Saving Pets One at a TIme | Animal Rescue | Oceanside, CA http://spotsavespets.org Just another WordPress site Mon, 14 May 2012 00:13:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Danno..aka..Dancer is Adopted!!!! http://spotsavespets.org/danno-aka-dancer-is-adopted/ http://spotsavespets.org/danno-aka-dancer-is-adopted/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 23:54:52 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=744 Look at Danno with his new adoptive mom & dad Bob and Joan.  SPOT  rescued him  on December 15th..He was in 3 foster homes and John did a fantastic job with him as his foster for over 3 months!!!! Congrats to Danno and your new family!!!!!

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/danno-aka-dancer-is-adopted/feed/ 0 Althea Charity Connection Event http://spotsavespets.org/charity-connection-event/ http://spotsavespets.org/charity-connection-event/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 00:05:11 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=735 SPOT Rescue had an awesome the Charity Connection Event!! Althea was very accommodating and made the day very successful for SPOT!!! We thank you very much Tracy for letting us be a part of your event..and to Melisa for making the “connection”!!

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/charity-connection-event/feed/ 2 Shyla Adopted!!!! http://spotsavespets.org/shyla-adopted/ http://spotsavespets.org/shyla-adopted/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 23:25:19 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=730 Look at Shyla in her new home!!! She is hanging out with her new doggie brother, Waldo.  Thank you Terri for making her an addition to your family!!!!

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/shyla-adopted/feed/ 0 Look at Sammie!!!!! http://spotsavespets.org/look-at-sammie/ http://spotsavespets.org/look-at-sammie/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 02:38:09 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=699 I thought I’d let you know that Sammie has found her stride at our house. She runs like a nut and can now fearlessly negociate the stairs. Sam digs many holes in the backyard. Doesn’t dig to get out, but to find some kind of doggie treasures. She sure seems to enjoy doing it. She and Trevor, my boycocker, get along great. They don’t play together, but they are buddies.

She still can’t open her mouth all the way, but is happy to play fetch with stuffed toys. She pounces on the toy and shakes the heck out of it. Sam is still on the thin side, despite increasing her food amount. But is holding her own at 23-25#s.

We love Samantha mucho and cannot thank SPOT enough for saving her. She sleeps in bed with us, as does Trevor. I need a bigger bed! It’s all good. Sam is the BEST. 

Hope that all is well with you guys and your furkids.

Regards,

Sally

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/look-at-sammie/feed/ 0 SOCIAL SCENE: Outback hits the ‘SPOT’ with fundraiser http://spotsavespets.org/social-scene-outback-hits-the-spot-with-fundraiser/ http://spotsavespets.org/social-scene-outback-hits-the-spot-with-fundraiser/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:47:58 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=619 Saving Pets One at a Time, better known as SPOT, held its annual Outback Steakhouse luncheon Feb. 11 at the Oceanside location.  SPOT saves homeless, treatable, trainable, manageable and misdiagnosed dogs and cats in North County that are at risk for euthanasia. The goal is to find loving homes for each animal.  To date, SPOT has placed 524 pets. Although it takes all pets, it has a particular interest in special-needs animals like Parker —- a week-old puppy found in a park in a paper bag. Parker is now grown and healthy and living in his forever home.

Outback proprietor Janice Koehler opened her doors to the group and provided the food and nonalcoholic beverages. Her staff worked for tips only. SPOT supporters bought tickets to offer members of the military and their families.  Information on how much money was raised was not available.

 Click here to see more.. http://www.nctimes.com/lifestyles/relationships-and-special-occasions/social-scene-outback-hits-the-spot-with-fundraiser/article_50c8f0ac-b107-5a6f-9dce-8ddfbe16976e.html

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/social-scene-outback-hits-the-spot-with-fundraiser/feed/ 0 Congratulations Spirit on your new home!!!! http://spotsavespets.org/congratulations-spirit-on-your-new-home/ http://spotsavespets.org/congratulations-spirit-on-your-new-home/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:01:19 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=545     Spirit was scheduled to be put down at a local shelter but SPOT took her and gave her the time to relax and learn to not be shy…And low and behold….she was adopted by a loving family in Laguna Niguel.  Here’s Spirit with big brother Robbie, and dad and mom Mike and Nora.

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]]> http://spotsavespets.org/holly-is-adopted/feed/ 0 Look at Pepper!!!! http://spotsavespets.org/look-at-pepper/ http://spotsavespets.org/look-at-pepper/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:57:21 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=535 Pepper was adopted last May from SPOT—this is his playtime with his feline sister!

Click here to see Pepper Play!!!

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/look-at-pepper/feed/ 0 Ross’s First Birthday!!! http://spotsavespets.org/rosss-first-birthday/ http://spotsavespets.org/rosss-first-birthday/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:56:54 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=527 He’ll always be “our puppy” but he is an official big boy now.  1 year old and 97 pounds.  We took him to Dexter’s Deli today and bought a doggy birthday cake.  He loves the frosting but not so much the cake.  Thank you, SPOT, for making it possible by getting him off of death row when he was 5 months old.

Elaine

]]> http://spotsavespets.org/rosss-first-birthday/feed/ 0 Sammie’s Adoption Story http://spotsavespets.org/sammies-adoption-story/ http://spotsavespets.org/sammies-adoption-story/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:23:16 +0000 GregD http://spotsavespets.org/?p=521  I pulled two teenage kittens from the Palomar Shelter last Thursday afternoon and right before I left to go get them there was an e-mail from Cathy at the Palomar shelter saying an owner had just turned in his 7 year old purebred American Shorthair Classic Silver tabby boy kitty named Sammie. I talked to Lori, she gave me the go ahead,  and he didn’t even have to spend one night there.  It wasn’t until we got him out of the cage at his new foster home that I noticed something wrong with his right eye. Nothing was mentioned about it in his kennel card. Jamie came and took pictures and it really showed up in them. Concerned,  we made an appointment for him to see Dr. Haver.

We took him to Surfside Monday evening to see about his eye. Dr. Haver said it could be one of 6 different things, including an infection, a bad tooth, or maybe even cancer. He really doesn’t think it’s cancer so prescribed an antibiotic plus eye drops everyday for 10 days. He said if there is no improvement in a week to bring him back in and they would sedate him and take an x-ray of a tooth in the back that has a lot of tarter.
So today Lori gets a call right as she’s going into a school classroom to talk to the kids about the importance of spaying and neutering. so she gives the man my number to call and he did immediately. He was very interested in Sammie. He and his wife lost there 15 year old American Shorthair boy named Sterling 6 weeks ago and when they saw Sammie’s picture on Craig’s List the wife told her husband to please get that cat for us. Long story shot, this wonderful retired couple adopted Sammie today. I fully disclosed everything going on with his health including the fact that there was a small chance this could be cancer. They came all the way from El Cajon at 4:30 in the afternoon. They had been hoping to adopt a two or three year old cat but I truly think it was love at first sight and I gave them a big group hug when they said they wanted him. I could tell they already loved him. They were such a nice couple and Sammie (new name to be Finnegan) which is one of my favorite Ire names, went home with them. They spent well over 1000.00 taking care of Sterling with sub Q fluids, etc. but they were willing to take the risk and adopt Sammie.

I knew you would want to know about the happy ending for this fellow. He will never be turned into a shelter again.

Take care-

Jan

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