Lucky Penny Rescue Network (2025)

18/08/2025

Thank you all! 🐾🐶💗

Over the weekend we have seen our community launch multiple fundraisers for Lucky Penny Rescue. Collectively, these efforts have brought in $286 towards our rescue. This is a large amount of money for us, and we are so grateful! These funds will go directly towards the continuing care of Olive, our current dog in rescue. As we’re getting close to Olive being ready for adoption, any remaining funds will then go to our next rescue.

As we have some new followers we wanted to take a minute to remind everyone of our commitment to financial transparency. Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization, your donations to Lucky Penny Rescue are tax deductible. All of our mechanisms for donation issue receipts automatically because we are also registered as 501(c)(3) with PayPal, VENMO and Meta.

In addition, we take further steps to ensure our donors know exactly how we account for every dollar they send to us.

📚 Every year we produce a detailed annual report which gives a financial statement for our accounts, in addition to a detailed breakdown of our income and expenses. We publish both the totals and a more detailed review into categories of expenditure and income so it’s easy to keep track of where your donations go.

Our detailed annual reports are reviewed by our Board, and they’re once approved for accuracy they are published publicly on our website.

📆 We hold 3 Board Meetings a year (April, August and December) and reserve the right to hold additional special session Board Meetings if needed. Minutes from each meeting are approved by the Board at the next meeting and then published on our website for full review.

⚖️ Our Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation are publicly available on our website, and can be found at any time.

📑 On our website we also include a link to the Non-Profit Search Tool for the IRS where you can review our tax returns.

All of this information can be found at this web address: https://lprn.weebly.com/meeting-minutes.html

We are extremely grateful for the support of our community and always want to ensure that we are transparent and accountable for exactly how donations are being spent.

Thank you all for your continuing support of our little rescue, we couldn’t do this without you 💗🐾🐶

15/08/2025

🌼 Sweetpea Update 🌼

Don’t worry, everything is fine but Mama Sweetpea has had a change of address and, with permission from her family, we wanted to share the story with you all.

For those who are new to our rescue page, Mama Sweetpea is a senior pug who came into our rescue around February of last year (2024). She had been found at a gas station here in Laredo Texas and was in pretty rough shape - she had a noticeable scar on one eye, she was missing a claw on one of her paws and she was extremely underweight - not quite emaciated but not fair off it. She was also carrying around a 1/2 pound mammary tumor that had clearly been allowed to grow for quite some time and was dragging under her as she walked. As if all of this wasn’t enough, Mama Sweetpea was found with a 12 month old pug puppy, Honeybee, and was still so bonded to her puppy that she was cleaning Honey after she toileted - a behavior that usually terminates naturally at around 6 - 8 weeks of age but most certainly by 12 months!

Sweetpea came into our rescue because we just happened to be at a local vet clinic at the same time as Sweetpea and Honey’s Good Samaritan finder took them in to scan for a microchip and get their medical treatment started. Sweetpea crawled into our lap and sighed, and the vet techs joked that “they always know”. Shortly after, when all
attempts at finding their owners had been exhausted, they both came into rescue.

Happily Honeybee was in pretty good shape, negative for tick fever and a little thin but nothing that normal meals couldn’t fix. Once she and Sweetpea were settled into rescue and both felt secure they naturally separated - Mama Sweetpea was in the 8-10 year old range and she was tired! Honeybee was a 12 month old pug puppy, fully of energy and nose kisses and the spice of life. They were both ready to live their own lives at their own, very different, pace.

Once Honeybee was spayed, fully vaccinated and healthy she was adopted into a wonderful home with pug siblings to play with all day long. We were and remain delighted for Honey.

Sweetpea stayed with us for 6 months while we got her weight back up slowly, fought some stubborn skin issues, got her spayed and removed her mammary masses. The masses were cancer but our vet got good margins on the removal and the masses have not regrown.

Sweetpea was ultimately adopted into a wonderful home in Ohio by a retired hospice nurse who intentionally only adopted senior and/or hospice dogs: wanting to give them the very best, most pampered end of life experience they could ever have. Sweetpea had a bed in every room and for a senior pug there is no better past time than sleeping (other than eating of course 🤣).

