Support 4 Paws

12/20/2024

Oscar has a home for Christmas! We're so happy for him - and the best part is he'll be living with his friends Kiki and Biscuit! They were such good playmates while I had them. ❤️🐾

12/19/2024

ADOPTED! 🎉

Don't let Oscar be a victim of Black Dog Syndrome. This little guy is a fantastic dog. Well- mannered, crate trained, almost perfect on pottying outside, knows basic commands, can sit like a champ, smart, highly trainable, sweet, funny, and playful. The all-around perfect companion. Available now! Neutered, chipped, UTD on age appropriate vaccines. Adoption application is in the comments.

12/16/2024

Meet Nya. Looking for her forever home. Maybe she can join your family for Christmas! 28lbs. spayed, UTD on vaccines. Sweet girl.

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12/15/2024

Huge shoutout to dog gear. They are super generous and their products are stylish, sturdy and comfy. Thank you for supporting small rescues; you are animal angels!

12/15/2024

Seven is out and about today in Fontana learning about travel baseball. He is SO smart and picking up his obedience training very quickly. There is a lot going on and I am proud of how brave and confident he’s becoming.

12/15/2024

Thank you Spotted Prince Studio ! These would make great Christmas gift for animals lovers. Please help us help more animals!

12/14/2024

Stetson is doing much better tonight! We are thrilled!

12/12/2024

Bringing this back around. Thank you for the donations so far but we have a long way to go to cover these expenses. We can't afford to do this as often as we'd like and this one was a big hit to our bank account. This was not one of our dogs - but an owned animal that needed help. Please consider a year end donation to help cover this cost and the surgery we have on Christmas Eve for one of our rescues. Please SHARE this post. Thank you.

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When I received a frantic text about a dying dog from a friend, we sprung into action. His owners are down on their luck and needed financial assistance. This one year old shepherd was in bad shape with a temp of 105.5, labored breathing, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea. As always, Ridgeline immediately took this boy in. Right now we have a few possible causes on the table but we are waiting for the advanced blood work panel to return before we can say for sure what is ailing this dog. We have started powerful antibiotics and steroids.

We are trying to cover his expenses ($1,172.64) as we have another costly orthopedic surgery case coming up; on Christmas Eve. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Please share and donate if you can. You can donate directly to Ridgeline. Stetson, patient ID 12156.

Ridgeline Veterinary Clinic 760-507-1500.

12/12/2024

We've talked a lot about posting this and the decision was easier after hearing some news tonight.

Rescue is hard and it takes money that is often difficult to come by. On October 20th, Linda Talley reached out to us and asked us to pull a dog from the Riverside shelter for her. The dog had a broken jaw but she offered to pay for the surgery and said she'd pick him up and take him to her place. We didn't know her but she is a board member for a large animal nonprofit that I respect, so I thought we'd help out and pull the dog under our rescue. We don't normally do this but I'll admit that her background swayed me - surely she cared about animals.

The story is long and to make it short she backed out of fostering the dog (she'll say she never made that offer and I say we wouldn't have pulled the dog without a committed foster) and now she has backed out of paying for the dog's medical. It turns out that Nugget didn't need surgery. Good news, right? Surely Linda would be thrilled that she got off cheap.

Well, she didn't see it that way. She's refusing to pay any of the bills for the 3 specialists we took Nugget to because she said she was going to pay for the surgery. So, apparently because he didn't need surgery she believes she doesn't have to pay. What? Make it make sense.

We're completely gobsmacked that Linda Talley has chosen to stiff a small nonprofit that she asked to pull a medical dog! We didn't ask her for anything - she came to us.

We're disgusted by her behavior and have decided to share our story as a warning to other small nonprofits - and because we just found out tonight that one of our rescues needs orthopedic surgery on his knee. This is going to be costly and it really would have been nice to have the money that Linda promised to pay.

Shame on you Linda Talley and a huge thank you to Lisa Fein Blodgett for offering to pay what Linda won't. Lisa has already done so much and she is currently paying for medical expenses on a dog that she committed to. People who follow through on their word are worth their weight in gold.

