Richard Crowe's Blog – October 2013 Archive (3)

Here is Sunny when Maltese Rescue California received her.  She had been attacked by a large dog as a puppy and never received vet care for her injuries...

Here she is undergoing surgery...…

We have just received an owner surrendered Shih-Tsu who (we are assured by the owner) had an affair with a Maltese. She is very-very pregnant and the owner realized that as a singe working female, she couldn't whelp the puppies and care for the mom and pups...

Her name is Mikka and she seems quite healthy and well cared for (except that she was not spayed when she should have been).   But, that's the story of many rescues...…

Due to some major differences in rescue philosophy (boy, that's a euphemism), Judy and I have separated from the American Maltese Association Rescue.  We have banded together with other rescuers in Southern California to form MALTESE RESCUE CALIFORNIA. We expect to be able to better serve the needs of homeless Maltese and potential adopters in Southern California and parts of Arizona and Nevada.  We have applied for our 501(c)3 status as a nonprofit tax exempt entity and expect to have the…