Sadly and unexpectedly, Sweetpea’s owner recently passed away.

Once a dog is part of the Companion Pets and Lucky Penny family they are part of our family for life. Therefore we will always figure things out to take a dog back in if we need to. However, Sweetpea was immediately scooped up and taken in by her adopter’s daughter and given a whole new life and family to love.

Sweetpea was welcomed into a family where she is loved beyond measure. She has 2 other pugs to snuggle and nap with and humans who adore her. We spoke with them recently and they told us “Sweetpea is the light of our lives.”

Below are some photos of Sweetpea at home, happily napping with her family 💗🐾🐶.

Thank you all for your support of our rescue. At the time, Sweetpea was our longest foster at 6 months. Olive is now outpacing her at 7 months and counting! We couldn’t successfully navigate these extra special cases without your support and we are so grateful that you’re all on this journey with us. Thank you 💗

12/08/2025

Olive 💞

It has now been 3 days since Olive was freed from her recovery suit and she continues to look great. She hasn’t licked at or bothered her incision site at all and it remains beautifully healed.

After we took the suit off, Olive hid from us under her couch in her safe den for a whole day. We’re not sure why; but we suspect she was worried that if she came out, then we’d put her straight back into the suit because most of our physical contact with her for the 2 weeks prior had been changing her out of one suit and into another.

Thankfully, while not especially food motivated, her desire for belly rubs is strong. She seemed to decide that it was worth the risk after 24 hours to came out to say hi, asking for belly rubs in her own unique way, with her paw raised.

We are simply delighted at the progress Olive has made, and while she still has her quirks, such as hiding or not liking the outside, she has come so far from the very shut down dog we met 6 months ago. The fact that she now routinely seeks out affection is big progress.

Thank you all for your support of our rescue and of Olive. This was a huge rescue for us, and we’re so excited to be getting closer to the point of finding Olive a home of her very own. 💗🐾🐶

09/08/2025

Today’s the day that Olive officially completes her recovery from her spay!

She has healed up like a champ: her incision is fully closed and looks great.

We are so happy 💗

And honestly, the end of wearing the recovery suit is well timed! In the last 24 hours Olive has figured out that we start at the poppers around her tail when we change her out of the suits, and she has started trying to chew at the poppers and undo them. We’re pretty sure it’s just a matter of time before she figures them out 🤣. We’re very relieved to have reached the stopping point before that happens!

Olive has also made great strides in her confidence during recovery, choosing to take her afternoon naps out in the room, in a dog bed rather than under the couch. 💗🐾🐶

Thank you all for your generous support towards Olive’s surgery - we’re delighted that she has recovered so well and is even closer to finding a new home!!!

02/08/2025

Thank you all!! 💗🐾🐶

Yesterday we raised $250 towards Olive’s surgery cost - beating our goal of $222! This means her surgery is fully covered and we have a little left over to put towards her next food order - thank you!

We couldn’t do any of this without you - thank you all for your generous support! Stay tuned for updates as Olive moves even closer to finding her forever home.

01/08/2025

Olive’s Surgery Fundraiser 🏥🩺

Olive’s spay and dental cleaning come out at $444. Our wonderful partner, Companion Pets of Cleveland is splitting the cost with us and covered $222 of the total. We are so grateful to them and deeply value their partnership 🥰.

This leaves us with $222 to cover for Olive’s spay and dental cleaning. Can you help us cover this cost and get Olive on the road to her forever home?

Thank you all for your continued support of our rescue - we couldn’t do this without you.

30/07/2025

Olive Update 🏥🩺

We are delighted to share that, despite her best efforts, Olive is healing perfectly from surgery 🤣.

