HELP!! We hope you're having a wonderful summer. Ours is not going so well. As usual, we're busy taking care of pets, re-stocking pet food and making trips to the veterinarians. Last month I was going to tell you about taking three dogs to the vet, but I forgot....Oops!

   One little dog, Lovey, was whimpering when she ate. The only thing I could think of was she broke a back tooth. It turned out she had a string wrapped around the back of her tongue attached to a wad of gunk partially down her throat. When she ate and swallowed it cut off circulation to her tongue. Had I put off taking her to the vet, gangrene "gang green" probably would have set in. Lovey has recovered and is doing great.

   The second dog was Fanny who I hoped would be adopted by now. She had to have emergency ear surgery. Within a couple hours double hematomas caused her ears to fill up with blood. Here is how ear hematomas are taken care of:

 The ears are cut open, stitched and left open. Luckily, she has now recovered.   The third dog was "just" a dental.

  Last week we weren't so lucky. Petunia, Pom, had a second vet visit and x-rays showed she has a total collapsing trachea. Petunia is on medicines and appears to be doing better. Lamb Chop, poodle new to rescue, had his eyes examined and an expensive eye salve was purchased. Oh my, the list goes on..... We have a bunch of old dogs here who have either needed surgery, dentals or medicines.  Just last week our vet bill was over $500.... Yikes, we have 25 days to come up with the money or pay the interest on a credit card, HELP!

  Things can't get any worse right? Wrong! Yesterday a dog was returned that had been adopted out NINE years ago. Katie is in bad shape. She was groomed but her teeth are in such bad shape she stinks. Of course, when a dog has bad teeth they can't eat properly so Katie only weighs 3 pounds 13 1/2 ounces. She has been eating wet food almost non stop. Hopefully, she will gain some weight so a dental can be done which is scheduled for Monday, June 20th. Katie is also blind in her right eye which I will have the vet look at.   

     TODAY a small dog, Simon, is vomiting blood. A veterinarian has been contacted. We're following doctor's orders. It's going to be another long night.    

     More vet bills.... <sigh>  Some of you have gone above and beyond to help us save these lives so I hate to ask, but even if you could spare a couple bucks, we would REALLY appreciate it and so would Katie, Simon and the other furkids. Thank you!

Hugs, Purrs & Slurps,

Linda York, President