Six Abused Great Pyrs Need Help

Please see this post from National Great Pyrenees Rescue at http://www.nationalpyr.org/neediest-cases


Holiday Horror Show (12/21/12)

On Friday, 12/21, NGPR volunteers descended on the home of a Finger Lakes, NY Great Pyrenees AKC breeder. The visit was necessary as the woman is no longer able to care for her dogs. Volunteers went to the house where they found six, totally unsocialized dogs who were kept in appalling conditions. Large adult dogs were imprisoned 24/7, some in crates where their backs touched the top. Their fur came up through the wire tops, and they were unable to fully lift their heads. More pictures of these horrible conditions are here.

Kuma, a 6-year-old female, who had been bred every heat, lived 24/7 in a dark, windowless cupboard. On  the day after her release from these squalid conditions, a Pyr volunteer who is a groomer, started to gently work on her and was heartbroken at the unemotional, blank stare in Kuma's eyes. She said that, hopefully, with great patience, much understanding and loving care, this poor, sweet, timid girl will eventually be O.K. All the dogs were very badly matted, filthy, flea and tick-ridden with toe nails curling under. They were only allowed water once a day to limit peeing in their crates. The volunteers were told that two of the males were too aggressive to be rehabbed and would need to be euthanized. There was great joy and relief when these two dogs, once removed from their confinement, just wanted to sniff the volunteers, trees and grass.

Volunteers Bring Dogs to Lollypop Farm

The dogs were brought to Lollypop Farm in Rochester for vaccinations and were the center of attention in the lobby. All were calm and well-behaved--quite a feat for totally unsocialized dogs who had just been removed from the only life they had known. One woman cried when she met them and saw their horrible, filthy condition. Given the short notice at holiday time, these dogs will be boarded in a kennel this week or until fosters and homes can be found for them. Boarding for the dogs will be $102/day plus their medical costs. One dog has significant rear-end issues that need to be addressed. We need your help to care for these neglected dogs at a time of year where the options are limited.

Please chip in to help save these poor dogs!

Thanks!

All donations are tax deductible and go directly to National Great Pyrenees Rescue, a 501c3 charity.

Save Some Puppies for the Holidays!

You can save a puppy's life for just $5!  Please help us raise $300 to help save over 60 dogs in the last pre-holiday transport mission.

Email to our group from rescue angel Connie Guthrie:

Dear Michael and Friends,

What a wonderful way to end the year 2012 with lives being saved.

These puppies are among 30 that need to make the transport for December 22. And you can bet they will have a home for Christmas.

Along with these 30 puppies, we have l mom and her 8 puppies 3 days old, another 22 adults will get their chance too.

Dave and me want to thank each one of you. Without YOU these transport trips would not have been made, and lives would have not of been saved.

God Bless each one of you, and Merry Christmas.

With God's blessing we will be on the road Christmas Eve.  Coming back knowing all of these precious souls will have their forever home this Christmas.

Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.

The Doomed Dogs Rescue Club has supported the blessed mission of Dave and Connie by donating gas money to help pay for their transport trips.  We have helped save hundreds of puppies in this way.

Please help us help them to continue to save these precious lives!  With over a thousand members of our club, even a small donation by a bunch of us can make a life-or-death difference to these puppies.

Could you please help by chipping in a little?  A $5 donation is enough for the gas to transport one puppy to safety.

Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!.

Noel

Life or death? That’s the phone call that came to our friend, Paige, of Lonestar Pyrs & Paws Texas. A young female Pyr, now named Noel, had been hit by a car and dumped.  Taken to a vet – and the vet knowing Paige and her rescue – they called asking if Lonestar could save this baby girl as she needed surgery to repair her broken bones ASAP. Without hesitation, Paige said, “Yes!”  Noel has successfully had surgery, but the costs are high. Can you spare $5 or $10 to help Lonestar TX? Noel says thank you for helping save her life.


All donations go directly from Paypal to Lone Star Pyrs and Paws, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

Want to adopt or foster this beautiful puppy?  Please contact the rescue at http://lonestarpyrsandpawsrescue.org/

Want to help?  Please join our group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/doomeddogs.

SOS Puppy Rescue

Email to our group from rescue angel Connie Guthrie:


Hi Michael and Friends,
We just got home tonight from transporting to Wisconsin Humane Society.

We transported 23 puppies, l mom and her 6 babies (picture was sent to you), 24 adults 4 - 6 month old puppies.

They were overjoyed in Wisconsin to see these Oklahoma beauties.

We HAVE to do another transport on December 10, 2012.

Wisconsin and our Chicago friends wants us to bring up at least 50 of our adults. We also have another 25 puppies for this transport.

PLEASE remember us. We will be taking the mini bus and gas for it is more costly.

Mom and pups from an earlier trip.

