Dalton the Wonder Dog

This is an incredible story about the healing power of the body and the healing power of love. Jade's Mission received a call from Jennifer from Unleashed about a puppy that had been hit by a car. Unleashed does amazing outreach work like Jade's Mission does. They had been helping a family for a long time with their beagle named Patches that is chained outside. They had also recently gotten a puppy. The puppy was always outside in the boiling hot weather every time Unleashed volunteers would go by. The puppy was skinny and the family was not taking care of him like they should. Unleashed couldn't get them to relinquish the puppy, so they did what we all have to do sometimes and try our best to educate. The family lived out on a busy street and the puppy was never supervised, so of course you know where this is heading. The puppy was hit by a car and drug. The family didn't have any money to get the puppy to the vet, so they called Unleashed. All the volunteers were tied up at the time of the call, so they called us. We were happy to help, so Kendra jumped in her car and went to get the pup. It sounded bad and we were sure he would have to be euthanized. Kendra took him to the Humane Society since it was close to the family's house. They evaluated him and said he wasn't paralyzed, despite him not wanting to move. We transferred the puppy to our vet in Raytown where he had every bone in his body radio-graphed and there wasn't a broken bone in his body!!! We started calling him Dalton. Besides being a little banged up, Dalton suffered a major degloving wound on his front leg. It was so bad, there was a chance he may lose some of his toes. I apologize for the graphic pictures, I just want everyone to see how fast and how well he healed over time.

Kendra, one of our amazing volunteers, offered to foster Dalton. Kendra brought Dalton up to the vet every day for his bandage change for three weeks! Every couple days, when we removed the bandage, you could tell how fast his leg was healing. Dalton went on several antibiotics and pain medications and slowly started to become a puppy again. It was about two weeks after we rescued him that he started to play and explore. He was such a patient and good boy. He would just lay on the exam table at the vet and let them do their work, he didn't even flinch! He was house trained and crate trained in less than a week too. He was just the best puppy despite everything he had been through.

After 4 weeks of bandage changes, the day finally came where Dalton's leg was free to breath! Of course he had to wear the cone of shame, but he was a champ about it. Although the skin wound had mostly healed up, Dalton has suffered some permanent tendon damage and will never be able to use that leg normally. He is not in any pain and gets around just fine. The vet thinks there is a possibility that as he gets older and grows, his leg may correct itself over time. Dalton is still looking for the perfect forever home! If you think that's you, please contact us at jadesmission@yahoo.com or call at 816-737-8574.

Thank you everyone who donated so we were able to save Dalton's leg! Good luck Dalton!!!

Eeyore

It's been a while since I have written a post or told one of our stories on here. All us volunteers have been so busy lately, there hasn't been time, but I thought I would stop and tell Eeyore's story. We  had so many people come together and help us save Eeyore, it was amazing! I'll start from the beginning. This boy has been through a whirl wind of change, he's not even the same dog anymore.

We got a call late one night from a woman named Sharon who does amazing work in the inner city with trapping, spaying/neutering, and releasing cats. She also rescues cat and kittens, helps people take care of colonies, and takes care of many colonies herself. She is an amazing woman! She was helping a man with his cats and she knew he also had a dog. One night, she stopped by the bring him food for his cats when she noticed he had another dog. When she got near the dog, she could smell a horrible smell, and that's when she noticed the poor dog's neck wound. She asked the man about it and he was very frank about what had happened to the dog. He told Sharon that the dog is very bad and when he does bad things, he tightens the panty hose that are wrapped around the dog's neck. He said that he also tried to hit him with hot pans too, but that's didn't work. Sharon was in shock, but knew she had to get this dog out of there. She told the man the dog needed serious medical help and she took the dog with her. She didn't know what to do with him, so she called us. I met Sharon and picked up the dog from her. She said his name was Ears... He smelt like rotting flesh.

 I took him to the vet first thing the next morning. At the vet, we decided to rename him Eeyore. Eeyore had suffered a deep, long flesh wound from the panty hose being wrapped around his neck so tight. Eeyore went straight to surgery that morning. His surgery took almost two hours. The doctor has to cut a half an inch of dead flesh on the top and bottom of his neck, then stitch it all back together. Luckily Eeyore is a hound mix, so he has extra neck skin to spare! While Eeyore was at the vet having surgery, our outreach volunteers headed out to meet with Eeyore's owner and find out what exactly was going on and what action we needed to take. When the volunteers arrived at Eeyore's house, they found an older man that was clearly going through some mental issues. He didn't understand what he had done to Eeyore and wanted him back. The volunteers thoroughly explained the condition Eeyore was in and it was because of this man. He would not have it, he really thought he hadn't done anything wrong. The volunteers finally were able to get the man to sign Eeyore over to us. This man has many cats, but he also has another dog. What we really wanted to do was turn this man in for animal abuse and get justice for Eeyore. But the moment we do that, we lose contact with this man. We all know that there isn't a whole lot of justice for animals in our system, so we knew we probably wouldn't get far, at best, this man would walk away with some fines. So we had to make 'friends' with this man so we are able to check in on his other dog at least every couple weeks. We do not want what happened to Eeyore to happen to his other dog.

