Hello everyone and hope you all had a wonderful Easter Holiday weekend.
Just checking in with everyone and to give you a little update on what is happening here.
Princess the poor starved little girl is still with us. She is just as sweet as can be but still has a LONG road ahead of her. Her new mommy is tube feeding her every two hours day and night. She is finally going potty on her own. It is pretty sad when we get so excited to see a dog go potty but when you haven't seen her go in weeks because she didn't have anything to let out because her body was taking it all in, that is really sad and exciting at the same time. There were a couple of "scares" when she did have to get rushed to the vet, but each time she was able to come back home again. The previous family is in a little bit of trouble now. I do not want to get into too much detail but lets just say that he has a court date now! We would like to thank everyone for keeping her in your prayers. I am sure that is helping.
On a lighter note, we have many new additions to the Waggin' Tails family that are looking for homes. Some are local owner surrenders and others are from shelters. We just can't help ourselves when we see those little faces and attached is a "death date". Each night I just want to take them all in and it is the hardest thing in the world to do when you have to choose. I know that I/we can not save them all and I do not pretend to believe that we can. But there are many days that I wish that we could. Our entire group feels the same way.
So................ let me ask you all a question. If there was a low cost shot clinic in the capital district would you go? And if so what is the distance that you would be willing to travel to get there? We are in the process of putting one together but would like your thought on this. Here is what is slowing us down. A place to do it!! We do not need much room and we already have a vet that has agreed to do it for us. However we do not have a place to be able to set up shop twice a month. What we are looking for is a store, business or someplace that we can be indoor and set up a couple of tables (actually three tables). We would like to have about 4 plus hours every other Monday. We would not be able to rent/pay for this time unfortunately due to the fact that we are a not-for-profit. But you would be able to write your time and space off as a donation. We would like it to be in an easy to get to/find location. A fire house or school gym or something like that would be perfect. Please if you know of anyplace and/or would like more information contact me and I would be happy to give you more details.
We are also still seeking foster homes. As you can see, we are full again!! Most of our foster homes are doubled up right now and we are totally fresh out of space and getting calls every day asking for our help. I know that i sound like a broken record on this subject, but foster homes are so very important. No rescue or shelter can do what they do without the wonderful foster home volunteers.
Well, I guess that is all for tonight.
Have a great night!!

I know that it was just days ago that I posted our monthly updates. However there has been a situation that has occurred that I feel you should all know about.
A wonderful young girl and a great foster home of ours has taking in (via surrender) a wonderful little girl named Princess. This little girl is a one year old AmStaff Terrier (aka Pit Bull). She is one of the sweetest things you would ever want to meet. Unfortunately, this little girl was not taken care of as she was named by her owners.
Princess should weigh about 60lbs and currently weighs 27. You can only imagine what we have seen and how she looks. This little girl would not have lived a few more days if it wasn't for the heroic action of this wonderful young lady who jumped to the opportunity to help this little girl survive.
It started something like this:
The owners brought her to the vet because she was getting sick (throwing up). They said it had just started a couple of days ago. She hadn't eaten in a couple of days because she couldn't keep anything down. She was rushed into the back and put immediately on IV fluids. The owners said that they "could not afford the vet bill" and asked for a couple of days to come up with some of it. The vet agreed telling them that there was no way that their dog would be able to go home for a few days at the least. After numerous tests, it was determined that she would need surgery to save her life. The owners were contacted also numerous times and leaving messages. Not a return call was made. Finally on day four they were finally contacted and told what needed to be done. They proceeded to curse and more at the staff and showed up doing the same. They said that the dog was fine and that they were not going to get paid. They finally agreed to surrender Princess to the vet clinic. At that time, this wonderful young lady was working part time at this same clinic. We got the call that the clinic was going to give her the dog (sign her over to her as the new owner). We then rushed her to Latham Emergency Clinic where more tests were done. At midnight she then left with Princess and took her to Tufts in MA where Princess currently still is staying. She has seen many many specialists and just today made it through her surgery. HURRAY!! It has been determined that all of her issues were due to starvation. Though weak and still has a fight ahead of her Princess manages to be in good spirits and even wagging her tail. However still has a hard time sleeping unless her new owner is there. This young lady is in her early 20's, working part time at the clinic, also working part time else where and going to school full time over an hour away. Still she finds the time and the gas money to drive each day to be with Princess.
She told me the other day that with the bill so far (this was two days ago and before the surgery) she could have bought a new car. I still don't know what the total is. She is doing everything to try and raise some money to cover the cost of this poor little girl.
We have already helped with the initial emergency costs but she still has a long way to go.
I am calling out to you all to help us help her help Princess. Please consider donating to Princess's care via our pay pal. We can also accept MC/Visa over the phone as well as mailing in a check. Any little amount will help. Please note in the memo for Princess and it will go directly to her care.
We do have pictures which you can only imagine how horrid they are to look at. We have not posted them on our site because we know that there are many children that look and unfortunately, these are not for the eyes of young ones.
I personally would like to thank you all in advance for any help you could give.