Mavis

MAVIS IS GOING GREAT

2007-02-21T05:40:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I just wanted to post a short note saying Mavis' latest blood test came back NORMAL. I still need to interrogate the vet further but he said she is doing great, and her test result numbers are great. He was a little suprised at the results himself I think. I will post more after I talk to him. This is great news for Mavis - maybe more folks will be interested in adopting her now?

peace,

tina

Mavis Monroe.....

2007-02-09T08:28:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't updated Mavis' blog in awhile, school started again and that coupled with work has left me brain dead and exhausted. Mavis is doing great. She is such a happy go lucky gal. Her friend Porsche was adopted by a great family - YAY! I miss seeing her face at adoptions and having her lay in my lap, but I know she is much happier living with a real family and cuddling up the couch to watch TV. Now it's Mavis' turn don't y'all think? I know some of you are reluctant to take on a dog with potential medical issues, but aren't those the dogs that need loving and compassionate homes the most? The cute little puppies will get adopted, they always do (Mavis' puppies were adopted within a week of being available) yet Mavis is still waiting ONE YEAR and THREE MONTHS later! I am saddened by the dismissal of Mavis as a potential pet when people find out she may have a kidney issue. This poor girl has been waiting so long, is so healthy and just wants someone to love her as much as she loves them. She doesn't know that she may get sick in the future, heck - WE don't know that she'll EVER get sick - yet people pass her by and ask about the "healthy" dogs. I tell ya, if I had room for all the old, sick, three-legged, blind and deaf dogs jut wallowing away watiing for someone to see their true potential - I WOULD TAKE THEM ALL! Anyway, I digress. Mavis is good, she is full of life and love and in my heart i KNOW someone just perfect will reach out to her and pull her in for a hug and never let her go.

She goes in for a repeat blood test tomorrow and I'll post her results. Keep your paws crossed.

Here's a picture of Mavis at adoptions last weekend, looking very Marilyn Monroe..... hence today's post title....

Mavis takes Manhattan (Beach that is)

2007-01-08T16:13:00.000-08:00

Mavis went on an adventure of sorts this last Saturday. A friend of Mavis' came across a store in Manhattan Beach that sports a beautiful pitbull. Always on the lookout for a home for Mavis, the woman rushed into the store and chatted up the owner. Arrangements were made to bring Mavis for a visit and so off we went. Mavis had a great time in Manhattan Beach, she walked along the path and did a little shopping. I am so very proud of her since this was probably her first foray into that world. Coming out of the South LA shelter and heading into kennel care downtown doesn't leave a lot of beach time for a girl like Mavis.

The visit went great and the store owner is now another link in our great chain out there trying to find Mavis a home.

The New Year Update

2007-01-04T17:05:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone!
I just wanted to check in with some Mavis and Porsche news. First, Porsche is back at the kennel. While this makes Mavis happy, I admit I am saddened by her return to the kennel. Let me just say it was not because Porsche was unruly or for anything negative. In fact, the foster family was getting TOO ATTACHED to her! The family really wants to foster a dog, but isn't in a place to adopt right now - they felt they and the kids were getting too attached to Porsche - so decided to take her back to the kennel. Porsche is a doll - I think she was a little depressed at last Saturday's adoptions - she missed her new family. It was sad, but we showered her with attention and she hung out with Mavis, and she seemed to perk up a little bit as the day wore on.

In Mavis news - there really isn't any. She hasn't had anyone interested in her and so far only one kind soul has offered to help with some of her mounting expenses. Medically, the radiologist read her Xrays today and found nothing abnormal in them (she had chest and abdominal xrays done to rule out anything organ wise causing her urine protein to rise.) So, she is healthy, just sitting and waiting for someone to find and fall in love with her.

I made flyers of her that I will post around town this weekend, if you want a copy just email me and I'll send it to you. I guess I figure if enough people are out there looking for the perfect home for Mavis, it will happen.

In other news, I am personally saddened by the passing of my cat C-J (you can see her in the photo of the Bully Crew at the bottom of the page. She was 20 years old and my first rescue. Who would have thought that 20 years ago this wily little kitten hiding under a car in a parking lot at my work would start me on my road to rescue. She was a tough one, always in charge of the household no matter how many puppies and pitbulls I brought home. I miss her terribly but am comforted by the fact that I was with her in the end and that she was able to spend her last few hours in her favortite spot - laying in the sun on the deck. Here's to you C-J - may you be healthy and eating til your hearts content.

peace,

tina

Mavis on Christmas morning

2006-12-31T14:39:00.000-08:00

The kennel where Mavis is boarded was so sweet to send me this Christmas morning picture of Mavis. How great are they there to give all the rescue dogs a special treat and attention on Christmas.

