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Rescued!!! Thanks to you!! Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso now in the rescue program

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:18:42 +0000

Last week, we begged for foster homes to help us save a few little tzu and lhasas. Many people came through for these babies and we have several new foster homes.

Here is an update on the pitiful ones that ~~are waiting for us~~ were saved at the Harris County shelter. The updates are in ALL CAPS

THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND WILL BE TREATED FOR HER HEARTWORMS!!

This is a little female with heartworms. There is someone with an adoption hold who is looking for an inexpensive place to get her heartworm treatment.

WE HAVE THIS BADLY MATTED BOY – HIS NAME IS BRAXTON HARRIS.

This is a young male with skin problems and hair loss.

WE HAVE THIS LITTLE HEARTWORM POSITIVE BOY – HIS NAME IS ORSON HARRIS.

This little cutie also has the heartworm death sentence. No one has a hold on him.

THIS IS A TINY LITTLE PUPPY – NOT EVEN 6 POUNDS – AND SHE IS SADLY VERY, VERY, VERY SICK – IT MAY BE DISTEMPER. WE’VE ALREADY ORDERED OUR DISTEMPER DOCTOR’S MIRACLE SUPPLEMENTS FROM DALLAS AND HOPE TO HAVE IT TOMORROW. HER NAME IS JUNE BUG HARRIS.

We were also able to pick up one from a south Houston shelter. He was supposed to be six years old with a punctured eye, but he’s really two years old with two good eyes. Is this not a cutie??

His name is Mooney Burke.

Update – Kula Parks – Hit by car Lhasa boy – cruelty case

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:53:14 +0000

Well, we’ve started physical therapy on this cutie. Becky, his foster mom and physical therapist, has taken some new pictures. Shaved, of course, since his coat was totally matted. Take a look at the “critter” beside him in this picture. That “critter” is his coat. LOL

Here is Mr. Kula being checked out by Dr. Bertrand at Dallas Veterinary Specialists. He is great. He has worked successfully on several of our little broken kids. I’m sure Kula is saying THANK YOU THANK YOU for caring!

This shows Kula’s mangled foot. Although the leg is not broken, the pelvis was and the untreated break caused a great deal of nerve damage. He does have feeling in his foot so we’re trying physical therapy for him to strengthen the structure of the leg.

Becky reports he is terribly thin – so not only no vet care, no groceries!!

And finally, here he is using his new splint. Becky says that his walking improved immediately after putting on the splint. Look at that proud stance. What a dog!

Of course, all of this means more dollars adding up, but not as much as if we had put him through surgery. Frankly, I would rather have had a chance to do surgery on him and fix that leg. We’re hopeful we can improve his use of the leg enough so that we do not have to amputate.

Kula Parks – HIT BY CAR LHASA BOY – CRUELTY CONFISCATION

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:09:50 +0000

This poor boy’s story is ridiculous. I spoke at length with the Animal Control Officer responsible for his rescue and here is her story….

On March 16, animal control received a citizen complaint about a little dog that was obviously injured and had not been taken to the vet. So, the cruelty officer went out to see what the story might be. You never know about these things, people have been known to call animal control on a neighbor they didn’t like or just to be vindictive. Not so in this case.

As the officer approached the house and knocked on the door, she heard a little dog barking inside. When the door opened, she could see a little white dog hiding behind the legs of the person who opened the door. She immediately told the person why she was there and that she needed to see the dog. They complied and she saw that the dog was not using his back leg – it was in an unnatural position – but he did allow the officer to run her hands over his body. She could tell the leg had incurred some major trauma.

She asked the owner what had happened. They responded that he had been hit by a car about two weeks earlier. YEP YOU READ IT RIGHT - TWO WEEKS EARLIER. The officer then asked to see the records from their vet visit and the owners started getting rude basically saying the dog was fine, he didn’t need to go to the vet. The officer, of course, disagreed, and told them it was the law that an injured dog must see a vet. She gave them a warning and left.

A week later, the officer went back to check on the little dog and his vet visit. What she found floored me. When she walked into their home, the people handed her a vet’s invoice. Clearly written in the body of the invoice was a note – “refused treatment.” Of all the cruel hearted moves – the people took the dog to the vet, to comply with the letter of the law, but refused treatment.