The trip to Wisconsin from our home is 15 hours.  We went 900 miles one way. That is 180 gallons of gas for the mini bus.

The trip this week was 1700 miles up and back. Gas for the trip was 120 gallons.

We are so concerned about the weather up north. So this may be the last trip for quite a while.  Any and all dogs that can make this trip is so important for their chance for a home for the holidays.

Dave and me want to wish all a happy Thanksgiving.

Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.

The Doomed Dogs Rescue Club has supported the blessed mission of Dave and Connie by donating gas money to help pay for their transport trips.  We have helped save hundreds of puppies in this way.

Please help us help them to continue to save these precious lives!  With over a thousand members of our club, even a small donation by a bunch of us can make a life-or-death difference to these puppies.

Could you please help by chipping in a little?  A $5 donation is enough for the gas to transport one puppy to safety.

Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!.

More Puppies

Hi Michael and Friends.

I know it has been awhile since we have emailed you. We have not slowed down. Since October 12 we have transported 289 dogs and puppies to Chicago.  205 went to the Hugh Petco Adoption Event held on October 27th and 28th.

Then we continued to transport each week to other humane societies. We just got back home from transporting 17 puppies to Paws and 4 others to West Suburban Humane Society.


Next Sunday we are going to a new humane society in Wisconsin.

We will be taking our mini bus and right now we are hopeful to transport a total of 56.

25 will be puppies. l mom and her babies (this is her picture). And the rest young adults.

We went to Arkansas on October 16 and pulled 95 from a hoarder. We along with a Chicago group took over 300 from this place.  Most was under weight, sick, many in season and several pregnant.

I brought the 95 to my indoor transport facility. Where we have been giving them the needed TLC. We have been transporting each week some of them.

This Thursday we will transport 56 to spay/neuter clinic and then we will get them on each transport north.

We will take pictures this Sunday of the transport as we unload these precious babies.

Thank you all for your continued support to Dave and me. Without your support we could not help these precious lives.


This mom and her 6 babies are really precious. As you can see they are all healthy and playful. Mom is pretty special to have kept them all alive. They were dumped by the river.  Thank God someone found them.

Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.


The Doomed Dogs Rescue Club has supported the blessed mission of Dave and Connie by donating gas money to help pay for their transport trips.  We have helped save hundreds of puppies in this way.

Please help us help them to continue to save these precious lives!  With over a thousand members of our club, even a small donation by a bunch of us can make a life-or-death difference to these puppies.

Could you please help by chipping in a little?  A $5 donation is enough for the gas to transport one puppy to safety.

Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!

Puppy Transports

Connie and Dave Guthrie have a full time, unpaid job - saving the unwanted puppies of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.

Their strategy is simple, but very time consuming.  They drive around to kill shelters and pick the babies up (along with their moms) and take them home.  Other rescues collect unwanted puppies and drop them off at Connie's to give them a chance at life.

When Connie and Dave have a big batch of them (40 or 50 or more), they pop them into their big van and drive them North to Chicago or Minneapolis to no-kill shelters that adopt them out.

Connie has a big load of puppies to save almost every week.

The Doomed Dogs Rescue Club has supported the blessed mission of Dave and Connie by donating gas money to help pay for their transport trips.  We have helped save hundreds of puppies in this way.

Please help us help them to continue to save these precious lives!  With over a thousand members of our club, even a small donation by a bunch of us can make a life-or-death difference to these puppies.

Could you please help by chipping in a little?  A $5 donation is enough for the gas to transport one puppy to safety.

Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!

All donations go directly from Paypal to Save Our Strays, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.

SilverBell

Could you please chip in a little to help SilverBell?

Here's an email from our friends at St Cloud's Rescue:

"For those of you who don't know SilverBell, was at a kill shelter.  She came in with a hole in her paw.  They did not seek any vet care for her while she was on hold.   St. Cloud's Rescue pulled her and immediately took her to the vet.  Her temperature was 105.5 and she was one sick pup.  We had to wait 10 days for her to get well enough to have surgery.   We were very lucky she only had to have a toe amputated.  She is just skin and bones!"


With over 45 Saints in the rescue now, however, Rosie really needs our help.

Please chip in and help raise $250 for her medical bills.

Your help can save her live!

All donations go directly from Paypal to St. Cloud's Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save these two and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact St. Cloud's at http://stcloudsrescue.org/

Willow and Ivy

Willow and Ivy lived on a ranch where they were supposed to workers.  Unfortunately, they got into the very bad habit of eating eggs.  Fine in a suburb but not acceptable on a ranch.

Their tough-minded owner decided to take direct approach to the problem by shooting the two girls.  Luckily, a neighbor of hers was a dog lover, who grabbed them before they could be shot.

The neighbor couldn't keep them and appealed to our friends from Great Pyrenees Rescue of Houston to take them.

