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A REAL "tail" of devotion is Right!

PAWlease help shelter dogs.. & PROJECT POOCH

https://projectpooch.tofinoauctions.com/poochinthepub/

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hello everyone..
our mckenna is very active with Project Pooch..
this event is a big one in their year.. and comes up this NEXT week..

it's a phenomenal organization, and does much good..
especially in the lives of unwanted shelter dogs!
if anyone is interested and can help out, PAWlease do..
take a look..

thanks..
mel, mirra & angel mica

3 years with WINGS

Thanks Koda.. not sure about your suggestion mate, so will have to run that by HQ.. and Tulah.. The good prankster Sunny Lee asked the same, and we're amenable, but heard that raffles are tricky. When we ask those we think KNOW more for assistance, we just never hear anything back.

Definitely open to the concept, just want to make sure it's done right..

Remdyru (The family of Remington, Ladysmith & Angel Ruger) wrote this weekend to tell us a human had come into the hospital in Wisconsin.. striken with multiple tick-borne disease, and to ask if Babesia could strike dogs, because of the wretched HA (hemolytic anemia) it causes.

Not only can it, the timing seemed too odd. Some may recall we wrote diary and forum entries after losing a member of mica's team to IMHA caused by Babesia, as a bait dog.. JUST like several of Michael Vick's DOGS. It was just this weekend we learned the news of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles team signing him, and thinking about those poor dogs who were lost to IMHA because of him.

The thought of his actions going so far as to cause multiple cases of IMHA, let alone ONE makes our mom feel "AS SICK AS A DOG."

Sometimes when I write these entries, I find it hard to write as one of the dogs. You all know it's me anyway.. so I aPAWogize for not being clear or flip-flopping.. I just have a lot to say and don't do it that well anyway.

Tomorrow mica will be gone 3 whole years. That means little to most, because your own pets are what mean the world to you anyway, right? But it means everything to me and it still hurts, so much, I can't begin to tell you. Her life was cut way too short, and IMHA is still out there, taking dogs, cats and people. I have wished for better many, many times, but prayer and wishful thinking won't get the job done. It will not likely be eradicated any time soon without MUCH more medical research. Yet even though IMHA ranks high among disease worthy of study (meaning on average it strikes a great number of companion animals, and takes the majority it strikes), funding for veterinary research doesn't come easily. The majority comes from the private sector.

Even though many have been hard hit in these economic times, most are not devastated by them. The companion pet industry is worth something upwards of 8-9 million dollars a year, PAWhaps even more so someone has a few dimes to rub together out there. We find it terribly sad that people are more willing to buy absolute non-essentials like 'dresses' or designer sunglasses for pets than they are for something [LIFESAVING] like this.

Even the smallest portion if given by the maximum number of individuals adds up SIGNIFICANTLY. I think about what I have been willing to do without for 3 years now, atop the vet bill that took years to pay off, (it was 6 days and well more than 2x that amount in dollars) that went into retirement savings to cover. We did without many things, but we still did alright. We were fortunate enough a year later to have mirra come into our lives too.

And none will bring our girl back. Even the thousands I have donated- not making even one dime in 3 years time.

I don't have enough money nor time, nor even patience anymore to do it alone any more. We ask until we are blue-in-the-face and are criticized for it besides. That's really nice folks.

But it can't be done by the same small handful who have given-and some, again and again. They know who they are, and in case you are interested, they are color-coded on mica's team photo (or at least most of them).
Some of them, like the same GSD owner who lost his former partner (a k9 officer) to IMHA who refuses to give his name. Just does it to try and keep the attention on the disease, and advocates for it for your corrals. Gives money, wants no attention in return.
wow. if only more than ONE person went that far out of their way.

So, for mica, from mirra & their mom, we thank you who have given a damn and yet we will still ask everyone else to get involved. If not in our cause, in something for the welfare of those who enrich our lives so much, JUST by their mere existence.

It doesn't even have to take away the next pizza you order yourself in luxury to make a difference, either.

And, chances are, and we're even willing to bet that your dog will will probably wish you'd done something better with the 50 bucks (and likely more) that you spent on the most recent frilly dress it doesn't want to wear hanging in some closest somewhere..
Honest.
and finally,

We love you Angel, and we MISS you so very much.
Thank you for all you did in life to make me do what I do now, ON behalf of others because I had the chance to love you, and be loved by you. I wish that every companion and service animal could inspire their people to do good things for others.
Imagine what a world that would be.
-mom & mirra

Lights, SIRENS, what should be fun is more a cruel memory..

Just yesterday was the parade here for aurora days- the very day our mica took ill..
Although not the same day as 3 years ago, a terrible memory nonetheless..
Hearing the sirens and seeing the frivolity go on and on, is almost cruel.

It was then 6 days later she left us..
Then, it was Saturday the 12th, then Friday the 18th 3 years ago… so it’s coming.
just like clockwork. I wonder when, rather IF it EVER gets any easier.
I should think not, given what I know.
Just a very sad time here. In some ways it's like living it all over again.. we have been very quiet around here, and we’re sorry if we’ve missed a special time for others.

If you truly need us, I’m sad to say you may need to keep trying.
Meanwhile, the MIRRAcle is a blessing.
Thank you Mica.. you sent her to us & we LOVE her too.

Love, m, m & angel m