Donations Needed! See Your Donations At Work!

Donations are sorely needed to continue our rescue work.

There are always more dogs in need of rescuing from high-kill shelters, dogs that need vet care, kenneling ... the list goes on.

Here are some examples of dogs that came to us in great need:

The first dog, Beau, had demodex mange so severe that his gums and paws were swollen ... and his feet bled when he walked. Now look at gorgeous he looks!

The second dog shown here, Canelo (the little chi), had been dumped by his owners at a high-kill shelter. He almost didn't survive the experience. He ended up with pneumonia and a staph infection. He became skin and bones.

Little Canelo had to go to a specialist because our vet couldn't get him well. Again, thanks to your generous donations, Canelo was saved and now has a happy life in his forever home.

The last dog shown here is Gideon. When his owner asked us to take him, we saw that he was in horrible shape. He had been left outside in the searing heat, was covered in sores and flies, couldn't walk--he could barely lift his head.

The vet suggested that we put him down as the dog had a heart condition on top of everything else, but we couldn't do that--not without at least trying to save his life.

Amazingly, the dog surprised all of us, including our vet, and he responded well to treatment. He was standing in a week! He has been adopted out with his "sister."

But we couldn't have done it without your donations. Please donate to help us continue our work.

To Donate to Critters in Need Pet Rescue, and to ensure that 100% of your donation goes to Critters in Need Pet Rescue when using Paypal,

Go to https://www.paypal.com/

Click on Personal or Home.

Then click on Send Money Online.

Click on the PERSONAL tab and choose GIFT.

Send donations to this email address: Donations@CrittersInNeed.org

It's that easy! And thank you for your support!

Questions? Please email Dogs@CrittersInNeed.org

Update on The Devore Four

Mandy, Bean and Candy all ended up with parvo. Bean was very sick--we were so worried he wouldn't make it. Oreo never got sick.

But all have come through and now need foster homes.

This is an update on the Devore Four--the four puppies that we rescued from death from the Devore shelter. As you may have heard, they were exposed to parvo. Three of the four puppies got sick. We were afraid Bean wasn't going to make it, but he's improving.

All the puppies are two months old, except for Mandy who is three months old. Bean weighs 4.5 lbs. and Mandy weighed 18 lbs. when we first got her two weeks ago.

Mandy is still at my vet--in a cage--waiting for her foster home. My vet calls me daily to see if I've found a foster home for her so that she can go home. But, right now, Mandy is homeless. PLEASE network for a foster home for her and for Bean and Candy.

We also are far from being able to pay our vet bills. Thank you to those who have donated already for these four wonderful puppies.

Please donate via Paypal at http://tinyurl.com/4gsxe2

I've attached a poster that I made showing all four puppies. Click on it to enlarge. Please post wherever you can--work, your groomers, dry cleaners ....

Rescued 5 Dogs--Need Fosters to Rescue 2 More!

Ran out to Baldwin Park shelter twice last week to meet and rescue dogs. All dogs are sweet and in great danger.

We pulled five dogs but need fosters to save the other two.

This is Jessie. She's a real sweetie and has already given me kisses. I promised her I'd get her out of there somehow ... to have her die would just be too awful.

This is Nanook, another sweetheart. If we just had a foster for him, we could save his life.

There are two other dogs in great danger. Again, we can't save them without fosters.

Here are the dogs we saved last week:

TASHA. Very pretty girl. Submissive, sweet.

LION KING. Gorgeous dog. Just a doll.

OLIVE. Pretty, calm little girl. Very good with her new gal pal, Lucy. NEEDS FOSTER.

LUCY. What a little cutie with those big ears. NEEDS FOSTER.LUCY. What a little cutie with those big ears. NEEDS FOSTER.

ROCKY. Lovely older gentleman. NEEDS FOSTER!ROCKY. Lovely older gentleman. NEEDS FOSTER!

PLEASE contact us at Dogs@CrittersRescue.com if you can foster.

Canelo Had a Relapse!

Sweet Canelo is back in the hospital!

