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"Casey" Seabrook is NOT for adoption! He is one of our adopted models!

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"Beno" Scheuneman is NOT for adoption!

He is one of our adopted models!

"Sydney" Irvin is NOT for adoption!

He is one of our adopted models!

Wednesday Evening, June 17, 2026

BECOME A FOSTER PARENT FOR SMALL PAWS® RESCUE!! WE PAY ALL VET BILLS FOR OUR FOSTER DOGS!

Dear Small Pawsers,

You may remember me telling you about little one year old "Stella", who was rescued from a shelter in Texas.

(Hey, she looked as if she had once met a Bichon, to me.)

Her owners surrendered her after moving to a new apartment complex, and receiving notice that Stella couldn't stay.

Stella

Stella is a very sweet girl.

She was used to sleeping in a human bed, not being in a cold shelter with hundreds of barking dogs.

Shelter employees reached out to tell us that Stella was not doing well after just one night in the shelter.

So we got her out of there and took her to our vet.

While she was on the spay table, our veterinarian called me.

He told me that he thought she might be pregnant. He wanted to know what we wanted to do.

I told him to sew her back up, that we are having babies!

I told him that whenever we have puppies, which in rescue happens only once in a very blue moon, we save the puppies for people who are grieving the loss of a pet or a person in their lives, within the last 6 months.

It's called the Puppies for Grievers program.

All puppies are adopted with a strict spay/neuter agreement, by the time the babies are six months old.

You may ask who enforces this?

Our Board of Trustees enforces it and if anyone is in violation of this agreement, I am on a plane with legal paperwork in hand.

Would I really do that? I have and I will!

Our babies will not be contributing to the over population of pets. Not on our watch.

We moved Stella to Michigan for foster care with long time volunteer, and Michigan Team Leader. Dawn Mead.

Sooo...you wanna see the babies?!!

OK! There are five count them FIVE! (They will not be available for adoption until they are 10 weeks old. They are five weeks old, now.)



This is Stella before an OBGYN appt. with our volunteer, Jane Cameron!

Dawn Mead holding a very pregnant Stella just days before the birth.

All five!

Eyes Open!

You talking to us?!

Mother and son.

We're gonna crawl outta here!

Shh. Angel Sleeping.

Puppies! Oh Babyyyy!!!

So I need to let you know their names!

Smudge Male

Snickers Male

Sophie Female

Sadie Female

Sailor Male

I also need to let you know that little Sadie has a grade 3/6 Heart Murmur.

But it will be alright. We are the ones who know who to call for a PDA Heart Murmur!

We have repaired 137 heart mururs on puppies born with a PDA.

"A PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) is a common congenital heart defect in puppies where a temporary fetal blood vessel fails to close after birth. This open vessel causes abnormal blood flow, which creates a distinct "washing machine" or "machinery" sounding heart murmur that a vet can easily hear with a stethoscope."

Thaibinh , our great Cardiologist at Medvet in Columbus Ohio has done so many of our heart murmur repairs.

When Sadie is older and heavier, we'll get her to Medvet. It will run around $4000-5000.00, but it will save her little life!

We will come and let you know when that will be happening so we can raise funds for Sadie!

Lastly, you may be wondering what KIND of puppies Stella had!

Funny you should ask!

We did a DNA Test on little Snickers, through Embark DNA Testing.

Wanna see the results?

See there?! I told you Stella once met a Bichon!!!

Lastly, we want to thank Dawn and Diane for HUNDREDS of hours of work, birthing the babies, taking them for their first vet visits, and CLEANING UP AFTER AND KEEPING TRACK OF FIVE WANDERING BABIES!!

Thank you both so very much!

And guess who is adopting little Stella?! Her foster parents!

And that's just the way it should be.

I'm thanking God for these five little lives, who will be a blessing to human beings for years to come, just like our dogs have blessed us all, so very much!

There are so many memories to be made!

If we have more grievers than puppies, Small Paws supporters will be first one the list.

That seems only right to me. How about you?!

All My Love, Robin