10/22/13: Re: 4 week old puppy seen dropped out of a window last night, PURPOSELY! Amanda Morris, a huge animal lover and veterinary technician, was kind enough to bring him home and care for him while a foster/rescue is found.Please contact me at [email protected]
Category Archives: Dogs/Puppies
Dottie is 100% Healed
October 7, 2013 – 4 Paws 1 Heart is happy to have helped our friends at Dog Aide 2012 – Community Awareness with some of their medical expenses. Only through working together can we all make a difference. ~ diana
DOTTIE
When Dottie first came to us we weren’t sure she would make it – she was attacked by another dog after recently giving birth to puppies. She had SEVERE wounds and spent several says at the emergency vet.
She is now 100% healed, healthy and so grateful that she’s been given a second chance. Dottie is spayed and fully vaccinated. She will do well in any home with dogs, cats and kids. She is as sweet as it comes!
Message about Heartworm Disease
Please Share, Lucy here would like to ask all of you dog lovers to please remember to give monthly Heart-worm Preventative. Heart-worm is contracted from a mosquito and the worms live in the chambers of your dogs heart, multiply, and if untreated it is fatal. This is becoming more and more common in dog’s from all areas. After mating the baby worms then travel through the bloodstream and are picked up by un-infected mosquitoes and then transmitted to the next dog. Lucy tested positive and is a survivor, but she does suffer permanent damage due to the worm burden that she had in her heart. A blood test is done once a year from your vet to check for Heartworm Disease, and your pet can show no symptoms until it’s too late. This is not a parasite in the feces. The treatment is costly and can be life threatening as the worms are being destroyed, so please take this very seriously and prevent it from happening to you animal. Cat’s are also at risk too! . Visit veterinarypartner.com for more information on the life cycle of this parasite and talk to your veterinarian for more information. Gina
Connor’s foster dad Joe
As always, 4 Paws 1 Heart is blessed to know such great rescue organizations and to have such generous supporters who give us the ability to help with medical treatment. Please pray for Connor who was rescued from horrific conditions and then found to have lepto (contracted from rat urine). ~ diana
Here is the latest update from Connor’s foster dad Joe. We would also like to send a HUGE thank you to all the generous people that read about Connor and has donated to his medical care, we are very grateful to have such awesome caring fans on our page supporting our efforts to help these animals. Once again, our wonderful friends 4 Paws 1 Heart has graciously sent $300 to the vet to help pay for Connors medical bills. PLEASE take a moment to click on the link and like their page. They have helped HFE and MANY other rescues as well as abandoned animals with medical funds.Kind of a bittersweet update, as he has come so far, yet he still has so far to go. We actually got to hang out for about 3 hours, as I think there was a shift change and they forgot about us somehow. I was very excited to hear he was out of isolation and could visit me in the normal exam room. However, they are still waiting on his lepto results.Anyway, he walked in under his own power and he was very excited to see me. I couldn’t believe how good he looked compared to last time. However, that must have been the extent of his energy, because he soon crashed into my lap. I told him how proud I was of him, and how good he is doing. And of course about all the wonderful people thinking of him and praying for him. Every so often, he would get up and take a few shaky steps, looking back at me as if to say “Look how strong I am now, Dad.”I got to speak with the doctor as well. He said that for only being there a few days, he has really improved. His kidney functions are still higher than normal, but they are steadily dropping. He has been responding to treatment for lepto since Day 1. He was quick to remind me though that things could still go either way. His kidneys may be fatally damaged; it is still too early to tell. Connor has lost a lot of weight and his steps are unsure. He sways a little when he stands. For all the progress he’s made, its clear that he still has a long road ahead of him. He didn’t end up eating the food I brought him, but the doctor said they’ll mark it and save it for him in the fridge. I also brought him a new tshirt.
