Olga Featured by Facebook's Save A Dog!

Guess what - Olga has been selected as the Dog of the Week for Facebook's Save A Dog application! How neat is that? We didn't even know until today. Her "week" was August 23-30. What's more, our Sarah was the Dog of the Week for July 26-August 2. I have no idea how that happened, but it is cool!

Sarah was the dog that brought me to rescue by walking up to me on the streets and collapsing at my feet. That was many years ago. In reality, she has become my mascot of heart.

Olga was one of a litter of nine puppies born in an abandoned house here in New Orleans. Shortly after that, the house caught on fire. As a neighbor stood watching, not knowing what to do, out of the house came the momma dog carrying a puppy. She deposited the puppy on the neighbor's doorstep then dashed back into the burning home. She repeated this time and again until all nine puppies were safe! That brave momma and eight of the puppies have long since found their forever homes, but Olga has not. Now seven years old, she has matured into a lovely, petite dog of great intelligence. Although very attached to me, I still hope that one day she will have a home of her own.

Tsolta has been adopted !!

WOW! That's a first!! We didn't even get out the door before we had an adoption!! Zsolta has been ADOPTED!! AND she is going to live the life of an artist!

But not to worry, still come an meet the dogs today. Mimi is still looking for a home of her own!! We will be a Petcetera, 3205 Magazine Street at Harmony (Uptown New Orleans) Mimi or Stanya would just LOVE to watch the Saints game with you tonight!!

Csaba - ADOPTED!!

Csaba has settled into his new home. He now lives with a very nice lady named Janice and her daughter.

From Csaba/Max's new home:

Hey Madalin,

Max is GREAT!He already sits on command, and follows me around wherever I go.
My younger daughter was in town this weekend, so now he has met her and knows she is family.

Janice found us on Adopt-A-Pet.com, one of over 20 websites that we just started posting on through Rescue Groups. I'm happy to say that Janice's phone call was not the only one generated by these new postings. Did I mention that it has gotten busy????

Csaba was reunited for a minute with his sister when I picked him up for their spay/neuter appointments. The were so thrilled to see each other again! However this photo was taken after they were all tuckered out from a massive play session!!

Anyway Csaba is all settled in at his new home! And by the way, don't call him Csaba anymore. His name is MAX!! So much for the Hungarian theme! LOL

But his sister Zsolta is still looking for the perfect picnic spot! She spent some time with me here after her Spay. She is a great little girl. Although she was shy when we first got her from between the houses, she learned how to get love FAST. She is loving and sweet and patient. She did great with her crate training. And she is really growing into her beauty! Lovely!

Rabbit Adoptions, Reunited Puppies and A Big Thank You!

Hey everyone,

Wow! Isn't it amazing how one minute you feel like you've got everything under control and the next *bam!* you're going 90 mph! That's what it ha been like for the last couple of weeks. But don't get me wrong ~ it's all been good! Truthfully, I cannot believe the supportive response I have gotten to our new blog and Facebook page. We already have over 100 facebook fans, 300 blog views and 12 followers. I guess people really are interested in what we are doing! Who knew? Not me. Thank you. It has meant a great deal to me to know that people care.

A couple of great thing to bring you up to speed on. First, big news for small rabbit ~ Mae Fern has been adopted. She was so happy to leave us with Amey. Who could blame her? How would you like to be a rabbit living with all these dogs? Amey found us thru the House Rabbit Society. A big THANK YOU to June for letting Amey know that of all the rabbits in town Mae Fern needed a new home the most. That put Mae Fern ahead in the line...in front of all the little baby bunnies!!

You remember Csaba, our little Rottweiler puppy? Guess what ~ we just rescued his sister, Zsolta. These two had been running the streets making it on their own. Someone caught Csaba but couldn't get Zsolta. But then, two weeks later, guess who was found trapped between two houses? Oh yeah, Zsolta! What was cool was how these two puppies acted when they saw each other again. They were so happy. I'll make a separate posting for Zsolta with more details, but I just had to share here!

I really need some financial help getting Csaba and Zsolta fixed. I don't have the funds to do it without their adoption fee, and I don't want to adopt them until they're fixed. See the Catch-22? If you can help just a little bit, that would be huge for me. I have a vet who is very reasonable but can't do it for free. You can use the Paypal button, but please let me know so I can thank you!

One more time, thank you to everyone who has joined us on Facebook and this blog, who encouraged their friends to do the same, and who sent me supportive posts and messages. Suddenly I no longer feel alone! You are the best!

~ Madalin

Zsolta the Puppy

Zsolta is a lovely puppy, probably a Catahoula Leopard Dog and Lab mix. You can see the "leopard" markings in her coat. Beautiful! Check out her photo album.

Zsolta and her brother Csaba were living on the streets until someone decided they deserved better. She was able to catch Csaba fairly easily but not Zsolta. However, two weeks later, who did she find trapped between two houses but Zsolta. Smart girl got herself through the fence but couldn't work her way back out.

So now we have both of these adorable puppies. They had a tough start on life but have bounced back well. If you are interested in adopting one of them please e-mail me at madalin@useddogs.org. If you can't adopt but would like to donate toward getting them fixed and fully vetted, that would be huge! You can just use the Paypal button at the top of the right column of this blog.

Spread the word. Let people know that there are lots of Used Dogs needing a loving home!