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Hi, my name is Tricia and my husband is Angel. I have been supporting rescue since the early 90’s when I rescued my first dog Banjo. She was from a backyard breeder in Moreno Valley in a trailer park. She had been dropped on her head. It was awful. After getting her vetted and the help she needed, I found a great home for her with a couple in Palm Springs who travelled with her and sent me notes for the first so many months telling me of her adventures about where she had been. It was great.
My husband and I have been together since December of 1999. We started out with my German Shepherd mx, Bailey. I found her at the Huntington Beach, shelter on Newland St. She had 5 puppies, was filled with fleas, under weight and ill healed broken ribs. I had to have her. Age unknown when she died, around 10 – 12 years. We were together from 1993 to 2002.
Since Bailey we have had six dogs. Two are still with us. Our youngest Daschund, Snickers a foster failure, I’m happy to say, died only a couple months ago, in February 2016. I’m in a wheelchair due to MS and while in the kitchen I rolled backwards and I heard a yip from him. I thought I hit his paw but the vet assured me that was not the case. It was a herniated disk in his back. She said it was not much different from when you or I twists or bends and knocks are back out. It took only a week and a half for his back to paralyze him but he still felt pain. I miss him so much. He was only six. Born October 2008 died 2016.
When we got together I had Bailey and we added Max who was rescued from the Mission
Viejo shelter. She was a Boxer mix. Her shelter name was Angel, same as my husband and she was listed as a pit. When we took her to the penned play are a guy walked in and introduced himself and as it turned out he was the guy that found her. She was so good he came everyday to check on her. He was unable to keep her but wanted the best for her. He kept her and looked for her owner as long as he could until he had no choice but to relinquish her. We ran home and got Bailey, introduced them and left with her. She was immediately grateful and showed it in the things she did and was an amazing girl. She died of anal cancer, common for her breed. Her age was unknown when she died but we figure around 10. She was with us from 2000 to 2006.
Allie came to us when Bailey tangled with a possum or some other animal. She had an obsession with cats, thats, probably how she fed herself the years prior and mistook this character for one. She had a deep gash under her eye so when we went to the vet for emergency surgery Allie was being adopted from a rescue that saved animals from euthenation from the Los Angeles pound. She was about 4 or 5 months old. The first year was amazing than her knee gave out. At least 4 surgeries later left our Frisbee loving dog barley able to stand. She would walk and sit. It was heartbreaking. She later got Cushings and she couldn’t fight. She died at 7 years old. Way to young for such a sweetheart with the biggest heart.
Rocky and Coco:
Rocky was a clients dog. I had a pet sitting business and took in borders. This girl was a UCI student who went home during the Summer but never told her parents about him.When she graduated, they found out and forbid it. They had a pit who ruled the house and it wasn’t a good combination. We had told her after his stay with us, knowing her situation, we would take him and three years later, she dropped him off and he has been here since. He used to try and run away – to us, when we left. He had seperation anxiety but now ten years later he doesn’t leave the yard.
Coco was a turn and a foster failure. Our pool man knew I was into rescue and had the pet sitting business. He had a client who had a dog locked in her garage. She bought Coco, then Roxane to keep her kids company until she found out it requires training and time. She has been with us 2004 her birth year and owns the place. She is a well breed Daschund.
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