Demi, named after the sorry sight she was in when we found her at the Pound, had severe Demodex, first showing on her face and eventually her legs and some of her torso. Through veterinary treatment and good diet, she started to improve. When her new owners took her home, she was still like the ugly duckling, but when I visited her home last week, I saw the beautiful swan she was destined to become. She now has wonderful owners who love her dearly.
New Beginings
Demi – a real movie star
October 15th, 2009
Pepsi was Michael
October 15th, 2009
Michael with his new owners Brad and his georgeous son Rex
Don't call me a girl!
When Brad contacted one of our foster parents looking for a cat, he was told about ‘Maddy’, a beautiful thick coated cat with a friendly disposition. However he was told that he would have to wait for his cat as it was booked in to be de-sexed. Maddy was presented for her operation, however, it turned out that Maddy was in fact Michael who had already been de-sexed. Our foster carers are dedicated and are great with dogs, but cats – Michael thinks otherwise.
UPDATE:
Dear Carmel,
I would just like to say a BIG THANK YOU for your help in finding us our beautiful cat Michael, which has been re-named by my 5yo son Rex as ‘Pepsi’.
Pepsi has settled in wonderfully now, and has the run of the house (including the master bedroom), and my 2 sons adore him. He is a gentle, affectionate cat and we are so glad we got an adopted cat rather than a kitten from a pet shop, as we know we have saved a lovely pet from what could have been a tragic end for Pepsi.
Once again, thanks to you and the rest of the volunteers at Fraser Coast Pet Warriors, and good luck with the placement of all your animals.
Kind Regards,
Brad Peers
Bessie Bunter finds a home
October 15th, 2009
Bessie was rescued from the Maryborough Pound in July 2009. She was overweight and had a slight skin rash. With tender loving care by the Fraser Coast Pet Warrior foster parents, she bloomed into a lovely dog with a shiny coat and a more proportioned body. Bessy was de-sexed and immunised and has just recently found a wonderful home of her own.
Sammy’s Success
October 15th, 2009
We had been away up north in our motorhome with our Staffy, who was suffering from nodules on the lungs but seemed
well enough in herself to go away. However the day we dreaded came sooner than we thought and we lost her in July.
After a couple of weeks of distress and feeling lost not having our mate to care for we began to feel the only way to ease our fretting was to look at other dogs and visit friends with dogs so we could pat them. Then Val decided to ring the pound to
see if they had a small dog that needed a home, we were thinking Staffy or smaller. The pound gave us Maries number
to call and talk about what she had available, after being put through the third degree to be sure she was satisfied that we were
appropiate parents, Marie suggested a Blue Heeler she had that was quiet and loving and needed a good home.
I, Sue, immediately said ” I’m not having a Blue Heeler they’re too big “, however Val being rather persuasive, convinced me
to drive out to Toogoom to see the dog at the foster parents place.
When we arrived there we were greeted by two very nice people who took us around the back to see ” Samantha or Sam ”
for short as they were calling her. I must say here that our idea of a Staffy stands a foot & a half high the first dog we saw was the foster parents Staffy which was twice that size, and we thought ” funny Blue Heeler ” then around the corner came Sam,
who hid behind the man. Sam was smaller than the Staffy, so I thought that’s not too bad a hieght. Val got down and called Sam and she came over to her and stayed for a cuddle, then wandered back to the man and her mate the Staffy. After 5 or 10
minutes I began to melt and called Sam over, she came to me and had a sniff and a pat and she went back to Val.
So after a look at each other and an ” are you sure “, Sam came out to our Holden Combo and jumped in like she’d been there before.
On the way home we decided to call her Samantha Blue or Sammy for short, because we are a duo called ” Country Blue “, and some how we finished up with a dog that was twice the size we wanted but love her immensely. She has now, after 2 months taken over the house, comes into our bedrooms every morning to greet us and kiss us, meets us at the door when we come home and has been camping in our motorhome, runs on the beach chasing a ball and is very protective and obedient. Unfortunately she would rather listen to the radio than us when we practise our music but still she sat in Vals guitar case.
We are now happier and found that a lot of our other dogs traits are in Sammy and we are glad that Marie saved Sammy
so we could have her, even though we vacuum up a dog of hair every day. Sammy has a lounge she is allowed on but she likes the good lounge better so there is still an on going dispute about that, and since we cover the lounge when we go out I guess
Sammy will win the arguement.
Thanks again to Marie and her many helpers and hope others enjoy our story and come and find a new mate.
PS. Sammy used her lounge last night maybe we have won the arguement.