Animal Education and Rescue

09/09/2025

09/09/2025

Are you ready for some football??? Jill is!!!

This amazing pup is looking for a family. What a great dog!

To apply go to www.aear.org.

09/09/2025

Come by on Saturday and say Hi!!!

09/09/2025

Max is doing well after his first heartworm treatment. He was very tired the first two days but now he has some energy back.

Max has to stay quiet for the next 60 days or so. After that he will be available for adoption.

09/09/2025

Here We Go Again

The emails are flooding in with animals that need rescuing. Yes, this happens every week beginning on Monday. Sometimes I am drawn specifically to certain animals and feel like I can help them. These puppies, I am drawn to.

In the email I received they said that this particular shelter has already euthanized some animals. So they are at a high red zone situation there.

There are four puppies, two males and two female females. I would like to rescue all four but at bare minimum, the two males.

If anybody out there has fostered for us before and is interested in fostering a puppy please reach out by messenger.

09/09/2025

Good morning!
Most days in the business I’m dealing with sick animals, whether it’s animals I am personally fostering, in another foster home or someone who has or found an animal that seeks advice or assistance. It’s an ongoing, daily challenge.

Yesterday a kitten in one of my foster homes wasn’t feeling well. I was communicating with the vet staff all morning and then with the foster family. The kitten ended up here last night because it was too much care for the foster home.

I’m so relieved to report Pinky the kitten is playing and acting normal this morning. Anyone getting into this business will have to dealing with sick animals constantly. It’s part of the business…a big part.

I’ve come a long way in 22 years. I went into this business, being fearful of anything that had to do with illness, both human and animals. I can’t believe I even did this business with the amount of anxiety and fear I had in regards to sickness.

But it has been a blessing in disguise. I have had to force myself to learn a lot of medical practices and healing modalities, both for humans and for animals. I have had to learn to communicate with countless veterinarians and their staff. That includes their own perspectives, ways of practicing and their own personalities. There is no standard opinion or attitude when it comes to anyone and that includes animal hospitals and their staff.

You wouldn’t know unless you’re in this business how challenging it is to work with animal hospitals. Veterinarians that are accustomed to working with rescue organizations cut corners and think outside the box. Veterinarians that are accustomed to working with people with limited budgets also learn to think outside the box. But veterinarians that work primarily with middle and upper class families they are the most challenging to work with because they don’t understand our position.

In any case, it is what it is. I’m glad I didn’t know when I first started the challenges I would face both personally and professionally in regards to sick animals. Because I didn’t know I’m a stronger and wiser person. Sometimes it’s good to go into things ignorant. Sometimes.

Happy Tuesday!

Sandy

09/09/2025

This is little Pinky. She was one of four kittens that came in as strays when they were itty-bitty. Yesterday she wasn’t feeling well and was at the animal hospital. Last night she came to stay at the orphanage because she needed more care than the foster family could do.

Unfortunately sometimes it happens that these itty-bitty kittens get sick with viruses, infections of varieties, and sometimes tummy issues. It just happens. As there are systems develop, they are more fragile.

Whenever we have little ones sick, it’s always checking on them in the middle of the night. I’m happy to report that Pinky is alert and bright eyed this early am. In addition to her AD canned cat food I offered her some turkey baby food, which she enjoyed. So far so good.

Later this morning Pinky will get more antibiotic, sub Q fluid and we will check her temperature. Then if she needs it, we will give her appetite stimulant to keep her eating. (The protocol is very similar whenever this happens.). It’s more often than not that we don’t know exactly what is wrong or is there a diagnosis but treating the symptoms regardless of the cause is what fixes the problem.

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