GPRS Houston needs our help to save these two.  Please help if you can!

With our sponsorship, Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get them vetted and put them in a loving foster home (where they will be fed plenty of eggs) while they look for a good permanent home for her.

Our sponsorship money will go toward vet bills and other costs of fostering them until a permanent home can be found.

All donations go directly from Paypal to Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact GPRS athttp://www.gprescuesociety.org/

Carly

Could you please help save Carly?

My name’s Carly, and I was walking the streets of Coweta County, GA, begging for food and water,  looking for any decent shelter. Then someone found me and took me in.  But just when I thought I was safe they broke my heart again and dumped me at the kill shelter.

You see, the vet told them that I tested positive for Heartworms and that the treatment would cost a lot of money – money they didn’t have. So there I sat, with my life on the line, until at last my true angels came along. With the agreement of you wonderful people at the Doomed Dogs Rescue Club to provide money for sponsorship, Linda Palermo and her group, TenderHeart Rescue, saved my life.  Can you help them get me back on my feet and get the treatment I need? Even a $1 makes a difference to me. I Pyrsonally thank you for helping me and this wonderful rescue!

Cooper

Please see the plea below from our friends at Caring Hearts Rescue:



Cooper is in big trouble. Cooper is a young 4 year old Poodle!  We rescued him from the Shelter and sadly he is peeing blood!!! We rushed him in for a urinalysis and x-rays and it turns out this sweetie has Bladder Stones!! Since there is a lot of blood, we're hoping to have him into surgery ASAP!!!  The cost we're hoping to raise for the Bladder Stone surgery is $800.00.  

Please, help this sweetie!!! He's just full of love and kisses!  He is in Pain!! Your donation is tax deductable!! Thank you!! 

Tax Deductable Donations can be made here at the Chip In or at the address below. Caring Hearts Rescue is a 501c3 Non-Profit Animal Rescue. Mailing address for donations-Mailing Address: Caring Hearts Rescue P.O. Box 6592 Springfield, Va. 22150.

Polly

This poor girl is Polly.  She has some terrible problems with her legs - see the videos here:

http://youtu.be/7A97OjE7Jbs

http://youtu.be/ypQy7-5Ii-I

http://youtu.be/B1tw78Nrs6k

It is very painful for her to walk.  She needs bilateral luxating patella surgery - very expensive!  With the surgery, she should be as good as new and walk without pain.

Please help cure this poor girl!

When our friends from Great Pyrenees Rescue of Houston agreed to take her, they knew that this was going to be an expensive rescue.  Of course, no one will adopt this sweetie until she gets fixed up.

GPRS Houston needs help with this one.  We have agreed to sponsor part of the cost of Polly's surgery.  Please help if you can!

With our sponsorship, Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get her vetted and put her in a loving foster home while they look for a good permanent home for her.

Our sponsorship money will go toward vet bills.

All donations go directly from Paypal to Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact GPRS athttp://www.gprescuesociety.org/

Tabitha

Could you chip in $5 to help save this doomed momma and baby?

After a tough career as a breeding machine, Tabitha ended up as an inmate in a Texas kill shelter, together with her baby daughter, Sabrina.  Tabitha and Sabrina have been  horribly neglected - starved and just covered in ticks and fleas.  Not sure yet, but they also likely have heartworms.

Lucky for Tabitha and Sabrina, rescue angels Rosie and Gisela of St Clouds are always there for Saints in need.   With over 45 Saints in the rescue now, however, Rosie really needs our help to be able to afford to take on two more big dogs to vet and feed.

That's what our Club is for, so we have agreed to help sponsor the rescue of these two girls.

Please chip in and help raise $250 for them using the ChipIn.

Your help can save their lives!

All donations go directly from Paypal to St. Cloud's Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save these two and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact St. Cloud's at http://stcloudsrescue.org/

Beckham

Please give $5 to help save poor Beckham!

Sweet Beckham was found wandering the streets in Harris County.  He ended up in a kill shelter that gives 3 days and then, rescue or dead.

He is in such bad shape that his only possible hope was for a rescue to take him before the shelter put him to sleep.  With a  horrible case of mange, he was not an attractive candidate for a rescue to take him.

Great Pyrenees Rescue of Houston  needs help with this one.  We have agreed to sponsor him to enable them to save him and give him the care he needs.  Please help if you can!

With our sponsorship, Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get him vetted, get medicine for his mange and put him in a loving foster home while they look for a good permanent home for her.

Our sponsorship money will go toward vet bills and other costs of fostering him until a permanent home can be found.

All donations go directly from Paypal to Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact GPRS athttp://www.gprescuesociety.org/

Billy

Could you give $5 to help save Billy?

The Doomed Dogs Rescue Club exists to provide a little financial assistance to cash-strapped rescues so they can take dogs out of danger and find them good homes.

