01.04.09
OH MY GOODNESS! 34, yes 34, little shih tzu need us NOW!!
Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse – first the economy in Texas is HORRIBLE – people are leaving the city and abandoning their little dogs in the back yards. Then the holidays hit and there are TONS of little dogs left at the local shelters – we are already overflowing with dogs. And, with the economy so bad, adoptions are WAY DOWN. And, with the not-so-rosey outlook for the near future economy, donations are WAY down. And, we have SIX little broken or ill dogs that we need to raise funds for (Gingerbread’s myleogram and wheel cart, Grainger’s stay in ICU for pneumonia, Alamo’s surgery to remove the pin fron his leg, Tapioca’s heartworm treatment and Monkey and Pate’s rehabilitation exercises twice a week in the water treatmill.
Then along comes 34 little shih tzu that desperately need somewhere to go.
Can you believe?!?!?!?
I received an email early this morning from a very nice lady who informed me that a lady of her church had had a heart attack and was in the hospital. This lady was a breeder of shih tzu and had 34, yes 34, shih tzu living alone at her home. The friend sounded totally desperate – and kept saying that they needed to do something asap for these little dogs.
So, I drove out to the little town outside of Houston where this former breeder lived and evaluated all of the 34 dogs. Here are just a few pictures….
So, here’s the dilemma – we MUST raise the funds for our existing dogs AND the funds to vet as many of these little dogs as possible.
The prior owner is hospitalized and there is NO ONE to care for these dogs now. The home is vacant. The dogs are living in the back yard under a shed and we MUST get them out.
But we absolutely MUST raise the funds for the other little broken dogs asap too.
We estimate that it will cost around $400 per dog to vet them IF THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. We looked all through the lady’s house today and did not find any type of heartworm preventative. We are just so hoping that these dogs do not have heartworms.
So, PLEASE, PLEASE help us help these little babies.
We not only need funds, we desperately need foster homes for them as well. Because of the proximity, our preference for foster homes is in Texas, Louisiana and Arizona where we already have an extensive network. Please think about it. Also, understand that we MUST have all new fosters go through the same approval process as all of the current fosters. Email me at Teresa@shihtzu-rescue.com if you think you might be able to foster one or more of these little puppers.
I know times are tough now, but these little guys NEED YOU!! If you can help with their funding, please CLICK HERE to contribute via paypal or HERE to tell me you’re sending a check.
If you can help the others, read about GINGERBREAD WORTH HERE, or the little TAPICOA DAVIS HERE, or PATE DAVIS HERE, or ALAMO BEXAR HERE or or the very lucky miracle boy MONKEY HARRIS HERE, or the unbelievably cute GRAINGER TURNER HERE.
Thanks so much!!
