Hearts & Hands Animal Rescue, Inc.

05/01/2024

Yesterday we had a call from a couple who were driving on a secondary highway and who saw a box on the side of the road. They slowed down and saw little heads peering over the edge of the box.

They immediately stopped and found that the box held 7 puppies, emaciated, mangy, of course full of worms, and one with head trauma.

They called a couple of rescues and were told they could not take them in. Their next call was to Hearts & Hands. After a few questions, we knew we had to take them in and get them to the help they needed.

After receiving the puppies, and triaging their condition, we called San Diego County Animal Services to get them immediate veterinary care.

Now the question is, as always, with these situations,how could anyone let these dear babies get to this state, and then put them on a box on the highway, where a predator could get to them immediately, or where they could have tipped the box and spilled out onto the road to be run over?

There was a note in the box, covered in excrement. It gave the pups' birthdate as August 11, 2023.

It said that the owner could no longer care for them and asked that they not be euthanized. Absolutely pathetic.

They are now at the beginning of their road to recovery, thanks to this good Samaritan couple, to Hearts & Hands facilitating the process and holding them for Animal Services, and to Countt Animal Services for getting the vet care they desperately need and then eventually placing them for adoption to qualified families.

They look to be Min Pin x with Jack Russells and have Jack Russell personalities to match. If anyone would like to consider adopting one of them, please PM us for their case number at Animal Services. They are almost a year old so theor size will be pretty much what you see.

04/20/2024

It was a big day at Hearts & Hands today. Twenty one volunteers! What an incredible group and more are coming tomorrow. Some of which we got accomplished was constructing a new piggy pen. Angel welded it together so the two little piggies will be safe and secure. They come out for day time romps but need to be in there for night time safety.

Next we found that our wooden tack trailer was in really bad shape and had some rotting taking place from so much rain. Sal and Angel rebuilt it and will put shelves in it to organize all the tack that we will be offering for sale to help support the rescue.

The weedwackers were humming all over the property, cutting down the high weeds that grew from the non stop winter rains.

Tree trimmers came in and cut down a large tree that died in the the 2007 fires.

Highdex heifer got a full spa treatment and then some glamor shots.

More tomorrow!!

We cannot thank our volunteers and donor enough for this amazing day!!! It is so encouraging when people come together to join in on the animal rescue mission.

03/17/2024

Moving Kune Kune Emily to her new digs today. She is going to.be sharing space with Roscoe. Here's hoping the two get along.

03/14/2024

03/14/2024

Dozens of Styles & Colors!

03/02/2024

We want to thank LovePlusPet for the new wheelchair for Sage, the lamb that came in with selenium/E deficiency, eye issues, and neurological issues at three days of age.

Here is his update. He is gaining much more control of his head and neck, can now see shadows, and is getting drops that are clearing his remaining glaucoma, and he has gained a tremendous amount of strength in his legs. He is actually running in his wheelchair, and comes to our voices when we call him. His progress has been quite amazing in just 11 weeks, from being so near death at three days old. He has doubled in weight and size.

He is not completely out of danger, but as long as he continues to progress, we are so hopeful for his recovery.

He is very happy, loves to play, knows how to ask in a different way for his bottle, his pellets, wanting to get in his wheelchair, wanting to get put of his wheelchair, and wanting to play. He is very, very smart.

The straps across his rump are to keep his backside in the wheelchair. He gets excited and, like a healthy lamb or a goat will, he leaps with his hind legs and without the straps, will leap right out of the chair. So with the straps, he leaps with the whole wheelchair and he remains in it.

Please pray for Sage's continued and complete recovery moving forward.

01/16/2024

We just got an offer of a $1000 match donation!!! Please help us get it matched as we are in need of hay and feed again! Each week our hay and feed bill runs about $1300.

Our Zelle is 760-898-3927
Our PayPal is [email protected]

This Community Benefit Organization depends solely on generous people who know how much we do for people and animals in our community.

We work with at risk youth, people with PTSD and phobias, with autistic persons, and with those in unrelenting grief, all at no cost to them.

The animals that we save are often long term recovery patients both emotionally and physically. At the completion of their recovery and while awaiting a loving and qualified home for adoption, they are truly instrumental in healing the individuals that come here for our wellness programs.

