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Cockers in Need Newsletter '09'
It was a very slow year (08) for adoptions here at Cockers in Need. We brought in 3 puppy mill dogs back in the spring. Our dear little Daffy had 3+ great months here, but was terminal with cancer that spread to her lungs. She had one last zoomy and torn her ACL. Nothing could be done to help her. She would not have survived the surgery, and there was no way she would have enjoyed life living in a crate. We said goodbye to her with mixed feelings. The large mammary tumors were a result of living the hard life in a puppy mill, having litter after litter and no vet care. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, she would wake up and snap and attack her tumors. Broke my heart. She was so sweet and gentle.
Memory Eternal Daffy
(see picture below)
Dilly and Carly continue to become more and more relaxed around humans but still stress and scream when we have company over. We are working on that. We will be taking them to a meet and greet at our Pet Pantry in February. There will be lots of treats involved.
Peaches is doing very well for a stray. Mike is fostering her & she is now enjoying munching on bones and sleeping in Mikes bed (on his pillow of course).
With no dogs leaving here and times being what they are currently, the cookie jar is left with only a few bits of crumbs.
We need to restock our supplies. Mike killed his clippers and blades when taking off years of mats and 'icky stuff' off of Peaches. It was a 3 day ordeal. We would like to send him a new pair of clippers and blades just for the fosters. We also like to send our foster homes some back-up funds for food and whatever else is needed.
Cockers in Need needs to get some supplies too. Each year we stock up on items if they go on sale.
I'm not sure if I told everyone the 'Racoon' story, but somehow, Dilly (the foster poodle) was attacked by a racoon last year. It was riding him and was on his back. I was in spaz mode and screaming and flapping and poor Dilly - I have never heard screams like that before in my life. This was in the middle of the day, so we (our vets) were pretty sure this coon was rabid.
Armed with gloves and a shovel, I got the 'thing' off of dilly (by this time they were all in my screen room) and had to toss Dilly in the tub to rinse off any coon spit and check him for wounds. He was limping and shaking and in shock. The other dogs here were in pack mode to kill the coon. What a nightmare. Anyhow, we had an emergency visit to our vet, Dilly was checked out from head to paw and had to have a booster of his rabies, as well as antibiotics and other med's. Since law requires that ALL dogs get the emergency booster, we had to haul the other 8 up to the vet. Um, that was fun, someday I will tell that story.
Dilly is the kindest, sweetest, most non-issue dog in the world. I still hear his screams in my sleep. We got lucky he was not ripped open, however, the emergency vetting and boostering of 9 dogs was steep
Then, as luck would have it, I ended up in the hospital for 4 days, and am still re cooperating. I have not had much time or energy to run fundraiser's, as I make most of our items. We had a few things on the November/December Cocker Auction, but it didn't go very well. For instance, I spent more on the materials to make the items, than we brought in. Special thanks to those that either donated some items, or bid. Aw well, we will try to catch up this year.
BUT, Cockers in Need is still here. We have been slowly trying to do what we do. At one point, I was ready to give up and close the doors and hide in a closet. I felt alone in this endeavor. We did have one extra special 'guardian angel' have special donations sent to us and we appreciate that more than we can express. You know who you are, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. That floated us for a bit. Now we are down to the crumbs again.
At any time during fostering, something could go wrong. It is also the season for dogs to be dumped. We take in the hard cases, always have and always will (if possible). We never know what the future will bring. We like to have a decent back-up plan for when these things happen. I like to keep a certain amount in the rescue account. Ain't there!!!
So, we are going to run a raffle soon. We have a beautiful human size, professionally hand made adult size lap quilt that will be perfect for the cold winter days ahead, to keep you all warm and toasty. Because I don't have the time or energy -- I did not make this quilt, but purchased it from a fellow quilter.
Here is a sneak peek of it.
(see picture below)
More info on that later.
We also have a few left over items on our main website for sale. Take a look and keep checking back as things here change daily.
Cockers in Need is alive and well, but we need to recruit some volunteers. We need foster homes and donations to keep it going strong. We are actually working at bringing in another needy dog. More on that as it progresses.
Thanks for hanging in there with us.