We were contacted by Ellen Moore at Fireside Rescue.  This beautiful Great Pyrenees got into a bad situation.  He was in a kill shelter in Mississippi and due to die shortly.

Ellen was given just a couple of days to step in and take Billy before he was killed.  Ellen needed a sponsor to be able to take him, so she asked us for help.  A little bit of money from some of us can save Billy's life.

Our money will go toward the costs of vetting him and feeding him until a good home is found.

Please help!

Fireside Animal Rescue is not a 501(c)(3), so donations are not tax deductible.

Daisy

This poor girl is Daisy.  Terribly abused, Daisy was in a kill shelter in Texas.  She is in such bad shape that she was not even available for adoption.  Instead, her only possible hope was for a rescue to take her before the shelter put her to sleep.  With a respiratory tract infection and a horrible case of mange, she was not an attractive candidate for a rescue to take her.

When our friends from Great Pyrenees Rescue of Houston saw her she was very, very frightened - see how she is backed up into the corner.  Who could blame her?  The only way a dog gets into this awful condition is mistreatment by humans.

GPRS Houston needs help with this one.  We have agreed to sponsor Daisy's rescue.  Please help if you can!

With our sponsorship, Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get her vetted and put her in a loving foster home while they look for a good permanent home for her.

Our sponsorship money will go toward vet bills and other costs of fostering her until a permanent home can be found.

All donations go directly from Paypal to Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact GPRS athttp://www.gprescuesociety.org/

Transport to Save 26 Puppies!

Connie has a big load of puppies to save by transporting them north next week.  There are around 26 now, and she will collect more each day until they leave.

She needs some help with the gas money to make the trip.

Could you please help by chipping in a little?

Connie and Dave regularly drive around and pick up doomed dogs from shelters in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri and take them to rescues in Minnesota, Illinois and New York. These dogs would likely be put to sleep if not for them. Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!





All donations go directly from Paypal to Save Our Strays, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.

Great Pyrenees Cruelty Cases

One of the biggest angels in Great Pyrenees (and other breeds) rescue is Wy Neeley.  We have worked with her many times to save dogs.  She has gotten very involved in helping the big bunch of GPs caught up in the big Texas cruelty case that you may have heard of.

Here is an email we received:  "The shelter is telling me there are 2 females and 8 males, looks like she was breeding them some. The two girls are HW- but all the males are HW+ all under weight but not badly all are scared to death. 

These dogs are all part of a cruelty seizure by Killeen Animal Control. They were rescued from a hoarding environment with very bad living conditions. These dogs are available to rescue only. Many of them are shy but not aggressive. They are considered URGENT. They need out ASAP or they will be euthanized. We are overloaded at KAC. If Great Pry rescue is interested in any of these, let me know and...
I will be able to provide you with more information. I believe all of them have been de-wormed and given a first round of shots. They have also been heartworm tested. I believe some are neg and some are positive. But like I said, if the rescue is interested in any of them, let me know and I can get more info. For now, here are the pictures. I believe there are 7 pictured that need placement asap.

If anyone can foster or rescue one of these poor babies before they are killed, you can contact ...and she can pull for you. These Pyrs have NO TIME. If anyone can pledge a donation to help with vetting for those who can be saved, that would be great. Thank you. This is truly an emergency. They have to euthanize for space."


After a lot of work by Wy and many others, homes have been found for all 10 of these big GPs - but they need money to transport them this weekend..

Wy set up this chip in - please help save these dogs by making a small donation - thanks!

Message from Wy:

"Per Duste, a transport that will run 4 of the cruelty case Pyrs from TX to CO will cost $650.00. Vetting will run $100.00 for each of the 10 Pyrs (includes Health Certificate for travel). There will not be any Pyrs going to MN as they all found rescues in TX and CO (thank you lord) 


Eileen has worked very hard in getting the transport set up but we are relying on chip in to help us get these dogs up to Co. We have been very lucky in getting rescue groups to take all ten plus one other dog. The dogs leave Saturday (September 1st). These dogs have now a chance for a family and home something they have never had before. Three rescue groups here in TX stepped up and each took two dogs two Co. group stepped up and took two each plus a white shepherd from the same cruelty case. So far we have been very lucky these do not seem to have any health issue. All are scared but working it out in there own time. From what we can see besides being smelly and dirty nothing much is wrong that love and time can not cure we need help in getting them up to the Co. groups. Can you help us?"

Bear

Bear is in a kill shelter in Oklahoma and due to be put to sleep this week.

Connie at SOS discovered Bear along with 30 others at the shelter that she is transporting to Chicago this week.  Unfortunately, the the Chicago rescue can't take Bear because of his age and size.

We have reached out to Doreen at  GP Rescue of Oklahoma.  Doreen needs our help to be able to take him - otherwise she cannot afford it.

