Rescue Efforts for Miss Floppy

Miss Floppy got her name when a large tick attached itself to her right ear when she was a pup. The ear flopped over from the weight of it. She was still living out in the woods and would not allow me to touch her so I could not remove it. By the time she was letting me pet her, the tick was gone. The ear took a while but it recovered and no longer flops over.

Her fur is not as long and thick as her brother's and her coat is whiter. She also walks with her tail curled over her back. She loves to play and will nip at me when I go into the pen to get me to play with her. She likes to play "can't get me" with her brother and sister.

She is not available for adoption at this time because she has a heart murmur which requires further evaluation. The vet feels that she was probably born with it. She has an appointment at the specialist next week for an ultrasound. If it is not life threatening, she can then be spayed and will be made available for adoption. The family that is interested in Red, is also interested in adopting her when she becomes available.

Rescue Efforts for Red Updated

Red has now been neutered and is ready for adoption! He has grown up to be a beautiful dog.

He has such a sweet demeanor and loves to go for long walks. Everyone at the vets office fell in love with him. His fur is long and thick and his tail is bushy. He looks so regal when he walks with it curled over his back. I wish I could get a photo of it.

There is a family that is interested in adopting him, so he will recover from his surgery here with me, then he may be going home to a new family. I will miss him being here but I will be able to visit him as I do all of the family that has been adopted.

Goldilocks and Ashley in New Home

As a pup, Goldilocks hung back, staying mostly with her father. I called her Goldilocks because she would go from food bowl to food bowl.

It was hard to tell the difference between Ashley and Floppy until Floppy got a large tick attached to the top of her right ear and it flopped over. Ashley got her name after she was in the pen. She must have been playing in the area where there were some ashes and one morning when I went out to feed them she had ashes on her forehead.

Goldilocks and Ashley were adopted by a very special family. They came out everyday for 2 weeks to allow Goldilocks and Ashley to get to know them, before they took them home. They helped me to keep the area around the pen treated for mosquitoes. They built a special outside pen for them and slept outside in a trailer to be close to them at night. I knew they were going to be happy and have a forever loving home!

Now the girls live inside and I am pretty sure they are spoiled rotten! I am so grateful to this family for providing them with such a good home! And they love their new family so very much!

Rescue Efforts for "Pops"

This is "Pops" or "Pop". He is the daddy and is 2 years old. We are not sure if he is a white husky or a white shepherd. He is a gently giant.

"Pop" would never come up for food, he would accompany "momma" but would keep watch over her from the edge of the woods. When "momma" was finished, they would leave together. He kept watch and protected his family every time they came for food. It was late May or June before he would himself, would eat.

He is leash trained and house trained. He was adopted out within the first 2 weeks and they kept him 4 months. But they kept him outside on a chain in the yard during the day, so I got him back. In addition, they never took him to a vet, so he never received a wellness exam.

I feel that he was probably abused by the original owner because he is extremely nervous around new people.

Since I have gotten him back, he will no longer stay in the pen with the others. He does not tolerate them attempting to play with him, so I keep him inside. He has some stuffed animal toys that he loves to play with and has never torn them. He has never had an accident in my house either!

I took him in for a wellness exam and he is current on all vaccinations. Unfortunately, he contracted heart worms. The vet did start him on Iverheart and I have the funds for heart worm treatment, but because he does not stay outside with the others, he needs a new home more immediately. I can not keep him inside my home for too long. Even though he is not destructive, I take care of a special needs child on weekends which I can not do while "pop" is here.

Rescue Efforts for Sissy

This is Miss Sissy, she was the last one to trust me enough to allow me to pet her, I kept saying she was a big sissy. It actually took her 2 weeks before she would let me pet her.

She is still nervous around new people, but once she gets to know them she will come up for some loving right away! She loves attention.

She weighs 78 lbs and is 11 months old. She is leash trained and will sit when told.

She is spayed, current on all vaccinations and heart worm free. In addition she is on a monthly regiment of Iverheart and Advantix.

Rescue Efforts for Red

This is "Red". I started calling him "red" because when he was younger, the fur on top of his head looked red. He still has a red tint to his coat.

He is now 11 months old and we now believe they are Malamutes not huskies. He weighs in around 80 lbs. He is the protector of the pen and has a sweet, gentle nature.

He is leash trained and will sit for a treat. He is current on all of his vaccinations and is heart worm free. They are all on a monthly regiment of Iverheart and Advantix. He is scheduled to be neutered the second week of February.

Rescue Efforts Begin

As time went by the family began to feel more at home. "Papa" was even coming up to eat. The family would hang around after eating and lounge around and play.

By July, they had determined this was their new home and began to hang out and sleep overnight. But the neighbors were not happy. They complained about the pups getting their newspaper and tearing up their plants, so they called Animal Control.

I could not see allowing them to be taken and possibly "put down", so some of the others neighbors pooled together funds to purchase supplies for a pin. After obtaining permission from the landlord, volunteers came out and put up a 48' X 26' temporary pen. The day after completion, I fed them inside the pen and they all followed me. I took pictures and made fliers to find them homes. It wasn't until after the fliers were made that I discovered "Pop" is a white husky and "moma" we believe is a malamute.

Of the eight, 4 have been adopted and I hope to find homes for the remaining 4 (Red, Floppy, Sissy and Pop).