Eeyore made it through his surgery like a champ! He acted like nothing had happened. A few days after his surgery, Eeyore went to his foster home with Carolyn. Eeyore was introduced to Carolyn's other foster, Lexi and it was love at first sight! Eeyore got himself a girlfriend. As weeks went by, Carolyn updated us on Eeyore's progress, he was doing so well! Ten days after his surgery, Eeyore went in to have his stitches removed and he looked great, everything was healing really well. We finally decided Eeyore was ready to start looking for his forever home. We had a family that was really interested in him, but Carolyn couldn't let him go. She had fallen in love with this dog, who despite everything he had been through, still loved and trusted people. Eeyore loves Carolyn too, he 'talks' to her and brings her so much happiness. I went over to see Eeyore and give Carolyn his vet records and I couldn't believe what I saw. Eeyore was a totally different dog. He is confident, he looks healthy, and you can tell by the smile on his face he has finally found happiness. Eeyore has the run of the house and has a doggie door he can use to go outside anytime he likes. He even still gets to hang out with his girlfriend Lexi, who Carolyn is still fostering.

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to help us save Eeyore. We can't help animals like him without your help. Every animal deserves a second chance and a happy life like Eeyore.

No Babies for These Ladies

One of our goals at Jade's Mission is to spay any chained and penned female dogs we come across while we are doing outreach. There are so many unwanted litters in Kansas City and even more unwanted dogs and cats. The more litters that are born are just adding to the huge problem we have. Plus these litters that are born from a chained dog that lives in less desirable situation are prone to more diseases and sometimes don't make it. Not only are these pet owners struggling to take care of their animal, now they have 5 or more puppies to care for. We find so many pregnant or new mommas that are skin and bones because they are not getting enough to eat and the babies are sucking the life out of them. The owners end up giving the puppies away as early as 3 weeks, full of worms, and still needing mommas milk. These puppies are usually given away for free or very cheap and they end up in a life just like their momma was in. We are out there trying to prevent as many litters from happening as we can. Not all pet owners are willing to spay their animals, but through education, we will try to help as many of these animals as possible. As Jade's Mission we have been able to spay 5 chained females so far. If you stop and think, this has not only saved 5 dogs from having to suffer through pregnancy at the end of a chain, it has saved hundreds of lives from all the litters of puppies these dogs could have had in their lifetime at the end of their chain. 

Our donations can only go so far with spaying along with all the other outreach supplies we have to purchase. We knew we couldn't afford to spay and neuter the amount of animals we wanted to without more help. We reached out to Spay and Neuter Kansas City for help. They are willing to help us with spaying and neutering animals that we find while we are on outreach! This is such a great working relationship! We have their forms and can direct people to their services directly now. Instead of just referring them to Spay and Neuter KC, we can help people fill out the form, turn it in for them, and transport animals to their facility if needed. This helps us out so much so we can direct our donated money to outreach supplies and animal emergencies. 

I would like to share some of the stories of the dogs we have been able to spay through Jade's Mission! 

This is sweet Daisy. When we first came across her while going down an alley, she was on a short tie out, no shelter, no food or water, and had bad fly strike. Through education and assistance, we were able to get Daisy spayed, get her a dog house, and now everytime we go by she has fresh food and water. 

Miss Queenie was our first spay as Jade's Mission. She used to be chained up with no shelter and now she is an indoor dog thanks to educating the pet owner.

Bella is a young puppy this family rescued from the streets. She is kept inside and thanks to Jade's Mission, won't have to worry about having a litter.

This is beautiful Roxy, a brindle pit, who we spayed before she could have a litter of pups.

And this is Gordy, a sweet 9 month old girl. Her family was very thankful for the help getting her spayed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thank you so much to everyone for all the support we are getting! We are small and new, but we are getting so much work accomplished because of your donations and networking!

Good Luck Jade's Mission Babies!!!

We came across Violet, Daisy, Iris, and Sweet William on our very first day of outreach as Jade's Mission! My mom and I were out when we came across a momma in the street eating out of the trash. We started looking around at where her pups could be. We located them on a porch, but no one was home. These pups were starving and clearly overloaded with worms. They were fighting over the dog biscuits I was giving them. The next day we went back to make contact with the owners. Finally someone was home. The lady stated that she wanted all the puppies, one for each of her kids... ugh. After much convincing, we were able to take the three girls into our program, but they would not let the boy pup go. We sadly left him there alone, but we knew we would be back to check on him. The next week my mom and I were there again and this poor boy was so afraid he was hiding under a truck in a vacant lot next door. We finally caught the poor puppy and he was sooo hungry he ate an entire can of food in seconds. We talked with the owners and they finally gave him up too. That's how these puppies became the first rescues of Jade's Mission! We gave them a couple weeks of recovery at Kendra's while they passed their worms, got vaccinated, and spayed/neutered. 

It wasn't long before we started getting interested in them. Pretty little Iris was the first to be adopted! Then soon after that, beautiful Iris was adopted. Then we had the two black ones left. We know, being in the rescue world for a while, how hard it can be sometimes to adopt out black dogs. With the help of T.A.R.A., they courtesy listed our puppies and within two weeks we found forever homes for Daisy and finally Sweet William! 

