each other, both being very much the couch potatoes. The application looked wonderful and pending a home visit on Friday, it looks like Liza may have a home as well!!!
We'll be headed back to Jessamine SAVE Center on Thursday to pick up some more. We've had a couple people contact us about fostering for us as well, which means we've been able to pull at least 2 more dogs off of euthanasia lines, possibly four more! For every foster home we have agree to help us out, we can save another one or two. It's a fabulous way to have a fur kid in the house with no expense from it and save their life in the process. The ultimate gift of love - life!
We've also got all those kittens! We'd planned on someone coming to help transport at least 16 of them to the event but they didn't show, so we weren't able to bring them. Next week though it looks like we may have a 3 vehicle caravan headed up, so we could possibly bring everyone!!! I can't even begin to imagine where we are all going to fit, but we'll certainly manage somehow! If you're looking for kittens, swing out to the Petco in the Avenue shopping plaza. We've got at least 16 of them from 8 weeks to 14 or 16 weeks that will be there. $30 adoption fee includes their first set of shots and de-worm. You can't beat that!!
We've got an appointment for Gomer on Monday afternoon for x-rays on his knee. He has an approved adopter, so we're waiting to see what x-rays show to find out when he can go home. If he needs surgery they'll need to wait to bring their little boy home until after he heals. If he's cleared for adoption and only has arthritis and just needs meds he can go home now.
Once we get them through and get Dixie, the female boxer we took in for her spay ready, we'll be taking in the kittens that Munchi has been nursing. They're staying incredibly small. We've got a litter of kittens their age and they are half the size of the others. They seem very healthy and quite active though. We're quite eager to see what the vet says and are wondering if they're going to be mini-cats??!!
If you missed the Munchi and the kittens stories, the link is here, with a video on the right side of the link. You can see her playing with them, nursing them, and cleaning them. She's a very good mommy!
http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=12479395
In the meantime we're gearing up for our two big events leading up to 4th of July. We'll be having contests at Petco on June 26th and July 3rd. Categories are cutest pet, best trick, best costume, etc. Gift certificates and other prizes from local businesses will be given out as prizes. These events will lead up to the 4th of July event in Smyrna where we have a booth set up with information and photos and info on all of the pets we have available for homes! Stop in and see us!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Well, it's definitely kitten season
As I was getting ready to leave for work a few days ago, talking to my daughter, we kept hearing a kitten crying. I assumed it was her year old kitten that likes to play in the attic, in the rafters over the garage. But my daughter stopped and said, 'mom, I think it's coming from your car'. *shock* She was right!
I popped the hood and there sat three very little fluffy balls of fur, staring back at me. We pulled out a male and female solid black kitten and a grey male kitten. Scared, but otherwise healthy.
We got them to the vet and their first vaccines. While I was on the phone with our cat foster the other day telling her about it, she said she's had kittens showing up on their own, as well as being dropped on her door step lately. She's got 16 little kittens there now!!!!
It's obviously going to be a very busy kitten season. With her 16 and the 6 we have, we're looking for homes for 22 kittens. And that doesn't include the 5 she has that aren't even weaned yet. And season is just starting.
So our focus right now is kittens! We'll be picking up a massive amount of vaccines from our vet this weekend and heading to her place to start vaccinating everyone. Because they aren't really HART fosters, we're doing them as a courtesy listing for........... well, for them. They will be adopted out with their first set of vaccines done. A courtesy listing contract will have to be signed, guaranteeing you will provide us with vet statements showing they have received their other vaccines as well as been spayed / neutered before 6 months of age. The adoption fee is only $30 and you will need to complete the application as usual. If you are looking for a pair, we will adopt two at a time to approved applicants for $45.
I'm going to try to get out and vaccinate this Friday so we can bring them all to Petco on Saturday. If you're looking for a new kitten in your family - or two! - this will be a great time to adopt. We're hoping to have the kittens that have been nursed by Munchi, our long haired chihuahua, and were on the News 2 report mid-May up for adoption in the next couple weeks as well.
And if you're looking for a new canine companion, we will be at Petco with plenty of those this week. New to our group:
Willow, an 8 week old unbelievably precious boxer american bull dog mix
Tanner, a very cute and tiny 8 month old puppy
O'Connor, a stunning young adult American Eskimo
Batman, a 12 week old male border collie mix
Robin, Batman's best buddy, a 12 week old GSD / Lab mix
Bullwinkle, adoption pending, a 18 month old male Boston Terrier
Rocky, a 3 year old male Boston Terrier
Dixie, a 3 year old female Boxer
I popped the hood and there sat three very little fluffy balls of fur, staring back at me. We pulled out a male and female solid black kitten and a grey male kitten. Scared, but otherwise healthy.
We got them to the vet and their first vaccines. While I was on the phone with our cat foster the other day telling her about it, she said she's had kittens showing up on their own, as well as being dropped on her door step lately. She's got 16 little kittens there now!!!!
It's obviously going to be a very busy kitten season. With her 16 and the 6 we have, we're looking for homes for 22 kittens. And that doesn't include the 5 she has that aren't even weaned yet. And season is just starting.
So our focus right now is kittens! We'll be picking up a massive amount of vaccines from our vet this weekend and heading to her place to start vaccinating everyone. Because they aren't really HART fosters, we're doing them as a courtesy listing for........... well, for them. They will be adopted out with their first set of vaccines done. A courtesy listing contract will have to be signed, guaranteeing you will provide us with vet statements showing they have received their other vaccines as well as been spayed / neutered before 6 months of age. The adoption fee is only $30 and you will need to complete the application as usual. If you are looking for a pair, we will adopt two at a time to approved applicants for $45.
I'm going to try to get out and vaccinate this Friday so we can bring them all to Petco on Saturday. If you're looking for a new kitten in your family - or two! - this will be a great time to adopt. We're hoping to have the kittens that have been nursed by Munchi, our long haired chihuahua, and were on the News 2 report mid-May up for adoption in the next couple weeks as well.
And if you're looking for a new canine companion, we will be at Petco with plenty of those this week. New to our group:
Willow, an 8 week old unbelievably precious boxer american bull dog mix
Tanner, a very cute and tiny 8 month old puppy
O'Connor, a stunning young adult American Eskimo
Batman, a 12 week old male border collie mix
Robin, Batman's best buddy, a 12 week old GSD / Lab mix
Bullwinkle, adoption pending, a 18 month old male Boston Terrier
Rocky, a 3 year old male Boston Terrier
Dixie, a 3 year old female Boxer
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