With our financial support, Doreen can take Bear and find a good home for him.

Please help us if you can – we are trying to raise $500 for him.

All donations go directly from Paypal to National Great Pyrenees Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.

Please chip in - together we can help save her and many more!

Interested in adopting Hope?  Please contact GPRO rescue at http://www.wix.com/gprofok/gpr#!

Garland

Could you chip in $5 to help save this doomed boy?



Gisela emailed and said that Garland is in a high kill gas shelter.  St. Cloud's would like to take him, but they just don't have the money to do so.  Gisela asked for our help.  How could we refuse?

Rosie and Gisela at St. Cloud’s need our help to save this big boy.

Please chip in and help raise $250 for him using the ChipIn.

Our donations will pay to pull him, vet him and get him ready to go a good family.  Your help can save his life!

All donations go directly from Paypal to St. Cloud's Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact St. Cloud's at http://stcloudsrescue.org/

Oklahoma Disaster

Hi Michael and Friends:

I know all of you have been watching the weather reports. And one thing stands out: HOT. The temperatures in Oklahoma are extreme. Dangerous for our 4 legged friends. We here at Save Our Strays, Inc. have been getting phone calls and emails begging us to help take animals. An elderly couple north of Tahlequah have 35 rescue dogs. They cannot take care of them any longer because of the heat. All the dogs are older around 4 years of age. Then the Muskogee Pound called. They have 32 including puppies that have to be out by this Tuesday or they will be killed. We have 16 approved for transport for them. The others will come to our place until we can transport them next week.  The Sallisaw Pound has 14 that have to be moved by Friday. In the last 2 weeks we have received 4 moms and babies. A total of 32 babies. One of the moms, Becki was found by the Illinois River with her tiny puppies. Some of the puppies had a burn on their back. (Picture enclosed). I am transporting them to Chicago this week. Another mom, Maggie and her 9 puppies was from the Muskogee pound. They are going to New York on the 11th. Another mom has demodex mange and so does her 9 babies. It will take us a few weeks to get them better. Already they have their hair growing back in. We have transport this Tuesday to PAWS Chicago, West Surburban Humane Society and Naperville Humane Society in Chicago. Transport will include 34 puppies, which includes Hannah one of the moms and her 4 babies and adult dogs. One thing is certain now in Oklahoma, we have to transport these precious lives out of this dangerous heat. Please help us with this mission. In the next 2 weeks Save Our Strays, Inc. intends are transporting 90 with 3 transports.

Thank you all for your continued support, prayers and concern for these precious lives here in Oklahoma. Dave and Connie

Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.




Connie and Dave regularly drive around and pick up doomed dogs from shelters in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri and take them to rescues in Minnesota, Illinois and New York. These dogs would likely be put to sleep if not for them. Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!

Bambi

Our friends at Great Pyrenees Rescue of Houston need our help.  Here is an email from them:


"This sweet little girl was out on her own for some time before she was picked up by animal control. She is only 4 mos old but is small from malnutrition. She was infested with fleas & is anemic. She is full of worms. She will needs lots of TLC to get her back in good health. 

Could you sponsor her please? 

Thanks,
Susan
GPRS"

Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get her vetted and put her in a loving foster home while they look for a good permanent home for her.

Our sponsorship money will go toward vet bills and other costs of fostering her until a permanent home can be found.

All donations go directly from Paypal to Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact GPRS athttp://www.gprescuesociety.org/

Oklahoma Emergency!

Emergency email from Connie - things are really awful in OK and AR - please help if you can.  Thanks!


Hi Michael and Friends,
We are in urgent need here in Oklahoma and Arkansas. I have sent out SOS to everyone to please help us. This mom and puppies were going to be killed, but I pulled them until I can transport them next week to Chicago, the 25th.

I no more got these home and got a urgent phone call from Shana with her rescue in Arkansas. Someone had dropped off a mange chocolate lab mom and 11 puppies. Because she has to keep all outside, I will have to bring them to my place.

Dave left tonight with a emergency transport from Shana. She has so many way over 100. Tails Humane Society came down this week to help me.

They are still here and will be leaving tomorrow morning with 45. Dave took 28.

It is going to be 108 tomorrow. We are in trouble.

We are trying to transport these precious souls out as fast as we can.

One rescue person had a fire 3 weeks ago. She lost everything. I transported 29 of her puppies and dogs to Chicago. The other 8 are coming here tomorrow because of the heat.

Please tell everyone thank you for ALL the support. We could not of done what we have so far with the transports.

We will need help for the New York transport. 20 will be making that trip on August 12th.

Please share. With the high temperatures, many who rescue in Oklahoma and Arkanasas are pushed way beyond what they can do. Please, HELP.

