This handsome little man is Beau, a five-year-old dachshund. Beau was surrendered to rescue because his family could no longer care for him. When he arrived in foster care, he weighed over 24 pounds and could barely walk. He has been with his foster family for several months now and is down to 16 pounds. He still needs to lose a few more, but he is doing just great!

After months of searching for the perfect forever family, his foster family finally found one for Beau when a previous adopter added him to their family. Beau went to his forever home on Saturday and, on Sunday, his new mom called and asked if we had see blood in his urine. Well, Beau is a well-mannered kind of guy, so we never saw any problem.

He was taken to the veterinarian on Monday for a check-up and, after a urinalysis and x-rays, it was revealed that his bladder is full of stones!  Not only do stones fill up his bladder—they line up almost the whole length of his urethra! Understandably, poor little Beau is in for a pretty intense procedure, and his new mom drove him back to us so we can have him treated.

The vet bill is expected to be at least $1,200.00.  However, depending on how the procedure goes, the final bill may be higher.  This bill came unexpected to Beau’s foster family and is simply out of their reach financially.  They could sure use some help to cover this surgery so Beau can feel better and get back to his new home.  His forever family misses him greatly!

Can you help Beau get the medical care he needs?  If so, please make a tax-deductible donation through the button below or by mailing your contribution via a check to the following address:

AHDRS Beau Fund PO Box 9671 Greensboro, NC 27429-9671

~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.

Update August 4, 2010

Today, Dolly had to have surgery to remove some infected sutures from her spay site. We are not sure why they took so long to become infected, but we are glad that we were able to take care of the matter before she goes to a new home. While under anesthesia, Dolly had two fistulas repaired as well. The poor little gal came home hurting, but we are hopeful she will be back to feeling good in no time at all. The good news is that her ear has healed up very well at this point—only requiring cleaning about once every two weeks. Dolly now holds the title of the most expensive one of the bunch as she has another vet bill of $327. 

The total bills for treatment for all five of the dogs has been over $3,500. Dottie and Dolly are soon to be going to their new home. They have a couple of families waiting in line to adopt them ~ and they will be the last of the bunch to find a forever family. Cheyenne, Nikki and Paco all are doing so well with their new families and enjoying all that life has to offer to a pampered pet! Thanks to everyone who has supported this 'fab five' of dogs. They are so lucky to have found the support from this organization and from the donors!

AHDRS Dottie & Friends Fund PO Box 9671 Greensboro, NC 27429-9671

~ 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:

Can you help Barney and Queenie as they work hard towards recovering? If 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

 

Donations received in excess of the costs for a particular dog will be placed in the AHDRS Medical Fund and used to help other dogs in need.

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