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Rosie NEEDS friends.

UPDATE:
Rosie does not need further surgery at THIS time. Brought to Pet Pals as a stray, her owner was located and he was going to SHOOT her because he thought she was old due to her crippled steps. Luckily, she escaped her pen and he thought she had just gone off to die!

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Previously:
Rosie had her hips x-rayed June 9th. I've just been numb. She is in desperate need of double hip surgery. Rosie's hips are hereditary with the femur bone rubbing on the bone of her socket. She IS in pain but it doesn't show. I spoke to two different gals at The MaxFund. They have been excellent in the past helping our special needs furkids, but this time they are also very low on funds and cannot take her. I'm at a loss at what to do. We do not have the $2,000 needed for her surgery. There are several nonprofit groups who fund this sort of special needs, but I haven't had time to contact them. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Previously:
Sweet as the smell of a rose is Rosie! Rosie may have been hit by a car or she may have early arthritis. She appears on the young side. Her teeth look like she's only 3-5 years old. We will be having x-rays done on her hips when we have enough funds. She is not in pain, just wobbly.

If everyone reading this could just send a dollar or two, Rosie would certainly appreciate it.

Poor Rosie waited for her owner to come and claim her and they never showed up. Perhaps she was just tossed out like trash which so many pets are having done to them now days.

We will never know what really happened to Rosie other than some nice people in a town where she was a stray didn't want to send her to a pound that uses a gas chamber. She is very thankful for being brought to Pet Pals.

We are thankful for YOUR help.

"Okay, I will admit it, I was baaad... Bad to the Bone. My name is Humphrey and I was picked on by my sister so I started beating her up. Well, she called me names, stole my toys and was just a B, if you know what I mean.

I was only three years old and found myself at a kill facility. Lucky for me, I ended up at Pet Pals and I am learning social skills. I have enjoyed walking with other dogs and I'm learning that the world is not out to take my toys!

If you have patience with me, I promise to be a good boy. I already do what's asked of me and will climb into a bath tub! For some reason, I have learned to trust children more than adults, but if you baby talk to me, I will love you too. I have slight skin allergies which aren't a huge problem.

With a little love, I promise to be a good family member and will protect you, but I'm just so scared of this scary world.

Hugs & Slobbers,

Humphrey"

UPDATE:
Humphrey broke through a gate…in fact two gates and we found him playing with a small Pug! We moved the Pug and Humphrey broke through a gate and was playing with two other large dogs. He now plays with another large dog. Hum, perhaps he does get along with other dogs.

Humphrey has now been trained a number of tricks! He has also gained much needed weight and weighs in at 150 pounds. His allergies have also gone away now that he's on decent food!

UPDATE**

Humphrey is with Rosie and six other doggie friends! He is now almost six years old. Here are new pictures:

LOOK, LOOK, LOOK at this BEAUTIFUL boy! His name is Clipper like a Clipper ship! "Beginning in the late 1840's American shipbuilders started to build a new kind of merchant vessel - the Clipper ship. Several qualities set the clipper ship apart from others sailing ships. A clipper was technically a sailing ship with three masts on which sat a large expanse of square sails. It was designed to carry a small, highly profitable cargo over long distances at high speeds."

Our Clipper is a purebred Great Dane who can also cover long distances on walks! He LOVES walks. He is about four years old and was relinquished because his family broke up and moved. His temporary home couldn't keep him because of his high prey drive towards chickens and other pets. He also wanted to protect his family from the bad evils of the world.

Clipper is an awesome big boy to have on your side of the fence! He will require a secure or electrified fence.

UPDATE:
Clipper has now put on some much needed weight and weighs in at 140 pounds!

Beautiful 110 pound Kujo is a six year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever/Labrador Retriever mix. His family was moving into town and gave him up. Kujo was kept in an outside kennel which resulted in rainrott on his back. I wasn't joking when I said we've had LOTS of thunder storms rolling through every afternoon!

Kujo was scared and wanted to eat us and spit us out when he first came to our facility. Most facilities would have killed him without letting him out of the crate. After neutering, being socialized for a month, he is a LOVE. I still wouldn't advise anyone to walk into our yard if we aren't present! When you don't hear from us via E-mail, we are busy working with furry kids like Kujo.

Kujo gets along GREAT with other dogs and cats. Come and get to know him and you'll fall in love with him also!

UPDATE:
Kujo has now gained some much needed weight and now weighs 154 pounds! Here are new pictures of Kujo getting exercise!:

When a sobbing Mother calls saying her 21 year old son hung himself could we please take his dog, how could we say no? What this Mother is going through nobody should have to experience.

Delilah, we are calling Lila, just turned one year old a few days ago October 12th, the day her guardian hung himself. How sad.

Lila is a very scared little girl. One of her young family members thought it was a cute trick to teach her to growl so this she used to do frequently.

She gets along great with cats. We are working with Lila to get her housebroken. Lila has not had a single accident in her kennel.

Poor Lila is so scared. Can you help her and give her the home she deserves? If so, please fill out our automatic adoption application found on our home page.

Click the above image to read about Acey's rescue. It is so amazing it deserves a web page all its own!

Acey is a LOVE. How people can shoot to end lives is beyond us.

Meet Sheba. Sheba is a young girl of only about five years old. She was originally another STRAY. She was adopted and then returned to a kill facility .

Sheba will need new people who are the pack leaders and have followed the work and training of Cesar Millan (dog whisperer). This is going to be a requirement of her new people.

Sheba is a beautiful girl who only needs a home with people who understand what she has been through and are leaders.

Are you a leader?

Freezy was brought to Pet Pals in the winter of 2009. Freezy was brought to us along with her two puppies all as strays. Flurry and Flicker were adopted.

Freezy has an injured lower lip. It appears that someone wrapped wire or tape around her lip. She also has cuts under her neck. Freezy's back bone and ribs stick out from starvation. Freezy is now wagging her tail.

She was found on County Road F. Let's see....It was freezing at only 9' and her boobies were frozen so the name Freezy came to mind! Her pups are now named Flurry (it was snowing) and Flicker (for the glint of hope they hung onto). And the person who did this also has a name starting with F (for obvious reasons), but I better not type it here. How could someone be SO cruel? Sick, sick, SICK

UPDATE: Freezy was adopted, but was returned because she didn't get along with horses. So, no livestock, please!

Freezy is also part monkey and will need a covered kennel. She is now about 2 ˝ years old. Here are new pictures of her before we started going on walks and getting more exercise!

Another call for help resulted in Buffy coming to our shelter. (sigh) She was impounded as another STRAY and adopted out by another facility. Buffy was returned to them for being too loving! She only wanted to protect the children and adults in the home. Her new family did not want to work with her. Due to these issues, Pet Pals was called to help with her rescue. When some animal facilities call for our help, we know the dogs are very special.


Buffy we're guessing is six years old. After being here for a very long time, she's now on the fat side!


So far we have seen a little protectiveness but not anything major.


Buffy gets along with other dogs here wonderfully. She minds well and knows come, sit and does well on a leash. She does prefer women to men!