This is just a small example of animals needing homes. These will be killed Friday. We will transport them if anyone will take them. There are many others at Shana's Last Chance Rescue in Van Buren, Arkansas dying in the heat that we will transport for her. We transport to Chicago usually weekly but need other outlets for these homeless animals. Please help if you can.  Thank you.

Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.Connie and Dave regularly drive around and pick up doomed dogs from shelters in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri and take them to rescues in Minnesota, Illinois and New York. These dogs would likely be put to sleep if not for them. Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!


All donations go directly from Paypal to Save Our Strays, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.

Greta

If you are a dog and getting abused, does the Texas government help you?  NO - they take you away from your owners and punish your owners for abusing you and then kill they you because you don't have a home.  What a terrible system!

Please help save the life of this abuse victim.

Our friends at Great Pyrenees Rescue of Houston need our help.  Here is an email from them:

"Greta has had to endure a lot in her short life. She was abused & used to breed over & over again. She was confiscated & had to spend 2 months in a shelter while her owner's were on trial for animal cruelty. After the trial, she was only given a few days to be adopted or rescued or she was to be put down. Greta could use a break & we will make sure the rest of her life is happy & carefree.

Could you sponsor Greta?

Susan
GPRS"


Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston will get her vetted and put her in a loving foster home while they look for a good permanent home for her.

Our sponsorship money will go toward vet bills and other costs of fostering her until a permanent home can be found.

All donations go directly from Paypal to Great Pyrenees Rescue Society of Houston, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact GPRS at http://www.gprescuesociety.org/

Opie

Could you chip in $5 to help save this starving boy?

Email from Gisela at St Cloud's Rescue:

"Hi Michael:  Here we are needing help once again.  Opie is a beautiful, loving Saint that we pulled from a high kill shelter in Moore, OK.  Poor Opie is heartworm positive.  Of course he hasn't been neutered and he is at least 50-60 pounds underweight.  His hair loss is massive.  He has to have iodine baths every few days to combat the hair loss.  He also needs to be fully vaccinated.  He is so loving and trusting which amazes me with what the poor guy has been through.  He will be awesome when we get him healthy which I know will take some time.  Thank you again Michael for your help.  Sincerely,  Gisela"

Heartworm is very expensive to treat.  Our rescue partners, Rosie and Gisela at St. Cloud’s, need our help to pay the vet bills to save this big boy.
Please chip in and help raise $225 for him using the ChipIn.

All donations go directly from Paypal to St. Cloud's Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact St. Clouds at http://stcloudsrescue.org/

Gulliver

Please chip in to help save this depressed boy!

Gulliver was due to die earlier this week because no one wanted to adopt him from the Georgia kill shelter he was in.  Our rescue coordinator, Rageana, started a big email/Facebook campaign to find a home for him.

Big Saint-Pyr mixes are not the easiest to place - they eat a lot and take up a lot of space!  We had given up hope when Linda Palermo of Tender Heart Rescue, one of our angels of lost causes, stepped up an agreed to take him right before he was to be put to sleep.  Tender Heartsis overwhelmed at the moment and couldn't afford another big dog, so we promised to raise the money needed for vetting and boarding Gulliver while Linda finds him a home.


This is the second dog Tender Heart has taken for us in the last couple of weeks - if not for your donations, these dogs would be dead by now.  Thanks for your wonderful help in the past - I hope we can rely on your generosity for Gulliver!

All donations go straight from PayPal to Tender Hearts Rescue.  Tender Heart is not a 501(c)(3) rescue so donations may not be tax deductible.

Thanks for helping!

Interested in adopting?  You can contact Tender Heart at TenderHeart & Great Pyr Rescue 
Newnan, GA 30263
Phone: 678-378-2803
Email: tenderheartrescue@gmail.com 

Maltese Emergency

Do you love little Malteses?  Who doesn't?  There are a bunch of these little babies in trouble and our friends at Caring Hearts Rescue have asked for our help - here's an email that explains the emergency:


"Michael,
I’m hoping you can help me with a plea I need for some Maltese Breeding dogs taken in.
All have very bad dental disease, skin infections, Mammary tumors, hernias and none are altered or have shots/hw tested.  A big mess!  I attached some pics and more links below.  Thank you for all your help!
Sabina


Help Needed for Maltese Rescued from Backyard Breeder!
  We recently rescued neglected Maltese from a Backyard Breeder in Maryland.  Many are seniors.  The owner of the kennel had passed away.   Sadly, all of the dogs are in poor condition.  Several of the dogs were taken in by other Rescues.  The dogs we have all need medical attention very soon!!!   Most of dogs have very bad dental disease, heart murmur, mammary tumors, hernias, skin infections, and no record of vaccines.   They need to be placed on antibiotics ASAP with blood work and extra diagnostics for the older ones. All will have to be spayed and neutered.  We’re estimating the cost to be around $1900+ for the diagnostics, dentals and surgeries without any new surprises added on.

