7/14/14 – As always, 4 Paws 1 Heart is happy to help our rescue friends who are out in the trenches day in and day out. This is Lion. He has a de-gloving injury on his chin and required surgery to reattach the skin to the jaw/chin. This was successfully achieved on July 11 and he is now in his foster home. Follow Lion on the Tigerlily facebook page.~diana
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Smokey – Loves To Be Around You
7/14/14 – It may be a cool, gloomy morning but let me brighten you up with this very sweet photo of Smokey. Smokey was brought into the emergency a few months ago, abandoned and needing medical care. He has been recuperating with our friend, Francine, and now needs his forever home. Please share and have a wonderful day ~ diana
“Don’t let this sleepy eyed giant fool you. He is full of love and is a big purr machine. He will be there when you wake in the morning and when you go to bed at night. His favorite hobbies are playing string and bird watching. Smokey is great at playing tennis ball as well. He would love to hang out with you. Smokey would do well with older children. He is FIV+ and is an indoor only cat. Smokey is UTD on his shots, neutered and micro-chipped. Smokey has long fur and is good at keeping himself clean, He is one smart cat! He comes with his own food dishes, litter box, bed and scratching post.
Contact Francine at [email protected]”
Sassy Pants – Save and in Need of a Home
7/13/14 – Even with all of the neutering and spaying we all do, the need never seems to end. Please share this sweetheart and help this little girl find her forever loving home. Her name is Sassy Pants. She is about 14 weeks old. SassyPants and her sister, both requiring to be bottle fed, were both rescued after animal control took them to the Animal Care Hospital of Sterling Heights. Unfortunately, her sister died. But SassyPants is healthy and ready for a lifetime of love. If you can foster or adopt, please contact Jo at [email protected] Of course, 4 Paws 1 Heart will always help our rescuers to make sure all animals have been vaccinated and spayed/neutered. ~ diana
Arthur – Wandering the Streets Alone is Now Safe
7/13/14 – Arthur is sweet 8-week old baby who was found wandering the streets in Detroit. 4p1h was happy to pay for vetting, vaccinations, and testing. Please share him and let’s get him into a foster or a permanent home. Contact Jo at [email protected] if your can help. ~ Diana
Bunnies – Deserve Our Help
7/13/14 – After a beautiful Michigan Sunday, we wanted to share a feel-good story with our friends. Although our mission is focused to help companion animals, there are always those occasions when we just have to do what is right. Here’s Gina’s story ~ diana
“A lady brought this bunny into the Animal Urgent and Critical Care Center after she accidentally ran him over with her lawn mower. She was very upset and clearly concerned. Dr. Matt Cappitanio was up for the challenge and he decided to try and save the baby bunny. The before picture was just too graphic, but here he is waking up from surgery and there is a photo of Matt fixing the huge laceration which was exposing only flesh and muscle on the back.. The panicked woman waited in the lobby until the surgery was done. She was so worried, we allowed her to bring the bunny back to the nest in her yard because it only made sense to release him where he would be safe and familiar. When I handed her the bunny she said what do I owe? I said “4 paws 1heart” pays for this kind of emergency and we are willing to pay for what the bunny needed. She was very grateful. I called her a week later to follow up. She let the bunny get stronger before releasing him. She was feeding him (even went grocery shopping) and offering him kitten formula for additional hydration. When we spoke he was getting strong enough to be released back into her yard but she was taking baby steps at doing so. A huge thank you to the doctor for going “above and beyond” for this extremely tiny little bunny. We are very fortunate to have amazing doctors and neighbors who have compassion.~ Gina
Halo – Prayers Requested
7/12/14 -4 Paws 1 Heart was one of many organizations contacted about helping this poor sweetheart found on the side of the road with a severe upper respiratory infection as well as being very emaciated. A Rejoyceful Animal Rescue agreed to take her to Wilson’s Emergency and 4 Paws 1 Heart will work with them to cover a majority of the medical bills. We’ll keep everyone updated. Her eyes may be in serious jeopardy and we will let everyone know if we will need additional support to see her through recovery. She will be scheduled to see an eye specialist. ~ diana
DORA – Relying on the Kindness of Others to Live
7/9/14 – This is “4 paws 1 heart” Dora, who was a stray cat that needed immediate medical treatment. Her mammary gland is extremely enlarged and she has 1 possibly 2 babies in her. She is pretty far along and if all goes well with the delivery, she will need this mass taken care of next. Dora is all black and super sweet. We are waiting for a current picture of her and will post soon! She is in a foster home where she is getting love and good care! We will cover the medical care she needs to get her better. ~ Gina
Thousands of Unwanted Cats Will Not Be Born
7/8/14 – We are so happy to support the good work of every day people who love animals. Thank You Allison for taking care of these sweet babies and making sure the mama would not have to bear anymore. ~ diana
My mom + dad took the mama of the feral kittens we rescued last week to get spayed this morning so no more babies! When they went to pick her up they discovered another kitten that ran from under the cage so looks like we will be getting one more. Thank you to the people at the Paws Animal Clinic on Goddard Rd. in Taylor. They are doing amazing things to control the animal population. We heard of them thru Diana at 4 Paws 1 Heart. 4 Paws is an amazing organization who helped us thru the whole process. Like them on facebook and please consider them as one of your charities! – Allison”
Bradley – Continuing to Heal from a Life in a Cage
7/9/14 – Update on, 4 paws 1 heart, “Bradley”. For those of you that didn’t see his story, he came to us as an owner surrender because he was having seizures. Since we began him on seizure medication he has not had one seizure. We did not get any information because the family just wanted to walk away. He had a seizure immediately when he was brought in, so we never got a chance to see what he was like “normally”. What I have discovered is that he does not know how to play, he does not know any commands, he was never potty trained, and he does not wag his tail. He had urine scalding on both of his knees and the tops of his back feet from laying in his feces and urine. It was to the point he had infected sores. He does give tons of gentle kisses and unfortunately he was never neutered, so he has a little teddy bear friend to take his hormones out on. It would be best to put him in a home with no animals or with a medium to large size dog because he tends to try and dominate dogs smaller than him. When we get him neutered it will help. He is good around my cats, so a home with furry feline is fine too.. He is just over 2 years old. Please contact me by email only or by private message on this page for more information, or if you are willing to adopt him. [email protected]
Mr. Jim – A New Life Begins
7/8/14 – Happy Beginnings! Mr. Jim was chained to the fence of an abandoned home. After being rescued by a caring couple, he was found to be deaf and Heart Worm positive. Here is his happy update from his rescuer: ~ diana
“He was adopted on Wednesday. His new family loves him! They are a great couple….wife stays home all day so Jim can just follow her around the house and watch her. When she goes, he goes. Perfect for His anxiety. She is retired (?) but maintains a schedule which also helps him know what’s coming. The deafness does not bother then at all.
Jim finished his heartworm meds on Sunday. He went for his check up at the doctor yesterday. Just got word that he is doing great! Everything looks wonderful!”
We are very happy for Jim. Thank you again for all your help! I will keep sending updates as I get them.”