Tiny puppies hit by car - please help Rocket Dog Rescue!

[Guest guest]

[Tammy, Chris and all, I hope you will indulge me if this is considered

off topic for the list, but I couldn't let this post from my friend

Pali go by without forwarding it. I deleted a darling photo - email me

privately if you want to see it - of tiny Scooter with the cast on his

leg. Pali does amazing work and is always living hand to mouth herself

for the sake of the dogs, and sometimes cats, she and her friends

rescue. Please help if you can, or at least forward this to any lists

or friends you think might be able to. Thanks. Janice]

 

Hello all-

 

First, let me start by saying that Rocket Dog Rescue saves a TON of

dogs that no one hears about that need medical care- We fundraise and

get our vet bills paid and just go about the business of saving more

dogs- I would never send out a plea for help unless we really needed

it!

 

Three puppies, about 5 months old, weighing only 5 pounds each.. were

struck by a car a few days ago.  The car did not stop, check on the

puppies, or call for help.

Tragically, one baby had been killed at the scene, one had a broken

leg, one was not hurt.

(later he was diagnosed with a serious  illness)

 

The ACC officers that picked them up fell instantly in love with

them..they held them for as long as they could, hoping that who ever

had lost them would come to claim them- no one ever came. The shelter

began to fill up and the pups were in danger of being put down. The

shelter called Rocket Dog Rescue asking for us to save them, and we

did! (along with 6 others who were to be put down that day..all on the

euthanasia list- it was a good day!)

 

These pups are so incredibly sweet! I have never seen a happier couple

of pups; they act as if nothing bad had ever touched them, they are so

full of joy and trust.

 

The boy with the broken leg is named “Scooter”…

He bounces, and spins around your feet and loves to play with all dogs,

big, or small!

 

The other sibling, “Peanut” (who was not hurt by the vehicle), was

diagnosed by our vet

After we rescued him, with a congenital heart disorder that will kill

him if he does not have surgery.

This puppy is very special, his favorite thing is to jump in your lap

and cover your face  with tiny butterfly kisses, he is so full of love

for life and we want to offer him that chance.

With the surgery this nice dog will live a completely healthy and long

life.

If you held peanut in your arms for even a second, you would see how

wonderful he is..he just gazes into your eyes with his sparkly deep

brown eyes.. and ..well..there is so much love there..its just bursting

out of him..you cannot help but fall for him.

He is a gentle and genuinely good dog, I cannot let him die from this...

 It’s a terrible feeling...

 

We are asking for help with the veterinary care to help these two

special needs dogs, and other special medical cases like theirs. If you

are able, we need your help with this bill!!

 

No matter what- the pups are safe, we will keep them in our care until

they are placed in homes- (They will never go back to a shelter or be

put down for lack of funds) hopefully  we will pull together enough of

the funds to get Peanuts surgery right away- and then pay the rest off

as we fundraise more..

 

 

Rocket Dog Rescue steps in to save the dogs that others may not.. Dogs

who are to be put down in shelters,  the cases of extreme neglect,

abuse, trauma and with no hope of rescue.

We are an all volunteer organization (and happy to be so) and we are

funded completely on donations..we are a 501(C3) non-profit so

donations are tax deductible- any amount will help!!!

 

PLEASE HELP! Pass this on to others who may be interested in

donating-(please)

We save so many wonderful animals- and many of them are special cases

or need medical attention.. these two pups are but a few of the

hundreds that we save in a year- we just don’t have the funds available

right now so I am asking for help..

 

Thank you so much for any help and for caring for those who are in need,

 

Pali Boucher

 

Rocket Dog Rescue

P.O. Box 460826

San Francisco

CA 94146

 

www.rocketdogrescue.org  (you can donate on-line through pay-pal as

well)

 

P.S.

Please check out our website- we have so many really great dogs for

adoption right now- we will have an adoption fair this

 Sunday (6-18-06) at

 Castro and 18th Street

 ( in front of Bank  of America),

San Francisco, from 12-4.

 Stop by and meet Scooter (Peanut will not be there because he will be

home staying quiet..) and all of our other dogs and very cool

volunteers!

You are awesome!! Thank you!

 

 

To donate to any of our Rocket Dog Rescue funds, just

below. From there you can choose whether you want to help our Special

Needs Dogs, help with our efforts to build our own shelter (Urban

Sanctuary), or just contribute to our General Rocket Dog fund. Thanks

so much!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Janice and everyone

 

Janice, thanks for asking and being thoughtful about use of the mailing

list. Just to respond whether this is considered off topic or not -- short

answer: this is relevant.

 

Slightly longer answer: The primary purpose of the list is

vegetarian/animal rights but animal rescue, housing requests, etc. are also

a secondary purpose. So, yes, it's fine to post about rescue groups in the

broader SF Bay Area and their efforts to help local critters .. Or, if it's

a local event to help animals. There just needs to be some local tie-in

since this is a local resource. As a reference, there's the posting

guidelines at http://bayareaveg.org/posts.htm

 

On a very related topic -- we don't allow events where meat is served to be

promoted and posted, even when it benefits an animal group (which is more

typical of animal welfare and conservation groups). If the intent to get

activists to protest an event that is serving meat, that's different and is

okay.

 

I think for those of us who are already veg, it can be a big surprise (and

disappointment) to learn that many local animal welfare & conservation

groups serve meat at their events. If anyone is actively involved with

animal rescue groups, ask them to adopt an official vegan or vegetarian

policy for their events. Animal Place has a " Food for Thought " campaign

around this that can provide more info:

 

http://www.animalplace.org/food.html

 

Cheers,

Tammy

 

 

 

Janice Rothstein [gata]

Tiny puppies hit by car - please help Rocket Dog Rescue!

 

[Tammy, Chris and all, I hope you will indulge me if this is considered off

topic for the list, but I couldn't let this post from my friend Pali go by

without forwarding it. I deleted a darling photo - email me privately if you

want to see it - of tiny Scooter with the cast on his leg. Pali does amazing

work and is always living hand to mouth herself for the sake of the dogs,

and sometimes cats, she and her friends rescue. Please help if you can, or

at least forward this to any lists or friends you think might be able to.

Thanks. Janice]