We spent the rest of the time curled up on the floor together. He eventually fell asleep in my arms and drifted off into dreams (doing the “chasing rabbits” bit). I could only imagine he was dreaming of being back home with the pack playing in the yard. I
took some new photos, he’s more alert and hopeful in these pictures, but his struggle and weight loss is apparent as well. I’ll get the photos up as soon as I can, but that probably won’t be til tomorrow evening.
Thanks again for everyone’s thoughts and prayers. Connor still needs them more than ever.
Don’t Let Your Dog Out without Checking their Safety
October 12, 2013 – I hate to report that the little silky terrier who got into a tiff with a Mastiff did not make it. The owner was found and she picked the dog up from the vet but didn’t pay the vet bill. She also said that she had no idea someone had left the gate open and that her dog had been missing. REMINDER Don’t let your dog out without knowing the property is secured. Please always keep an eye on your pets. ~ diana
October 10, 2013 – I believe this issue is important enough to share again and to ask ALL of our friends to share it and to start taking action. As I said this is just the beginning and I’ll be sharing more of the facts and issues each week BUT in the mean time start the conversation and the campaign for change by contacting your council, your board of trustees, your mayor, any of the leaders in your community who are responsible for changing and creating ordinances. If anyone has experience in writing petitions which would hold up, I would be happy to post it for your use in going through your own neighborhoods to get signatures you can then take to your government entities. WE ARE THE PEOPLE AND WE SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!
THIS IS THE BEGINNING: About 12 animal advocates from varying backgrounds have come together to address the needs of animals in our municipalities. The issues are many and we will be sharing them with our friends. This little guy is an example of one of the huge issues we need to address. The issue is what can Animal Control Officers do to save injured/sick animals when the City they work for will not pay the veterinary bill. The answer — the animal is taken to the County shelter where he will probably be euthanized, OR, the animal control officer takes the injured/ill animal to a veterinary hospital and personally pays for the vet bill, OR the animal control officer contacts 4 Paws 1 Heart which is a very small organization who relies strictly on donations and fundraising. This little guy (as was the recent Parvo puppies who didn’t make it) is an example of the one of the many heart-wrenching decisions
needed to be made by responsible, caring animal control officers each day
This little terrier, running loose, thought he could mess with a Bull Mastiff. He was wrong and ended up in pretty bad shape. He was rescued by the Warren Animal Control Officer who took him to a hospital and contacted 4 Paws 1 Heart. He was bleeding internally; has a dislocated elbow, and multiple bite wounds. He was made stable. Who should pay for this little guy — he has no i.d. — without 4 Paws 1 Heart there would be no options other than letting him be held in the shelter without medical treatment (or being euthanized) because of hold laws. What do you think cities should do??? As a taxpayer are you willing to pay? The silent majority needs to start educating themselves and then their government and fight for change. Let the conversations begin!! ~ diana
Prayers Needed for Connor
10/7/13 – As always, 4 Paws 1 Heart is blessed to know such great rescue organizations and to have such generous supporters who give us the ability to help with medical treatment. Please pray for Connor who was rescued from horrific conditions and then found to have lepto (contracted from rat urine). ~ Here is Connor’s story from our friends at Home Fur-Ever Animal Rescue ~ diana
“Here is the latest update from Connor’s foster dad Joe. We would also like to send a HUGE thank you to all the generous people that read about Connor and has donated to his medical care, we are very greatful to have such awesome caring fans on our page supporting our efforts to help these animals. Once again, our wonderful friends 4 Paws 1 Heart has graciously sent $300 to the vet to help pay for Connors medical bills. PLEASE take a moment to click on the link and like their page. They have helped HFE and MANY other rescues as well as abandoned animals with medical funds.Kind of a bittersweet update, as he has come so far, yet he still has so far to go. We actually got to hang out for about 3 hours, as I think there was a shift change and they forgot about us somehow. I was very excited to hear he was out of isolation and could visit me in the normal exam room. However, they are still waiting on his lepto results.