Please help us continue our work in our community by giving generously.

01/14/2024

Update: Thanks to Kali and her boyfriend we now have this boy safe and sound at Hearts & Hands to begin his weight gain recovery, his emotional recovery and his training.

Checking to see if anyone will be in Carlsbad today or anyone who could volunteer to make the trip who could pick up a dog at the Carsbsd shelter at around 4:00 p.m. and bring him to Hearts & Hands in Ramona?

12/19/2023

This poor baby came in to us two days ago in this box, unable to stand, even to get himself sternal, brain injured and blind. He is just four days old today.

He was found on the ground in the morning at his home and had just had the first and worst night of his life.

One eye is severely damaged. The other has a white coating on it. He has a neurological injury which does not enable him to balance.

After two days and treatments of dex, banamine, vit B12, cleaning of dirt out of his eyes, selenium, vit E, colloidal Silver, special eye drops, and a mixture of correct essential oils, he has improvement in clarity, and in the ability to remain standing, once lifted up, but must be held up, and he even wants to walk when he is held balanced, but he has a long, long way to go.

As we specialize in long term rehabilitation here at Hearts & Hands, we don't expect instant results, but we put our hearts and hands into whatever it is we have to do to make recovery possible and probable for all who are fortunate enough to be able to come in under our care.

Now that we have him thoroughly analyzed, it is possible he may get his sight back on his right side. The jury is out currently on the left side eye. It has some major healing to do.

Brain injuries are almost always a long term recovery, so each small change for the better is always cause for celebration, as it means we are headed in the right direction.

After just two days of special care, he is waking up and asking for his bottle. Yay! His sucking ability is strong. He is also asking to be stood upright and won't take no for an answer. These are major improvements over day one. However, he does not have any balance so needs to be held on his sides to be steady. Once he is up and steadied, he wants to walk! He lifts each leg slowly and in an intentional manner, really concentrating. So all this tells us his prognosis is very good.

The spirit to recover that this little guy has is truly amazing and inspiring.

So we have to give him every opportunity we can with moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day care, from our savvy volunteers, our veterinarian, and YOU, our wonderful supporters, that we now call upon for your assistance.

This little boy needs a quad wheelchair. That means one with four wheels. It also needs a bar on the front in case he runs into anything, where the bar will stop him from touching his head on anything. He also needs it to be set up with a resting bar and pad for his head. He also needs a little helmet for complete safety.

He will need medicines and regular vet care through his recovery as well as formula for four months til weaning.

Please let is put your name on his helmet or wheelchair for a donation to his care. Every life matters in rescue. He won't make it without the Hearts & Hands FAMILY of volunteers and donors.

We also need to name him. Any donation of $25 or more will get to submit your best choice of name for him. Please help secure his future. He needs us all right now.

Please share this post to your friends, as it is going to take many hearts and hands to do what needs to be done for this little boy for his recovery. Thank you so much! We will post regular updates on him as we watch what all our efforts together will do for him. A regular, monthly donation would be so wonderful, or a one time donation would also be greatly appreciated.

Please donate at PayPal to [email protected]
Or
ZELLE to 760-898-3927.

If you have anything special you want to ask or comment on, please text us at 760-898-3927

11/19/2023

What an awesome day we had yesterday with twenty one very special volunteers!!!!!! These young people were ready, willing and able to do some very hard work at Hearts & Hands.

Cleaning stalls and filling wheelbarrows with manure taxes the muscles after a big rain. We run the wheelbarrows up a ramp into the manure trailer to be taken away, and the manure trailer was filled to the brim!

Thank you so, so much to the Poway and Ramona missionaries for all your hard work. We couldn't have done it without you!

All the aisleways got raked as well, and they even had time to feed one of the horse sections, and meet and learn about some of the very special animals that found their way to Hearts & Hands.

We also got a bunch of fence fixing done thanks to Ray and his crew of young men who were able to deftly use cutters and pliers and get all the repairs done.

We cannot thank this incredible group of generous, responsible, hard working young men and women enough! It was such a joy sharing the chores and the animals with them.