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To help find
loving, stable homes for dogs; if no permanent home can
immediately be
found, we strive to provide facilitate a
safe haven or foster home
for rescued pooches.
January 18,
2010 Update
Frozen Dog Receives
Mouth-to-Mouth During Surgery, But Survives
Meagan Kelleher, Fox 4 News
Web Producer
MISSION, KAN -
There was some good news Monday for a Chow that
nearly froze to death after being left outside
over the weekend.
Peaches had surgery at The Pet Connection in
Mission Monday morning. The vet said she had
been hit by a car and suffered kidney damage and
extensive bruising to her belly. Her uterus was
also infected and had to be removed.
Peaches also had eye surgery for a painful
eyelid condition that could have eventually
caused her to go blind. Pet Connection said they
nearly lost Peaches during the surgery.
"She was on the table, her heart stopped," Jason
Huff said. "She quit breathing and she turned
purple. Started mouth-to-mouth. Thirty seconds
later she was back with us."
Peaches is expected to recover from her
surgeries. The vet is still waiting to see what
kind of long term damage she suffered because of
being left out in the cold for so long.
If Peaches doesn't find a home in the metro, a
rescue organization in Minnesota has agreed to
take her.
If you'd like to adopt Peaches, contact Pet
Connection at (913) 671-7387.
Click here to read this story on fox4kc.com
Dec 3,
2009 Update
Rescued Dog Saves Family From Fire
SPERRY, OK -- A
Sperry family says their dog is a
holiday hero. He
woke them up after
some food left on the stove caught
fire.
Red, a not-so-cuddly
looking dog, is getting lots of care
and plenty
of kisses. David and
Kirsten Hilton say their dog Red saved
their
lives.
"I just dozed
off, and I don't know how long it was
later - the dog,
he just landed on
me. And I woke up," said fire victim
Kirsten
Hilton.
Kirsten woke
up to see flames coming from the
kitchen. The couple's
house burned
Tuesday night in a spectacular fire
just west of Sperry.
Related
Story 12/2/2009: Osage County Family
Escapes Fire After Dog Wakes Them
The whole family was asleep when
it started. The Hiltons did not have
a working smoke detector, but they did
have Red.
"And he knew if he
jumped on me, I was going to wake up,
and he jumped
right on me, to where
I had no choice but to wake up,"
Kirsten Hilton
said. "He's our
hero. If it wasn't for him, I don't
know what would
have happened."
The Hilton's adopted Red as a
stray. Now they're homeless like he
was
- and they're all in a hotel
courtesy of the Red Cross.
The
Hilton's house did not burn to the
ground, but they still lost
everything they had except each other,
the clothes they were wearing,
and
Red.
David Hilton was the last
one out of the house.
"I seen
flames come out the front door, from
the other side of the
house," said
fire victim David Hilton.
My
whole stove was on fire - the side of
it, the cabinets. It was full
of
smoke, but I could see flames," he
said.
The Hiltons say that Red
will remain part of their family when
they
get into another home, and he
might even get a few steaks for
dinner.
June 3,
2009 Update
This 120 pound ball of
love was due to be euthanized tomorrow. We
got him in the NICK of time to save his
life. He is really sweet! Ended up in the
pound for biting his owner's boyfriend when
he beat the crap out of her. Sounds like a
GOOD dog to me!
He LOVES handshakes,
kisses, and MY bed!!!
True Story:
Leddy
was bred for her previous owner to make money
selling her pups. She was locked in a
horse trailer before the pups were born and
let out twice a day to go to the bathroom.
When puppies were born she stressed out and
killed two before she got stopped then she was
put in a crate, after which she was allowed
out to feed the pups and go outside.
With this her attitude became worse until she
took up biting and after the pups were weaned
she was spayed and once again allowed out of
the crate twice a day again because of her now
dangerous disposition. This went on for
over nine months before she was discovered,
and then it took me over a month to convince
the previous scared to death of her owners to
let me have her.
The
day I went to pick her up last September, I
had to pin her to the floor for almost 10
minutes when I opened that crate, she was
going to bite me and anyone else around, and
that was our only confrontation and she has
never seen a crate since. The first few
months of socializing her was a little scary
at times, but now she is a wonderful dog that
can be around anybody.
She
is learning to work for stock dog trials and
doing excellent, and is my constant
companion...
Cyndi
Vigil
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