Needless to say, the officer made the people turn the dog over THAT day.

So, that’s the story on Kula, a beautiful, 14 pound, blonde lhasa boy.

Read the entire history HERE.

Arabella – cute shih tzu lhasa apso mix – needs a suspicious mass removed

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:15:34 +0000

This little girl is such a cutie, but probably a forever foster for us. We picked her up a few months ago, thinking she was a younger, adoptable dog. Not that we wouldn’t have picked her up if we knew she was older, but, it was a surprise to find out she was eight or older.

To complicate matters, we found a suspicious mass on her and when she was going in for surgery, the vet detected a strange heart beat so we opted for an ultrasound of her heart.

Her bill to date is $836 and she is asking for some help paying her bill.

If you can help with Arabella’s bills, please GO HERE to donate via paypal, or to send Arabella a check, go HERE.(Specify Arabella Harris)

Urgent – Charo Worth – beautiful shih tzu girl – being treated for distemper

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:25:23 +0000

Charo’s foster mom called me last night to tell me that Charo was sneezing and had a fever. She has been on antibiotics for over a week. One thing we always watch for is an upper respiratory that doesn’t get better after a week on antibiotics. We suspect distemper.

So off she goes to our “distemper doc” in Plano. He has a special way of treating this almost always fatal disease to at least give her a chance to live. Distemper is a serious virus – hard to diagnose and hard to treat. You have to catch it early and hit it hard.

The distemper specific treatment that has been successful for several of our dogs cost $350. Charo may not have distemper, but we don’t have time to wait and see.

Rescue Shih Tzu – Sweet Juicy Lu Tzu – owner turn in with a ton of problems

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:51:16 +0000

Earlier in March, I received an email request to take in a little seven year old female shih tzu tzu. They sent the most adorable picture. And, to their credit, they waited until after the spring break holiday to ask to turn her over.

We asked that she be checked out by their vet before turning her over, but they refused. In reviewing her vet records, I found she had not had any immunizations since 2005 and that she was slightly behind on heartguard. But, we took this sweet little girl shih tzu anyway when they threatened to “find another alternative.” It makes me crazy when people threaten to hurt a dog if we don’t take it.

She was dropped off at our vet yesterday, here is his summary….

Has an Umbilical Hernia

Severe Periodontal disease – needs several extractions and possibly both upper canine teeth extracted. (For those of you that have never experienced this, when the upper canines are removed the surgery leaves a huge hole in the upper jaw. It’s very significant surgery)

Has a heart murmur – recommend chest x-rays

Bloodwork – Elevated ALK PHOS and ALT (Liver Enzymes) recommend Bile Acid testing and Abd X-rays.

If you can help, you can donate HERE via paypal or go HERE to send a check.

URGENT NEED – little blonde lhasa boy -Kula – badly broken leg!!!!

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:13:41 +0000

Late this afternoon, this email came across our system…

An officer just brought in a white male Lhasa mix with a broken leg that needs to get to a vet ASAP. He is about a 1 1/2 years old. He was released by his owner because they could not afford vet care. He is also very matted and will need to be shaved. He is available for rescue NOW. Please contact us if you can help this little guy.

We’re picking him up tomorrow and as soon as we get him stable, will let you know what he needs!!

If you want to get his fund started, you can donate HERE via paypal or go HERE to send a check(specify Kula Broken Leg)!!!

Teresa

Funding update – Reba North, Angel Burke, Langston Burke, Tootie Collins and Felicity Hill

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:28:30 +0000

Microsoft had severe problems with our newsletter this weekend. Microsoft was having some sort of system problems and couldn’t make the newsletter go out to all the members for over 24 hours. And, when they did send it out Sunday morning, it was, unfortunately, dated Friday night. So many, many of you missed the urgent message for these sweeties. Regardless, here is the summary of where these five stand on their funds Sunday night.

1. Reba North – senior shih tzu with cataracts – needed around $500 for initial vetting, currently has $200 thanks to Ann Ervin, Martin Howard, Diana Goldman, Rebecca Morgan, Kay Wyly. So, this cutie only needs another $300. HELP HER HERE.