We knew going into Olive’s spay that she might take us on a journey during her recovery. Firstly, she is desperately afraid of anything around her neck, which rules us out of a cone. Luckily we’ve used surgical recovery suits to great success in the past but we do like to monitor a dog more closely if they have a surgical recovery suit without or instead of a cone, so we knew Olive’s recovery would be time intensive for us. We also know that Olive likes to hide under the couch, so we decided to confine her to a large dog crate so we can keep a close and easy eye on her recovery - at least for the first few days.

And thank goodness we did! Her first day home Olive did great, took her meds, went potty, ate food and rested up - perfect. We couldn’t have asked for a better patient. She had an uneventful first night, ate breakfast, and took her morning meds without any issue. We checked the cameras in the rescue room an hour after giving her breakfast, and discovered Olive had wiggled out of her surgery suit and was licking her incision!

We panicked.

We rushed back into the rescue room, cleaned her up, and took photos of the damage she’d done to show to our vet. We attempted to put a cone on her, but Olive let us know that was absolutely not an option.

So, we took a different approach and instead started trying different designs of surgery suit. This new suit, in addition to having snaps at the back, also has big Velcro panels on either side of Olive’s belly. So far this new design has worked great. By “working,” we mean that this new suit has thwarted every single attempt that Olive has made to get out of it - she has bitten the Velcro panels and attempted to peel them back multiple times, but it’s too grippy for her and she can’t get it open. Which is a huge relief.

And the incision? Luckily our vet also foresaw Olive getting the better of us, and so she added layers and layers of surgical adhesive throughout Olive’s incision. Thus, while Olive did managed to irritate her surgery incision site she didn’t pop anything open - thank goodness. This is one of the many benefits of working with a vet who knows our animals so well - she can anticipate the ways in which they might give us a run for a money in recovery 🤣. Happily, we’re now a few days after this event and Olive hasn’t managed to wiggle out of her suit again and the incision has returned back to normal and healthy healing.

So, little miss Olive will remain on crate rest a little bit longer - at until we know the bulk of her healing is done. She’s handling crate rest quite well so far, we’re keeping her entertained with frozen Kong toys and her meds ensure she takes nice long naps.

Thank you all for your support of our rescue. Later this week we’ll launch our fundraiser for Olive’s surgery but for now please know that your comments and likes are really appreciated. It’s great to see how much Olive is loved 💗🐾🐶

28/07/2025

Olive’s Surgery Update 🏥🩺

Now Olive is all settled in after her surgery, we wanted to take a minute and share with you how her surgery went.

In short, Olive did great - although she was nervous, she didn’t act any more afraid than most dogs do at a vet clinic, especially when they haven’t had breakfast that day; that’s when they know something’s up 😉.

Olive was alert and engaged with the vet and techs and they did all the pre-surgery prep with no issues.

Despite Olive being young we decided to run full pre-surgery bloodwork on her. While she’s never shown us any symptoms to indicate underlying health issues, given the hoarding environment she came from and the fact we have no baseline bloodwork on her, we just wanted to make sure everything is okay. Happily, Olive’s blood work came back perfect - normal ranges for everything! She’s one healthy little dog 💗.

When she was under for her spay her heart rate and breathing did great. She handled the surgery like a champ.

Our vet also discovered that the antibiotics for Olive’s tooth root abscess had cleared it right up so in more great news Olive didn’t need that tooth removed! She did however have a lot of plaque and tartar build up - more than we might expect for a dog just over a year old. But that’s likely due to her previous diet and living environment. So while she was under for her spay our amazing vet and the techs also gave Olive a dental cleaning - her pearly whites are back to being pearly white!

We are so grateful to the wonderful vets and techs over at C & C Veterinary Services for taking such great care of Olive! Thank you!

We’re so happy that Olive is taking these steps towards finding a forever home! Once she’s through her surgery recovery we’ll start the process to transport Olive up to Ohio. Keep following along on our page for updates on Olive as she completes her recovery and starts to look for a new home. In the next few days we’re also going to post a fundraiser to help us cover the cost of Olive’s surgery so please keep your eyes open for that too.

Thank you all for following along with Olive’s journey - we couldn’t do this without you 🐾💗🐶

26/07/2025

She’s Home! 💗🐶🐾

Olive did fantastic through her spay surgery! And she didn’t need any teeth removed!!

