Little Bit is now Candace!

UPDATE:  Candace (as she is now known) is a big girl now! She is about 10 lbs, and is growing her hair back thanks to expert treatment by Ms. Rosa.  She has gotten her first round of vaccines and been dewormed.  Ms. Rosa says she eats like the big dogs.  We will be getting her to her rescue by about 12-16 weeks.  She was accepted by Pup Squad.

Little Bit is a female pibble mix, approx 8-10 weeks old, about 6# soaking wet and really needs a rescue to take her in that has a knack with puppies.  We have a foster for her, but the foster has many large to ginormous dogs and I worry about Little Bit being a snack.  Can you please share with rescues who may be able to help her? Her mama was found with her, but ran off. There are no other pups, we think they either died or got run over. In this area of Jensen Dr. in Houston, people cast aside dogs and cats when it is no longer cute or convenient for them to have a pet.  Little Bit deserves a change at a good life.  Will you share with one or two people?  Thanks, and visit Lana's Fund Home page to donate or read the most recent street report from Liberty and Jensen in the Fifth Ward.

Brooklyn: Update!

Dec 11, 2012: UPDATE:  Brookie has a rescue!  She will be fostered for a few weeks and then go where the lucky dogs go... north!  Our foster has a houseful and she needs some socialization, so if someone can foster for a few weeks and do some training for her, we would appreciate it.  Brooklyn is going to have an awesome life! Thanks to Celestine K. for helping to rescue her

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Dec. 9, 2012: Brookie was picked up on Sunday morning by a team of indy rescuers, and taken to Banfield vet. She was running around looking for food at East Mt Houston and US59. She is about 3 mos old, weights 17 lbs, and is vaccinated, healthy except f

or hooks and rounds (treated Sunday) and will be ready to go any day now. Our fosters are running over with dogs, we will consider adopting OR transfer to a reputable rescue, already vetted. Please contact us asap, we want her to have a perm home for christmas (PS looks like high percentage lab per vet).  Contact us to help Brookie!

Meet "Augie"

Augie is a male Corgi or Corgi Mix who was found and caught by Ms Rosa earlier this month (Dec). He is about 1-1.5 yrs old, weighs around 20-25lbs, and is a sweet boy.  He has been wormed, vaccinated and is awaiting a neuter appt to get his rabies.  He gets along great with other dogs. He is not dominant or submissive.  Please contact us to help Augie, we have too many dogs and our foster is bursting at the seams right now.  He would be a great family dog.

Liberty Road Report- Dec 8, 2012

  

 A relatively slow day in the Liberty Road "grid" today.  We found Hungry Jack resting on the porch.  Holley says that is where he lives.  No one home, so we did'nt knock.  Whoever owns him does not mind or did not notice we put an ID tag on him.  He looks like a loyal dog and we would like to see if his owner would like help building a fence and caring for his vetting needs.  We will approach him as soon as we can find him.  Jack looks much better as he is eating every day.  Holley feeds him and many others. Sadly, Gentleman Jack has disappeared.

We also ran into Niecey, and she has definitely had her pups.  I worry she does not look like she has much milk.  We have spies in the hood looking for her pups, and Holley is going to try and follow her home until he can tell where she may have them hidden. The pups would be 3 weeks old.  If she is anything like Rue and her pups, those that survive will start coming out and showing themselves at about 5-6 weeks.  We are watching diligently. She seems to have a new male friend.  We do not want that turning into more pups, so we need a spay/neuter sponsor pretty soon.

She and her friend come to Mr. Holley's every day to eat.  He has a "pack" developing of neighborhood dogs who go there where the food is..

 This gorgeous boy is unfortunately living at or near  Red, White, and Blue's old house.  At first I thought it might be White again, but unfortunately, white is probably history.  This gorgeous young (intact) boy is loose, outside of the yard. But at least he looks fed.  The hardest thing to understand sometimes is, that the dogs are either tied up forever, or loose on the street.  There does not seem to be many "in-betweens".  I saw the remnants of a gray, shaggy dog, small, maybe 6-7 lbs. in the middle of Jensen drive.  Its no event to see this daily here.

We still need food donations, vaccines, and flea prevention, if anyone has any to spare.  We are always open to cash at Lana's Fund at paypal. Have a good week, and we will keep you posted on the street report.

