Faith

Precious Paws Rescue, along with Simcoe Veterinary Clinic, is working with the Kettle Point Reserve near London to have all of the dogs there (owned and stray) spayed/neutered, vaccinated with a 3 year Rabies vaccine, dosed with Revolution and heartworm tested. This project came about when we were asked to take in puppies from litters that had been born on the reserve. We realized that just taking the puppies in to rescue year after year is not going to help the situation at the reserve. Unfortunately people there are unable to afford veterinary care for their animals and because there are also so many strays who are also not spayed/neutered, the stray population on the reserve just continues to grow.

The project started because of the incredible generosity of Simcoe Veterinary Hospital - they are doing all of the vetting for free for all 120+ dogs on the reserve. Precious Paws, along with many other reputable rescue groups, is working to get the stray dogs into rescue so that they are able to be vetted and eventually find adoptive homes as well. Another unfortunate problem on the reserve is heartworm. Of the 14 dogs that have been vetted so far, 6 of them have tested positive for heartworm.

Faith is one of those positive dogs. Faith is a 3 year old Lab who has been living on the reserve without a real home since she was a puppy. Thankfully we had a foster home to accept her into, so when she was transported with 4 other dogs to be vetted, Faith got to stay behind in rescue. She is now doing wonderfully in a wonderful foster home. The sad part is that Faith has heartworm and today was her first day of treatment. To start with, Faith will receive a dose of Advantage Multi once a month for 3 months. She will then go on daily antibiotics for another month. Following that she will receive an injection of Immiticide which is an arsenic to kill the worms. Another month later she will get a second dose of Immiticide and 24 hours after that she will receive her third dose. All throughout this treatment Faith must remain quiet and inactive to prevent the worms from migrating to her lungs. Luckily Faith is a couch potatoe and she loves nothing more than to relax and be lazy!

Faith will remain in fostercare with Precious Paws until she has a negative heartworm test, which will be at least another 6 months. The cost of her treatment will likely be over $1000 by the time she is done. So we need some help! That's where you come in! :o)

We have many fundraisers coming up but what we are working on right now is pledges for the 2010 K9 Rescue Me walkathon! Our fundraising goal for this year is $4000 and so far we've managed to raise about $1100 combined between our walkers. The walkathon takes place June 13th at Woofstock in Toronto. If you're interested in walking to support Precious Paws Rescue please email us today for more information; preciousrescue@hotmail.com

If you're not able to walk, please consider making a pledge towards my chihuahua Belle and I! We're walking to support Precious Paws and we would love your help to reach our fundraising goal! Every single dollar counts and every donation big or small is VERY much appreciated! Go to http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=7674 to make your pledge today! Donations are made to K9 Rescue Me which is an umbrella group that Precious Paws belongs to - after the walkathon they make a direct payment to our veterinary bills of the total amount of pledges received. And the best part is - you get a tax receipt for your donation!

Since we began we have successfully rescued, vetted and adopted out more than 150 animals and we couldn't have done it without support from our generous volunteers, adopters and supporters. We are grateful every day for the support you give us so thank you for helping Precious Paws to be the rescue that it is today!