Anyway, he walked in under his own power and he was very excited to see me. I couldn’t believe how good he looked compared to last time. However, that must have been the extent of his energy, because he soon crashed into my lap. I told him how proud I was of him, and how good he is doing. And of course about all the wonderful people thinking of him and praying for him. Every so often, he would get up and take a few shaky steps, looking back at me as if to say “Look how strong I am now, Dad.”
I got to speak with the doctor as well. He said that for only being there a few days, he has really improved. His kidney functions are still higher than normal, but they are steadily dropping. He has been responding to treatment for lepto since Day 1. He was quick to remind me though that things could still go either way. His kidneys may be fatally damaged; it is still too early to tell. Connor has lost a lot of weight and his steps are unsure. He sways a little when he stands. For all the progress he’s made, its clear that he still has a long road ahead of him. He didn’t end up eating the food I brought him, but the doctor said they’ll mark it and save it for him in the fridge. I also brought him a new tshirt.
We spent the rest of the time curled up on the floor together. He eventually fell asleep in my arms and drifted off into dreams (doing the “chasing rabbits” bit). I could only imagine he was dreaming of being back home with the pack playing in the yard. I
took some new photos, he’s more alert and hopeful in these pictures, but his struggle and weight loss is apparent as well. I’ll get the photos up as soon as I can, but that probably won’t be til tomorrow evening.
Thanks again for everyone’s thoughts and prayers. Connor still needs them more than ever.”
Handsome and Much Loved Hercules
Our very handsome, and much loved, Hercules! ~ Auntie Di
Hercules wanted to say hi and remind everyone go get out and enjoy the fall. He is looking forward to visiting cider mills, the mall and some upcoming 4 Paws 1 Heart fundraisers too. He celebrated National Dog Walk week with a couple stops at Partridge Creek to sneak a run through the fountain before the end of the season (dogs aren’t really allowed in the jets so please don’t tell anyone!). He is planning to finish the week with the MEGA March at Stony Creek Metropark on Sunday! Pawsitive Steps Rehab has a registered walking team. Join the team and you can walk with Hercules to help raise funds for the Michigan Humane Society – another good cause and a great way to finish out National Dog Walk Week!Beautiful Lab-mix puppies who were rescued last week …
10/7/13 – I am heartbroken to report that the beautiful Lab-mix puppies who were rescued last week by Lisa, Warren ACO, died this past week end. They continued to be treated in the hospital and appeared to have been doing well. The doctor believes that another virus may have been responsible. At least they are no longer in pain and we know that we at least tried to give them a second chance. May Karma visit the woman who has continued to breed and sell these dogs and I hope their deaths are used to charge her with murder. ~ diana
10/1/13 – WARREN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER NEEDS YOUR HELP — RESCUE/FOSTER NEEDED: The Warren Animal Control Officers, rescued these two very sick puppies who were two of many lab-mix puppies who were backyard bred by a woman in Warren. They had been sold and then brought back and the woman couldn’t afford to take them to a vet. They had already been sick for a while and their littermates, who have also been sold, may be in the same position. The animal control officer had already had to retrieve dead bodies from the breeder.The breeder was forced to surrender the two returned, living dogs and we were contacted to see if we could help with medical dollars. They are currently at a veterinary receiving care and doing much better than we had hoped. Please share. These 10 week old puppies will need placement if they get through this horrible virus. Action has already been started against the owner. Updates will follow. ~ diana
Happy Halloween
9/29/13 – Thank you, sweet Fiona, for the Halloween Wishes. You are a beauty!!! ~ dianaFiona wishes 4 Paws 1 Heart a Happy Halloween Season!
Click on Detroit – Rescue Groups Not Giving Up
9/24/13 – Click On Detroit picked up an edited version of a press release from Detroit Bully Corp including the many rescues and animal advocacy groups (like 4P1H) who are working TOGETHER to make a difference. ~ diana 
Detroit made internationals headlines when Bloomberg News reported as many as 50,000 stray dogs are roaming …