American Boston Terrier Rescue has just taken custody of a 7 month old Boston Terrier puppy who is critically ill. We have named this little girl Magnolia Maiden aka Mags. She has a *bad* case of parvo. She needs our help.

Won't you please consider pledging just $10 to help this neglected little puppy get well? Our experience with Parvo puppy's vet bills in the past gives us the knowledge that the vet bills could easily run up over $1000. ABTR is committed to doing all we can for her, but our resources have been stretched enormously over the past several years with the numbers of Bostons needing our help. So, we really need some help to give this puppy the chance she deserves. Please donate to help us ensure that we can help this little girl and other deserving pups. It is almost certain that her vetting costs will exceed $1000, so we're grateful for each and every contribution. Thank you.

MAGNOLIA MAIDEN PHOTOS AND STORY!

11-10-11 -

I got several notes about this little girl in the Garland shelter from people. So Martha went over to check on her. Seems Mags's previous owner dumper her in the shelter cause she didn't have time for her. Mags was in the shelter for about 10 days or so waiting to be evaluated by their vet. Once she she was evaluated on Thursday, Martha picked her up on Friday for ABTR to help find a good home for her who would never dump her in a shelter again.

She acted fine on Friday and Saturday. Sunday Mags started throwing up, so Monday we took her into the vet. She was diagnosed with Parvo. At 8 am on Monday morning when I got her to the vet she was alert and responsive although sick at her stomach. By noon she had started going downhill and was very lethargic and could barely stand up. Mags had to be started on IV's and put into intensive care. The antinausea meds seemed like they had kicked in as she wasn't constantly puking like earlier in the day, but she just went down in her energy levels and responsiveness like someone had flipped a switch and dimmed her down.

On Tuesday morning we were very concerned for her as she was very unresponsive laying on her side and had blood coming out of one nostril and that is NOT a normal occurance with parvo. Dr. Cindy upped her meds and care. We were dealing with the parvo before worrying about any secondary issues. Parvo is deadly very quickly, so that was the issue we needed to be concentrating on. Thankfully, Mags was holding her own on Tuesday evening. No Improvement, but no worse either. Thank God!

Wednesday morning she had blood trickles from both nostrils. We are thinking that she had some thin weakened walls in some of the blood vessels in the nose and they burst due to the illness. She wasn't bleeding a lot, just a small trickle that stopped and didn't get any worse. By Wednesday afternoon after all the IV's, meds and intensive care, she was more alert. Dr. Cindy said if she continued to improve she would take out the IV's and try her on some soft food. Mags was over the hump hopefully.

Mags still has some work to get well. She will be shedding parvo virus for another couple of weeks so she will be in isolation. Dr. Cindy says we won't spay her for about a month after she has gone home to give her body time to get healthy again. So it will probably be some time in December before she is ready to go to a new home. I will update more as time goes on. All I can say right now is that Mags has been one VERY sick little puppy and THANK GOD that ABTR picked her up from the shelter or she may not have made it as she might not have gotten taken to the vet the very first thing on Monday morning and as fast as she went down, I am sure she would have died.

Now for my rant, a 7 month old puppy should NEVER have gotten parvo. That puppy should have already been fully immunized by having all her puppy shots by 3 months of age! ALL owners should take their puppies for their 6,8 and 12 week old puppy shots. Like any other vaccine Parvo shots do not take effect immediately. It takes 2 weeks for the immunity to build up and still needs a booster or 2 to reach full immunity. I always get 3 parvo shots for my personal dogs as having had a puppy go through this when I was a young girl, I never wanted to happen again. Being a rescue person now, it really upsets me when people take puppies with no shots or only one set of shots to the dog park, to petsmart and anywhere else there have been a lot of dogs. All of these places are where a puppy can contract parvo and any other contagious doggie disease very easily. My personal opinion is that puppies should be kept at home safe until after they have ALL 3 sets of puppy shots. Plus dumping a puppy with no shots at a dog pound is basically asking for something terrible to happen to the poor baby. Sometimes it is a GOOD thing that I don't know who these people are cause I really think I would punch their lights out. Mainly because I am so frustrated with their unfeeling ignorant actions towards the dogs they profess to love so much that they didn't bother to get basic health care and are dumping them in a hotbed of germs for their own good. Arrrggghhh!!! Sorry, but it sure felt good to get that off my chest.

UPDATE 11 - 10 -11 - The top photo is the one on Friday when she looked pretty good. The next 2 are the Tuesday Morning when I remembered I had my cell phone with me and could take a couple of pix. The next ones are on Wednesday when she was feeling a little better at end of day. See the little leg come up for a belly rub? Still too sick to get up, but wanted a belly rub. what a sweet baby girl!

UPDATE 12 - 15 -11 - Mags is doing well. I haven't had time to update her page until now. She went back in to be spayed last week. We did a blood clot test on her and that didn't act right so Dr. Cindy had me take her over to Refinery Road to have them run a blood clot panel on her before we would make the attempt to spay her.

Thankfully, all results were in normal limits on the panel! So she is now spayed and ready to adopt!

Mags talks to you and is so eager to get attention. She plays with everyone even my boxer Teddy. You would love her as she is such a sweet thing. BUT REMEMBER!!!! She is still just a puppy and needs all the usual puppy stuff like obedience training etc.

I am hoping that Mags gets a new home before Christmas.

As always, we at ABTR appreciate your continued support of our rescue efforts. Without your generosity and support, we could not have helped as many dogs as we have over the years. :) Thank you so very much. Wanda

If you would like to contribute to Mags's care and vet bill, please feel free to use paypal for your payment or you can mail the payment to our vet with the notation "American Boston Terrier Rescue - Magnolia Maiden" to:

Grand Avenue Animal Clinic
822 N. Grand Avenue
Gainesville, 76240


Otherwise, PLEASE MAIL DONATIONS TO:

American Boston Terrier Rescue
P O Box 525
Sanger, TX 76266
Thank you for your support.

We at American Boston Terrier Rescue have no ongoing sponsers, subsidies, grants or other steady supporter paying for the vetting care of the rescue dogs. All vet bills, dog food and anything else the dogs need are paid for from donations, adoption donations and my own pocketbook. Any Donations are always appreciated.

ABTR is very grateful for the generous show of support for Mags. Your prayers are so appreciated as well as the donations for her vet care from those we have listed below. All donations raised in excess of Mags's expenses will be used for the care of many dogs in our rescue program such as Matisse With cancer, the older dogs such as Whiskey Old Fashioned and 57 Chevy the old babies who will probalby never be adopted, but still need our love, vet care, dog food and Prayers. Thank you again for your donations and support.