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!