He never quite kicked the pneumonia and suddenly began struggling to breathe. His whole body heaved with the effort. When I put my ear to his chest, I could hear the wheezing and rattling. Little Canelo also was very dehydrated.

But all through the examination at the vet, Canelo was such a trooper. I put my arms around him while he was on the examining table and he began showering me with kisses. He kissed me so much that he licked all my freshly applied lipstick off!

The vet called me today and said that it was good news. The x-rays show that the pneumonia is not consolidated, which means that it's spread throughout the lungs and is therefore much easier to treat.

Canelo will be hospitalized for at least several days, which again, means a large vet bill. He'll need several x-rays, IVs, antibiotics, breathing treatments, hospitalization ... it all adds up. My guess is that it will end up being what it was the last time--$1,200.

Canelo is such a special little boy. He has to be the gentlest little dog I've ever met, and he has so much love to give. Your donations will help us help Canelo so he never has to go through this again.

Thank you so much for caring about this special little boy.

Click Here to donate using Paypal.

Critters in Need now offers dog clothes and accessories, available by donation. So deck out your dog in the latest fashion and help Canelo at the same time!

UPDATE: May 7 - Canelo will be moved out of ISO today. They'll continue with the breathing treatments, antibiotics, IVs. He hasn't coughed since yesterday. If he continues to not cough, they'll probably be able to send him home tomorrow.

UPDATE: May 8 - Wow. Poor Canelo is "still hacking up a lung." He's coughing and coughing, Dr. Mark Malo said this morning.

They're throwing pretty heavy-duty antibiotics at him, too. He's eating well for them, which is good. He's on IVs.

Dr. Mark wants to keep him over the weekend and see if he can get him to improve by Monday. He's not in danger of dying; it's just a matter of getting him through "this craziness," Mark said.

They'll do another x-ray before sending him home, plus Canelo will need a re-check in a week, which means another x-ray.

UPDATE: May 12 - Canelo had to go back to ISO. He was taken out of ISO yesterday and monitored. He wasn't coughing really, but he sounds hoarse.

The vet said he could go home. I opted for them to keep him one more day, off of drugs, just to make sure he wasn't going to backslide. So if all goes well, which is should, little Canelo will be released tomorrow!

PLEASE donate for Canelo's vet bill. Click Here to donate using Paypal.

Canelo Rescued from Carson Shelter!

Canelo was dumped by his family in February at the Carson shelter. They held him in their arms while waiting in the lobby to give him up. Canelo was so scared that he began drooling uncontrollably, but did this give them pause? No. They left him there.
Canelo was so depressed at being in the shelter that he couldn't eat. Already skinny, he dropped even more weight. He then got kennel cough. The shelter put him on meds, but the little boy couldn't shake it. He just kept coughing and coughing.

The shelter vet put in his notes that if he didn't get out of the shelter soon, he'd die there. A volunteer kept putting blankets in his kennel to keep him warm--those cement floors can be awfully cold--but for some reason, the shelter kept taking away his blankets. And that's when we stepped in.

I rushed up to the Carson shelter today to rescue this little boy. And what a sweetheart he is, too! He's a quiet little boy--and affectionate too. He showered me with kisses. And he was so grateful to be out of that noisy, scary shelter.

I rushed Canelo immediately to my vet. The poor baby only weighs about 8 lbs. We're doing blood work, full body x-rays, urine and a fecal test--about $300 worth of services so far. We need to find out what's wrong with him. Let's just hope it's not pneumonia! Right now he has to stay at the vet until he can be more fully assessed. We have someone who has offered to foster this little boy. I can't wait until he can go to his foster and get fattened up!

If you wish to donate for little Canelo's vet bills, please go to our website and click on our Paypal link.

http://crittersrescueonline.org/

Pup-date!

Do you remember Nike the parvo pup? Well, here's a BEFORE picture (5 weeks old and sick with parvo) ...