Diamond Requests Food Donations

Hi. I'm Diamond. I live on Ms. Rosa's Halfway House front porch. The people next door own me, but they never take care of me. I had two litters of puppies, then Ms. Rosa had me spayed. Well, Ms Rosa feeds lots of dogs and I run them off, but I do let them eat. She uses about 300lbs of food every month. I guess it's a lot. She is down to 1 bag. If you can donate some food, it will make us all happy. Contact our friend June to donate bags, or donate to buy food. We get 50 lbs for 29.00

Thank you for helping.

Street Dogs Update: Dec 1, 2012

DATELINE 01 DECEMBER 2012. MIN PIN MAMA (Niecey), not seen by residents of the neighborhood this week. Not on the streets today. Mr. H and the people at the church are on the lookout and have my number. We hope to find her soon, as the pups would be 2 weeks old now.  We need to beat the cold weather.  And get them all vetted.

HUNGRY JACK is looking good! He has put on several pounds. You cannot see his ribs anymore!  What a little wormer will do!  He still has his purple tag on that we placed on him. We found out today where he might live, and we will ask if we can rescue him.  Another thing we did not notice before... he is neutered!  May be able to rescue soon!

GORGEOUS was seen today and fed. She looks pretty good, too.  We dropped some ivermectin in her food, she has some spots that look mangey. She has good musculature, and does not have any ribs showing.  If we find an owner we may ask if we can provide assistance, if they will keep her and contain her better. She tends to roam the streets.



No other dogs were seen today, Gentleman Jack has not been seen for 2 weeks now.  Mr H is on watch.  Mr. H gets about 6 new dogs every week to feed, and we may have to get him a camera so he can take photos for us. maybe we can get him to mail in the memory card!  He has provided about 600 lbs of food to residents in his area, allowing for 18 owned dogs to eat and countless strays.  He is an angel in this neighborhood.

We are now OUT of FOOD and down to $40 in the Fund.  Since we are 501-c-3 now, and you may need a tax deduction... let's work together!  Donate to Lana's Fund and get a receipt for a tax write off.!!

LF Street Report- 24 Nov 2012

NIECY has given birth somewhere

Not everyone was seen today. We drove Jensen Dr. from Quitman to US59 and back.   It was a mild, dry day with lots of sun, and maybe the strays were lying around napping. Hungry Jack, Gentleman Jack, Babu, Gentle Ben, Gorgeous, Mabel were not out.  Although Mr. Holly says they are there most of the time, and he feeds them every day.  Niecey, the Min-Pin or Dobie mix we saw preggers last week, now has had her puppies somewhere.  We asked the street peeps to look out for where the puppies are, and let us know.  She ate well today.

Mama and Little Bit

Little Bit was Rescued, needs a foster

New dogs seen and fed, one was a mom with pup.  We followed her for a good while to see if she had other pups somewhere, but this one is old enough (weaned) and maybe they were all picked up or died.  We got the baby, but mama ran off.  She ate a lot and we gave her flea meds, iver for her mange, and some wormer.  Baby got the whole treatment also, we need a foster for her.  We are calling her "Little Bit".  She will need more care than Mr. Holly can give her. She also pooped in my car. Not pretty.



Mr. Holly will check for Mama tomorrow and feed her, and keep an eye out for more pups.  It was hard to leave her behind, but she was very skittish.  We are monitoring her. Don't worry.

Senor Dog (sen-yor)

Another senior dog, "SeN~or dog" was spotted. He has quite a scarred up face, but he was very vicious when I approached him to pet him.  He did eat well and got some iver for his mange.  He wanders the street and never really goes into any yards.  But is not friendly.  Not sure what will happen with him.

Everyone else was only fed and watered, as we are now out of fosters, room, supplies, and rescues. Or they just ran away when we tried to catch them.  I usually at least tag them so someone knows we are looking out for them. However, no one got tagged today except Little Bit.  P.S. She is going to be a stunner!

Fed and Watered

Fed and watered!

If you are looking for a Tax Deduction....and its not too early to start thinking of it... Lana's Fund is 501-c3 and 100% donations go to helping street dogs, rescuing, and providing wellness pet care for families who cannot afford the basics.

