Mother of the Year

This story is breaking my heart... what a courageous momma! If you can help in any way, please email or make a Paypal donation to pity4us_rescue@yahoo.com. These babies are in the South Carolina heat and downpours and have a chance at a better life. I think they deserve it! Read their story below:

"Some of you have heard this sad story before when we were desperately moving dogs around to make room for mama and 9 puppies. Well, the tables have turned and the story has taken a new twist.

As you can see by the photos attached mama dog has delivered 9 beautiful puppies on the end of a chain. People have worked hard to get the owner to surrender the dogs since being outdoors in the heat is no place for a baby (no luck). A dog house was provided to help keep them out of the extreme weather we have been having (downpour rain or heat). At first he had said that the dogs were promised to people and he would not give them up. Mama dog then rejected 3 babies who are now being bottle fed by some very dedicated people. Now the man has agreed to give up the remaining pups when they are of age (they are currently 3 weeks old); however he wants to be paid for them.

We will also be working to get the owner to allow mama dog to be spayed since there is also an unaltered male pit chained on the opposite side of the yard who is the puppies' father. We are hoping to get some assistance in doing this.

As many know we hit a hard spot after paying for parvo treatments for 14 puppies, and only 2 of them survived. It hit our pockets hard, but we are trying to recover.

We need to raise:

*$25.00 per puppy (25.00 x 6=$150.00)

*Money to get mama dog spayed (60.00-100.00 depending on clinic used), hoping for a HW test also.

*Vetting for the puppies ( $75.00 -100.00 each puppy for alter, microchip, vaccines, dewormings ).

As you can see this is an expensive mission, but these babies are so deserving!

They are located in SC.

If anyone would like to contribute, we are set up for PayPal at this email address or our PO BOX is below.

If you are unable to help financially at this time, please help by cross posting their story and gaining these sweeties some exposure. If you would like any more information, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you in advance!

Amanda

Pity 4 Us Rescue
P.O. Box 753
Pineville, NC 28134
704-858-0764 - Amanda
704-858-1331 - DeAnna"

Iggy in North Carolina

This is Iggy. He has had a sad life so far. He lived at his previous owner's house on a heavy chain, with no shelter, dirty water, little food and ears dripping blood from fly bites. For some reason (and thank God she did!) his owner decided to bring him to a pet store and leave him. The woman she left him with said this: "The "owner" just asked for her chain back & walked away. No, goodbye hug, no concern of where he was going to end up... just walked away with her heavy, 4 foot chain---the only life Iggy had ever known." Luckily Iggy went to a great foster home and has now been there for two months. He has been neutered, given shots, and dewormed. Along with medical care, he was socialized and given basic obedience training, crate training, and has been housebroken. He is almost 2 years old. He LOVES kids, plays very gentle, and loves other animals!

If you live in North Carolina or know anyone who does, please pass this on for Iggy. The foster home has LOTS and LOTS of foster dogs and puppies, and Iggy is getting sad that he doesn't have a family that loves him. Everyday he watches the puppies get adopted and no one comes for him. Let's help find Iggy a forever home where he will know love like he never has!

Please contact Tiffany Jourdain at leovrhs@gmail.com or call Sharon at 828-837-4186 if you can help Iggy! He is located in Murphy, North Carolina but transport can be arranged for him to anywhere!

Dogs Deserve Better

I am so happy to say that I had a part in getting two of the heartworm positive dogs from my last post to a permanent rescue in Minnesota. They were living chained at their owner's house where another dog had been poisoned with antifreeze by neighborhood kids and they have now arrived at Homeward Bound Rescue where they will be treated and loved.

Since volunteering as a Dogs Deserve Better rep for Mississippi, my heart has been broken and I have lost a lot of sleep. When it rains, I think of those precious faithful dogs sitting through it wondering what they did wrong. Today it was 100 degrees and stifling and every chained dog lays patiently in what shade, if any, they can find.

I have been overwhelmed with the number of dogs I have seen or been told about in Starkville who spend their lives on chains or in pens. What is the purpose of a dog you keep chained in your yard? You don't play with him or enjoy him in any way. He is a lawn ornament that you feed and ignore.

There is no other animal that we treat the way we do dogs. Animals bred to be our companions, our loyal helpers, we leave to sit alone in their own feces, to be bitten by insects, to be attacked by other animals their chains won't allow them to escape. We leave them starving for attention and sometimes for food; yet they do not, cannot complain. They only sit and wait for us to change our minds, knowing they will instantly forgive us if we do. They do not demand respect from us, so we forget to give it even though they, above all creatures, deserve it most.

You can learn more about the dangerous and inhumane practice of chaining a dog for life and about ways you can help at Dogs Deserve Better.

"We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made." - M. Acklam

Heartworm Positive Doesn't Have to Be a Death Sentence!

Sharon Moore runs Sugar Babies Animal Rescue in Meridian, MS. Her purpose is to rescue local homeless or surrendered pets, get them healthy and then find homes or rescues for them. She currently has three heartworm positive dogs who need treatment so they can be rescued. Since she has no room to foster them they are living chained at their owner's house, who is threatening to turn them over to the pound.

Sharon is using Fundable.com to raise money for their treatment. She must raise $1,320 by July 17. The way the website works is that, unless the whole amount is raised, Sharon gets nothing and your account will not be charged. I know the economy is terrible right now, but if we can help these pups get treated they have a chance at knowing what it means to be a beloved pet, instead of being sent to the pound where they will be put down because of their condition.

Please chip in whatever you can to get these pups healthy. The website is: http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-07-02.2175169908/groupaction_view

They deserve a better life and you can help secure it for them! Do something good for someone else today... it is an instant mood-lifter, much needed on Mondays! :-)

Opening Weekend

Well, The Barking Bakery opened on Saturday! We sold out of treats and made $163. I am going to put the money towards medical expenses for animals in our foster care program. I am so excited and thrilled with how everything went! I think I am going to set it up again the weekend after 4th of July weekend. Below are some pictures of the booth :-)

The 25 finished $5 bags. I also sold some individual baggies of treats for $2.
The booth (with Paul napping in it... hey, it was 6 AM!)
A samples table
The little bags were easy to do and generated some extra revenue
Some of the bags and some OCHS volunteer applications.
Some of my signsMe with my booth!