Missing my pups

Isla Animals — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:30:15 +0000

Jeff and I are still on the road.
People were very friendly as we drove around the gulf of Mexico and up the other side, as you can see by this blurry, on the road, out the window, photo. We made it to LA where we visited with our kids, so great to see them. We also had a great visit with Eddie and Angie from Rescate Malix, how lucky to be in LA at the same time. Their rescue is on the mainland right across from Isla Mujeres and they do an amazing job with the animals and education in Cancun. But oh do I miss my pups.
We took in dogs to be spay and neutered right up to the day we left but there are always more.So we make arrangements to keep up the sterilizations when we’re away. And Irene is taking care of the dogs and puppies at the house: Pewee, Kiwi, Chowder, Octobre, Beauty, Jenny, Bronson, Kerry, Sal, Marta, and Perrafaira. You can check them out on our website adoption page. Oh do I miss them and being at our house when someone comes to the door with a puppy in need.
We’re keeping an extra special eye on Octobre and the puppies.

Thank you Calgary

Isla Animals — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:47:31 +0000

Isla Animals and CANDI are so grateful to Pawsitive Rescue in Calgary for helping us rescue twenty four puppies in the months of April and May. It is so exciting to be able to say “yes” to the many, many calls we get asking if we can take in puppies that someone has found in the streets.

This is a difficult time of the year for us, Jeff and I are getting ready to drive north to visit family and friends and therefore work very hard to leave behind as few dogs and puppies as we can. It’s especially difficult for me to say “no” when I get the usual calls to help out with abandoned animals.

There is nothing sadder than a puppy growing up in a rescue. It’s always more difficult to find a home for a dog than for a cuddly adorable little pup. So imagine how exciting it was to see our gorgeous babes go to Calgary where they will be getting wonderful homes. Thank you Pawsitive Rescue.

Scout, the Lone Pup

Isla Animals — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:34:59 +0000

We sent out twelve puppies a few weeks ago and we already have twelve more. Unbelievable. The hardest thing is to get just one pup from a litter. Little Scout was brought to us by a teenager who found her at the side of the road. Usually when we get one puppy, the rest of the litter starts to show up but this time we just got Scout which means that she has to spend a few weeks on her own.

Because of the possibility of parvo and distemper we don’t mix litters until we can vaccinate them. So here is little Scout getting special treatment to keep her socialized and happy. This is Irene who comes over a few days a week to help with the puppies. She may be one of the few people on the planet who loves dogs more than I do.

A Dog Day

Isla Animals — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:43:23 +0000

Yesterday was a great dog day. Maia from Pet Project Rescue, who is here for a visit, and I went out to find Canela. Canela is the dog that arrived at our last spay and neuter clinic in terrible shape. We didn’t want to give her back to her owner but unfortunately through some miss communication she ended up back where she came from.
Unfortunately we didn’t find her but we did find a nursing mom that needed our help. She was covered with tics and fleas and obviously feeding many pups. We asked around until we located her pups in a small courtyard that was infested with ticks, fleas and cockroaches. The owners allowed us to take her and the pups home for a bath. After that we kept them over night, hoping that we can fumigate the little court yard before they go back there.

You may notice from the picture that one of the pups is quite a bit bigger than the rest. That is Scout. Someone brought her in a few days ago and our wonderful Momma dog was kind enough to include her.

Next we found the momma of four adorable pups that were brought to us a week ago. They are all listed on the adoption page, Brando, Gabriel, Erica and Rosa. We got permission from the owners to get the mom spayed and took her straight to the clinic before they changed their mind. Today we are going back for the dad.

We haven’t given up on Canela and will continue our search.

Isla Animals: Sixty Puppies Adopted in 3 Months

Isla Animals — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:31:48 +0000

We are back up to twenty one puppies, even after sending out over sixty in the last three months. But of course, it’s wonderful news because if we keep the puppies from hitting the street and keep spaying and neutering the adults we’ll catch up with the overpopulation of cats and dogs in Mexico sooner than later.

This past weekend Dr. Pepe Vegas came to the house and spayed fourteen female pups and neutered four male pups, all in my laundry room. It was a mini clinic. He also did a tooth extraction and gave the first treatment for heartworm to Cecilia. I adopted Cecilia out to a local family around four years ago and then found her in the street last week, poor thing was bone skinny. She tested positive to both ehrlichia (a tic born disease) and heartworm. I’m sure she will fatten up when we get these things under control and she’s glad to be home.

