SWEET SADIE THE SURVIVOR

Sweet Sadie needs your help!

Most of you have been following Sadie's story on our facebook page - but for those of you that have not met her yet....here is her story.

In April, PAWS received the following email:
"A dog wondered on to our lawn. She's a cocker spaniel, well kept but thin due to weight loss. Very well mannered. My husband says we cannot keep her even for a couple of days. Can I bring her to you? If not, do you know anyone who will take her?"

Sadie the day she was rescued

That dog was Sadie.  Turns out, she was not well kept. most likely abandoned, age estimated about 10 years old, poor eye sight, diminished hearing, matted coat and VERY thin.  Poor thing - who knows how long she was wandering around on her own?

Despite being full (as usual), PAWS volunteers, Lisa and Leanne took Sadie into their home.

A trip to the vet revealed that Sadie was suffering from mammary gland tumors, resulting from never being spayed, and was also heartworm positive.  She was coughing which could either be from the heartworms or from mammary tumors being cancerous and spreading into the lungs.  Either way, not much could be done, as Sadie could not withstand surgery, anesthesia or traditional heartworm treatment.

Being the rescuers they are, Lisa and Leanne decided to provide Sadie with a safe, loving home for as long as she lived. 

Well...turns out, with love, good food, and basic medical care, Sadie has come back to life!  Her lungs are miraculously clear, she is no longer coughing and the vet feels she is a good candidate for surgery to remove the mammary gland tumors!  This is incredibly good news.

Sadie today:)

Now we need YOUR HELP!  The estimate for Sadie's blood work, tumor removal and biopsy is $1300.  Please consider donating via the button below to help Sadie get the chance at the longer, healthier life she deserves!  She is such a fighter and has amazed us all with her will to survive and her love of life.

Please help us to help her.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

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Foster or Adopt  -  Fostering saves lives!
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Make a donation towards vet care! - if you are unable to foster or adopt - please support financially. We receive no municipal funding and rely 100% on donations from dog lovers who believe that every dog deserves a chance at love and a home.
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Thank you for caring about our pups and for making our continued rescue efforts possible!

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CAN YOU HELP BABE? SWEET SENIOR NEEDS YOU TODAY!

Babe needs your help!

BABE is a sensitive 7-year old, male, Black Lab mix that is in urgent need of a loving retirement home. His family is heartbroken to have to give Babe up after rescuing, rehabilitating and falling in love with him.

Babe is good with other dogs and cats, but should go to an adult-only home. He would be the perfect companion for a retired person!

Please read and share Babe's story to help him find a real forever home, where he will be loved and cherished.

Here is what Babe's family wrote about him:

Just over three years ago we acquired Babe through my in-laws, who acquired him from another couple.  They only had him for a month before my father-in-law passed away and he then moved in with our family.  They had been told that Babe was a black lab mix who was 4 years of age and had been a companion for an elderly lady.

At first, Babe was a very moody dog, wanted to be left alone, wary dog, that was quick to growl or snap at anyone who came by him.  We wanted to give him a chance to see, if it was possible, with a different environment he would change. 

After 3, very long months, of kindness, love, and patience he did change and boy what a change it was.

He has turned into a dog who craves attention, is always underfoot and is my constant shadow, loves to be petted and played with.  He now believes he is a lap dog and your sleeping partner, if you allow him to that is.  Babe loves to go for walks and car rides, especially car rides.  Plays catch, although doesn't always bring the ball back, but still loves to run after it. 

Babe does listen very well, but I will admit he has a stubborn streak at times.  If he wants to lie down right by you and you ask him to lie down someplace else he may not always listen right away.  It is one of his many quirks that we love about him.  

He is crate trained and will stay in one, but we give our dogs full rein of the home.  He is house trained and does not get destructive.  However, we do have to leave the bathroom door closed as he tends to get into the trash.  He is fine with the kitchen trash, something about the toilet paper in the bathroom he just loves. 

For whatever reason, we cannot put Babe into a room with the door closed for any length of time, without our being in the room with him.  When we have tried in the past by putting him in the garage or laundry room, he destroyed the door frame and door knob trying to get out.  This also goes with leaving him outside for any length of time. He is fine being left alone in the home with free reign or with being crated.

Now for the negative about our precious boy that has made our decision to find him a new loving home.  In the past he had snapped at our son on many different occasions and scenarios, but seemed to have grown out of it.  Unfortunately,Babe has been up to his antics again over the past couple months with our 9 year old son again. 

Our son tends to move quickly so we thought maybe this was the cause and decided to just try to teach our son to not go near Babe unless he moved slowly and spoke to him first.  This seemed to be working, until today.  We have a 7 month old daughter and today he tried snapping at her.

So with a heavy heart we realized it was time to find Babe a new home without children. One that would love him as much as we do and appreciate him for all the love he is willing to give someone else.  

He can take awhile to warm up to someone, but we have people in and out of our home and he has never tried snapping or growling at any of them.  

He is good with other dogs, loves them, and seemed to be fine with cats as well.  

We hope Babe is able to find a new forever home that can give him all the love and attention this wonderful boy deserves. 


If you have love in your heart and room in your home for Babe, please email marionangels@yahoo.com, or complete our online application:
http://www.pawsofmarion.org/adoptfosterapplication.html

 

Thank you for sharing and for caring about Babe!

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