Donation assistance for rescued CA shelties

Here is the latest FB update from Southland Sheltie Rescue. 6 dogs total have been turned over to the rescue. They are all very sick.
The pictures of these new boys are on the FB page. I couldn't get them
to save tonight. After all, I am technology challenged!



Ok, Guys! Lots of news today! Sorry it took so long. The first news, is....We now have three more boys! All of them are sick, too, but we think they will all pull through.

We have a cute little Tri boy, a darling sable boy, and a beautiful blue boy.

The really cute little Tri (Marcus, 11 years old) is just new today. When I started writing this update, we were hoping that he was the healthiest of the bunch. Kathy and Judi (btw, these girls are such troopers! They have been on the road morning to night for two days!) dropped him off at the vets, and then were called quickly to say he was being transferred to the Emergency vet to be on IVs through the weekend. He is in critical condition, with kennel cough, fever and pneumonia and needs the 24 hour care that only an emergency vet can provide.


The little sable boy (Teddy, 6 years old) is super friendly, a real tail wagger, and he is at the vets now with kennel cough and who knows what else! We will find out soon.

The blue boy (Waylon, 7 years old) is also really sick, not sure if he has pneumonia, but he has kennel cough and very bad diarrhea. He is a lovely boy, but doesn't feel well at all right now. We are hoping that he feels better as the day goes on and will check up on him in the morning.

The best news is that Kiara is doing wonderfully! She looks great and all her vitals are normal. She is eating well and is "perky"! She is on antibiotics and low thyroid meds, and is being treated for hookworms. But her prognosis is great, and we couldn't ask for more than that for this darling girl!

Our first two blue boys, Wyatt and Walden, are still slowly getting better but are still at the vet hospital. Judi and Kathy didn't get home soon enough to get an update on them today, but we will get one tomorrow.

Now that we have 6 dogs, all but one still requiring ongoing hospital care, we are officially in financial dire straits! I am not sure how we are going to pull this off, but it is what we do, and we will not turn our backs on these precious dogs who deserve so much. If they were all healthy, that would be easy, but in this case....we are dealing with some serious medical challenges with these babies. And....there may be more to come. We really do believe that all of them can pull through and will have every chance to have a wonderful new life for years to come. I hate to remind everyone again as you have been so generous, but we are getting new readers all the time...so I just want to remind everyone that we have a Paypal donation button on the top of this page, and on the right side of our website page www.adoptasheltie.com. More when I know it! Thanks a million! ~Kathleen
 
Just saw this myself on their page - I sent a hefty donation in... please, all you SN folk who can spare anything, the vet bills for these 6 will be astronomical when added up. One little guy is at the emergency vets. I'm so incredibly sad that they are so ill, even the younger ones.... what went on in the place they lived? :(

I hope we as a group can make a difference in the lives of these dogs. :yes:
 
I know the need is great for funding these sick pups...
Will send in a donation today and again on Friday.

Thanks for all your efforts to help and get them on the road to recovery ... both physically and mentally. The we know the need is great...

:fl Hoping everyone can lend a bit of financial assistance even if we can not be there in person to help. :fl

Bless all of you are there taking on a hands on role in the rehabilitation! :hugs

Thanks also for all the updates on the on going rescue, rehab, and medical status!
 
I sent in one pretty good donation -- couple weeks I can do it again. It's going to take the whole Sheltie Nation (on the board and off the board) to care for all these babies.

We can do it! Sheltie people can do anything.
 
For those who haven't seen this on FB -- this is so well spoken I thought I would post since I am on the laptop (easy copy/paste).

From Southland Sheltie Rescue.