Check out her AFTER photo! Nike is healthy, happy and quite the imp! And I just love this new photo that her mom sent us. Nike (now known as Piper) is definitely full of personality. What an imp! :-)

Nike was one of the lucky ones. She survived parvo and was recently adopted by her foster. She's doing well and is now enrolled in a PetSmart puppy class.

Thank you all for donating for her care while she recovered. It surely made it possible to save her life.

Please donate to Critters in Need Pet Rescue so we can rescue more needy puppies like Nike.

Here's an update from her mom:

Just thought I'd send you an update on Piper (f/k/a) Nike. We joined a puppy class at Petsmart last Saturday. We're working on her interactions with other dogs (amongst other things like "Stay" and "Leave It"). Everyone was really impressed by the positive change in her this week.

She spent quite a while jumping on one of the other puppies this morning (an English Mastiff named Whimsy who weighs almost as much as me) - her other favorite in the class is a corgie puppy named Penny.

Happy Tails for Duke!

Duke is one of these dogs that I just fell for the minute I saw him.

I fell for him, not only because he's a beautiful dog, but also because he's such a love bug. He really is one of the most loving dogs I've ever met.

Since I was the one transporting him from the kennel to our adoption events, this was our opportunity to bond. I'd pet him and rub his ears, and he'd sigh with happiness.

A family decided to foster-to-adopt Duke to make sure that he was going to get along with their cats. Well, he quickly became part of their family, so we did the official adoption yesterday.

When I came over to the house, Duke came over and sniffed me. It took him a few seconds, but then he recognized me and was as happy to see me and I was to see him.

Duke is doing well. He's put on weight, his coat is getting shinier and he is just so happy. He's part of a family and he's thriving, as evidenced by the photo above.

When I said goodbye, I had tears in my eyes--yes, out of happiness, but also because I was really going to miss Duke.

It's such a scary thought that if Critters in Need Pet Rescue hadn't rescued him from the shelter, he'd be dead. You see, we got him on his last day.

There are too many dogs out there that we can't save and rescue work can be disheartening. But it's happy endings like this that makes rescue worthwhile.

Nike Update

Little Nike is doing well at her foster home. She is like any puppy, playful and having fun. She also weighs around 12 lbs. to 14 lbs. now. So she sure has grown!

We're so happy that Nike is doing so well. She'll be able to go out into the world on October 22.

Here's a short video of Nike playing fetch.

Rescue has sure been busy!

Critters in Need has been so busy rescuing dogs. A couple of weeks ago, we took in nine dogs in one day. Nine!

Eight of them were chi's from the Camarillo shelter and one was an owner turn-in to us of her min pin. Delane transported these nine dogs down to us and met us in Long Beach. Then Jane and I had take the dogs to my vet, Garden Grove Dog & Cat Hospital, so they could get the necessary shots.

Can you imagine showing up at my vet with nine little dogs? We had to name them and keep them all straight. Not an easy task, I can tell you! Then we had to get them back in the car and take them over to the kennel we use for boarding.

Some of the chi's have now been adopted or are in foster homes. But several pups still need fosters. Our dogs that need fosters are:

Gunner & Roxy, Marley, Tucker, Gidget, Charlie, Cosmo, Star and Bobby all need foster homes. So please contact us if you can help!

Here's our website:
http://crittersrescueonline.org/

And our email is:
dogs@crittersrescue.com

Nike's Follow-Up Vet Visit!

Here's what her foster mom had to say:

Nike now weighs 6.6 pounds, so she's plumping up nicely (I even had to loosen her collar the other day)!

She got her first set of shots (2nd set to come in 3 weeks) and a deworming pill. The vet thought that she probably did have worms b/c of her very round tummy and she may need a 2nd pill when she goes back.

She got her first pedicure (those nails were getting long).

The vet thought she might be a lab mix, but he thought she could be mixed with something smaller and not get much above 15-20 pounds.

The thin fur on her belly they thought was probably because of her breed and not because of her parvo.

Overall the vet thought she looked great and like she'd never been sick. She's supposed to be lethargic from the shot, but she's been a wee maniac this morning, so she seems to be impervious to that side effect.

