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06/02/2025

Apologies for not posting in a bit. There's been a lot going on; a lot to absorb in many areas. But, last week I found a lump on Magoo's chin. A very hard, very large lump & surrounding area, including the jaw bone. X-rays showed something our two vets, the dentist, & internist all said was ugly - i.e. appears as cancer.

I'm just mad. The sweetest, happiest, most positive dog in the world has been hit with everything & never stopped smiling - now this. It's not fair. But, it's reality so decisions have to be made.

I've thought long & hard b/c my main concern is Magoo. If we had endless funds, ideal steps would be a CT & (if applicable) radiation. OR, removal of that part of the jaw b/c even if benign, it will eventually start causing problems, regardless. Otherwise we look at palliative care.

If he were younger & healthier, we'd do the removal. He's not, though. He has allergic airway disease, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, urinary issues, progressive retinal atrophy, a beat up immune system, & he's an 8yr old, 75lb dog. So surgery is a "no." The CT is diagnostic & radiation is pending on the type of mass found. I honestly don't know how far it will go financially either.

The mass developed extraordinarily fast & was bigger in under a week. We've started him on an antibiotic in case he's developed a 2ndary infection since the mouth is a likely place for that to happen & may be cause of fast growth through the week. It's painful now, so we're increasing pain meds (he gets currently for old dog aches) & maybe the anti will help, too.

I'm doing nothing but what's right for Magoo, specifically. I don't want to put more on him & make what's left of his darling life harder for him to bear. There is SO much going through my head right now. I can't help but research, despite, b/c the heart fights the mind & I need details. I need to sort it out & go from there. But again - it's what's best for our ever precious Magoo.

Please keep him & all of us in your thoughts & prayers. Nothing's immediate, but sadly inevitable.

28/01/2025

When you're a big, brave guardian breed who beats up coyotes, wolves, and bears 💪...but you still need your little stuffy sometimes.

23/01/2025

When you got skills…sorta. 🥰 But look how handsome and sa-weeeeet! 😍Dingo is SUCH a good boy and so smart. He will be the best best-friend to anyone (unless you’re a cat). Wonderful with kids and other dogs! Even with a sassy foster sister who rules the roost, he still wants to show her love. Consider Dingo as your sidekick and see how wonderful the world will be not only for you, but for him. 🐾

21/01/2025

WARNING - GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Simply put, one of our fosters said they really wanted to help this girl. So meet Arietta.

A shelter volunteer saw her outside of a Walmart & tried to help, but Arietta was so afraid that she couldn't catch her. Their kind animal control officers worked 3hrs to gain her trust. We are so grateful to them because this girl is an absolute dream. 💞

She came to the shelter at 35lbs and approx 3yrs old, as you see her in the first photo. They worked hard for her & she's now 42lbs! At the vet she wanted to hug & kiss everybody...EVERY body. She loves to hug & snuggle, & kiss & snuggle, & kiss, & give more kisses. She's extremely gentle, bright eyed, & well mannered. She is, of course, emaciated, & has several spots on her skin, mainly the pressure wound on her hip. The shelter worked hard on her wounds, & we're continuing with antibiotics & a wound cream. She is slightly anemic b/c she was covered in fleas when they found her, but bloodwork showed she's otherwise doing well...we just need to slowly get her back into shape. Her recovery will take time, but we're going to share her journey with you all the way! Currently she's picking out her favorite sweater and jacket for the polar blast, destroying toys, & doing some zoomies!

Some of you might recognize the word Arietta from music theory as an elaborate, short solo piece. We say it's beautiful music for the soul, just like our sweet new girl. Welcome little one! Prepare to get your belly full and more kisses that you ever dreamed!

