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Lots going on this season, with puppies galore, rescues aplenty, and spay/neuters going strong. Also, and thank you Raizy Goffman for turning us on to this, we're now registered as a charity on AmazonSmile. By shopping on Amazon Smile exactly as you would on regular Amazon, .5% of the price of items purchased is donated to your favorite charity (which we hope would be SNIP!). Details are below. It's really easy to set yourself up, and costs you nothing. We've done something a little different with our photo gallery this issue. Twisted Sifter (one of our favorite photo sites) is doing their 100 Best Photos of the Year contest, and we found some amazing photos on their site that we want to share. There are many more, but these are our favorites. As always, we need your donations, however big or small, to continue to pay for neuters and care for our rescues. We have a monthly giving option set up in PayPal, so even $5 a month would be wonderful! Thank you all who have given, and know that your money is well spent with us.
Remember: All donations go directly to vet bills, housing, and food for the dogs we care for. Just click on the PayPal button below to make any donation
(even $5 or $10 helps).
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 AmazonSmile Program
The easiest way to donate to SNIP
We've just enrolled in the AmazonSmile program, which is Amazon's way of letting people donate to their favorite charity while shopping as usual.
Just click here to go to the following screen:
Enter your Amazon log in, or select "create an account." Follow any instructions, and you're done! Now when you shop through AmazonSmile they'll donate .5% of your purchase price to SNIP (which is, of course, your favorite charity!).
If the above link doesn't work for some reason, go to AmazonSmile, and follow their easy instructions to set up. When asked for the charity name,
type in "spay/neuter implementation program snip" to select us.
Thank you for supporting us and the animals!
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The Pet Detective
Mama and the Four Graces
A story unfolding in the desert with no good end in sight . . . until Pet Detective Carolyn Culligan took on one of her most heart-warming cases.
Longview is a lonely desert road connecting two busy routes in and out of Lake Los Angeles. A few dilapidated properties dot the road, and several dirt roads lead to shacks and trailers, some abandoned and some with people living off the grid. It is a popular commute and especially dangerous for stray dogs. It is also a popular dumping ground for unwanted dogs, and Carolyn has picked up five dogs in the past on that stretch of road.
Several weeks ago, she spotted a Shepherd mix and four tiny puppies foraging for food in a pile of trash. When she stopped, they all went scurrying across the road and down a dirt path. she watched them crawl under a chain link fence that surrounded what looked like an abandoned property. A storage trailer and outbuildings provided a safe place for the family against the elements and desert animals.
The puppies appeared to be about 5 weeks old and acted as though they had never seen a human. Carolyn was unable to catch any of them, so she pushed food and water under the fence. They were all very hungry. It didn't look like the mom was still nursing.
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Long story short, patience paid off. After feeding the family twice a day for a week, Carolyn and Susan were able to get them all back to SNIP headquarters (our house). Mom came around right away. She had obviously been someone's dog. It took 10 days to get the puppies used to humans and acting like puppies.
 | Faith, Hope, and Charity
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We called the mama Mama (it just fit her) and the puppies (three girls and one boy) the Four Graces: Faith, Hope, and Charity and Mr. Moriarity. We fell so in love with Mama, who is one of the sweetest dogs we've ever known, that it was very very hard to let her go to a new home; but we're delighted to report that she and all her babies have been adopted and looking forward to great lives with their respective families.
Another case comes to a happy ending for the Pet Detective!
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Looking for Love!
The five dogs here were all abandoned by their owners when they moved away. Kindly neighbors were feeding them, but when one of the females had puppies, they called us for help.
Chaz
Shirley and Shorty
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Shirley is the mother of the two pups below. She and her brother Shorty are probably Jack Russell mixes. Shorty has really short legs that make him really cute. They weigh about 15 lbs. each and are friendly and playful.  | | Shorty |
Pearl and TuxThe two surviving puppies, who we named Pearl and Tux, were starving when we got them.
 | | Pearl after a week at SNIP HQ |
 | | Tux-what a difference some groceries make! |
If you or someone you know has room in their home and heart for one of these cuties, please let us know!
