5A Rescue & Pet Care

01/02/2025

What a GRAND start to the new year! That's FIFTEEN MILES in just 2 hours and 40 minutes! (We had a couple of stops, lol)

12/30/2024

Merry Christmas and (very soon!) Happy New Year!! PT.3

(Just to show off the different trees from our families, and the stockings for all the pups and kitties!!)

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas from the 5A Family! PT. 2

It's been a long couple of weeks! Between work and the goings on at home just to keep things from not utterly falling apart, we've been in nonstop motion. BUT that meant today was a very welcomed rest, AND that we could give the fur children an awesome end to the year. Lots of new toys and treats to try, plus, brand new beds from Tractor Supply Co. that were on sale for only $19.99! With washable covers!!

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas from Momma Dog and the 5A Family! PT.1

12/07/2024

Firstly, thank you guys for the check-ins and support. We LOVE you all.

It's been a long two and a half days. This is going to be a long, honest, and very open post, you guys. If you're not here for the reality of rescue and pet care, please don't keep reading.

It started Wednesday, when Momma Dog quietly passed 5 stillborn puppies over the course of a few hours. She wasn't in pain, no obvious labor signs, and she did everything she was supposed to. We did everything we could to help as it was needed, rubbing the pups when Momma didn't, sucking out their airways, but they were born with no fur, slightly premature. It was very late into the evening when everything was said and done, and since Momma had no fever, and was comfortable, we decided on a vet trip the following AM to ensure her health.

At Mavericks Animal Clinic, they were as lovely as always. Making sure Momma was comfortable. They ensured she had no fever, and then gave her a shot to induce contractions, which would ensure she had passed everything that needed to be passed, that way she wouldn't get any infections. A few minutes later, a sixth stillborn puppy arrived. I can't thank the vet staff enough for the help and the compassion that they handled the situation with. Another shot, just to be sure, and a 30 minute drive home.

Back in her whelping area, Momma immediately laid down and gave birth to one tiny, alive, female puppy. We sucked out her airways, rubbed rubbed rubbed, and got her on a heating pad when Momma didn't seem to want to cuddle right away. And to be fair to her, this little baby was half the size of all her previous siblings. Tiny and fighting. She had a tiny bit of fur, but definitely still premature by a day or two, at least.

With the advice of an Emergency vet and our (Momma's) best efforts, Little Miracle survived for almost 30 hours, warm and comfortable with Momma after she settled down and we got her nursing. She passed peacefully yesterday evening.
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Breakdown of the vet bill - Red Highlighted are my personal pets. I wanted to be completely transparent with what I'm purchasing while there, but the $45 donated towards Momma Dog's vet bill went DIRECTLY into her portion. Everything in GREEN is what Momma received at the vet...

To anyone who donated puppy supplies, I'll be trying to reach out (or if you haven't reached out before about your donation, please do so now) to see if you'd like us to pass these items forward OR return them so you can get your money back. We will NOT judge or be offended with whatever you may choose! Amazon, I believe, makes the process pretty easy, so please just let us know what you'd like to do. We'll be choosing a nonprofit to bring the unused supplies to, though Momma is still going to need her toys to coddle, especially now, those pads/blankets, and the puppy food to help her build some weight.

Again, thank you all. You have no idea what all that support meant to us, and to Momma Dog.

12/04/2024

At the vet. Waiting. Some not-so-good news on the way.

12/03/2024

It's GIVING TUESDAY today, y'all!

While we normally don't ask for monetary donations, we'd much rather a Wish List be fulfilled for those in our care, BUT. Today we're going to. Today, we're sharing in hopes that we can get a decent little fund going for Momma Dog, who is going into the vet tomorrow for a check up. I WILL add the vet bill/any paperwork they send home with us as soon as I have it in hand tomorrow!

If you can't donate, we're grateful for a LIKE and a SHARE, just to keep us visible with Facebook's algorithm. If you can, we're BEYOND grateful for you, too!! ❤️❤️

Cashapp: $5ARescue
PayPal:
Venmo: -1399
Zelle: (904)-820-1913 + Shelby Jackson

(still in the process of getting my other apps switched over to business/in the rescues name. ANYTHING sent to us goes directly into Momma Dogs care!)

12/01/2024

Momma Dog is here to say THANK YOU. She has a nest, she has towels and absorbent blankets galore, she had her first bit of prenatal vitamins & wet food tonight, she has a new toy and chew, and we have an emergency whelping kit & puppy milk replacer if we need it!

A HUGE THANK YOU to Monica DeFurio, Jessica Tucker, Janine Spindola, The Kines Family, Colleen (plus Peanut, Jasper, & Dusty, of course!), Jimmlynn Weatherford, and Jessica Weeks! We CANNOT express how grateful we are! ❤️

While there are a few things left, and we might push out another Wish List post in a few weeks, I think we are mostly prepared for this Momma to bring her babies into this world. Next thing is to get her into our vet this coming week!

11/29/2024

Our community always has a way of astounding me! Y'ALL ARE INCREDIBLE. AMAZING!