Within those weeks of fostering these four cuties, Kendra also took in a beautiful Belgium Malinois puppy someone dumped in a hotel room. Parker didn't last long at Jade's Mission and was adopted in less than a week! Then just this past week, we took in a chunky little boy named Toad. He is the cutest little hunk and he was adopted just yesterday by a wonderful family! Please enjoy the following pictures of happiness! These puppies are the lucky ones that made it out of the hell they were born in to and are now off to their life of love and happiness! 

Thank you everyone who donated towards the healthy recovery of all these puppies and towards their spays and neuters. Thank you to the volunteers who didn't give up and helped rescue all these babies. And finally, THANK YOU KENDRA for fostering all these cuties till they were adopted. You cared for these pups, screened the applications, and did all the adoptions. You had the toughest job of all and you did an amazing job!  

 

The Miserable Heat

The past month of outreach has been down right miserable! This heat will not give up! But neither will we, we have been out there as much as we can in this weather trying to reach as many animals as possible. Yesterday was a record breaking high and we were out there for these animals. We came across so many dogs that either had no water, nasty, stale, brown water, or were so tangled the couldn't reach their water. It is so frustrating to see dogs like this. You just want to tie the owners up outside with no shade or water and see how they feel. But since that realistically isn't an option for us, we have to continue to educate and stress the importance of the basic needs these dogs need. Some of the addresses we visit, we have to go there at least twice a week to make sure the dogs are ok and have water. No amount of education ever helps. It's very sad and very frustrating on our part. 

Our first stop was a dog that was chained to a tree and the chain was so tangled up, he couldn't even reach his water. The chain was around his neck and he had horrible fly strike. No one was home, so we just went to work fixing him up. We got him on a light weight tie-out and a put a new collar on him. He now has 20ft of space to walk around in. We put fly repelling ointment on his ears and hung a fly bag. He loved his treats! We left food and our information. He also needs a new dog house, which we will fix him up with before it gets cold out. 

 Next we stopped at Dollar Bill's house...yes that's the dog's name. We have been going here twice a week trying to get the owner to step up and take care of this dog. When we got there today he had 2 buckets full of fresh water and had food out!!! We get so excited over things like this. We hung a new fly bag for this boy and left more food.

After that we stopped to check on our boy JoJo. On Wednesday when we were out doing outreach, one of our teams found JoJo so tangled up he was literally choking and couldn't move, let alone get to his water. JoJo can be very unpredictable so it wasn't an easy task for Kendra and her Husband John to get him untangled, but they did! So we knew we had to get back to JoJo yesterday to check in. He wasn't tangled thank goodness and had somewhat fresh water. His ears are looking much better since we started educating the owner on stepping up and taking care of his dog. 

 We checked in on our boy that lives at a vacant home. His water was disgusting and he was on such a short tie out, he barely had space to move. We have given this dog numerous new tie outs, but something always happens to them... But we couldn't leave him like that, so we put him on yet again, another tie out. We dumped out his brown/green water and gave him cool, fresh water. We slathered his ears with fly ointment and hung another fly bag. He's always one we have to check on at least once a week. Neighbors say they take care of him, but that's not always the case. 

 Our next stop is always a frustrating one. It's like a roller coaster at this house. One week they are stepping up and taking care of their dogs, the next they are completely neglecting them. Today was one of those neglectful days. Boots barely has any shade where his set up is located and he never has fresh water. We have finally gotten them to start putting on the fly ointment consistently so his poor ears have finally healed up. Baby Girl, who lives in the back was so tangled around the deck she couldn't move or get to her water. She was panting really hard. We poured water over her to cool her off, got her untangled, and made her drink some water. Both buckets of water that were out there for her were green and really nasty. 

  After many more stops in KCMO, we headed over to KCK. We had several addresses in mind where we know dogs never have water and need our help. We stopped and helped these two dogs that live in a pen together and just as we suspected, their water was gross and brown, it probably hadn't been changed since the last time we were there. 

 Our last call of the day was given to us by an amazing meter reader who calls in to outreach groups as she sees dogs in need on her routes. I had talked to her earlier that day about a husky that was being kept outside with old water and no shelter. When we got there, we got to talking to the owner about the care his dog needs. He did have fresh water, but he didn't have any shelter and he was on the skinny side. We dewormed the husky and gave the owner some puppy food to bulk him back up. The man had rescued the dog and was trying to do his best to care for him. As we talked with him further, we discovered that his girlfriend had a puppy at her house that they didn't want anymore. They said she had worms coming out of her, so they put her in the basement where she stays all the time. They said she has been losing weight and they just didn't know what to do with her anymore. We immediately said we'd take her! They went and got her and she was quite the sad sight! She was skinny and attention starved. She smelt terrible and was in pretty rough shape. Sometimes these calls can turn into so much more once you start talking to people. We will be getting the husky shelter and staying in close contact with this family. 

 Thank you so much everyone for the support and thank you so much to the hard working volunteers who are out there helping these animals!