04.27.08
Dougie does Daycare and more dogs desperately need your help
Of course, we have Dougie at Deogi Dog Daycare, Spa and Resort. He is becoming our adorable little mascot. Does he not look fantastic? He is thoroughly enjoying ruling the house here and telling all the other dogs that he IS the boss of them. He is still having a bit of trouble keeping food down - but other than that, this boy is doing so unbelievably well. He certainly would not be alive except for the great supporters of Lone Star!! And, thanks Lisa, of Grooming by Lisa, 6136 Richmond, for his new stylish haircut!!
Here he is with a little friend, Rudy the chihuahua, on the front deck.
And here he is playing with Cody, the poodle/maltese mix. Cody is a four month old puppy and gave Mr. Dougster a run for his money. (Click on the pictures to show a larger version.)
He is certainly enjoying himself these days!
DOUGIE NEEDS A TINY BIT OF HELP!!
Unfortunately, Dougie has been having trouble keeping his food down. He was spitting up almost every meal. So back to Gulf Coast we went to make sure something inside was not ripped. Thankfully, his surgery has held so now we are adjusting his feeding schedule and volume. We had them run basic x-rays as well as a special radioactive scan to see if his stomach was working correctly. His total bill was $776.
As of 8:00 am 5-3-2008, Dougie’s fund has $225. Thanks Barbara Moran, Fur Kids, Amanda Lawson, Brandy Zender and Barbara Grabel for your generous donations. Dougie or Douglas as I call him when he is misbehaving, still needs $560 to pay off this Gulf Coast bill.
Can you help us with Dougie’s bill? Please CLICK HERE for paypal or HERE to send a check. Dougie says thanks!!
Even though I haven’t published as frequently as normally, the dogs KEEP COMING in. We’re as full today as we were just a few months ago. And, as you know, typically we wait until we can raise the funds before we move forward with treatment, but Dougie’s and the rest of the dogs listed here could not wait on ME to have time to do the newsletter before they needed surgery or a procedure. Please forgive me, but we’re working 12-14 hour days 7 days a week and are ALMOST ready to hold our DEOGI grand opening for the public. These little dogs NEEDED surgery so we went forward. We do have three others - a little one, Gianna, who also needs surgery to correct a malformed leg, and Cubbi, a young owner turn in who has bi-lateral cataracts, and Wilma, a little breeder dog who is terribly shy, has cherry eye, but their cases are not URGENT like the others so we will wait until after we are square with the vets for the procedures already done before we move on Gianna, Wilma and Cubbi.
PAULA HAD A HUGE BLADDERSTONE.
First, Hey Paula! Received a call from the Houston SPCA that they had an owner turn in that was already on prescription food for a urinary tract problem and she was not going to make the adoptions program. So, this cute, sweet little three year old darling’s only way out the front door was Lone Star. As I was checking out with her, she urinated on the floor and it was almost totally red - really bloody. Turns out, she does have bladder stones and our vet did the surgery asap. Her bill was $550.
To date, Paula has $100 in her fund. Thanks Chih-Yuh Kuo and Doug Cameron for your generous donations. But she stil lneeds $450. To donate for little Paula Davis, a very deserving little girl, CLICK HERE for paypal or HERE to send her a check.
BEELZABUB ALSO HAD BLADDERSTONES!
We also took in Beelzebub Turner and his brother, Radar, from his owner in the Phoenix area. The day our foster mom picked him up, he also started urinating blood every couple of minutes. The foster mom rushed him to the emergency room and found another mass of bladderstones. I guess we need to change the name of our rescue to “Bladder stones ‘r us.” Now, Phoenix is not the cheapest place in the US to live. We had to do the surgery at a Banfield clinic there and the total bill, including the emergency room diagnostics, was $1950.
As of 8:00 am, 5-3-2008, Beelzebub has $720 in his fund. Thanks Susan Gregory, Chih-Yuh Kuo, Cari Murphy and Joyce Ycasas for your generous donations.
H E L P! Cute Beelezbub needs YOU!! To donate for his surgery,CLICK HERE for paypal or HERE to send him a check.
ROUX HAD TO HAVE HIS TAIL AMPUTATED!