2. Angel Burke – 12 year old lhasa/schnauzer/something – needed around $500 for initial vetting, currently has $30 thanks to Martin Howard, Patty Dadamo and Diana Goldman. Her fund is really lacking and she really, really needs you. She has rotting teeth and will need a pretty massive tumor removed from her head, so we expect her to be an expensive adventure. HELP HER HERE.

3. Langston Burke – cute, young little tzu boy – has heartworms and needs $350 for treatment. So far, his jar is empty. HELP HIM HERE.

4. Tootie anhd Felicity – both had cherry eye surgery, but Friday, they still needed $380 for their bill. This weekend, they received $25, so still need about $355 to pay their bill off. HELP THEM HERE.

Although we have not had time to add it up, we need to board six or seven dogs during the various spring breaks. They need about two weeks worth of boarding fees which amounts to around $450. So far, we have $250 thanks to Elliott Lander. HELP THEM HERE.

Update on Tootie Collins and Felicity Hill’s cherry eye surgery

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:09:05 +0000

These two little dogs are just way too cute. We went forward with their surgery, but they still need about $380 for their fund. We just didn’t want to delay something that would make them unadoptable. If they sat around, instead of being adopted, that would keep us from accepting two others into our already saturated foster homes. So, we did the surgery.

If you can help with their vet bills, please DONATE here.

What is cherry eye?

The normal canine eye receives its tear film from two lacrimal (tear-producing) glands. One gland is located above the eye and the other is found within the animal’s third eyelid. The gland of the third eyelid contributes a significant portion of secretion to the tear film.

In the smaller breeds — especially Shih Tzu– the gland of the third eyelid is not strongly held in place. The gland prolapses out to where the owner notices it as a reddened mass. Out of its normal position, the gland does not circulate blood properly and may swell. Read more here.

Here is what it looks like.

Oops, two of our “healthy” new boys have heartworms :(

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:55:25 +0000

Just got an update on some of our new babies from our vet…

unfortunately Langston Burke and Otto Harris both have heartworms. We’ll be raising funds soon for those two – gotta get rid of those parasites. Heartworm Disease is massively prevalent in Texas – and will be fatal if not treated.

Below is a picture of the infested heart of a small dog. As you can see, it doesn’t take many worms to totally clog the pulmonary artery of a heart this small. Unfortunately, this little dog died during heartworm treatment.

Some dogs die of vena caval syndrome, a horrible way to die.

Although the manufacturers of Immiticide, the treatment of choice for heartworms, recommends two injections spaced a few days apart, we have found that the slow three injection treatment, spaced a month apart, is much much safer for our tiny dogs. The three-injection alternative protocol is the treatment of choice of the American Heartworm Society and several university teaching hospitals, regardless of stage of disease, due to the increased safety and efficacy benefits.

So, if you can, please consider donating to OTTO’S FUND or LANGSTON’S FUND to help them get their heartworm treatment. Because we do the long treatment, the cost about doubles, but we feel it more prudent.

Teresa

Dawson Davis’ fund at 100% – and bladderstone surgery is done!!

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:57:47 +0000

Thanks to all you great people, little Dawson is now recovering nicely after surgery to remove three bladderstones!! Thanks so much to Mike Birke for putting him over the edge!!

Dawson sends love!

Dawson’s fund close enough…

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:35:36 +0000

I’ve been out of town since Thursday, but just had a chance to look at Dawson’s donation status and he’s at $295, so close enough. Thanks, big time to Joan Samara, Cynthia Adams, Martin Howard, Laura Ritchie, Cat Martindale, Holli Howard, Barbara Grabell and Cynthia Datoni.

We’ll get new pics and get an update when I get back into town on Monday.

Below is a photo of the x-ray showing the three bladderstones.

Lovey MacKenzie Spuds – puppies are opening their eyes

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:27:45 +0000

As of yesterday, all of the Spuds’ babies have started to open their eyes. Bud is turning out to be quite the toot. He is very vocal when he has to potty and his momma doesn’t seem to get to upset about it. He screams and cries and whines.   After waiting a few minutes for MacKenzie to take over, I finally push him into her face. You can almost see the sigh of relief on his big ole face and then he falls asleep right away . MacKenzie is very protective of her babies however she certainly exhibits a lot of inexperienced mom behavior. She would almost rather not be in the kennel with them opting for roaming around the house instead (I think she is ADD).   Little Tater Tot’s belly is so cute (she is the little black one with all the white markings).   Idaho and Russet look so much alike that I have painted red nail polish on Russet’s head to tell them apart. All except Idaho have a minor upper respiratory infection and none of them like the medication. They spit it out or it comes out in bubbles and they all shake their heads back and forth as if the taste were not to their liking. This Sunday (3/11/07) they will be 2 weeks old and each one of them has more than doubled their weight. They are little pigs when it comes to eating and not very tolerant if not fed when they think it is time.
Check them out…

Dawson’s fund almost there!

