update on GA pugs

Well the time has come and some of them are being adopted:) hooray. Poor baxter with his limited vision is still here- a hit among those that meet him = but still here. I hope someone opens up their heart and adopts this special man!

we recently saved 7 pugs from being killed in PA. PA anti puppymill law went into effect causing widespread chaos- amish simply sold their dogs and shipped them to the amish in Ohio. Those they could not sell were just euthanized by their vets that were told to come out and put them down! Preggo dogs, pups, young, old did not matter. Luckily the vet we work with refused and so Liz was very busy working with rescues to take in the dogs he saved! hooray and well done. These 7 pugs came in this way - together we saved Krista, Brent, Cinnamon, Puggles, Hailey, Kathie Lee and Tony. Krista and Brent come out this weekend as we could not transport all 7 at the same time.

I recently heard from our treasurer that our vet bills are already at 90K for the year to date. BLOWS my mind totally! Its been a crazy year for sure. Thanks to all of you that helped get us through this toughie!

Miss Daisy the emaciated 12 yr old from GA continues to gain weight and is fighting a stomach problem so we hope and pray she continues to get stronger. she is the sweetest hospice baby girl we have. Blind and deaf and still skinny but gaining slow but sure and being loved unconditionally! Thats what its all about!

I am recovering from shoulder surgery and head back to work next monday the 26th- back to the chaos of work:) lol a Huge part of me cant' wait as I am bored at home. Rachel Ray has become my addiction in the am:) its time to get back to work!!

much love to you all

Karen

update on gmpr pugs

Baxter actually is the worst of the bunch pain wise. He lost 23 teeth! He was diagnosed with level 4 periodontal disease too! He is on only soft food for a while till his stitches heal and dissolve. His vet bills are already over $1,000.00 since coming into GMPR. These are on top of the vetting done in GA.

Miss Daisy is the 11 yr old pug that was said to have at LEAST 20 litters came to us too emaciated to stand and her bones sticking out. After 3 days of several small feedings she weighed 11 lbs. she had to let out her harness a couple of times too so who knows how tiny she was to begin with. she can't have her spay till we get some weight on her and work on building up her immune system!

Several pugs still were infested with fleas and ticks while others had just one or two- weird seeing how they were all treated at least 2x prior to transport. So we continue to treat and shampoo with dawn dish soap to kill the fleas.

They are starting to come out of their shells too.

stay tuned for more- here is a pic of Axel at the pug social:)

Pugs are here finally! safe and sound!

At 4:30 this am the alarm went off and up we were- ready and excited to see the 24 pugs that we talked about non stop till their arrival. Darin and I arrived at 7:45 am into Brattleboro to meet our transport bus with the lucky 24 on board.

These lucky few were taken from a GA puppymill. A guardian angel of a rescue woman down there Cindy took them into her kennel. I worked with Curly Tail Pug Rescue and Precious Pug Rescue and Adoption to formalize which pug was going to what rescue. MY heartfelt thanks goes out to both groups for working with me to save them. We all worked with Cindy and got them all vetted except for one.

Miss Daisy as we are calling her is 11 yrs old and blind and deaf and has severe arthritis and cant run well at all. Still her soul is happy and she is so loved. She will be a hospice child where she is now. Her foster mom Carol is feeding her great food which she loves and we hope to put a lot of weight on her. She is totally skin and bones!!:( Just makes you cry to see her like that.

This group of pugs had some that were blind, missing eyes, had demodex mange etc.. They are definitely a needy bunch.

MANY thanks to all of you who donated to help cover the transport fees, that donated toys to this needy bunch and sent harnesses for these babies to have to wear home!

Stay tuned as they continue to learn what being a pug is all about. What it is SUPPOSED to be like! Thanks for your support- and tell everyone about these pugs- we now have like 28 pugs looking for homes! 3 more arrive from pa puppymills tomorrow!

hugs
karen
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