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Animals Helped by Sammie's Friends
in 2006 (Page 1)
During
2006, 196 animals were helped by Sammie's Friends
at a cost of over $61,000.
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Tiny
was a 4-month-old kitty who came to the shelter with a swollen
head from some type of trauma which rendered the kitty totally
blind in one eye and nearly blind in the other. The shelter
staff was on the brink of euthanizing her, thinking she was
unsalvageable. Thanks to one AC officer and Sammie's Friends she
is now doing much better and living with a wonderful couple
where she will have a long and happy life, even though she has
very limited vision. |
| Daisy
was a little sweet and abused pup that needed to be spayed,
vaccinated, and treated for some skin problems, and off she went
to a great new home. She is indeed one love bug of a pup. |
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Monty
is a big old guy who came to us pretty weather-beaten and very
hungry and with some very bad teeth. He got his teeth cleaned
and three very rotten teeth pulled. He is doing great.
Monty
needs a home. He will be your loyal friend forever if you adopt
him. |
| Domino,
an unbelievably handsome chow/mastiff mix, was rescued from
another shelter and vaccinated, neutered and sent off to the
Happy Hound Hotel in the state of Washington. |
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Willow
is a kitty who had been shot in the eye with some type of pellet
gun. She had a chronic infection and ultimately needed her eye
removed. She was blessed with a great foster mom who cared for
her for a long time. She has now been adopted and is doing very
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Dixie,
a spunky little Doxie, came to the shelter with a deteriorated
disc and was kind of dragging her rear end. First we wanted to
help with a little cart for her. Unfortunately, the person who
was going to help with that never showed up. Our second plan was
to take her to a special vet for acupuncture. This helped Dixie
and she was soon chasing kitties as fast as she could go. We
don't support dogs chasing kitties but since she couldn't catch
them, it was a pleasure to see her up and moving. We also paid
for treatment of her urinary tract infection. |
| Nica,
Misha, and Tasha are three dogs who needed treatment for
heartworm. Sammie's Friends was able to help, and they are fine
now and are on heartworm prevention so they won't be getting
that nasty parasite again. |
| Bella
was a 10-year-old tabby kitty much loved by her Mama. She was
taken to the vet, and in spite of the best care, Bella died of
kidney failure. God bless her little soul. She is at peace.
We
were glad we could help a little to make it easier for sweet
Bella. |
| A
little Chihuahua came to the shelter and had such bad teeth that
he was in misery. Sammie's Friends paid for a few extractions
and a teeth cleaning, and he's a happy boy now. Also, Sammie paid
for the neuter. |
| Pixie
Ann is a cattle dog mix who had a foxtail in her side. She had
had two previous surgeries, and the foxtail could not be found.
Her family had no more money to spend on her, so Sammie's Friends
helped out. Dr. Michael Trapani, the surgical wizard at For The
Love of Pets, found the foxtail and lots of pus inside Pixie
Ann. She is doing just great now, and her family is very happy.
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Landsbury
was treated for an infection in her ears and given some ointment
for them, and she was good to go. Landsbury was
adopted by a very nice person in a wheelchair, and Landsbury is
learning to be a service dog. We are proud of them both. |
| Tux
was a kitty run over by a car and left in the bushes to die.
Someone took the kitty to Grass Valley Vet and got her bones
mended, and now she is fine and has been adopted.
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 This
little doggie named Sammy will need a condylectomy to fix his jaw.
He was
born with a deformity and then was either run over or kicked and
his jaw was broken and his skull fractured. This surgery will
cost around $2200. He needs to have this done soon, as he is a
growing pup. You can see his face is moving sideways.
Part of
the face can grow and the other part can't. He cannot open his
mouth, but has figured out a way to eat. Sammie's Friends has
taken on the responsibility for the medical bills of this little
guy.
Update: Hi
to Sammy's Fan Club!
The
update on Sammy is that he had his surgery on Wednesday, March 8
at Loomis Basin. He had a condylectomy and also had to have a
plate put in his jaw to allow it to be realigned. He has been
eating up a storm and running around like a wild child since his
surgery. He has been wearing a pain patch and it is probably the
first time in his life he hasn't been in pain, so the boy is
feeling pretty good. The surgeon was able to get his mouth open
about 25%. He had hoped for 20%, so he exceeded what he thought he
could do. He believes that Sammy will be able to have a fine
life.
Many
thanks to everyone who contributed funds towards Sammy's
surgery. Many thanks for prayers and good thoughts directed his
way, as well.
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| Princess
was a stray kitty who wandered into someone's yard with a
number of injuries, with the most expensive injury being a
fractured leg. The people who found her were kind enough
to keep her, and asked Sammie's Friends to help with some of the
bills. Sammie was happy to do that. Princess is an older
kitty and must have known whose yard to land in.
