2010 CSRNE CALENDAR
 

 
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Frankie and Sunny – Miracle at a Campground...The animal control officer found both Sunny and Frankie at a local campground on a freezing cold day in early March. Both of them were skin and bones - in fact you could count every bone on Sunny’s spine. They were filthy dirty, severly matted, and starving, but so very glad that help had finally come. Both dogs went right up to the dog officer – Sunny barely able to walk – their stubby tails were wagging furiously.
No one knew how long they had been abandon but it was long enough for them to become emaciated. The questions is…how on earth did these two older cockers survive.     Read more...

Quincy – The people driving near the blue pickup truck were horrified as they watched the truck slow down and someone push a cocker out on the side of the road. The truck then sped away.
Fortunately, there wasn’t a lot of traffic and the cocker was so dazed and confused he didn’t try to run away.
The kind people who saw all this stopped and coaxed him into their car; they immediately took him to the Animal Control Officer (ACO) who called us. Read more...

Licorice – Shortly after Quincy was abandoned we received a call to help another cocker who had also been abandoned.
Licorice is only 6 months old but he was found shivering and frightened near a busy road. It was easy to see why he was so thoughtlessly cast out. Licorice had two large, unsightly “cherry eyes.”  Sometimes backyard breeders can’t sell pups with this condition and just discard them.
Thank goodness he was found by a kind passerby who took him to the local ACO and she called us. Read more...

Molly – When our volunteer, Linda, picked up Molly on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 she was horrified. All 4 of her legs were encased in cement-hard mats, she couldn’t put any weight on her right front foot and the awful smell was overpowering. It was obvious that Molly was a very sick dog and in a lot of pain. Linda rushed Molly to her vet who said that it was the worse case of neglect that he had ever seen.   As of Feb. 2, 2009 it took 6 days of highly specialized veterinary care and $4,641.14 to save Molly.     Read more...

Tucker is a 7-year old buff and white neutered male. He is a typical cocker with chronic ear infections.  Upon arriving in foster care it was determined Tucker had more medical problems than just chronic ear infections.  His foster mom noticed he limped when he walked and growled if his rump and hind legs where touched. Tucker was taken to our orthopedic vet for x-rays and was diagnosed with severe hip dysplasia, arthritis, and luxating patellas.  The damage to his hips is irreversible thus making surgery not a good option. Tucker is now on a ‘strength training’ regiment of daily leash walks, which appears to be helping and is given twice daily doses of Glucosamine. Jan. 8, 2009 -  Total veterinary cost to date $1,901.35.

Adopted

The Arkansas Cockers: In December, we received an urgent call from a shelter in Arkansas. They had three young, friendly cockers who had all tested positive for heartworm disease. The shelter could not afford to treat these cockers. They had called other more local rescue organizations but did not receive any reply. Finally, the shelter manager heard about CSRNE and called asking if we could possibly help these three very adoptable dogs. Of course we said “yes.”

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