Tiny lives worth saving

Karen and Denise,

The kittens are doing well.

TINY TIM/TINA/MERIWEATHERTiny Tim is Tiny TINA (actually we're calling her Meriweather). It appears that she may have been exposed to distemper virus in the uterus. She has what we call vestibular disease.

We think she'll learn to adjust for her disability. She's getting stronger every day.

There are 3 girls and 1 boy in the litter and they are probably 4 weeks now.

The woman who took the white mama cat and her 6 kittens this summer from the woods is fostering them now. She's one of our vet techs at work.

They keep getting stronger and they are even starting to eat on their own. We're glad Karen let us know about them.

Vicki, Alisa, Tara, and Carolyn
Act V

Tiny orphan kittens at garbage dump

It was a cold windy Thursday, November 17th and we got a phone call at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue that there was a box of tiny kittens at the Circle Pines garbage dump. An elder who was dumping garbage saw them and called.

Geri and Karen had been in Red Lake earlier that day, so we called immediately to Kristie and Darwin, residents near the Circle Pines area and thankfully they responded right away and found the kittens. Darwin and Kristie brought them to the shelter within the next hour and we began to feed them warm milk in a bottle. They were so cold and their body temperatures were dropping.

They were all lethargic and we worried about them all, and in particular the little siamese we called "Tiny Tim" (not even sure that it was a male) we just called him Tiny Tim as he seemed to be paralyzed. We were sure he needed a Christmas miracle.

TINY TIMGeri took care of Tiny Tim and kept him warm for the first night by having him uder her sweatshirt, then on to a hot water bottle. It took several hours before he megan to move around and be more alert. Well, they all improved and Tiny Tim on day 2 started to be able to walk a little better, but was still losing his balance.

Dr. Vickie, Act V once again came to the rescue and took the little kittens on a special transport on November 20th with the O'Sullivans and Barbie.

CHYNAAlso on transport are Chumi Bear to foster care with Linda at SHH and Chyna, little pitbull puppy also found at Circle Pines went to Laura of Mn Pitbull Rescue.

CHUMI BEARChumi Bear was found on the playground of the Red Lake Elementary School by a teacher. The kids on the playground called the puppy Chum-Chum and since he looked like a bear, we called him Chumi Bear. When the teacher saw Chum-Chum she called RLRR shelter, and when we did not get back to her that day, she took Chumi Bear home with her after school. Quickly she could see that he was ill, so RLRR met her at school the next day and took Chumi to the shelter. He would not eat, so he was taken to the vet in Gonvick and spent a couple of days there and then returned to the shelter where he continued to improve. He left for his foster home on the 20th.

Thank you all for helping these little babies!

Sincerely, Karen RLRR

UPDATE: Chumi Bear has already been adopted! Here's the news:

"Chummi went home with a wonderful wonderful couple. She is absolutely head over heals in love with him. He was such a good boy here. An absolute gentleman with my dogs and the cats... I think he got a great home!"

Transport July 17

We are happy to report that our faithful transport team made another successful transport July 17th to the metro. Karen met Tom in Bemidji who took the animals on to Motley to meet Barbara. Barbara took the load to Tricounty and on to the metro rescues.

We are so thankful to have a shelter to help these animals, friends to transport and provide support, as well as rescues for these great animals to go to on their journey.

TINY TIMTiny Tim was a very small puppy- cute as a button- found at the pow-wow grounds and was surrendered by a concerned citizen. He went to RLRR foster care with Dino.

TONYTony was found wandering in Red Lake hungry and was brought to the shelter where he was neutered and vaccinated. He went on to Tricounty and was adopted already.

MAKITATwo of the special riders were Makita who went to foster care at Tricounty and Misty and her little tribe of 6 puppies that went to Minnesota Pitbull rescue.

MISTY AND HER PUPSCarol Priest made the rescue of Misty and her pups and dropped her off at the vet where I picked her up. She suffered malnourishment and dehydration and was trying to nurse her 6 puppies. The owners said she would not eat.

Poor Misty is a darling pitbull --about 9 months old-- and only a bag of bones. She is so timid, she falls to her belly and crawls as you approach her. She has a big heart, and is a great dog

MISTYShe ate and ate when she arrived here. She had a full bowl of puppy kibble and a can of pedigree both morning and night. In 8 days during her stay she gained 4 pounds and her hair got shiny. She produced massive amounts of milk and was so happy to have the food, water, and safe environment for her and her pups!

She was accepted by Laura of Minnesota Pitbull Rescue who will dearly love this girl. Such a sweet spirit.

And I've already received an update on Misty- the little starving mama pitbull that left!! They just love her- as I knew they would. Also- if you remember Lucy (now called Zeebe) the starving pitbull from last November- she may be getting her forever home!@!

Karen:)

MISTY'S PUPSUPDATE FROM RESCUE:
Misty is doing well! =)

I had her overnight on Saturday and then brought her to her foster home on Sunday morning. She has a whole room for herself and her puppies. There was a laundry basket in the room with clean towels/blankets and she has made a bed out of the basket. It was super cute!

She is a doll, you are right I LOVE her!! =) She may already have an interested party too, (once the pups are 8 weeks of course). I am sure they will come meet her in the next few weeks.

Talk with you soon and again, thank you so much for contacting us about her. And on a side note, Zeebe/Lucy had her meet and greet last night and all went well so as long as the resident dog and Zeebe get along she will have a forever home!

Laura
MN Pit Bull Rescue