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:59:21 +0000

Dawson’s fund is slowly making progress. As of 5 pm, he has $185 toward the $383 vet bill. Huge thanks and hugs to Laura Ritchie, Martin Howard, Joan Samara, Cynthia Adams.

Dawson Davis – Lhasa boy with Bladderstones

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:19:04 +0000

Dawson’s fund is still way, way low. He has one donation, so far, thanks Joan Samara, but still needs a lot to pay his bill. He’s a cutie little guy – look at his face below!

Please donate for this cutie HERE if you need to use a credit card or paypal account or if you’d like to send cutie Dawson a check, go HERE.

Wensley Harris’ eye surgery fund COMPLETE

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:16:49 +0000

Thanks so much to Cat Martindale, Joan Samara, Joan Lanford, Martin Howard, Melissa Lombard and Anna Dee Lastick, Wensley’s good to go. I’m hoping to get some good pics of him to post today. Stay tuned.

Dawson Davis – BLADDERSTONES

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:44:58 +0000

This little guy has had a lot of happenings. On his way to his NEW FOREVER HOME, he had a tummy ache so stopped off at the vet for a quick exam – not good – three bladderstones causing pain and irritation, so into surgery he went first thing this morning.

His vet bill was $383, we had to do it before getting the funds, but he’s hoping we can raise the money before the vet bills him. LOL We just could not let him continue in pain.

Please donate for this cutie HERE if you need to use a credit card or paypal account or if you’d like to send cutie Dawson a check, go HERE.

URGENT, URGENT NEED – Wensley Harris’ eye is totally blown out!!!

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:30:29 +0000

This adorable sweetie sat at the local shelter for three days with an eye totally RUPTURED! We picked him up on Saturday and was horrified by the nasty, smelly WOUND where an eye used to be. Our vet fondly calls him “Popeye.” LOL

His eye was immediately removed after we got him stablized – his vet bill was just over $100 – yes the vet felt so badly for him, she just DID IT immediately. Pictures coming tonight or tomorrow.

PLEASE help him with his vet bill – please donate with a credit card via paypal HERE or send Wensley a check HERE.

Congratulations McGuire Harley Hurst – named Fluff of the Week!!

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:08:33 +0000

Ok, surely you remember THIS ONE.   Yep, that’s right, this was one of the two most broken little dogs we’ve ever had. Well, he’s pretty much mended now and oh, so cute.

Digital painting by DigitalDogArt.com.

This baby boy is available for adoption NOW. APPLY HERE.

Update on the new family – Mommy Lovey MacKenzie Spuds and fluffy pups

Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:35:09 +0000

From her foster mom:

MacKenzie is a nervous and frantic mom. She pants a lot and just can’t get herself settled down into a routine. She will sit with her babies for a time and then be up moving around in the kennel. I let her out and she is so obsessed with her babies that she wants back in the kennel. Then she wants out again. Still racing like the Indy 500 to get back to her babies. After giving MacKenzie a few drops of Rescue Remedy, I sat with her on the floor this morning just gently holding her and petting her (yes, amongst the wiggles).   I then put her back in the kennel with her babies and put her babies up to her belly. I sat there for about 10 minutes again gently patting her and talking to her. That seemed to quiet the nerves in her for about 15-20 minutes but by the time I left for work, they were back in full force. I plan to search the internet and ask a few professionals what I can further do to help this new, very nervous, mommy. The good new is that all of the Spuds family slept in the master bedroom last night and once everyone fell asleep, it was total quiet for the entire nite.



I can tell who Bud is, of course. And Tater Tot because of her white facial markings. But Idaho and Russet look so much alike to me and they are about the same size. I am going to have put neck bands on them with their names to tell them apart.



They certainly are a good looking family, aren’t they?

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