The dogs were living in pens in the backyard of the Breeder’s home.   All were infested with fleas and ticks.  It was a long day of driving , bathing and picking off ticks to finally bring these sweeties to a comfortable resting place on a soft bed. They will never again suffer like this.  Please, take a look at the link to the images to see the condition before and after their rescue.  With your help we can get them into surgery asap! We’re taking in so many needy ones lately. We can’t thank you enough for all your help! These precious dogs that were rescued thank you too!

CHR is a 501c3 organization so you donation is tax deductable."

NY Trip

Dear friends of Connie and Dave's rescue - they need our help again for gas money to save a van load of dogs and puppies!

You charitable dollars never get a better bang for the buck than supporting these trips - just $20 will pay for the gas to save a life!

There is a trip this week from Oklahoma to New York to save 15 dogs that would otherwise be destroyed.  Please chip in a little to help pay for gas money.  Thanks!

Connie and Dave regularly drive around and pick up doomed dogs from shelters in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri and take them to rescues in Minnesota, Illinois and New York. These dogs would likely be put to sleep if not for them. Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!

All donations go directly from Paypal to Save Our Strays, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.

Cloud

Cloud was found as a stray with a broken foot.  Please help National GP Rescue pay the vet bills to save this handsome young guy!


Here is some information from Reg, our rescue coordinator:

I wanted to update you on the AR Pyr that National has graciously decided to sponsor. I am calling him Cloud for now, but you are welcome to change his name. Thank you again for helping him! The good news first – he is HW negative (J), fecal negative, rec’d his shots, advantage multi for flea/tick/hw prevention and has his rabies tag now; this was accomplished at the first vet late yesterday afternoon.

Xrays were taken of the leg, and his right front foot is severely broken (you can see the leg dangling in the pics below and how the bone is bent in the first photo) due to some type of acute trauma – it was not a tear or some other injury that worsened. He is shown below at the house where he wandered up; they have 4 dogs. He has been on Previcox for pain since last night. The vet referred us to a specialist as Cloud needs plates and screws.

Cloud is on his way to surgery. Dr. Phillips did not want to wait, as it could make the break worse and he is going on vacation and I thought it best to get the surgery done rather than sometime next week with the coming holiday.  Cloud should be out of surgery late this afternoon. I will pick him up, and Cloud will stay at my house for recovery. My own Pyr, Bear, will go to boarding at AR Pet Resort, as they can keep him but not a special needs dog given the weekend and upcoming holiday. I am fairly certain they will be able to board him once the holiday has passed. Steve, the owner, of AR Pet Resort, is also going to help network for a foster. I will also see that he’s groomed.
  
Cloud is a good, sweet calm boy and has endured the break and accompanying pain really well. He rides in a car well thus far. He needs some groceries weighing in around 66 lbs, but vet said he is underweight about 20 lbs. He comes when you whistle.


All donations are tax deductible and go directly to National Great Pyrenees Rescue, a 501c3 charity.

Parvo Pups

Disaster in Texas - deadly Parvo hits a litter of Saint-GP puppies - please help!

Email from Gisela:

"Hi Michael.  Boy do we need help.  We were supposed to get 10 puppies in.  We had transport arranged for the puppies.  Turns out we got 8 (8-10 week old) pups and one 4 month old puppy, all from the same "owner".  We took all the pups to the vets yesterday.  They were not feeling very well.  Turns out they all have Parvo.  One of the puppies died this morning and we had to take two to the ER again today. Each is on four different types of meds.  Rosie is giving each one subdermal fluids 3 times a day and of course hand feeding them.  As of right now they are still extremely sick.  Supposedly they are 1/2 Pyr and 1/2 Saint pups.  All are males which make us wonder if he is hiding the females to keep for breeding.  SIGH!!!!    As usual thank you for your help.  Gisela


Parvo is very expensive to treat.  Our rescue partners, Rosie and Gisela at St. Cloud’s, need our help to pay the vet bills to save these puppies.

Please chip in and help raise $300 for them using the ChipIn.

All donations go directly from Paypal to St. Cloud's Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible. Please chip in - together we can save this one and many more!

If you are interested in adopting, please contact St. Clouds at http://stcloudsrescue.org/

Dutchess

Please chip in to help save this beautiful girl!

Dutchess was due to die a couple of weeks ago because no on wanted to adopt her from the kill shelter she was in.  Some kind souls started a big email/Facebook campaign to find a home for her.  We had given up hope when Linda Palermo, an angel of lost causes, stepped up an agreed to take her on the last day for her rescue, Tender Hearts Rescue.  Please chip in to help pay for her vet and boarding costs while Linda finds her a home.

