
~DOTTIE & FRIENDS~
My name is Dottie, a black/ tan dapple
longhair.
My foster mommy likes to call me
Dottie Doolittle, and I am hoping that you can help out me and my
foster mommy.
Here
is the story of how I got so lucky in the last couple of weeks.
I came from a place where there were lots of
other dogs—40 others to be exact.
A
couple of weeks ago, this very nice lady came to the house where
we were staying and promised us that we would soon be leaving and
getting the medical attention we needed so badly.
Then she would help us find homes of
our own. I
did not know any other kind of life than living with so many other
dogs and having babies a few times a year.
I
am eight years old and, as far back as I can remember, my job was
to have babies.
My foster mommy reassures me that my
days of doing that are over now.
My
new job is to live a spoiled and pampered life.
Along with my friends Nikki, Cheyenne, Paco
and Dolly, I came into the care of a rescuer with Almost Home
Dachshund Rescue Society.
As
you can see from our pictures, we are a good lookin’ crew, if I do
say so myself!
My
foster mommy tells me every day how much she loves us and just how
happy she is that we were rescued from that house.
When
she took us to the vet, it seems we all needed lots of medical
attention. I
had four mammary tumors that dragged the ground.
(Boy was that uncomfortable!)
They have all since been removed, and
my foster mommy was so glad to learn that they were not cancerous.
I
also had to have 19 teeth pulled because my mouth had gotten so
rotten that I could barely chew my food.
Nikki
and Dolly are the oldest of our bunch.
At 10 years of age, they were still
having puppies every heat cycle.
Dolly
had severe ear infections in both of her ears.
She had to have her ears all washed
out at the vet’s office and, even a week after having them
treated, she still has yucky stuff coming out of her ears.
Our
foster mommy cleans her ears twice daily in hopes that they will
soon clear up and start feeling better.
Dolly
also lost 19 of her teeth; so we get the good stuff for dinner
now—canned food!

Our friend Nikki had three mammary tumors
that were thankfully benign, and she is also a member of our
“toothless” club, now having lost 16 teeth.
Cheyenne and Paco are the lucky ones—they
escaped at young enough ages that all they needed were dentals and
routine vetting.
We
are so glad our foster mommy found us in time to spare them the
hell that the rest of us have endured for so long.
Our
foster mommy is really lucky—she has this very nice vet that
discounts her services on dogs in rescue so the bills for our
medical care was discounted 75%!
Even
at that, we managed to rack up quite a bill for all of those
medical procedures ~ $2,200 for all five of us to get fixed up and
ready for our new lives in adoptive homes. My foster mommy says it
is a small price to pay to know that we will not ever have to
suffer neglect or be forced to be breeding machines the rest of
our lives.

So now we are asking for your help.
Can you help us raise that money back
so that my foster mommy does not have to worry about those medical
bills for us?
Such
wonderful things have come to us now.
We
are all looking forward to going to new adoptive homes sometime
soon, and we would love to leave our foster home knowing that we
have left funds for more dachshunds that might be lucky enough to
find their way out too.
Update! (May 13, 2010)
Today, my friend Dolly went back to the doctor.
It seems her infected ear is just not healing, and she also
started coughing a little bit, which worried our foster mommy.
When re-examining Dolly, the vet discovered that her ear
drum is ruptured, which will take a little while to heal.
Hopefully, the new medicine she was prescribed today will
help clear it up from the inside out, but there is still a chance
that Dolly's ear may require surgery to correct.
We are all just crossing our paws that with the good food
our foster mommy is feeding us and some continued TLC, Dolly will
be feeling better in no time at all!
While at the vet, Dolly also had to get chest x-rays
because the doctor heard some noise when she was breathing.
The x-ray films reflected what appears to be a little
pneumonia starting in her lungs.
So more medicine for Dolly, but the good news is that her
heart sounds and looks great!
Once we get rid of these little infections, she will be all
good to go!
More good news is that Paco and Nikki have both
already found their forever homes! The girls and I are still
looking for loving homes that want to pamper us and spoil us
rotten—so if you know of anyone looking for an extra special
friend to love, please tell them about our story.
AHDRS
Dottie & Friends Fund
PO Box 9671
Greensboro, NC 27429-9671 |
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~ Paco ~
Paco – a sweet 14 year old
neglected dog turned over to rescue...
Blood tests and ultrasound to make sure he was healthy enough to undergo
anesthesia - $618
Neuter that should have been done when he was younger because of a
retained testicle - $238
Dental for terribly neglected mouth—ten rotten teeth removed and gum
surgery to repair fistulas all the way up to his sinus cavity - $893
Total amount of vet work needed that could have been avoided had Paco
been well cared for... $1900
Happiness and Delight on Paco’s little face while he runs around and
plays with his foster siblings ~ PRICELESS!
Paco still can’t make it up the stairs without a ride, but he now gives
kisses to his family and will be looking for his own forever home where
he has someone to love and to love him in his golden years.
If you would like to help Paco’s foster mom with some of his expenses,
please make a tax-deductible donation through the button below or by
mailing your contribution via a check to the following address:
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so, please make a tax-deductible donation through the PayPal button
below or send a contribution to:
Anything you can do to help these deserving little Dachshunds would be
greatly appreciated.
AHDRS
Paco Fund
PO Box 9671
Greensboro, NC 27429-9671 |
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