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Update: Giving Thanks and our Gratitude List

Happy Thanksgiving!

It has been a while since we posted, but we have been busy.  Quincy got adopted by a nice lady in Austin. He is in training now and will be her perfect companion, we are sure. Yay, Quincy!

Also adopted (we think, she is on sleepover) is Baby Girl.  She was also adopted in Austin.  We will let you know if she stays. We believe in letting dogs stay temporarily to make sure its a good fit for them and the new owner alike! Send her well wishes...

We have a rescue willing to take in Pretty Girl. She is also known as Skye, and has been suffering from injuries sustained in a car strike about a month ago. She hid under the house for so long, we could not get to her til now. She is healing, but has a de-gloving injury on her right front paw, and limps so we need to get her to a vet asap! The rescue will do this for her as soon as we can catch her. We tried Tuesday night, but she slipped out of the slip lead (is that why they call it that?) and ran under the house again.  Ms Rosa will try to catch her for us this weekend.  She should be in foster by Friday!  Wish us more luck...

Gentleman Jack and Hungry Jack have both found rescues!  Gentleman will go to Backstreet Brutality Rescue and Rehab, he is the senior hound mix we spotted last weekend. Hungry Jack is a beautiful but thin American Bully that will go to Bully Beds, Inc. in Midland, TX as soon as we can get him a ride!  Thanks to both of these rescues for helping the Liberty Road dogs out.

Gentleman Jack

Hungry Jack

The following dogs still are on the street, foraging for food and need help and/or rescue.  We are trying to street treat them, until we can find a place for them to go. Mabel is one of three pregnant dogs we are watching. Please spread the word, and maybe someone can help.

"GORGEOUS" 

"BABU"

"MABEL" (Mothers Always Bring Extra Love)

"Gentle Bed" Sweet babe

Contact us to help, and to donate, visit our paypal at DONATE.

Gratitude List

We are thankful for our Liberty Road volunteers, Ms Rosa and Mr. Holley; for Miss Tammy and her hubby, who has donated much needed food to Ms Rosa's dogs; to Barrio Dogs for the Fix-it Program which helped neuter two of Ms. Rosa's Dogs;  to Forgotten Dogs of Fifth Ward Project, who also footed the bills for much of these dogs health and wellness; to Mike Dominguez, fairy Dogfather to these dogs; and to all our co-rescuers, without whom we could not make a dent in this problem called "homeless dogs in Houston".  Last but not least, to the benevelent, universal God who helps us to help the dogs live better lives. 

We will keep doing this until the last one goes to a good home, or until we start doing more harm than good.  

Namaste'

Also a sad farewell to Peanut, our mascot, who was killed by roaming dogs (uncontained) dogs in the Liberty Road Zone.  He was loved by many, and his legacy lives on in our mission. We love you, Peanut, and we hope to see you when we get to where you are.  We are grateful to have known you. 

Vaccine Day!

Lana's Fund tries hard to help those who cannot afford to keep their pets up to date on vaccines, preventative meds, and well fed.  Today, thanks to backstreetrescue.org, we have a tray of parvo-distemper vaccinations to give to our client animals.  In two weeks, they will all need boosters.  If you can spare some vaccines, we would appreciate the help, or if you can help with a small donation, 18 people donating $5 each can buy another tray of vaccines for $90 including shipping.

We cannot do this without the support of the community, won't you help us help them?

www,paypal.com at junerodriguez@aol.com account.  Lana's fund is 501c3 Pending.

Little Mama Gets a New Home!

Little Mama Goes Home!

Little Mama, one of Ms Rosa's menagerie, has become the newest Galveston resident!  She was adopted this week by a wonderful lady who is a nurse at St. Vincent's Clinic there.  She fell in love with LM's pictures, and knew she wanted a Corgi mix. She saw LM and knew her search was over!  LM is now at home and comfort with a cat whom she largely ignores, and 8 humans! She is the only dog in the place. She enjoys cuddling with her new mom, leisurely walks, and playing with her rawhides.  LM will eventually become a beach bum, but first needs some schooling. She is not grasping the whole idea of walking on a leash yet, she seems to think her mom should follow HER.  But her mom is in love and the whole thing is a match made in heaven.  Ms. Rosa is so proud, and so are we.  Keep in touch, Little Mama. We love you!