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Rescues of the Month
Layla
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This little kitten was found wandering in our neighbor's yard, blind from eye infections, tiny and starving. They brought her right over, and we got her to the vet immediately and started her on treatment and food.
 | The vet thinks she's a Himalayan, so we named her Layla. Here she with with her eyes cleared up and looking like an actual cat
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 | | Here's Layla during a visit with Suzy, the neighbor who found her. What a difference! |
If you would like to adopt Layla, please email us.
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Ricky
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Poor Ricky, owned by one of our neighbors, has a salivary pocket on his throat that would fill up with fluid within weeks of being drained and ultimately prevent him from eating. The owners were told by one vet that they should have the salivary gland removed, a dangerous surgery that would cost around $900. We took Ricky to Dr. Lindsey Tate at High Desert, who strongly advised against this surgery for safety reasons. She suggested an inexpensive-and much safer alternative, which was to lance it whenever it filled up, something they're training the owner to do on her own!
ArrayaThis lovely young Shepherd wandered into The Feed Store up the road from us and looked like she planned to stay. Karen, the owner, wanted to keep her. Unfortunately, the dogs next store disagreed, and it caused such a continuing ruckus that she asked us to help find her a home. We got her into our favorite no-kill shelter, where she will probably be adopted immediately, being a pure-bred Shepherd and quite beautiful. Updates next issue!  | | Arraya with Karen at The Feed Store |
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We need your help to
help the dogs!
Please use this button to forward SNIPpets to your animal-loving friends. The more people we reach, the more animals we help!
We invite you to visit our website, snipets.org, for slide shows of our dog and cat neuters and rescues and more.
Also we'd love to hear from you, either through the website or via email.
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Photo of the Month
If you see a great photo, send it to us; we'll put it in our photo gallery, and who knows? It could be the Photo of the Month!
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Article of the Month
Guide Dog for a Guide Dog | | Blind guide dog gets a helper |
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Man's Best Friend
...and Friends
Pictures are from Twisted Sifter, many from its 100 Best Pictures of the Year Awards.
 | | Venus the Chimera Cat |
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 | | Frog in a Rose |
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 | | Three heads are better than one! |
 | | The Kelpies giant horse heads |
 | | Ta Daaa! |
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 | | Siamese Fighting Fish |
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 | | Seal photobombing penguins |
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 | | Peeking Baby Orang |
 | | George the Tallest Dog in the World |
 | Dogs in Photo Booths-Best Idea Ever!
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 | | Coconut Octopus |
 | | Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head |
 | | For her, this is a good hair day |
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Little One Update
 | | Now named Rascal, here with Mom Tamara and buddy Ava |
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Little One found a wonderful home with Tamara, a friend of our sister Eileen's. He has a new girlfriend, Ava, who also weighs about 4.5 pounds. Tamara reports that he's happy, healthy, loves trips to the dog part. We couldn't be happier! |
To donate any amount from $1 up, click the button below to make a safe, secure donation through PayPal.
You don't need a PayPal account to donate; just click the button below and follow the instructions on the PayPal screen. It's safe and secure. You can also mail a check to SNIP, PO Box 500064, Lake Los Angeles CA 93535.
Remember, each neuter can save hundreds of pets from neglect, mistreatment and abandonment.
All donations go directly to the care of the pets, vet bills, and the minimal costs of keeping the organization running.
We thank you in advance for giving to SNIP, when we know you have many uses for your hard-earned money.
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About SNIP
SNIP is a 501(c)(3) promoting the spay/ neuter of domestic pets in Lake Los Angeles and Littlerock in Southern California. We help low-income residents of our area neuter their pets to reduce overpopulation and prevent abuse, neglect, and abandonment of unwanted animals.
All pets should be lovingly cared for!
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