All donations go straight from PayPal to Tender Hearts Rescue.  Tender Hearts is not a 501(c)(3) rescue so donations may not be tax deductible.

Thanks for helping!

Hope

Could you please chip in $5 to help this beautiful girl?

We have seen many sad pictures of beautiful Great Pyrs reduced to starving strays.  What makes this one different is that she has a horrible case of mange.  She is still in the shelter as of now (June 15) and must stay there until her stray hold in up.  In the meantime, the shelter does not allow her to be treated.  She itches so much that she is eating herself alive.

Any dog in a kill shelter that looks like this has zero chance of being adopted.  Zero.

Lucky for Hope (now being called Clover), the shelter contacted our friend Doreen of GP Rescue of Oklahoma.  Doreen couldn't turn her back on this poor, suffering animal but her rescue is run on a shoestring and she can't afford the treatment to cure Hope.  Doreen reached out to us to help.

With our financial support, Doreen can pick up Hope on Sunday and give this poor girl the care she needs.  Eventually, Doreen will find her a loving home.

Could you please chip in to help?.

Please help us if you can – we are trying to raise $300 for her.

All donations go directly from Paypal to National Great Pyrenees Rescue, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.

Please chip in - together we can help save her and many more!

Interested in adopting Hope?  Please contact GPRO rescue at http://www.wix.com/gprofok/gpr#!

Connie and Dave Transport

Dear friends of Connie and Dave's rescue - they need our help again for gas money to save a van load of dogs and puppies!

You charitable dollars never get a better bang for the buck than supporting these trips - just a little donation can save a life!

Here is an email from Connie:

To all our friends,

As most of you know, Dave and I lost a very loving, dear friend yesterday. Little Bit was our constant companion. We loved him dearly. As the email decribes below, he was a rescue. Rescued from a pound after being found in a field, starved and half frozen to death.

So many do not get out of the pounds to get a chance for their home.

In the loving memory of Little Bit, Dave and I pulled 13 (the number of years Little Bit was here on this earth) dogs from a local pound. Dogs that never would have gotten their chance for a home. Not around here anyway. Most are black dogs. All sweet and loving.

We are taking all to our vet on Monday. Having them vaccinated, spayed and neutered.

I will be sending an email with their pictures.

My hopes are high that the humane societies in Chicago will be kind to step forward to help me and Dave. This is a mission of love. All of the transports are,  but for these 13 especially.

Also, our new building (from a blessed grant from Petco) is in the works. I am taking pictures from ground up. This building is a transporting/isolation building that we can prepare the dogs in for transporting to Chicago, New York.

The building will have a room with a tub to bathe the dogs/puppies, and 18 (5 x 10) wire kennels for keeping the transported dogs in. The building will be named in loving memory of our daughter.

On each kennel we have decided to let our friends "chip in".  For a donation of your choice we will place a cage plaque with you and your pet's name on it or your organization on that kennel.  So, everyone will be helping with each transport. That kennel will have a lucky dog/puppy that gets his/her chance for a home in Chicago, New York.

I hope all will want to "chip in". This building will help our organization save many more lives.

To date, over 8000 have been rescued and transported to out of state humane societies. This is since April 2009.

I will update everyone when the new building will be finished.

A long time coming. And so appreciated.

God Bless all.



Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.


Today has been hard on me.

I don't take death easy. Most of us don't. To me I cannot stop the mourning.

Last night our little dog Little Bit had a stroke. I tried to give him comfort. I stayed up all night with him, and so did Dave. And I knew at 4:00 a.m this morning that I would have to have him put to sleep when Dr. Elliott opened.

That was hard to accept.

Little bit came to me last January. He was found in a field, half frozen, starved, truly a little guy that had been thrown away.

I took the call, went and got him. Gave him TLC, love, and lots of Little Caesars.

I did put him on transport to MN first. They rejected him because of his age and heart murmur. So did Chicago.

So, I told the little guy, you are going to stay with me for the rest of your life.

Little Bit went everywhere we did, even when we got our Gizmo.

Little Bit loved the sunshine, loved his Little Caesars, and lying on my feet by my desk. Where ever I went Little bit was there along with Gizmo.

So I have cried today. I have thought of the good times we had. And there were many. It does not ease my loss or pain or sorrow.

He only gave love. And I am so thankful that he came into my life.

Now he is with our daughter. Enjoying the sun and beauty of heaven. Until we meet again, goodbye my Little Bit.

Connie Sue Guthrie President
Save Our Strays, Inc.



Connie and Dave regularly drive around and pick up doomed dogs from shelters in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. These dogs would likely be put to sleep if not for them. Your donations literally make the difference as to whether there is enough gas money for these trips to happen or not and whether these dogs live or die- thanks for your support!

All donations go directly from Paypal to Save Our Strays, a 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax-deductible.