Somebody dumped a male and female chihuahua out in the woods. They had a litter of puppies out there. Originally, there were 5 puppies. By the time Denita was told about the whole family, there were only 4 puppies left. We went to check it out. On the first night out we got the daddy and one puppy. Daddy walked right up to us! We just picked him up, and put him in a crate. The puppy was caught in a trap. Over the next month, we tried everything we could think of to catch momma and the other babies! No luck! We finally were able to catch the momma by luring her onto a screened porch with bacon cheese burgers! Once inside, we drugged her, and put her in a crate once she fell asleep. Almost another month has passed, with the last 3 puppies still out there. We even hired a professional trapper! No luck. Denita went out to feed them the other day, and saw them come off the same porch. We got a new plan formulated. We’d lure themm onto the porch, too. I devised the age-old deal of rigging the door to slam shut by pulling out the brick holding the door open. We watched, and watched. One by one, they went in! Never more than 2 pups at a time! We decided we’d better take what we can get! So…….we got 2 of the puppies tonight!! We feel really bad about leaving the last one alone, but at least 2 more of these babies don’t have to live in the woods, with no protection! We’ll try to get the last one again tomorrow. Pray for us!!
Amy
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here are the first pics of the chi pups, after 7 weeks of many people trying amy and i managed to get 2 tonight!!!! we still have 1 more to get, it broke my heart leaving it behind but we agreed 2 are better than none…. there is 1 female and 1 male, they are sweet and scared! keep us in your prayers that we get the last one soon!
mama was caught on labor day, and dad and 1 pup which is doing great was caught about 2 weeks before that. mama and dad are both heartworm positive but will be fine!
thanks!!!!!
Denita 
Here is Lucien, a Dobermann owned by Joe, a SPAY-LEE volunteer.
Tammy at DAS contacted Suzanne MacDonald, our volunteer in Naples…. Tammy said a sweet dobie pup was at the shelter, injured, and brought in on Thursday evening… found under a bush on Airport Road in Naples…. Suzanne called Judie who said “yes”. Suzanne went to DAS the following Monday and picked up ABBY, delivered pup to Jinx in Fort Myers who took Abby to Viscaya Prado Vet Hospital. Dr. McKelvie Xrayed and reported the bad news – it was a bad break, already trying to callous; might be able to pin it but would probably need plating which that clinic doesn’t do. Kim Liles, vet tech at Viscaya, agreed to foster Abby through her recovery. Abby was spayed on September 30, and off to see Dr. Hay (Veterinary Surgical Specialists in Tampa, Fla) with Jinx as chauffeur and Amy riding shotgun on Monday, October 4.
Abby underwent surgery on October 6 where the leg, that was trying to heal but nowhere near connected, had to be realigned and plated to hold the bone ends together. (see photos below) On October 8th, Vic and Emma Argento and Jinx drove on up to Tampa to pickup sweet Abby. Emma did a video of the physical therapy that Kim will do four times a day to keep that leg functional. Abby’s got to go back on Wednesday for a recheck and Jinx will do that run to Tampa again.
Many folks are praying for this little girl. She has the best chance for a normal life but the cost is over $2000. It’s put quite a dent in our financial status, and we are embarrassed to say we’d appreciate any assistance. If you can donate to Abby’s cause, please e-mail Jude at apic@aol.com or click this link to chip immediately. But no matter what, Abby’s worth it! Priceless!
S.P.A.Y.-L.E.E. can really be proud of this Doberboy. Rocco has officially been accepted by Service Dogs of Florida to be part of an owner training team program.
It’s arrived! The latest edition of SPAY-LEE’s Newsletter. Hot off the press!
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It’s a gem!
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Faith and Hope were adopted last week after a 2-1/2 year stay at SPAY-LEE. On May 27 they finally went home, but not before they partied!
The girls’ going away poster.
These were posters from their days going to PetSmart.
Faith at her “I’m adopted party!”
Hope at her “I’m adopted party!”
It’s official! We are yours!
Faith in her new bed with her new toy.
Hope in her new bed with favored ducky toy.
Want to see the girls in action at home?
Click below to see their Quicktime movies.
(If you need the player to see these movies, click here.)
Faith And Hope In Their Backyard – 05-28-10
Gotta love those curly tails!
Faith And Hope – 06-02-10
To read their article in the New-Press, click here.
Good luck, girls, and keep in touch!
Everyone is talking about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico these days. How will it all be cleaned up? One group, Matter of Trust, wants a lot of pet fur to help clean up the spill and is asking for donations.
GULF OIL SPILL – HOW EVERYONE CAN HELP
Anyone and Everyone: salons, groomers, individuals can sign up to donate hair and fur clippings and nylons for our Oil Spill Booms. Our Excess Access program sign up is FREE, fast and helps us to coordinate the masses of donations.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO DONATE HAIR / FUR / NYLONS and get a delivery address emailed. Warehouses are small, so we’re not posting on the web, we’re orchestrating how much goes where all along the Coast. We all get it. We shampoo because hair collects oil!
Thousands of pounds of hair and nylons are coming in by UPS and FED EX from every State in the US and from Canada, Brazil, France, UK… Booms are being made all along the Gulf Coast near beaches and marshes. What a community feeling! More Info
Here is Jinx’s foster, Cinder, who has been adopted and is now in her new and very loving home.
A day at the beach!
I got it!
Sitting pretty with her prized possession.
Good going, Jinx! Cinder’s a lucky girl.
Emma sent in pictures of some of the SPAY-LEE volunteer staff and foster pets who were at Pet Smart last Saturday and Sunday.
You can see these fine folks and the foster pets on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th weekend of every month at the PetSmart Page Field Commons.
