Life is Good!

"Life is Good" is what Frankie's T-shirt says. This sweet girl wags her tail whenever she has the strength to get up and move around. She smiles and snuggles up to everyone she sees, canine or human. Although her skin is still hot to the touch, her fever has diminished and she's eating and drinking. She is deemed strong enough to start on her medication. Her two siblings began their treatment on Saturday. Donations of meds have begun arriving in the mail. We have pledges of about one third of the three hundred doses we will need.

When you think you've seen the worst...

 The writing and photos are lifted from a NorCal Collie Rescue Facebook posting earlier today. 

This is the group behind the dogs I foster.

NorCal Collie Rescue Many of our long-time friends remember Brook, our 7 month old puppy that came in March of 2011 with Generalized Demodectic Mange. After many months of treatment with Interceptor, Brook finally had a clear scrapping and was deemed cured after 11 months of care in February of 2012. Brook is happy and healthy today because of donations of Interceptor and funds provided by all of you.
Now our nightmare has tripled…..over the last two weeks we have brought in THREE 4 month old puppies with Demodectic Mange – all with MUTANT MDR1 genes. Therefore, Ivermectin can’t be used for treatment and Interceptor is off the market. One the puppies came in last night, septic with a temperature of 104.5. We are trying to stabilize her as I write this. The other two puppies are stable and on antibiotics to treat the secondary infections while we search for the best course of treatment for these 3 sweet, innocent little puppies.
Can you help? Yes you can! Cash donations are always helpful but medicine is what we are in desperate need of right now. Do you or anyone you know have a supply of Interceptor you would be willing to donate to help these puppies? We have collected about a 1 month supply for 1 puppy. We need at least a 6 week supply for all 3 puppies. If you can help, please let us know and mail your extra Interceptor to NorCal Collie Rescue, PMB #517, 270 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065

Beautiful Brook

The end result of  a lot of caring. 

She is our Gold Standard of what we hope to accomplish for these puppies.

To achieve this, we need to come up with 300 doses of Interceptor, which they will be taking daily.