Thursday, March 31, 2011

TIME JUST GETS AWAY...UPDATES


A terrific picture of Ruddick courtesy of Ann B (thanks Ann!)

It is getting very difficult to keep up these days...whew. Anyway, I have GREAT NEWS!!! Most of you probably already know, but RUDDICK WAS ADOPTED! He was the last of the "Lucky 7", but was still adopted in record time! A HUGE thank you again to Ann at UPAWS (and their staff/volunteers) for working with us to get these babies up North and converting them to Yoopers (lol). Here is a video of Ruddick having fun romping in the snow in Michigan before he was adopted! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGsr8U8ZpKw

Oso's still smiling! Oso's heartworm treatment had to be postponed until some time next week. Things were just too crazy this week at work and with our kitchen remodel. Don't worry though...he WILL get it! It would be a miracle if we could find someone to foster him through heartworm treatment so that he could get more 1:1 attention... keep dreaming right. Well just in case someone in the Memphis area reads this, we will provide everything he needs if you would open your heart and home to this big baby! Let Allie know asap if you can help 901-240-9848 or allieot98@yahoo.com Here are some recent pics of this precious boy!

Definitely worth helping :)

Saturday, March 19, 2011

ANOTHER LUCKY 7 (including our RUDDICK) ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING "YOOPERS"!

Ruddick is on his way to a better life in Michigan (the Upper Peninsula to be exact)...only he doesn't know it yet!

Where are we going mommy???

Thanks to an amazing group of dog/animal lovers, Ruddick and 6 precious babies from the Osceola Animal Shelter (Jordan, Tasha, Ginger, Angel, Coco, and Abby), have a chance to live wonderful lives with families that want them. On Friday afternoon, I met my sister Kelly in Cape Girardeau, MO so that these guys/gals could spend the night in St. Louis. After snoozing at Off the Leash Dog Grooming in Ballwin, MO (THANK YOU JUDY for allowing them to stay and Kelly, Janice, Haley , and Stacy for helping them and keeping them "entertained" during their time in St. Louis), the LUCKY 7 met up with another transport originating primarily in Springfield, MO. After transport coordinator extraordinaire, Kerin, put together a "RUN SHEET" for the Leg-to-Leg transport, volunteer drivers ( "Rescue Road Warriers") picked up our babies on Saturday morning and headed North.

The journey didn't end there. Not only did amazing people volunteer their time and gas to drive short distances (typically driving 1 1/2- 2 hours), several offered their homes Saturday night so that these (and other rescued doggies) could snooze in the comfort of a home before heading out the next morning (today, Sunday) to make it to their final destination in Michigan. The Lucky 7 are scheduled to arrive at UPAWS (Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter)
http://www.upaws.org/. Thanks to our friend Beth in WI who hooked us up with Ann from UPAWS, these precious souls have literally been saved. A HUGE thank you to shelter manager, Dyana, for agreeing to this amazing rescue! Boy we wish we had lines here waiting for dogs!

Here are some more pictures from the beginning of their journey!

Are we there yet???

Nope...pit stop in Osceola, Arkansas to pick up your new road buddies Ruddick! Here is your first new buddy, Ginger, pictured her with Sissy!


Paula and Sissy with 2 of their fur-souls who have been "chosen"! These 2 pups have no idea how lucky they are! On the left is Tasha (her sister, Tisha, was adopted already) and on the right is Abby!

More lovin' before they go!

This one was special...Jordan. These ladies LOVE him (so much that he has been at the shelter since September- amazing dedication ladies!)

Oh precious Angel...I see why they named her that- ADORABLE!

I think Ruddick realized he wasn't getting out any time soon!

Potty break in Cape Girardeau!

Hugs for Angel from Kelly!

Coco wants hugs too!

Awww our Ruddick is making friends with Kelly!

Ruddick is making new fur-friends too!

So bittersweet...I LOVE Ruddick and I will miss him tons, but I'm so happy for him too!

Our last picture together...boo hoooo

Anyone would be lucky to adopt this precious
Angel!

Bye guys...we wish you forever happiness!!!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

OSO "BEAR" NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

UPDATE 3/20/11: OSO HAS THE BEST DOGGY ANGELS IN THE WORLD!!! He now has enough money for his heartworm treatment!!! Thank you ANN B and EMILY V or making up the difference! Oso will have an even bigger smile for you!). UPDATE 3/11/11: OSO only needs to raise $50 more dollars since I received 2 checks in the mail (the chip-in won't show that). We are almost there!!! OSO WANTS TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR DONATIONS: NICOLE B., BETH R., ANN B. (twice), KELLY A., EMILY A., DONNA G., KERRY G., EMILY V., NICOLE L., NANCY D., NIKKI H., STEPHANIE H., DONNA H., and ShAWN H. !!! KEVIN AND I LOVE YOU GUYS! Who else wants to be one of Oso's Doggy Angels??? Ok so many of you know we took in Oso (Bear) a couple months ago to help a family that was forced to go in to transitional housing. Well we then found out that Oso is heartworm positive...devastating news. The good news is Oso CAN be treated. I just spoke to the vet today and this big 85 pound boy can be treated for approximately $325.00 thanks to a generous "rescue discount". That includes doxycycline (antibiotics he needs to take for a few weeks).

Sooo....we are begging for our friends to contribute even $5.00. We can take him to begin treatment on March 29th if we can raise the funds. Oso is a wonderful dog who deserves a family but his heartworm status is getting in the way of finding his forever home. Please help us continue to save lives. Thanks so much! I will post new pictures of Oso soon! His Chip-In is below!