This is Domino. His owner surrendered him when he became ill. He is now healthy and can’t wait to find someone to love. He is loving his new foster home and our friends at Hopeful Heart Animal Rescue will have him up for adoption. ~ diana
7/15/13 – We can’t get enough of our little Olivia (aka Charm). Almost two years later and look at how she’s grown. Thank you, as always, to her great mom for always updating us with new photos. ~ diana
7/13/13 We wish that our dollars could have meant making Camilla all better but instead the dollars will help her to have comfort as long as she is here. Thank you to Providing for Paws for taking in this sweetheart and reaching out to everyone they could think of for help. ~ dianaJuly 10, 2013 : 4 Paws 1 Heart received a call for help for a dog now named Summer. Her story was beyond heartbreaking and, of course, we sent some dollars to Summer’s vet to kick off the fundraising drive. It appears that enough money has now been raised to take care of the amputation Summer needs. Here is the story we initially received from Mary Paetz: ~ diana
“I swear I do not seek this stuff out. It finds me and how can I say no?? So I just got a call from the vet asking me if I can help them with a dog that was brought in by her owners (and I use that term very, very loosely) this afternoon to be euthanized. The vet says she is too nice of a girl to be euthanized so they got the owners to sign her over and would like to try to save her IF donations can be raised and a rescue group secured. Her back leg needs to be amputated once the infection is under control. This dog’s name is Summer. She started chewing off her paw back in January and she has now chewed off the whole entire foot on her back left leg! I have seen the picture. It will make your stomach turn and your heart break all the same time…..”
MEET TIGER JAY – 4 Paws 1 Heart received the following plea for assistance: ~ diana
7/10/13 “Tonight I found a kitten abandoned on a dirt road far from any houses. He’s probably 5-6 weeks old, he is missing an eye. I can’t have anymore animals at my house but this kitten is the sweetest little guy I’ve ever snuggled! Do you have any advice on how to or where to find him a good home. I know he’s going to need some medical care most likely because of his eye.” ~ Samantha
Although we rarely work outside the four-county area, we couldn’t help but help Samantha and this little guy. We made arrangements for Samantha to take Tiger Jay to her vet and here is Samantha’s report:
7/17/13 “I took the kitten to the vet today he got all of his vaccines and some antibiotics for the eye. The vet said the kitten was born with an eye and he likely got hurt or someone hurt him because there is some eye parts still way back in there. He said surgery is not likely but he needed some antibiotics to fight the infection that’s in there, likely from being in the wild. They aged him at about 5 weeks. He is full of worms so we de-wormed him as well. They called the eye problem phthisis bulbi. I really appreciate your help and so does tiger !!!” ~ Samantha
Tiger Jay will be re-examined by the vet in about 30 days and if he needs more help, we’ll be there for him. The other good news is that the wonderful manager at Surrey Vet has offered to help Samantha in getting a rescue to take over Tiger Jay’s placement if needed. Another baby saved from pain and cruelty. ~ diana
7/7/13: Another update from our friends at NBS Animal Rescue and our Missy’s parents ~ diana
“HAPPY TAILS UPDATE FROM MISSY!
We’re happy to share this great update from Missy’s Mom Tina:
“Well it has been three months already ! We are so happy that Missy entered our lives. When we are out our kids can’t wait to get home to see her. They make sure we are not gone too long they don’t want her to be upset. I think we take as many pics of her as we do the kids . We love, love, love our lil Missy (lovebug) and are grateful she came into our lives. Thank you NBS and all your affiliates for all you do!”
Thank-you Tina for the awesome update! It really made our day! Give Missy a belly rub and a kiss from her Foster Parents!”
7/7/13: Not only does he leap tall buildings in a single bound, but Snicker’s predicts the weather. Here’s a photo from his mom, Dee. ~ diana
7/6/13 Late Friday afternoon we received a call from one of our favorite animal control officers about a sweet pup found in Warren. Here is what Lisa had to say: “She was picked up by a kindly person Thursday Evening, when a pack of kids was chasing her and throwing rocks at her in South Warren. The finder thought at first that she had a broken leg because she was limping severely. Closer observation showed it wasn’t broken but just very swollen and she had no place else to take her so I told her to bring her to the police department. The injury turned out to be a large abscess on her elbow area, very painful. We took her to Hoover Rd. Animal Hospital today, where they lanced the abscess and started her on antibiotics. Other than that she’s pretty healthy but underweight. She’s a little timid but very sweet.”
4 Paws 1 Heart will pay for the medical treatment and, once again, our rescue friends came through for the animal community. A big thank you to Mutts of Motown for taking in this sweet girl and, of course, thank you to the kind rescuer and Lisa, animal control officer extraordinaire. ~ diana
7/4/13 We love our Hercules. What better way to wish everyone a blessed day of freedom in the most wonderful Country in this world — Matthew Virgadamo, Gina DeLuca, and 4 Paws 1 Heart gave Hercules the freedom to be the dog he is today and we are beyond thankful to all of our military men and women for giving us the freedom we all enjoy today. May God Bless Everyone. ~ diana