The Real of It

There are many cliche's I could use to describe what happened. But it comes down to this.

"Pretty Lady" aka "Pilar" is gone.

Some people we want to help so badly will not be helped. Her dad would not surrender her to us, even though he was homeless. She was too young to spay when I met her. Her dad had a heart attack and went to live with a sister, he still would not surrender her. He left her with various friends and relatives, when he attended his business. I kept checking on her by phone, "oh, she is doing great!" he would tell me. "God is good"

My thoughts were, "she is his dog, who am I to judge him?"

Recently, he left her with his brother, and they told him "she ran away." The other brother said, "I think they sold her and told him she ran away."

I am so sorry Pretty Lady. I hope you have a good life. I know it is not likely, but I have to practice having faith. Meanwhile if anyone sees her on Petharbor, please let me know. I do not know how long she has been gone. She is not chipped, but she is vaccinated. God protect this precious being.

Ms. Rosa's Dogs on Petfinder.com!

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Help Big Mama!

Big Mama is beautiful and sweet. That is what allowed someone to creep into Ms Rosa's backyard and steal her, tie out and all, one night last week. Ms Rosa worried that she would never see this docile girl again. A day later, Big mama was back in her back yard without a collar. Apparently slipping out of her collar, she made her way home and was sitting in her usual place at feeding time. Ms Rosa loves this girl but has 13 other dogs she is caring for. She prefers a home to a rescue, so please share with pittie lovers!Contact us to help Big Mama.

PEANUT

Peanut is a chihuahua mix who was rescued back in May when Ms Rosa pulled him off the streets before he could get hit by a car. The area he lived was a horrible place for a loose dog. Peanut lived with Ms Rosa for a while, and then he was adopted by a Fifth Ward Resident, Herbert. He is such a perfect match to Peanut, they are best friends! Recently, Peanut went to medical foster at St. Francis' Angels, because he was heavy HW positive and was having some symptoms. After three weeks of top-notch care, Peanut came home today. His dad Herbert was so happy to see his boy. Peanut is symptom free today, and will be on slow heartworm kill for about 6 months. Then we hope his retest will be negative. Anyone who does not believe there are folks in the "bad areas" who care about their animals, Herbert and Ms Rosa will change your mind. Ms Rosa fosters 14 dogs and now Herbert is a volunteer dog and cat food distributor for Lana's Fund in the Fifth Ward Area. THIS is paying it forward. Thanks to the wonderful care from Anne and Peggy at SFA, Peanut will live a long and happy life! Thanks to all who support us and SFA.

Skye

Skye is the first recipient of care from the new non-profit group "Lana's Fund". She is a gorgeous and sweet german shepherd mix, cream colored, who lives in Houston's Fifth Ward. She is actually not owned by the mean people whose house she lives under. They are supposedly taking care of her for a friend. They do not feed or interact with her at all. Luckily, Ms. Rosa is their neighbor, and she takes care of Skye along with Diamond, and all her other fosters she has saved from the streets. Skye has recently been hit by a car, and is limping around on 3 legs. Thanks to some donors, we have enough funds to take her to a low cost vet to get checked out. We hope that her leg is not broken, and that antibiotics and a good cleaning are what her poor wound needs. If she needs surgery, we will be looking for additional donations. Skye already has a foster lined up, and we hope she can get spayed this Saturday as well, that appointment was already set.

If you would like to help Skye, please donate to Lana's Fund at PayPal "junerodriguez@aol.com". We are in the process of opening a separate account for LF.

Time passes...

A lot has happened since our last post...some good, some tragic. Boy, also known as Quincy has been adopted, as has Little Mama, Baby Girl is on a sleepover, keep paws crossed! It was a sad, sad day when we lost one of out mascots, Peanut,, to an attack by multiple dogs who had gotten out of their yard, and wounded him fatally. He as not just our favorite, he was the favorite of the entire area, Liberty Road of Fifth Ward, Houston. Everyone knew Peanut. His dad, Mr. Herbert, was devastated. He has vowed never to have another dog, but to take care of all the dogs he can in honor of his little friend. It is still so sad to think about. We know peanut had a great life, in the little time he was here. We salute you, Peanut!