"You guys have been so awesome, I have to thank you all again for your donations and for sharing our new fund raising tool, "Gofundme" below!! The cost of these shelties is overwhelming, even to us! (an example was that little Marcus cost $2,200 up front for his Emergency Vet transfer last night, and we have four others at the regular hospital mounting up charges). Without you guys' help, there is no other way we could do this and we are so grateful to everyone that has contributed to the cost of these dogs. That is why we are asking for money right now, as we know that vet bills will add up quickly and we are determined to assure quality vet care for all of these dear shelties. The cost of this emergency alone would have broken our Rescue in a matter of days. We still may get more dogs from Riverside, too. Why are we doing this?....I do want to answer as best I can.
This situation is not the kind we are usually faced with. Most of the time, on a "one at a time" basis, we are able to assess the quality of life facing an elderly dog in our care. Rarely, sooooo very rarely, we have to make the tough decision to put down an elderly dog with cancer or another illness that we know will result in a short, painful life. In those cases it is never an easy decision but it is sensible, and what we would want for our own dogs.
If you look back, you will see that we have gotten multiple dogs before.. This was difficult (I had the "desert seven" dogs all at my house for a time and amazingly, these old ladies were wonderful guests!) , and we had to SCRAMBLE....but in the cases of our other multiple dogs, there was the "luxury" of time and they were not critically ill.
The difference with these dogs is that they were extremely physically depleted, already sick with mouth infections and intestinal problems, that left them with very crippled immune systems, leaving them susceptible to anything that came their way. The shelter is in no way responsible, as most dogs come in and out of the shelter in good shape because they are strong enough to handle the obvious danger of being with sick or un-vaccinated dogs. Getting six extremely sick dogs left us with a decision that under normal circumstance would be difficult to make, based on our financial situation and all the other shelties we are fostering and caring for. But we looked at it this way....
None of these dogs have an illness that they can not survive and be 100% back to good health. That is an important distinction, but there is something even more important, (IMHO)...
These dogs have not had a chance to be a cherished pet. They have not had a chance to have someone love them individually, to have their needs met, to be cuddled, brushed and well fed, every day. Still they each seem willing to take the risk of trusting and loving a human again. If they are willing to take that leap of faith, then we are too! They didn't ask to be where they were, and we feel it is our job to get them to a point where they are ready to find their forever homes, so no matter what it takes, we are committed to getting them ready for those forever, loving homes.! ~Kathleen"
 
So glad Southland Sheltie Rescue's plight has been posted here. Breaks my heart. I donated several times and hope all Sheltie loving folks will share this unusual crisis. If word can reach lots of people who can donate just the cost of a cup of coffee or gallon of gas it all adds up. Shelties & Sheltie people truly are the best
 
I agree. Sheltie people are the best and so are shelties even those with challenging beginnings to their lives. Being an aussie convert, I really am impressed with everything sheltie.
 
I just sold a ton of stuff before my move and was going to use it all to buy some stuff. I think I'll wait on a few items and donate instead.

The fact that this story has gone from healthy Shelties, to Riverside keeping them to make money, and how they're looking like the bad people for wanting to press charges......but the fact that SSRI has taken in, is it 6 now, very ill dogs makes me thinking obviously, the 61 dogs were not cared for very well, at all!!! The kennel cough, I get. Maybe leading to pneumonia I get, but all the other issues they have, I'm sorry, but that's abuse. These are seniors and they deserve so much better.

Gawd help me, I want to adopt one. But i know I don't have the money nor time to care for a sick senior again. Sigh. Not yet.
 
Even if she had wanted to take good care of all those dogs, and I'm assuming that she did, how can one person even with a couple of helpers look after 61 dogs adequately? The food bill alone would be huge, and we're not even talking basic vet care, heartworm meds, odds are some must have needed thyroid meds, dental care, special needs of seniors, ..... Then there's all the stuff you need to properly exercise & groom. Something has to be done with the feces, and eventually that much urine would also start to smell. We haven't even talked about meeting their emotional needs - how can anyone be surprised at the condition the dogs are/were in? Either she was a hoarder ( that's a mental illness and worthy of compassion) or else she knew and still chose not to act to improve these dogs lives. I don't want to give that a name ( makes me mad just thinking about that level of neglect, not to mention anyone else who knew and did not intervene) but I think it merits some sort of prosecution.

Still judgemental over here...
 
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