13/01/2025

"She's good. I got her back." ~Potato

Now aint that a sweet Potato.... 🍠💞

08/01/2025

VET DAY!! Today Baxter and Paulie saw doc for their check up. Baxter has a big fatty area on his side, but thankfully that's all it is vs something of consequence. He got a nail trim and some blood drawn for bloodwork and heartworm test, and thankfully bloodwork gave us good results. He does have some ouchy hips, to which we've already started him on omegas, cbd, and joint care, so we'll add an anti-inflammatory to help, as well. I'm super proud of Paulie, who is the one that is so scared. While he grumbled a smidgen when doc walked into the room, he calmed and was a champ for his vaccines, heartworm test and exam. As you can tell in the photo, he even went up to the nurse for some petting! I kept telling him how proud I was of his behavior. He also let my brother walk him over the weekend, and has a crush on Mimi the Pyr, so he's certainly learning and opening up, slowly but surely.

They are lovely, fun, handsome boys and I'm glad we've been able to help them. While Baxter and his 14yr old sprightly self will remain in our sanctuary, we look forward to helping Paulie overcome his fears and find a home that will adore his sweet little face, his hippity-hop when he walks, and his tender heart while understanding he can be a little scared. Let's give these babies a high 5 for just being awesome!

04/01/2025

The new year brings us new adventures and two new handsome boys. Meet Baxter and Paulie. These two brothers adore each other due to their very big hearts. Baxter, a senior corgi mix, is 14yrs old. He is a soft hearted but tough ol’ guy who is full of charm. His handsome reddish brown, 4yr old brother Paulie is a bigger baby who finds himself very afraid of people, but who also loves to be loved when he feels safe with you. Both have endured a great loss and are uncertain of what’s happened, but they are settling in well. We look forward to letting them decompress and find themselves lots of toys and buddies to play with. They welcome your positive thoughts and prayers while they adjust, see the vet, learn to trust, and learn new routines. We are thankful we were able to step in and help them at a time when they needed it most. Such darling, darling boys! ❤️

01/01/2025

This year has been full of difficulties, but many blessings, as well. We have placed some fantastic animals in wonderful homes, saved some amazing dogs, and helped others we've been caring for over time, making them stronger and happier. It has been an honor to work with each of them, for they have dispositions and hearts that deserve the best. You are an enormous part of this success through your kindness, support, and generosity, and we are forever grateful. While the animals continue to rise in numbers in shelters, more owners are unable to keep theirs, and strays are found in abundance, we vow to keep fighting for those who need us. We hope you will stay with us in our journey, for we have been delighted to have you by our side. Let's continue to do good things together and make 2025 the best year yet. We CAN, and we WILL! 💞🙌💪🐾

30/12/2024

Wishing everyone a super cozy Sunday sleep to start your week bright and refreshed!

26/12/2024

VET DAY!! Today Magoo went to the internist again. We did a recheck on his urine (awaiting results), bloodwork, and reevaluated his cough. His liver enzymes (one of them) are high, so we’re cutting back on his prednisone and adding some liver supplements to his list of meds. We’ll keep an eye on the cough to see what, if any, changes take place, as well. He was quite happy to see his friends again and show off his new jacket. Hopefully the med changes will make a difference for his liver and nothing more will come of it. Keep him in your thoughts a prayers please. He’s doing fine and we caught it, but he’s such a fragile boy who keeps getting hit, so we welcome all good wishes. Meanwhile, he expects you to tell him how GQ handsome he is in his winter garb. 😎🐾 .

25/12/2024

Wishing everyone a Christmas filled with much love, peace, and happiness. Hug your loved ones today! Dingo says you can hug him, too...he'll sit pretty and wait for it! 💞🎄🐾

25/12/2024

Oh my...what ever will the gift be??? Either way, these girls will continue to be the best of buds and love each other dearly, despite a little Christmas prank or two.

Should you find that you'd like to gift just one more time, perhaps consider the k9.5 fluffies and not so fluffies. We look forward to their new year being full of goodness and light!