We also had another small victory last week. There is a large white lab that guards the airport tower on the island and she has been popping out puppies for years. Last week the men that work there finally agreed to have her spayed. Yahoo. And we got her last four puppies, they are incredibly, grit your teeth, adorable.

Jenny of the Mangrove, Another Dog Rescued with Success

Isla Animals — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:32:39 +0000

Rebecca and Barb visit the island often, in fact they are opening a new restaurant called THE BLUE IGUANA with Lori and Polo who own and run the Mango Café, which is fabulous. Rebecca and Barb have always helped us with the animals, bringing down supplies and donations and taking puppies home to Colorado. This year during their visit they called me late in the afternoon to say that they’d seen a young puppy in the mangroves near a dock with some fishing boats. The fishermen said that the puppy had just showed up one day and that they‘d fed it occasionally but it was really skinny and fearful. Could I come and help them catch it.

Beauty Looking Good

I was there in twenty minutes with a crate, towels, dog food and a catching pole. By then the pup had gone deeper in the mangroves and we could hardly see it. Undaunted we trekked through the mud which would occasionally suck the sandals right off of our feet trying to get closer. It became quickly obvious that the little guy had a huge advantage and at one point even started to swim to get away from us. We decided to set a trap.

The next morning Jeff and I were disappointed to see that the trap was empty. We were going to put some new food in it when we noticed a tuft of golden fur sticking out between the folds of a discarded peace of foam rubber. There she was, sound asleep. We thought we might grab the whole bit of foam but worried that she would wiggle out, so we decided to get as close as we could and use the pole. It has a loop of wire at one end that can be dropped over the head and then pulled tight through the other end. It doesn’t hurt them and gives you a few extra feet of reach. The puppy heard us coming and lifted her head, I lowered the pole and it was easy, easy, easy. We were so excited. The thought of her alone and starving in the mangrove had kept me up the night before.

happy puppies

She was smaller than we expected and skin and bones but we have her at the house, in fact she has been staying in our bedroom. We named her Jenny after a kind tourist who saw her and gave us a donation for food. Jenny is very shy but getting more comfortable by the minute. She’s going to be beautiful.

Fifty Puppies Rescued, 10 Left

Isla Animals — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:41:46 +0000

We have been puppified. It’s been truly amazing. During the spay and neuter clinic in October I had three—ten day old pups so whenever someone brought in a nursing mother to be spayed I would plug my pups in and inevitably end up talking to the moms owners. Of course I’d ask about the pups and tell them that if they couldn’t find homes for the pups…. I would take them.

Loving their food
Puppy five
If those pups end up in the streets it just sets back everything we are trying to do. WELL….. I ended up with over fifty puppies. Actually some were from the island but since mid October we’ve had more than fifty puppies and we only have ten left now. It’s incredible. We only lost one little guy, which was one of the ten day old pups and they’re impossible, in fact I was surprised that two of them survived.

Puppy four
I have given the puppies numbers in hopes that anyone reading this newsletter will help me come up with names. Just email the number of the puppy and the name you like in our contact form.

Puppy six

I got the last six, on Saturday, Dec 12. We’d just sent ten to Boston and two to Billings, Montana so Jeff, who thought we were going to get a break from the mountain of puppy poop we’ve been cleaning up every day, wasn’t pleased, but I couldn’t leave them.

Puppy two
Puppy one
These little guys were/are in bad shape and they wouldn’t have made it in the situation they were living in. Then yesterday, (a week later) we went back to where we found them because the woman who lived there insisted on keeping one. It had bothered me all week. Thinking of him there and only being fed left over tortilla’s which offers very little nutrition. I knew that last one wouldn’t survive without help. Luckily when we explained how much was needed by the rest of the litter she agreed to let me take him for two weeks and then she wants him back.

Our new little pup
I’ve never, I mean never seen that many tics in a puppies ear, at least one so young. Today we took a picture of him and one of his litter mates who has already had a week of good food. In fact I picked the smallest of the litter to do the comparison. It’s incredible.

one week of food and no worms
It’s going to take a while to get these guys shining but they are lovely, sweet little things and I look forward to seeing them every morning. Plus it’s going to be really hard to give that last little guy back but part of our program is education and I’ll work with the owner, she has two older dogs that look pretty good. She’s already ahead of the norm, she brought the mom into be spayed and she asked me to take the puppies.

Proud pups – got hold of a roll of paper towel

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