Then there was little Roux from New Orleans. He is an 18 month old beautiful lhasa boy who we took in around the middle of March. His foster mom immediately noticed that there was something wrong with his tail and off to the vet he went. The vet sent him home with his tail wrapped (see above) but, once injured, tails are almost impossible to save - mainly because of all the use they get wagging. But, we tried — unsuccessfully. After multiple episodes of hurting and rehurting his tail, we opted to have it amputated. Roux’s total vet bill was $550.
As of 8:00 am 5-3-2008, Roux’s medical bill is FUNDED! Thanks Susan Gregory, Susan Lewis and Joyce Ycascas!!
SIENNA HAD A TUMOR IN HER SPLEEN! YEAH IT WAS BENIGN.
Then, little Sienna Harris Turner - turned in just a few weeks ago, our vet found a suspicious mass on her spleen. Could be cancer, could be a simple benign tumor. We went ahead with the surgery and got a lucky break - benign tumor. GONE! Her bill was $783.
As of 8:00 am 5-3-2008, Sienna has $125 in her back account. She still needs $655 to pay off her surgery.
Thanks Grace Wu and Nancy Carlson for your generous donations.
She still needs help with her bills. To donate for this sweet older girl, CLICK HERE for paypal or HERE to send her a check.
DOGS WITH HEARTWORMS!!
Then, there are the six heartworm patients, Cameron, Jonquil, Carley, Simon, Percy and Amy. They’ve been in the program for a couple of months, but with all that was going on, we delayed their treatment.
Cameron
Percy
Carly
Simon
Amy
Jonquil
Cameron is one of the dogs released by a hoarder in Montgomery County, Jonquil is a young little girl turned over by her owner BECAUSE she tested positive for heartworms, Carley is a stray picked up by the Houston SPCA with a suspected pyometra, Simon and Amy are also strays from Houston SPCA, Percy was picked up by another rescue and turned over to us when he was found to have heartworms. We think their total for treatment should be around $2100 without complications. You know we HAVE to treat these babies!!
Status 5-3-2008 8:00 am
The heartwork kids have $650 in their bank account right now, still have $1450 to go.
Thanks Marty Howard, Lorna Van de Weile, Anna Dee Lastick, Barbara Detweiler, Leslie Warrin and Elliott Lander and Spanky for your very generous donations.
We desperately need help with their expensive treatment. To donate for our April 2008 Heartworm fluffs, CLICK HERE for paypal or HERE to send her a check.
Thank you all for your consideration!
Below are the cases coming up hopefully next week. All of these things need to be fixed so that we can find them a good forever home.
Cubbi Lee - Cubbi was turned over to us when his owner, a client of our vet, passed away. Our vet knows we have a soft spot for these older dogs and would also do everything possible to “fix” him up and make him adoptable. Cubbi is a young six years old with mature cataracts. The vet believes him to be a great candidate for cataract surgery so we will try his fund raising as soon as we get the urgent needs one covered. He is adorable and very deserving.
Little Gianna was an emergency pick up from the Montgomery County animal shelter. They thought she was pregnant and just minutes away from whelping. Fortunately, she was not - she had just recently had puppies and was quite fat. At that time, we noticed that she limped a lot but thought it might be from the weight. It didn’t get better so we ended up getting an x-ray at our vet. He just shook his head in disbelief when he saw the x-ray - saying “where do you get these dogs?” What he meant was, “could Lone Star EVER get a dog that doesn’t have something weird going on.”
Gianna has a genetic problem with her front right leg. The bones are curving significantly outwardly. This is, of course, not a life-threatening problem, but it does need to be fixed or her leg amputated before she can be adopted. We really don’t want to amputate her leg and it looks like it is getting progressively worse. Here is what she looks like right now. She has a lot of trouble walking and limps severely.
Dr. Beale, at Gulf Coast, is THE person to do this surgery. But, we’re not going to raise the funds yet since this is not life threatening.
Wilma has just developed a little cherry eye. Not too hard to fix, so she will be on the roster next, too.
Stay tuned and as soon as we’re ok for Dougie, Paula, the six heartworm patients, Sienna, Beelzebub and Roux, we’ll let you know.
Thank you all. You all are so unbelievably great. We simply could not save all these dogs without you.