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We are so proud! This girl was Neveah now Ziva. She came to us very abused. Former owner starved her and beat her; she was just hanging on when we rescued her. Now look at her. A fantastic family in Connecticut adopted her two years ago. Today she has come in second place in Obedience and Rally-o in the 2011 Berkshire Belgian Tervuren Club. She is also qualified in herding sheep by the AKC. Brings tears of happiness!

 

 
Tuesday, September 29^th was a tragic day for two young sister Chihuahuas named Minnie and Daphne. As reported in the OC register, both dogs were stolen in the night from their run at the San Clemente Animal Shelter; thieves used tools to destroy the padlocks.  Daphne was found dead, apparently hit by a car the next morning. Minnie was found by two women, running loose, near an apartment complex later the next day.  Investigation by the sheriff’s department has not resulted in any convictions to date.

 

 The shelter staff did not want Minnie to return to the shelter for fear of her safety and contacted Paws Pet Resorts in San Clemente.   When Minnie arrived at Paws, she was visibly shaken.  A lot of love, and rest and Minnie gradually started to brush off her horrible ordeal and trust again.  We introduced Minnie to our small dog playgroup and she began to heal.  Missing her sister, she began making friends with our regular day camp dogs.  Over the next couple weeks, Minnie became more and more herself; sweet, loving, trusting, and playful.

 

Minnie’s dream of a loving family has now come true..  She has been adopted to a local family who fell in love instantly.  It was meant to be.  Her new family takes her everywhere and she loves riding in the car.  She loves to snuggle at night and sleeps with her new parents in their bed. She even went camping last week in their RV.  The whole family is having a blast.   Happy ever after for Minnie!

 

    Hannah’s father , Mike, is a marine who waited for his deployment days to be over before getting a dog only to find out a year later that his country needed him to deploy again.   Without family to care for his one year old shepherd mix Hannah, he started the daunting task of finding a home.  Nothing was good enough for his girl and he was heartbroken at the thought of having to leave her.  Not having a choice, we all sat in my front lobby and cried and Mike put Hannah in our care.   I promised him, that Hannah  would  reside at Paws until the perfect family was found.  This was actually the second time Hannah was without a home.
    Mike rescued Hannah as a puppy. She had been hit by a car before she reached 9 weeks of age. Without the necessary funds the owners brought her to a local shelter where Mike found her, and paid for the expensive and risky surgery to reconstruct part of her skull.  He nursed her back to health and loved her dearly.   Hannah is a very luck girl as she will always be missed Mike, but she has found love again.
    Three months later, we found the perfect match for Hannah.  She resides with a local family,  has a new big brother (a sweet golden retriever) named Cabo. Hannah's new Mom is so pleased with the new addition to her family and hopes that when Mike returns he can be a part of Hannah’s life again. Hannah comes bounding into Paws for her doggie daycamp playdates, with a big grin .  She found love again… she is one of the lucky ones.

 

 

Is now living in a great home with kids in the family to play with and take care of (or pamper.) We are truely blessed to have found such a great home for her and we strive to put every dog we have in the best home possible.
Here is a write up from Daisy's new family
"She not only gets all the attention from our kids, but the whole neighborhood who lost our golden Molly as well in the fire - Now that we are back in our home - all the neighbors play with her and want to petsit.  Our neighbors across the street have three little kids and they come to the door asking for Daisy all the time.  I am known on the block as Daisy's mom!

 

We love her so much and she has brought us so much joy - thank you for making that possible."

 

 This sweet golden and her brother were hit by a car and left at a local kill shelter. Paws Rescue has put her into our adoption program thanks to the good folks at the Pet Project Foundation who are helping with her medical bills. She is having a very expensive surgery today to put her hip back together. Since we rescued her on St. Patrick's Day, we have given her an Irish name, Oriana, which means "golden girl". We are hoping to be able to rescue her brother who has minor injuries on Sunday. If you would like to donate towards Oriana's medical care go to petprojectfoundation.org or mail to the Pet Project Foundation PO box #5678, San Clemente, CA 92674-5678