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Gentle Giant Eats Football
 Meet Bear
Bear loves to eat toys, his owners knew of this behavior, and yet he was allowed to chew on an old football without supervision. Bear ate the football. Sadly, Bear was left untreated by his owners for 4 days, unable to eat. Bear had lost a tremendous amount of weight and would surely have died if the owners had not surrendered him to rescue so that he could receive the surgery he needed.
The picture below, is the football inside of the intestinal tract, that's right, that is a football. While in surgery, the veterinarian also found many other foreign objects in Bears stomach that had not passed.
Because Bear has a tendency to eat his toys, it will be very important that his new home only provide him with toys that are indestructible so that Bear cannot ingest them.
Gracie & Mariah
Their heartbreaking story...
 The Great Dane Puppy's story turned into quite a saga. At first we thought we were dealing with a single 5 month old puppy with a leg injury.
When a volunteer picked the puppy up from the people (they met in the Costco parking lot) she was not well at all. Obviously more than a leg injury.
Gracie spent the night at the emergency clinic with supportive care, because she had some diarrhea at 5am we requested they run a Parvo test. The test was positive. The only contact person we had was the 18 year old daughter at that point but we were finally able to get in touch with the breeder. We asked them for the vaccination history. If she had been vaccinated within the week it could be a false positive, but it turned out she was last vaccinated in December. She got her vaccines at 6 weeks and 9 weeks and that was it! She never got her third booster at 12 weeks.
The following day we were again contacted by the 18 year daughter who said another puppy was sick and her parents were not doing anything about it. With lots of back and forth and having to draw it out of her we found out that there were two of Gracie's littermates still at the house plus the mom, the dad, and the mom dog was bred back and going to whelp another litter of puppies. We explained to the young girl that we needed to treat both remaining pups and the pups that were going to be born would most likely get parvo too if they were born into that same environment. (Parvo can hang around in the dirt and house for 6 months.) We called the breeders back and left messages, texted them and they would not respond. It was 1pm and we told them we would treat the two remaining pups but we had to get them to the vet by 3pm which is when they closed. No reply. At about 4pm Debra McCraw Long, was going crazy thinking about the 2nd and 3rd pups suffering and not being treated. Our plan was to call monterey county animal services in the AM to do a welfare check and get us the sick puppies to treat.
But Debra was afraid it'd be too late by morning. She researched on the internet and found the ad the breeders had placed on the internet (backpage.com) to sell the pups. The ad matched with the cell number we had for them. They had 12 puppies and were selling them for $750 each. There were 4 left according to the ad. At the same time I did a google search for the business and found an address that matched the cell number and emailed that to Debra. She did google earth and saw it was a residence and not a business (we were afraid that might be his office or something, but it was not).
So Debra went to the house of these people! She knocked on the door and said "Hi I'm from Big Dog Rescue, we have your pup and I'm here to get the other sick pup!" The man didn't get off the couch. Just sat there watching TV. The wife was at the door and very cooperative. These people have a nice house, a big ol' fancy truck, huge flat screen tv, and the sick pup was laid out flat, couldn't get up, out in the backyard which was covered with dog poop, laying there dying in the rain! Uggh!!! Horrendous.
They handed the pup over to Debra. We named the second pup, Mariah, not as sick as Gracie but clearly very depressed, lethargic and very thin. They were totally just going to let her die out there. AND they said another pup died a few days ago but they thought because it was bleeding out of it's butt it had eaten glass (can you believe that) Out there in the back yard alone, sick, and suffering until it died.
Debra said she'd like to help them get the pregnant female spayed. They said we can't spay her, she's pregnant. Debra said, oh yes we can and the wife said, "really? I'll call you tomorrow." Debra offered to pick up the mom, take her to get spayed, and return her. Hopefully that will happen. Debra is on it.
Monday, Debra got word that the third pup that she had left at the house was looking healthy, and was not showing signs, so the owner would not allow us to take the third pup, as of course it can still be sold.
Gracie was fighting for her life, she was so sick. We gave her the best medical care available including plasma transfusions but sadly this disease consumed her and she could fight no longer. Gracie passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
Mariah was also very sick but had showed signs of improvement. It was a bit of a roller-coaster ride with her, ups and downs. On April 15, 2010 it became clear that Mariah had developed pneumonia. She was having a very difficult time breathing and passed that evening.
So here we are, two beautiful girls lost to us because yet another backyard breeder cares only about making money. Puppies are not properly vaccinated, live in waste and are neglected.
This same story happens every day. There are laws that these breeders are required to follow, breeding and selling puppies is a business. They are required to collect and pay sales tax, they are required to report the income earned from the sale of these puppies on their taxes, but do they, NO they do not.
It is time they be held accountable and the law must be enforced. Big Dog Rescue would like to invite you to join our petition to end this abuse of the law and neglect of these animals. For more information, please contact cheryl@homelesshounds.us
 Cameo came into the shelter as a stray. The shelter vet informed us that she had bi-lateral entropian, cherry eye, and a large mass on her neck. Her surgery is expected to cost between $500-$700
As it turns out the mass is not a mass at all, but an abscess which is now draining. Cameo is on some heavy duty antibiotics and eye medication to keep her eyes comfortable while she awaits surgery. She is currently 100lbs but on the thin side, she walks really nice on leash and has a delightful personality.
Cameo's Donors
Donations made In Loving Memory of James Fuller III
Karen Clarkson
Lori Torkelson
Christine Marshall
Richard Yuen
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Obi was surrendered to an animal shelter because his owners were moving. After arriving at Big Dog Rescue we found that Obi had some undisclosed medical conditions.
He had bi-lateral ear infections and an out of control skin infection that was red and inflamed. He immediately went to our vet and is now being treated for both conditions.
Medical Goal HAS BEEN REACHED! $200.00
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Melissa came to us with a injured rear leg. She required an FHO so that she could regain the use of her leg.
Melissa has had her surgery and is now fully recovered and looking forward to finding her new home.
Big Dog Rescue would like to thank all of the generous people who
donated to her medical care.
Medical Goal $400.00
Angela Aquila-Tickler
Expressive Toys
Jae Ann Jeys
Michele Lagana
Cynthia Traxler
David Hodges
Cheryl Howlett
Healed up and Headed Home!
(my new home)
Davey's Donors
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Rhea is a 5 month old purebred Neo Mastif puppy that came to Big Dog Rescue from the Martinez Shelter.
Rhea has bi-lateral cherry eye that requires surgery.
MEDICAL GOAL REACHED
Thank you,
John & Barbara Gordon for your kind donation for Rhea's eye surgery
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