THANK YOU!! To all those who have shopped from our Amazon wish list for this pretty Momma dog, to anyone who's shared, liked, commented on a post of ours recently!

We're about 2/3rds of the way through our wish list already, though we might add a few more bags of food to ensure mom and pups have PLENTY. To be so far, so fast, though.. is just BEAUTIFUL. An absolute BLESSING. We just want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts! ❤️

11/28/2024

HAPPY TURKEY DAY, Y'ALL!
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I know everyone is busy today, but to keep our page on focus after the holiday, I'm also going to use today to make that announcement I was supposed to make 5 days ago.

If any of you were here towards the beginning of our journey, you'll remember the lovely nubian doeling Maureen that I raised as a part of my original trio of bottle babies, the ones I unfortunately had to rehome when I spent those 6 days in the hospital. A week or so ago, I had the opportunity to bring her back home when her owner was moving!

While I want to stay on the roll we've all been on for our Momma Dog (oh my gosh, the support we've gotten, THANK YOU ALL so much!!), I couldn't miss the chance to officially welcome my gal back! We are SO grateful to be able to have and help the animals we can, and SO BEYOND GRATEFUL for our community who always steps up to the task when we ask!

11/28/2024

Following our latest posts, and for anyone just joining us, this is our Amazon Wish List for our new resident "foster" dog. So far, we've just been calling her Momma Dog. And Momma Dog needs just a few things to help her settle in here. We still have puppy play pens, an XL crate, stainless steel bowls, and a few dog blankets that weren't entirely ripped to shreds by the last fosters.

Our main focus for her right now is proper nutrition, possibly some supplements/prenatals to assist with her lack of care up until this point, and towels/reusable absorbent pads for her space/to keep under her. Due to the holiday, a vet visit is going to have to wait a few days.

Momma Dog Wish List - https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/15DO0M7UWYVOD

As always, ANYTHING and everything helps and is MORE than appreciated. THANK YOU to our followers, and anyone who takes the time to SHARE!

11/27/2024

Everywhere is full. Dumped animals are at an all-time high before the holidays, as per usual, and Clay County Animal Services has turned us away after Safe told us they were our only option here in Clay. Safe also advised us upon our call for help to "drive to other counties and see if their shelters would take her". While not technically illegal, IF she had a family looking for her, that would only make it 10x harder for them to find and claim her, AND that's just tossing OUR COUNTY'S problems at another county! That's WRONG!

So. Our only option is to keep this gal - and in the past few days, she's gotten bigger. We JUST caught her this AM, though, so there hasn't been much we could do for her up until this point. We originally thought she'd been dumped after having pups. We're starting to think she was dumped because she's pregnant, the poor gal.

We need help. There's no nice or easy way to say this. We need it. If this gal is going to stay with us, she needs vetted, and fast. And we also need supplies for birthing and pups, and the sooner the better. We still have our 3 pairs of stainless steel food/water bowls, a few dog blankets, dewormers, and a few other things donated during our bout of pups last year, but I'm going to make another post shortly with a wish list of items we are still going to need.

If you can help in any way, even just a comment, a like, a SHARE, so that more people see our posts, we'd be SO SO grateful.

11/23/2024

Does anyone recognize this gal?

Another in a long list of abandoned dogs, and hopefully, with the right help, our latest foster. We have been just barely keeping up with everything on our own, so fostering without the help of a legitimate 501c3 is just not an option right now. If anyone has any connections, NOW is the time to send them our way - we are begging. This sweet gal adores our pups and we'd love the opportunity to give her the life she deserves.

She needs to be spayed, NOW. The road she was running on has other, more elusive, intact males that have been loose on it for months. And knowing Florida, she also is going to need heartworm treatment, plus flea meds, dewormer, AND a rabies vaccine, at the very least. We hate asking for funds, but with all the other organizations full, if we can't connect with one to assist, we may end up having to. So TAG, SHARE, REACT, & COMMENT as much as you can! ANY and ALL interaction helps.

11/22/2024

To think I got this horse for free, when everyone else gave up on her and didn't want to deal with her anymore! After she gave the first 7 years of her life to earning in the races, and the next 10 with people who just didn't understand her need to run and explore, to get HERE.

Another 14 miles, in the books!

AND I've been so busy bragging about Reese and I's adventures, I forgot to tell all of my original followers my HUGE surprise!! Stay tuned for my next post, yall, you are going to LOVE IT if you've been with me from the beginning of our journey ❤️🥰

11/09/2024

TEN MILES!! 10! In under 2 hours!

We are getting faster and faster, and I just can't wait to see where we are at the end of winter! All these cool days and long hours are really paying off out here!

11/02/2024

11/01/2024

IT'S NOVEMBER!! Time to start prepping for TURKEY DAY!

These funky Toms were all about saying hello during one of my doggy nail appointments the other day, and they were happy to es**rt me to and from my car while I was there too!

PSA - if anyone in the Middleburg area has pumpkins left over, WE WILL PICK THEM UP! Our goats and other critters would LOVE THEM! They have to be unpainted, unwaxed, etc. pumpkins ❤️