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 Twiggy
was a poor mama dog with seven pups in the Kern County Animal
Shelter, destined for death for sure. A brilliant volunteer
sent out the saddest looking picture we have ever seen.
Cheryl worked diligently to get her and her pups out of that
shelter. Two of the Nevada County Shelter volunteers drove
to Bakersfield (700 miles round trip) to pick her up, and our
wonderful Dawn of NewDawn
Rescue
took Twiggy and the pups in and raised them.
Nevada County Animal Shelter provided some food for them and a
place for Twiggy to stay while the puppies were being weaned.
AnimalSave
paid for the spaying and neutering. Sammie's Friends has
paid for some equipment to help with the training of Twiggy, and
will pay her airfare to her new home in Seattle, Washington.
The seven pups have all been adopted. The whole community
rallied to help this little girl, and as a result she will have a
good life. Thanks to so many and especially to Dawn for
taking her in.
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| Skipper
is one cute pup. Sammie's Friends is paying for her
to have surgery for her entropian which causes the eyelids
and eyelashes to roll inward, causing scarring of the cornea.
Taken to the most extreme, this would cause blindness. Skipper
is very sweet and deserves to be adopted by someone very
special. (Don't they all??)
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 Spencer
was rescued from a high kill shelter. He is in good health,
but had a little kennel cough and needed to be neutered, and had a
little irritation on his leg and a possible ear infection.
This is one sweet dog that Sammie was happy to help. He
has been adopted and is now named Cody.
Here
is an excerpt from Dixie Redfearn's Column The
Reader's Corner in the Union newspaper of
March 31st:
Thank you, Cheryl Wicks!
This public thank-you was sent in by
Judy and Jerry Wilson. "I would like to thank Cheryl Wicks
for her effort and drive to bring us our new family member:
Cody. I called a message number in the paper and within 12
hours, we were contacted by Cheryl. We were introduced to Cody
(AKA Spencer) and fell in love with the little guy. We've had
our Cody for almost four weeks and he has brought so much
pleasure to our family. We would also like to thank the Foster
Mother, Carolyn, for all her compassion and love with Cody.
Our
Cody is Yellow Lab/Shar-pei with the sweetest disposition and a
very inquisitive personality and well behaved. Thank you for
saving Cody. We would just like the NC community to know Sammie's
Friends is a wonderful organization. Please send donations to
Sammie's
Friends c/o NC Shelter."
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Plum
is an old kitty from the shelter living in an ongoing foster
home. She has stomatitus and will take a small dose of
clavamox and eat special food until her time is up. She is
a very sweet kitty and Sammie is happy to support her through
her golden years. They are golden because she has
what she needs to feel well and she gets the love she needs.
Update:
Precious Plum passed over the Rainbow Bridge in May, 2006.
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| Hopper
is a cute little Shar-pei who had cherry-eye (prolapsed gland of
the third eyelid) and also entropian, which causes the eyelids
and eyelashes to roll inward, causing scarring of the cornea.
Taken to the most extreme, this would cause blindness. Hopper
also needed some de-worming and treatment for his diarrhea.
He has been adopted and is doing well.
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 Java
was picked up by Animal Control after neighbors had complained
about how poorly this dog was being cared for. Java was gotten
from Rottweiller Rescue six years ago and given to a 13-year-old
for a grade-school graduation present. The girl is now 19 and
has completely neglected the dog. Java has heartworm, demodectic
mange and secondary skin infections, low thyroid, and was just
about starved to death. Sammie's Friends is paying for Java's
treatments for all of these conditions, and Java will be put up for
adoption when she is fully recovered. In the meantime, she is
happily living with a foster Mom and getting very good care.
 After
10 weeks of recovery at her foster care home, look at Java now!
After
having good medical attention for her heartworm and demodectic
mange, skin infections and low thyroid, Java has made a
spectacular recovery. Though she still needs more treatment, she
has improved so much that she will be available for adoption
soon. Sammie's Friends is so glad that we were able to help this
sweet girl. Many thanks to her foster Mom, Barbara Graves.
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Nikko
was in a high kill shelter and was going to be euthanized
because he had a broken femur (broken in three places). Sammie's
Friends came to the rescue and paid for his surgery with Dr.
Trapani at For the Love of Pets. He is in a foster home and
doing just great. He will be adopted and have a good home
forever. How could you not want to help him? He is so precious
and cute.
An
update on Nikko: He was stolen by his foster mom who took him to
Everett, Washington. If seen, we would like to know about it.
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| Tribble
is a little dog who came to the shelter with a very large
mammary tumor. She was not feeling too well. She has now had the
tumor removed and is on the mend. She is in a foster home and
will soon go to a rescue. She is getting the love and attention
and affection she deserves now.
The
likelihood of developing a mammary gland tumor increases with
each heat a female dog goes through. This is a very good reason
to have your dog spayed.
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