Check out the action shot of her jumping at the camera.

Good News!

Nike was given solid food yesterday and did well! She can go home today. However, we are in DESPERATE need of a foster which will accomplish three things: keep her safe, get the TLC she needs and stop the ever-climbing vet bill.

However, she cannot go to a home with dogs as she will be shedding the active virus for two months. I figure that a cat-person would be just the ticket to care for this little girl.

Nike will have to stay at the vet--at $85/day--until a foster can be found.

Please post on this blog if you can help!

Photos of Nike, the poor little pup that is fighting for her life! Please help her!

Help Us Save This Little Pup's Life!

PLEASE CROSS POST!

Nike is only five weeks old, yet she is fighting for her life. You see, this little puppy has a deadly disease--parvo.

Nike's owner sold her on the street on Wednesday for $5, like a sack of oranges. The couple that bought her did not take her to the vet, even though it was obvious that she was sick.

Kym, one of our volunteers, received a call from her dog sitter who had heard about the puppy and asked if she would help rescue the pup. He brought the dog to her Thursday evening.

When Kym saw how sick the puppy was, she immediately rushed it to the emergency vet. They tested the puppy out in the parking lot for parvo.

When they swabbed the poor little puppy's butt, Kym said that the dog let out a horrible scream. It was awful.

The test was positive.

Kym was given the option to put the puppy down, but she refused, even though she knew that emergency treatment would be expensive. She had held this little girl against her chest and looked into her eyes and knew she had to do everything humanely possible to save this sweet little pup.

And Critters in Need backed her decision 100 percent.

Friday morning, Kym took the puppy (now named Nike) to my personal vets at Garden Grove Dog and Cat Hospital. Dr. Hess said that Nike had a chance of pulling through, but that she would have to stay in the hospital for at least seven days. She is hooked up to an IV.

Dr. Hess called me on Saturday morning with an update: Nike was bright and alert, with no diarrhea or vomiting. He was cautiously optimistic as a dog with parvo also can go quickly downhill.

Today, Dr. Hess called me and said that Nike was depressed, which meant that she wasn't feeling as well as she had the day before. However, there is still no diarrhea or vomiting, so that's a good sign. He's hoping to be able to get her onto food in a couple of days, but that may be too early.

Critters in Need Pet Rescue is committed to saving this brave little girl, but we need your help! Vet bills will be at least $900--it will most likely be more than that. We already have spent $550 to date.

Any donation will be of tremendous help. No donation is too small. $5, $10 or $25, it will all add up.

Donations for Nike can be sent to:

Critters in Need Pet Rescue
28206 Via Alfonse
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

Don't forget to specify that your donations are for Nike.

Please forward this blog to friends and family. It would also be greatly appreciated if you also would download the attached flyer that I created for Nike and post wherever possible.

Thank you all so much for all of your help. With your donations and prayers, we can save Nike's life!

Critters in Need Pet Rescue--what we do.

Critters in Need Pet Rescue is a non-profit volunteer organization based in Orange County, Calif. We are dedicated to saving the lives of abandoned dogs and finding them loving homes.

We have over 30 dogs available for adoption right now. We have both purebred and mixed breed dogs, small and large.

The photo is of our dog of the week, Jasper, a lovely cocker spaniel mix that we rescued from a high-kill shelter on the day he was due to be euthanized.

We also have dogs that need fosters, such as Gunner and Roxy, Star and Rusty. Please take a look at them on our website:

CrittersRescueOnline.org

Critters in Need Pet Rescue is always in need of volunteers and donations. Please contact us at Dogs@CrittersRescue.com if you wish to help.

One of our recent fosters wrote up a very lovely account of how fostering (and later adopting) Kona from us changed her life. In fact, she is currently fostering Jasper in the hopes that he will be added to their family.

Please click here to read her story.

Come visit our dogs at PetSmart, located on the northwest corner of Jamboree and Barranca in Tustin, on Saturday afternoons. Please click here for details.