Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Help Needed

The Animal Pad OH/IN/KY Branch has agreed to help out with numerous dogs in need. A majority of them have no financial backing, and thus far we only have $30.00 pledged for a litter of five orphaned puppies. We will have more puppies coming in over the next two weeks from a hoarding case, and are looking for foster homes, monetary donations, and supplies (food, puppy pads, beds, blankets, towels, treats, toys, etc.).

We will need to provide vetting for the five puppies arriving today (11/21), along with spays/neuters, deworming, vaccinations, and so on. In addition to these puppies, we were asked if we could take a little yorkie boy who had an adopter, but after health problems were discovered, they were unable to take him without knowing for sure the extent of his condition(s).

We know that this poor boy is in pain, he needs a full dental and numerous extractions. Also, that he may have bladder stones, or some type of intestinal infection, blockage, or similar. He will need to have labwork done, X-rays, and whatever else to get him a diagnosis and treatment. I have left the ChipIn blank for this reason. Any over-payment will be used toward the rescue of the hoarding case puppies.

Please help as you are able to, and never apologize for an amount, donations of any size are needed and greatly appreciated!

Below are pictures of the sick yorkie and the orphan puppies who are coming to us today. Once we receive pictures of the hoarding case puppies, we will post those here, too.

Please use this ChipIn link to make a donation: http://theanimalpad.chipin.com/november-kentucky-rescues





Sunday, November 4, 2012

Transport Recommendation

When I recommend Royce for transport, I normally share pictures of her setup. Sadly she doesn't have them compiled in an album somewhere (cough cough), and they're scattered on Facebook in her mobile uploads. I figured I'd make a post here and add the pictures, so that way I can link this to people and not have to hunt down picture links on Facebook.

We have used Royce before to transport, and were very pleased with everything. I (Lori) personally know Royce and have paired up to do some adoption events with her, and can say that I have first-hand experience with seeing how well she cares for these dogs. They all had impeccably clean large crates, comfy beds, blankets, bully sticks, and the best chow (raw steak, steamed veggies - they eat better than I do).

The worst thing I heard someone say about her is that she was late. Well, I'd like to say that it's the rescues (people like me, sadly) that cause this. On a multi-dog transport, if we are all even 15 minutes late, we can cause her to be several hours late and sadly, she takes the flack for it.

Anyway, you won't find any transport that offers such a safe, caring, and comfortable setup for your dogs. She has amazingly good pricing, too. As you'll see in the pictures, the dogs are in spacious crates, and provided with beds, clean linens, she also uses hospital bands to properly ID each dog/crate (love this), and even has a little stretching/potty area. If you check out the Angels N Paws Rescue page, you'll see pics from her transports. Those pictures show her at parks, hotel/motels, etc. walking the dogs, letting them stretch, potty, and play, and all of the things we all worry and wonder about if they happen or not on transport. She also does not transport alone, so someone is always there to check on the pups while the other drives.

If you're interested in transport, shoot her an EMAIL (<--click there for email).

Below are pictures of her setup. I added some from when she first got the vehicle, and when she hired a company to install ac/vents in the back for the pups, and then pics showing the crates, beds, water bowls, clean linens, potty area, etc..

 Maybe there's a nice company out there we could band together and find to donate a bitchin' paint job?!

AC being installed

 The beginning of one of the nicest rescue transports that exists

 Crates are safely fastened!

 The loo, under construction

 Comfy setups for the doggies

Huge piles of id bands and clean linens 

 Lavatory / Loo

 Crates with bands to identify the doggies

Clean beds, blankets, and stainless water bowls 

Comfy passengers napping


Royce, thank you from all of us at The Animal Pad for taking such wonderful care of Sarah and all of the other dogs you've helped to save, and transport. If a picture can say a thousand words, these pictures have a lot of words that describe how much you care about dogs. You've invested so much of your time, and obviously money, into creating this beautiful "Dog Limousine".