Picture of Nugget who is thankfully in a wonderful forever home.

12/11/2024

Nugget (now Finn), Biscuit, and Kiki all found their forever homes and will spend Christmas with their new family. ❤️🐾

12/09/2024

As 2024 is nearing its end, Support 4 Paws wants to thank all our volunteers and donors for making our service possible and our final free vaccine and microchip clinic our best one yet. Please consider a year end tax deductible donation so we can help even more animals in 2025!

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12/07/2024

Nugget has a meet n greet tomorrow 🤞 this is a forever match. Then we need to find a home for Oscar (the wee black one). Oscar came to us from the red list at CVAC. He was mysteriously paralyzed and then mysteriously not. He is 💯 a normal puppy who runs and plays and enjoys life. He is neutered and ready to go. He should be a small guy - maybe 10ish pounds. He will win you over instantly. Reach out for a meet n greet!

11/30/2024

Desert Hot Springs. Free vaccine & microchip clinic. December 8th! Come see us. No appointment needed. You do NOT need to be a DHS resident to participate.

Thank you to Dr. Jeffrey El Paseo Animal Hospital for his kindness in volunteering his time to help our community animals! ❤

11/24/2024

Look at our Nugget! He's growing like a w**d and is sweet, funny, a 100% normal puppy who loves every single dog and human he meets. Lisa Fein Blodgett has been taking him to the dog park and she says he's a favorite there. We need to find him the perfect home. His jaw is stable and we're taking him to the dentist every 2-3 ,weeks to make sure none of his teeth are digging into any soft tissue. He will be assessed frequently to make sure when his permanent teeth come in he can eat without issue and his mouth is comfortable. But there's no reason he can't be in his forever home while this is going on.

Support 4 Paws will continue to support him through his jaw issue until the dentist gives him the all-clear and he's released into regular maintenance.

Please share our handsome boy. He deserves a happy forever. Special shout out and huge thank you to Lisa for going the extra mile while also fostering another Support 4 Paws dog. You're the best!

11/23/2024

11/23/2024

When it rains it pours. Today we funded a FREE spay/neuter clinic. We recently saved this adorable cattle dog who promptly hurt his left hind leg. We have no idea how. 🤦🏼‍♀️ He will need to be assessed by a veterinarian because we've been seeing multiple tick-borne illnesses which require expensive meds for at least 28 days. He also needs to be neutered.

Then we received a call about an elderly Pomeranian who was found in the parking lot of Ridgeline. They do so much for us, we were happy to help them out. We’ve posted him found, but no one has reached out. His teeth are rotting out of his mouth and of course, he needs to be neutered too. Rhiannon Weber our amazing groomer has agreed to foster him until Tuesday and she already groomed his matted, icky self. He looks adorable. We are so thankful for her!

The bills are quickly adding up and we have a vaccine clinic right around the corner. If you can contribute, we’d really appreciate it. You can donate to us or directly to Ridgeline Veterinary Clinic in Cathedral City. Thank you and let’s keep fighting for the animals of Coachella Valley!

11/18/2024

Volunteer and play with kittens. Win-win

We need the community’s help! We’d like to place kittens in the cattery at Petco in Palm Desert and are looking for volunteers to help with cleaning, socializing, and taking photos of the kittens. Volunteers are needed from Friday to Monday, both in the morning and evening, and we welcome multiple volunteers if necessary. Please message us if you’re able to assist!

11/17/2024

I am NOT getting my cat a dog…. But you should!

Oscar is the poor pup who was momentarily paralyzed and found himself red-listed at CVAC.

Within days he recovered from his paralysis and is now a happy, cat friendly, kid friendly pup. He is crate trained, SMART as a whip and on his way to being potty trained. We guess he’s about 12 weeks and a Pug/Brussels Griffon/Your guess is as good as ours…

He is so special and we are looking for his perfect home.