We’ll post a bigger update in the next few days but for now we’re just delighted to share that Olive’s surgery was smooth sailing and she’s home and starting her recovery.

Thank you all for holding Olive in your thoughts today - we really felt the love!

25/07/2025

Today’s the day!!

Today Olive will have her spay surgery as she moves one step closer to her forever home! While under anesthesia her vet will also take a look at the abscessed tooth to evaluate whether the course of antibiotics was enough to resolve the issue or if the tooth needs to be removed.

Olive was understandably a little nervous this morning as we loaded her into the car.

We’ll post an update when she’s back home after surgery. Thank you all for following along with our rescue - stay tuned for updates! 💗🐾🐶

23/07/2025

The DNA is in!!

Pistachio’s wonderful family ran DNA on him, and guess what? That little mini-Shepherd looking kiddo is actually 51% Chihuahua!!! And no Jack Russel DNA at all!!! Surprised? So were we!

His full DNA results are below, and they’re amazing! We’re not going to pretend to know enough about genetics to be able to figure out which came from Olive and which came from Pistachio’s Dad. However, we have been asking Olive if she’s actually a Chihuahua - so far she has refused to answer our questions!! 🤣

We do still strongly suspect that each puppy had a different father, given the hoarding situation Olive came from and the fact we know there were at least 40 other dogs on the property, which means this mix of DNA is not necessarily going to be found in all of the puppies.

This does also make us question Olive’s breed make-up. She looks like a Jack Russel mix but maybe she’s not a Jack Russel? Maybe she’s a mix-breed combo that together looks like a Jack Russel? Or maybe her Jack Russel percentage just didn’t get passed on to Pistachio, but would be present in a different puppy? At close to $100 a DNA test is out of the range for us to run as a small rescue, that’s the same cost as vaccines and food for a month. So, we’ll just keep guessing and asking Olive some very direct questions about what breed she is.

The 2% Chinese Crested is also so interesting! 🤣

Massive thank you to Pistachio’s family for not only giving him an amazing home, but also sharing his DNA results with us - we still can’t believe there’s no Jack Russel in there!!!

18/07/2025

Olive’s Unexpected Trip to the Vet 🩺🏥

Earlier this week we had to take Olive to the vet. We discovered she had an abscess on her gum after Olive started dropping her treats like they were hot potatoes.

This was our first real test to see how far Olive has come in building her confidence, and we are delighted to share that she did GREAT!

We managed to get her into a harness successfully at home - she didn’t react with fear or by freezing, and she was pretty calm about the whole thing. She then wore her harness for over an hour with no issues. This was a huge moment for Olive 💗.

While Olive was clearly nervous at the vet and during her exam, she was still alert. The last few times we’ve been at the vet clinic with Olive she has completely frozen, pressing herself flat out to the floor as if she wanted it to envelope her. She would turn her head away from everyone who handled her, not wanting to look at them or engage. This time was different, Olive still shook from head to toe and froze when being handled, but she was sitting, she was brave enough to watch all the things, and she even sniffed at the vet and the tech and took a very small treat.

We are so happy!

Now to the medical side - Olive does indeed have a tooth root abscess. She recieved some antibiotics and pain meds but ultimately she’s very likely to need the tooth removed so it won’t cause her any future issues. The good news is that the affected tooth is rather small, so it only has one root, making its removal fairly straight forward; and in the greater scheme of things it’s not a tooth she’ll miss.

But, this has changed things up for us a bit. Since Olive likely needs to have the tooth removed, we’ve decided to schedule her spay surgery down here in Laredo next week. While Olive is under anesthesia, our vet will also assess the affected tooth and remove it if it needs to be removed.

We’ll need to run a fundraiser for Olive’s spay and tooth removal, but we’ll wait until we know the cost of her procedure. So, please do keep your eyes open for that.

In the meantime, thank you all for your support of our rescue - it means the world to us and to dogs like Olive 💗🐾🐶

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