And we do for you, as well. May your Christmas Eve melt into a joyous day of everything lovely!🎄

23/12/2024

Temps dropped significantly, so for the short haired and almost hairless (Sterling), it was time to bring out the jackets and sweaters. Matilda got a perfect one this year, appropriately suited for her ( ). In case you don’t know Matilda well, she’s the boss. All 38, no-eyed pounds of her. Not only is she brilliant like a general 🧠, she is fearless like an NCIS agent (her fave show, btw). 😎 Hence the perfect words (swipe). Matilda is a superhero and the others all know and accept her seniority…😈 as if they had a choice. So this fancy smancy new jacket suits the bill. Naturally, she sports it like a supermodel. You get’em gurl. 👊🏻

22/12/2024

Lovely Libby has come so far. ❤️ She's doing quite well on her supplement regime, and her breathing has much improved as a result. It's such a relief to see her relaxed. So now her daily routine consists of sleeping, pawing, snuggling, and then sleeping, pawing, snuggling again X 47 until it's dark enough outside to "work." Then she ruuuuns outside to protect us all from goons and goblins and play with her foster siblings, only to come in for a good night's rest on one of her favorite beds, always sure to give a goodnight snuggle to her people before she lies down. Libby is a tremendous snuggler, and if you stop the doting she'll remind you with the Pyr Paw that it's unacceptable. Finally, she'll sleep until morning...or afternoon, whatever she prefers that day. After all, when a girl works hard she needs her beauty sleep...and as you can tell, it works b/c she is beeeeUUUtiful!

Libby went through a lot but has come out better than ever, stronger, prouder, and happier. While fireworks or storms may still frighten her, causing her to want some reassurance, she has surpassed her anxiety like a champ. We're proud of this gorgeous gal. We hope one day she'll be able to share her incredible heart with a family of her own.

20/12/2024

VET DAY!!! Yesterday Janie went in for a recheck with the surgeon. We just wanted to see how she was developing, see if there were any changes orthopedically, any changes in recommendations, so on and so forth. So she spent the day throwing around her charm and getting examined.

I had such high hopes. I thought maybe we'd get lucky and there may be some sort of news that would be a positive move for her. We saw a different surgeon this time, but the response remained the same. Grade 3 in one leg, 4 in the other, and there was a high risk that surgery wouldn't do any good. Not that we can't try, but there is no guarantee that the surgery would provide good results - aka: patella would pop right back out. It might be successful, but it might all be worth nothing. She has her breed, her size, and the fact that they are lateral vs medial (the most common) working against her. So again, we ponder. Do you put her through a big surgery and a minimum of 8wks of hard recovery for it to go right back to the same way she was before, still resulting in the same outcome as not doing surgery, or do it and hope you get lucky? We want what is best for Janie and that's what the decision will be based upon, but first there must be a great deal of thinking and discussing what this girl will and would go through on each side of the scale. If there is anyone out there who has done a LATERAL patella surgery on a dog, please let us know how it went for you and your dog.

Right now she is happy, very playful, runs, wrestles with her besties, and is overall a very happy girl who acts as if nothing is wrong (unless you don't get food to her fast enough which, as we all know, is criminal). She is all Great Pyrenees with her mindset and actions. She's a tough cookie with adorable sass. We shall ponder. Again, it's all about what's best for her. Meanwhile, look at that beautiful face! 😍🥰

18/12/2024

When you’re such a sweet girl that you scoot over to let Magoo in the bed. Potato has such a heart of gold. 💛 Mounds of love in this little girl. She deserves a home who will appreciate her kindness, understand her shyness, appreciate her desire to give big hugs, and who will let her snuggle with you at bedtime. If you have a big boy she can hug and kiss like her favorite Pyrenees, that’s a plus, too! 🥰 This playful yet well mannered girl is a true gem. She will steal your heart and erase all your troubles. 💕

14/12/2024

Do you all watch "The Proof is Out There" on the History Channel? Radar says "It IS a UFO." HISTORY

09/12/2024

Layla continues to charm her foster family and rule the town from her perch. This 10yr old has no idea she’s not 4, still active, showing the crazy little whippersnappers the ropes, and tucking herself in bed at night. Still waiting for her forever home, she is sure to win your heart with her s***k, big love, striking beauty, and enormous smile. Seniors are incredible dogs…give this one a look and you’ll fall in love!

