If you've followed our work here at Mazie's Mission, you know we root for the underdog. Quite literally. Since we opened the clinic, we do not have adoption events any longer, so we are limited with the number of animals we can rescue. We started the Mazie's Bridge program to help increase that number. You may have seen the post about our first Bridge beneficiary, Eeyore. We pull the very worst medical cases, rehabilitate them, then move them to one of our rescue partners to attend adoption events. This is the story of two such underdogs, Fonzie and Ramsey.
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The shelter contacted us about these two in June. Ramsey, the dachshund mix, looks a lot like Eeyore did-- NO FUR! Fonzie, the Papillon mix, was not there yet, but was still missing large chunks of fur.
We found a foster who was willing to provide them the level of care and attention they would need for their journey to recovery.
Dogs with mange this severe need to be bathed every other day with medication. Even though they will act like you are Ming the Merciless torturing them, it must be done!
Care must also be taken with their sensitive skin. Their foster parents made sure they were both comfortable AND stylish.
Slowly but surely, the fur always starts to grow back.
Fonzie already had fur back on his paws after just a few weeks!
They had a glorious time with their foster family, playing and healing.
And of course, napping!
Such happy, grateful faces make our jobs easy.
Once they are ready for adoption, we have to find a rescue partner to take them. We contacted Stacy Smith with The Humane Society of Flower Mound, who accepted them into the Love on Wheels programs! Love on Wheels takes adoptable animals from this overpopulated area and transports them to a group in New York, where they are more likely to get adopted.
Even kids can help! They decorate bags that are donated for the dogs to take with them. In the bags, their new families will find treats, a favorite toy, and a letter telling their stories.
On the day of transport, a truck shows up, and everyone is loaded on.
In fact, Fonzie decided he just wanted to go home to his foster mama and not get on the truck at all!
But after some coaxing, everything went smoothly and now these two hunks are in the big apple, waiting for the perfect family!
The rescue they are with now is called Helping Hounds. You can visit their website here:
http://helpinghoundsdogrescue.org/pet/
The journey of Fonzie and Ramsey is an inspirational one, and we hope that you've enjoyed taking it with them. Not all shelter pets, especially ones with medical issues, are so lucky. Lots of people came together to make this possible, and that's what the Mazie's Mission Bridge Program is all about. If you would like to foster one of our medical cases, or even if you would like to try temporarily fostering a dog that will be transported with the Love on Wheels program, email us at foster@maziesmission.org for more information. Fostering is possibly the most crucial piece of rescue because you can directly save a life, and it will change yours forever!
Special thanks to:
Emily Marshall and Kyle Wakefield for fostering and for tons of great photos
Humane Society of Flower Mound
Love on Wheels
Debbie Daniels Photography
Michelle Stockton for transport and photos
Helping Hounds Rescue
And thanks to all of you for reading, sharing, volunteering and DONATING so that we can save more just like Fonzie and Ramsey!
XOXO,
The Mazie's Mission Family
The shelter contacted us about these two in June. Ramsey, the dachshund mix, looks a lot like Eeyore did-- NO FUR! Fonzie, the Papillon mix, was not there yet, but was still missing large chunks of fur.
We found a foster who was willing to provide them the level of care and attention they would need for their journey to recovery.
Dogs with mange this severe need to be bathed every other day with medication. Even though they will act like you are Ming the Merciless torturing them, it must be done!
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| I love you, even at bafftime |
Care must also be taken with their sensitive skin. Their foster parents made sure they were both comfortable AND stylish.
Slowly but surely, the fur always starts to grow back.
Fonzie already had fur back on his paws after just a few weeks!
They had a glorious time with their foster family, playing and healing.
And of course, napping!
Such happy, grateful faces make our jobs easy.
Once they are ready for adoption, we have to find a rescue partner to take them. We contacted Stacy Smith with The Humane Society of Flower Mound, who accepted them into the Love on Wheels programs! Love on Wheels takes adoptable animals from this overpopulated area and transports them to a group in New York, where they are more likely to get adopted.
Even kids can help! They decorate bags that are donated for the dogs to take with them. In the bags, their new families will find treats, a favorite toy, and a letter telling their stories.
On the day of transport, a truck shows up, and everyone is loaded on.
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| We are not sure about this... |
In fact, Fonzie decided he just wanted to go home to his foster mama and not get on the truck at all!
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| Peace out, guys |
The rescue they are with now is called Helping Hounds. You can visit their website here:
http://helpinghoundsdogrescue.org/pet/
The journey of Fonzie and Ramsey is an inspirational one, and we hope that you've enjoyed taking it with them. Not all shelter pets, especially ones with medical issues, are so lucky. Lots of people came together to make this possible, and that's what the Mazie's Mission Bridge Program is all about. If you would like to foster one of our medical cases, or even if you would like to try temporarily fostering a dog that will be transported with the Love on Wheels program, email us at foster@maziesmission.org for more information. Fostering is possibly the most crucial piece of rescue because you can directly save a life, and it will change yours forever!
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| THANK YOU for saving us! |
Emily Marshall and Kyle Wakefield for fostering and for tons of great photos
Humane Society of Flower Mound
Love on Wheels
Debbie Daniels Photography
Michelle Stockton for transport and photos
Helping Hounds Rescue
And thanks to all of you for reading, sharing, volunteering and DONATING so that we can save more just like Fonzie and Ramsey!
XOXO,
The Mazie's Mission Family
