Prairie's Edge Humane Society

01/24/2025

Forrest-ADOPTED!

01/24/2025

Quick Skittles Update!

Skittles has now successfully completed her second round of chemo. All of her labs have remained stable and clear. She is displaying no ill effects of the chemotherapy treatment. The tumor itself has softened since her last visit- which is a wonderful sign that we are going in the right direction. She remains her happy, joyful, mildly spicy self!
She relishes most these days in her parkour excursions with her favorite foster boy. They run and bounce, chase and jump, crash and repeat for as long as they both can last.
Just a boy and a dog.
We continue to be so grateful for your kindness and support. Our mountain has become manageable because of the generosity of so many.

All for the love of one.

01/22/2025

We are 64% to our fundraising goal for sweet Skittles. See the story below and consider helping this great dog! Thanks to everyone who has donated so far!

01/19/2025

01/18/2025

Skittles is the best dog who needs your help. Please read about Skittles health issue and then we hope you will consider a donation to help us get Skittles the treatments she needs. https://conta.cc/3PCQMZU

Email from PRAIRIE'S EDGE HUMANE SOCIETY Please consider a donation for Skittles Skittles needs your help! We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some easy. Some hard. The majority of the time we do

01/17/2025

Skittles.

We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some easy.
Some hard.
The majority of the time we don’t even think about it.
But then there comes a decision that makes you stop in your tracks. The kind that makes you move beyond yourself. You have to make choices based on a multitude of factors. You cannot simply follow your heart. Until, you realize that your best decision is the one your heart desires.

In September 2024, PEHS took on the most adorable 20 pound girl on the planet. Skittles came to us from a different rescue. She had been brought up on a transport, delivered her babies and simply needed a spot to round out the rest of her life. Taking her in was an easy decision.

Everything about Skittles was easy.
intake - ✅
medical - ✅
behavior -✅
She was spayed. She played. She was vaccinated. She was the belle of the meet and greets. She went to events. She was set to be adopted. As we all know, life isn’t always simple,easy, perfect. Even for the simple, easy, perfect girl.

Early November, Skittles started having some bleeding and discharge. This was the beginning. It took two months of testing and more testing to figure out what this amazing girl has.

Turns out it’s cancer.

And not ‘just’ cancer a form of cancer that’s transmissible.

Contagious.

Skittles has Transmissible venereal tumors (TVT). TVT are tumors that arise from the dysregulated growth of cells called histiocytes. Histocytes are a type of immune system cell found in many areas of the body, including the skin. TVTs develop from skin histiocytes.
TVTs are malignant (cancerous) tumors. Different from other cancers, TVTs can spread between dogs.

We had a diagnosis now we needed to find someone with the capabilities and training to treat this type of cancer. Another month and we have found a clinic. A wonderful clinic willing, capable and able-Animal Emergency & Referral Center of Minnesota Oakdale. They can use chemotherapy drugs to treat this awful cancer, residing in a teeny part of her body, and give her back the life that she deserves. She needs 4-6 chemotherapy treatments spaced apart by one week.

Of course, with answers sometimes we get more questions. Chemo is not cheap. Dog chemo is especially not cheap.
This, right here, is where hard decisions are made as an organization.
Five to eight thousand dollars to treat one dog. To give her a chance a beautiful life with no limitations $5-8k. This treatment protocol has a 95% success rate. 95% chance she’s not contagious in 4 weeks. 95% chance she is back wrestling, running, playing and cancer free in 6 months.
But that is a massive amount of money. MASSIVE. It could care for many, many dogs. So many dogs.

At the loss of one.

That one.
She’s been through an awful lot for a 18 month old dog. She’s lived more life than most of us could imagine. There is magic in her. It’s the sparkle in her eyes. The way she gently melts into you when she’s carried. It’s the spice that creeps out occasionally to remind you that she’s no push over. She deserves this chance.

The hardest decision really isn’t that hard.

The ex*****on of that decision is why I now come to you.

We need your support. Please consider donating to her treatments by clicking on the link below, or sharing Skittles’ story. If we all rally for this one dog, for Skittles, I know we can give her that chance.
That opportunity to grow old.
The opportunity to share her magic.
The chance to finally just be a dog.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Prairiesedgehshumanesociety

01/15/2025

Freddie-ADOPTED!

01/04/2025

Eden-Adopted!!

12/30/2024

Saffron-ADOPTED!

12/30/2024

Rolo-Adopted!

12/30/2024

Pet of the Month-Forrest, an 8 month old happy, busy cat! He is neutered, microchipped, and up to date on his vaccinations. He has been tested for feline leukemia, FIV, and Heartworm. His adoption fee is $250.00 plus sales tax. Please submit an adoption application if you would like to add this fun guy to your family.

12/29/2024

Rolo, Frogger, Cotton, Mary and their handlers had the best time visiting with all their new friends at Windy Willow LLC today! The foster dogs love their visits to the farm!

12/20/2024

Rosie-Adopted!

12/14/2024

Great News-Hemingway and Fitzgerald were adopted today. What a wonderful gift for them.

12/11/2024

A Big THANK YOU to Paper Inc., in Dundas, for accepting our delivery of Dr. Elsey's cat litter and helping get it to the shelter. This is an important donation and we could not have done it without your help. All of our cats were very happy to see it arrive!

12/10/2024

We need help. We have a load of 2 pallets of litter, 40 lb bags and some smaller boxes, that are donated to us. They are being delivered later today to Paper Ink., 104 DeMann Court, in Dundas. We need some strong helpers and hopefully a truck to get it over to the shelter on Clinton Lane tomorrow. We did not get enough notice to arrange helpers, and then the delivery got moved up. Please let us know if anybody is available, it needs to be moved tomorrow. THANKS

12/10/2024

Good morning. Does anyone have or know of an empty or retail space in Northfield for Plush Pups to host a monthly nail trim event, on a Saturday afternoon for about 3 hours. 30-40 people come with dogs, cats, rabbits-the proceeds come to Prairie's Edge. Could also be an opportunity for more customers for you as well. Thank you.

12/09/2024

Thanks to everyone who bid on the Online Holiday Auction. Pickup times are 3-6 today and Wed. 12-11 at the shelter, 1500 Clinton Lane Suite F in Northfield. If you have only gift certificates and would like to have them mailed to you, please email [email protected] and provide your address. We exceeded our goal-THANK YOU to all of our donors and participants.