Puppy Mill Girls

Puppy Mill Girls

2/8
Meet the 3 newest members of LDR. These little girls were confiscated from a woman who imported them from a puppy mill in Mexico, to sell. There is one more little one, but the 4th baby is in the emergency hospital tonight, critically ill, from bacteria and parasites in her intestines. We're praying that she survives the night, but at only 1 pound 5 ounces, she in a very precarious place.
We'll keep you posted and have more pics of these babies, after they're cleaned up a bit and have had some nice, warm healthy meals.

These little birds will not be available until the courts have released them. We'll keep you posted as to when that will be.
Please say a little prayer tonight, for our little girl, Mira (we hope, soon, to call her Miracle). We're praying for her recovery.

Mira made it through the night but her journey has just started. Dr. Webber at Garden Grove Emergency Animal Clinic was wonderful, kept her alive through the night, with fluids, antibiotics, and pain meds His diagnosis, judgment, treatments and medications were right on. Even though we can’t afford emergency treatment on any regular basis, we did what needed to be done, at an enormous cost and we’re sure that it saved Mira’s life last night.

This morning, we transported her to Arbor Animal Hospital, where Dr. Peth examined her. and has decided that she will not only need more IV fluids and antibiotics, but she will need plasma transfusions. We know that she’s going to get the best possible care and her recovery depends a great deal on and how badly deteriorated she was before we were able to get help. She's a very very sick little girl, so if you have any special prayers to offer, she sure could use them. I wish we were feeling more hopeful, but we know that she's in the VERY BEST of hands and if anyone can save her, it's the staff at Arbor.

Thank you again Dr.’s and staff at Arbor. Without your expertise and financial generosity there would have been hundreds of little guys that wouldn’t have been given a new life to share with a new forever family. We are forever indebted to you all.

Our 3 other little girls are doing fairly well, although for a few days, we'll watch every move they make, hoping they won't get sick. One of them burped a few minutes ago, and I almost had a heart attack. The next few days will be tenuous. We'll stay in very close contact with Arbor.

Thursday Evening
Things don't look good. Our little Mira is home tonight, in a makeshift hospital. She's hooked up to an IV, but there's almost no movement from her. Right now, it's up to her. Dr. Peth has done everything she can do. Robin, Arbor's head tech, has done everything in her power to save her. She's had the most intensive care. She has all the support she can get, but her body has to take over now. It may be too late. You can't imagine how hard it is to watch her, trying to survive. :-(( Keep the prayers coming...she needs you!

Mira made it through the night, but still no response from her at all. We will take her back to Arbor this morning and keep praying.

Poop Update on our other 3 Girls
Our other three girls are doing well this morning. We're continuing medications to prevent them from getting the bacterial infection that has our Mira so sick. They are unbelievably filthy, having lived in a puppy mill. We would like to bathe them, if it's warm enough. We're trying to keep their stress level down, because stress can lower their immune system. We'll have pictures, later today, of the three little monkeys.

For those of you that didn't see the Channel 2 expose last week about puppy mills, allow me to tell you a bit about where these babies came from. This is our third batch of these puppies.

What these people do, is go down to Mexico and pick up these babies in puppy mills South of the Border. They bring them back over the border and sell them very very quickly, before they get sick. These puppies are 4-5 weeks old...which is way too young to be away from their Mothers. They don't have their vaccinations and are loaded with parasites. These disgusting people stop on the side of the road and sell these cute babies to unsuspecting customers. These folks take these babies home, and usually within 24 hours, they're in the emergency room, forking out thousands of dollars for their "discount" puppy. Most of the times, these babies don't make it. The last one we had died of distemper.
Please, folks. Do NOT be tempted to purchase one of these babies. You have no idea how gut wrenching it is to watch these babies suffer and die from preventable diseases.. I can tell you, sitting here, listening to the IV pump and watching this little bird fighting to stay alive, that this is very very difficult.

We may have to make a very sad decision today. :-(( Keep the prayers coming.
We'll keep you posted.

Just spoke to the head vet tech, dear Robin, who has been doing everything in her power to make this little girl survive, and no change. She moved around a little bit this AM, but has been sleeping ever since. She's no worse, but no better. Doesn't appear to be suffering in any way, just not responding. :-((

Brought Mira home tonight. Still on IV. No change. :(( Dr. Peth is not optimistic. We'll wait till AM.

It is with incredible sadness that we tell you that our little Mira took her last breath today. She fought so hard to the end, but her infection won the battle. She now has her wings.
We want to thank Dr. Peth, Robin, the head tech at Arbor, and the entire staff. They worked tirelessly to save this little girl. She was just too far gone by the time we got her. We are so grateful.

Now, we need to put our hearts into our three other girls. We won't feel that they're safe from sickness for about 10 days. Once again, we're working closely with Arbor Animal Hospital in Irvine, to make sure these little ones get the best possible care.