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When coach tells you to work on your slide into home base. #ourlittlesweetpotato #potatopup #adoptabledog #cattledogmix #terriermix.

Still without power or internet but we finally have phone. #thankful Our clean up crew is working hard…or hardly working. 🤔 ⭐️Prayers still with everyone.⭐️ #hurricanehelene #greatpyrenees #feistdog #cleanupcrew

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Radar having a little fun! Radar IS fun. Need a fun dog? Radar’s your guy. #thatradar #funtimes #adoptabledog #feistdog

Potato has such a huge adoration for other dogs. She is thrilled to make canine friends, care for them, and as you see here, show them that they’re loved. Potato is shy with people, but she is overflowing with glee alongside her fellow canines. She constantly passes out hugs and kisses to them. However, when she knows she won’t be hurt, she passes along the same adoration and affection to her humans. Potato is a special girl who has come so far. It’s impossible not to be smitten with her enormous bright smile, gentle kisses, silly shenanigans, and kind heart. There is no question she will be the light of someone’s life once a forever home comes along. She already adds brilliance to ours. 🔆🩵 #ourlittlesweetopotato #adoptabledog #adoptabledogsofinstagram

Sterling decided to throw on the charm so he could get a new toy. 🥰🤩Smart boy! #sterlingsstory #adoptabledog #labweimaranermix #blinddog #specialneedsdog

Matilda is one of k9.5’s sanctuary dogs. She came to us as a baby after being left in a dumpster at about 8wks old. She was riddled with parasites; so many that it took several repeated treatments to get her healthy. She never had any requests for adoption, and at 5yrs old she developed glaucoma in her left eye. We removed it so she’d be free of pain, she got through recovery, and a few months later the same happened with the right eye. At that point she went through an obvious adjustment. She trampled on through the changes and adapted quickly, no doubt. However, Matilda is very cat-like and selective of her people. She immensely and wholeheartedly loves those people, but as a result of this particularity and her eye loss, and not wanting to put her through any additional stress, she became a sanctuary dog. Matilda is fearless. She is the boss of the place and has a will of her own. Matilda does what Matilda wants to do, and if you think her way is wrong, then you’re incorrect. 😉 Kidding aside, she is an exceptional dog. She has an incredible intelligence level, she knocked bilateral eye removals out of the park, she’s superbly behaved (minus ignoring a few of your requests and being slightly bossy to the others - don’t tell her I said that), and she accepts all dogs. She snuggles with her buds, adores her foster grandma, and gives her foster mommy tight and very happy hugs when she comes home. Now, at 9yrs old, she remains a gem, and I’m very proud of her. We don’t get rid of dogs who nobody may adopt or who have a medical issue. We stick by them, care for, and love them for the duration. That’s what rescue is about. Matilda and all of our sanctuary dogs deserve that kind of commitment. All animals do. #matildamay #mattimoo #k95sanctuary #k95sanctuarydog #brindlebeauty #blinddog #blinddogsofinstagram #animalsanctuary

This girl…no idea why she’s not been adopted yet. Sure, she has a bum knee but we’ll work with that for the perfect home, so don’t let that be a deterrent. RooRoo has heart. She is kind. She has gentle, tender kisses. She loves dogs, cats, kids and grandparents. She’s silly, hosts her own comedy hour with goofy antics, and she makes you laugh til your belly hurts. Tolerant, affectionate, and a fan club for miles. Yet here she sits in rescue for 2.5yrs. If you want a special girl, she’s the one. Adopt RooRoo. You won’t be disappointed. #rooroo #adoptabledog #adoptablepibble #adoptabledogsofinstagram #adoptablepibblesofinstagram

Wishing everyone a beautiful Christmas filled with love, blessings and lots of fun! MERRY CHRISMTAS FROM K9.5 RESCUE! 💕🐾 🎄

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