08.09.08
Amazing Rescue trip – seven horribly neglected breeder shih tzu saved!!!
Last night, while most of us were snuggling down to a nice nights sleep with our own soft, fluffy dogs, one of our outstanding LSSTLAR volunteers, Sherry G., was climbing into her SUV for a long rescue trip to Wilson, NC.
Two weeks ago, Suzi Beaupre, the head of US Shih Tzu Rescue, an ASTC Rescue coordinator and a long time rescue mentor of mine sent me pictures of some of the worst looking shih tzu I’ve ever seen. Eight little tzu were confiscated from a breeder in North Carolina and they needed help FAST. All I could say is OMG.
They are HAIRLESS. Almost completely hairless.
These dogs were confiscated from a breeder in North Carolina. He has been charged with seven counts of felony animal cruelty. YAY!!
Now, I know we are overrun with dogs already – left and right we are getting calls and emails about dogs in need. But, when we needed help last year with the North Texas 96, the ASTC, headed by Loree Levy-Schwartz and Suzi, moved mountains to ensure that none of those sweet little neglected dogs had to die. Now, it was our turn.
How in the world could I say no to these dogs? We know how to help them – many do not know what they will be facing with these dogs. Lone Star is known for taking in the hard cases – the broken and neglected. We’ve just put back together four orthopedic cases in the last two months - Weise Arkana who had a hip replacement and is now RUNNING, Gianna Montgomery, who had a malformed front leg surgically corrected, Alamo Bexar, who had a completely broken front leg repaired and, finally, Monkey Harris, a beautiful black tzu with a chronic disc rupture had surgery to remove the hardened material. These four cost an arm and a leg and you all came to their rescue! All are not only alive because of you, they are now thriving.
Well, these North Carolina dogs are TRULY hard cases. Check their story HERE. We’re calling them the NC Seven and they will be on their way to Texas TOMORROW morning.