Linda
It was a very slow year (08) for adoptions here at Cockers in Need. We brought in 3 puppy mill dogs back in the spring. Our dear little Daffy had 3+ great months here, but was terminal with cancer that spread to her lungs. She had one last zoomy and torn her ACL. Nothing could be done to help her. She would not have survived the surgery, and there was no way she would have enjoyed life living in a crate. We said goodbye to her with mixed feelings. The large mammary tumors were a result of living the hard life in a puppy mill, having litter after litter and no vet care. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, she would wake up and snap and attack her tumors. Broke my heart. She was so sweet and gentle.
Memory Eternal Daffy
(see picture below)
Dilly and Carly continue to become more and more relaxed around humans but still stress and scream when we have company over. We are working on that. We will be taking them to a meet and greet at our Pet Pantry in February. There will be lots of treats involved.
Peaches is doing very well for a stray. Mike is fostering her & she is now enjoying munching on bones and sleeping in Mikes bed (on his pillow of course).
With no dogs leaving here and times being what they are currently, the cookie jar is left with only a few bits of crumbs.
We need to restock our supplies. Mike killed his clippers and blades when taking off years of mats and 'icky stuff' off of Peaches. It was a 3 day ordeal. We would like to send him a new pair of clippers and blades just for the fosters. We also like to send our foster homes some back-up funds for food and whatever else is needed.
Cockers in Need needs to get some supplies too. Each year we stock up on items if they go on sale.
I'm not sure if I told everyone the 'Racoon' story, but somehow, Dilly (the foster poodle) was attacked by a racoon last year. It was riding him and was on his back. I was in spaz mode and screaming and flapping and poor Dilly - I have never heard screams like that before in my life. This was in the middle of the day, so we (our vets) were pretty sure this coon was rabid.
Armed with gloves and a shovel, I got the 'thing' off of dilly (by this time they were all in my screen room) and had to toss Dilly in the tub to rinse off any coon spit and check him for wounds. He was limping and shaking and in shock. The other dogs here were in pack mode to kill the coon. What a nightmare. Anyhow, we had an emergency visit to our vet, Dilly was checked out from head to paw and had to have a booster of his rabies, as well as antibiotics and other med's. Since law requires that ALL dogs get the emergency booster, we had to haul the other 8 up to the vet. Um, that was fun, someday I will tell that story.
Dilly is the kindest, sweetest, most non-issue dog in the world. I still hear his screams in my sleep. We got lucky he was not ripped open, however, the emergency vetting and boostering of 9 dogs was steep
Then, as luck would have it, I ended up in the hospital for 4 days, and am still re cooperating. I have not had much time or energy to run fundraiser's, as I make most of our items. We had a few things on the November/December Cocker Auction, but it didn't go very well. For instance, I spent more on the materials to make the items, than we brought in. Special thanks to those that either donated some items, or bid. Aw well, we will try to catch up this year.
BUT, Cockers in Need is still here. We have been slowly trying to do what we do. At one point, I was ready to give up and close the doors and hide in a closet. I felt alone in this endeavor. We did have one extra special 'guardian angel' have special donations sent to us and we appreciate that more than we can express. You know who you are, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. That floated us for a bit. Now we are down to the crumbs again.
At any time during fostering, something could go wrong. It is also the season for dogs to be dumped. We take in the hard cases, always have and always will (if possible). We never know what the future will bring. We like to have a decent back-up plan for when these things happen. I like to keep a certain amount in the rescue account. Ain't there!!!
So, we are going to run a raffle soon. We have a beautiful human size, professionally hand made adult size lap quilt that will be perfect for the cold winter days ahead, to keep you all warm and toasty. Because I don't have the time or energy -- I did not make this quilt, but purchased it from a fellow quilter.
Here is a sneak peek of it.
(see picture below)
More info on that later.
We also have a few left over items on our main website for sale. Take a look and keep checking back as things here change daily.
Cockers in Need is alive and well, but we need to recruit some volunteers. We need foster homes and donations to keep it going strong. We are actually working at bringing in another needy dog. More on that as it progresses.
Thanks for hanging in there with us.
Linda