Mavis is still looking for her forever home or foster home. Medically, she is doing great. I will take her in for a repeat blood test soon, but she is really healthy, her blood pressure test came back normal and her xrays did too.

I just can't believe no one wants her. She is such a spectacular dog. Maybe 2007 will be her year.....

Mavis on FOX LA

2006-12-15T16:51:00.000-08:00

click on the link to the right under "links" or cut and paste the address below to see Mavis on Fox LA's pet adoption segment.

http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=1373169&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=5.2.1

Mavis and Porsche Update

2006-12-15T12:48:00.000-08:00

Hi all, I see Mavis has been here telling her own story - what a smartypants that one is....

Anyway - just wanted to update y'all on Mavis and Porsche - the good news is that Porsche found a foster home (at least a short term one) so she is spending the holidays in a nice warm home with a loving foster family - Go Porsche! She'll still be at adoptions on saturdays so PLEASE come see her.

The bad news is that mavis is still at the kennel and when her best friend Porsche left - she got so depressed the staff moved her to closer to the kitchen so they could keep an eye on her and she could see them. They have been great with her - even cuddling up in her run with her so she doesn't feel so lonely.

The other bad news is that the vet found protein in Mavis' urine and through blood tests thinks she might have a slight kidney issue - though she is completely asympomatic and even the vet said IF she DOES have a kidney issue - she is THE HEALTHIEST kidney issue dog he's ever seen. I guess the cause of the protein is hard to identify and may NEVER cause her any problems, but I want to be completely honest and up front with folks who might be interested in her. She'll be going back to the vet this week for some more tests to rule out anything serious. I'll keep you all posted.

So, there it is - think positive thoughts for Mavis this week and let's hope that someone comes to adoptions tomorrow and falls head over heels in love with her!

One last note - if you or anyone you know are interested in helping cover some of Mavis' expenses, please let me know. I hate putting this out there but i really have no choice at this point. You can contribute directly to me, to the kennel she's boarded at or to The Paw'd Squad Animal Rescue in Mavis' name.

Thanks for reading and giving Mavis a chance,

Tina

Shhhhh.... DON'T TELL HER I'M USING THE COMPUTER...

2006-12-08T09:32:00.000-08:00

hey everybody, it's me mavis. please don't tell that lady that rescued me (i think you all call her tina) that i'm using one of the computers here at the kennel. i was bored last night sitting in my run, and my best friend porsche in the run next to me was asleep already (probably dreaming about adoptions on saturday and hoping someone will come adopt her for christmas - i think she really wants a stuffed toy this year - all the puppies at adoptions keep stealing her favorite stuffed parrot and getting puppy goo all over it.Yuck!) anyway - i didn't want to wake her up so i snuck out by myself - don't ask me how - let's just say that we staffies are a smart breed... SO... i found the office with the computers and i've been wanting to google myself so i did. well... what did i find? this blog that that lady ... er...i mean tina... made about me. i read what she said about me and IT'S ALL TRUE! i really am THAT GREAT! well, almost that great anyway. one thing though, i know i am costing her a lot of money every month - my rent here at the kennel is over 400 bucks a month (can you believe these LA prices? i mean the real estate market has shifted and all but, jeez, it's still SO expensive to live in this city, I don't know how y'all do it) oh, sorry... anyway.... i heard her talking to someone last weekend and she was kinda crying, all i could make out was that she really can't afford to keep me here much longer. you see, she was a teacher until last june when she decided she really wanted to work with animals so she quit her teaching job and went back to school to be a vet tech - she also works at a vet hospital but can you believe that it pays EVEN LESS than teaching? i know she really loves me and it's breaking her heart to see me kenneled and unadopted for SO long. i feel bad for her cause she really wants to find me a good home. sometimes i am sorry that i am a staffie mix and we have such a bad reputation, do you know that one day at adoptions a woman was petting me and (i was rolled over on my back so she could reach my tummy) at the same time she was telling my rescue mom that she doesn't like, doesn't trust, would never own a staffie or pit? I thought my rescue mom was gonna knock her off the planet! so, you see, i really want to find a home soon. i don't want to stress my rescue mom out or make her sad. she saved my life and the lives of all my puppies too. they all got great homes and i am sure that they are making their new moms and dads very happy. i just want a chance to do the same.

ok - i gotta go - porsche is gonna wake up soon and she will be very, very worried about me if i am not there when she opens her eyes - you know we both came from the shelter and there when you woke up and your neighbor wasn't there anymore - you knew exactly where they went - and most times you never even got to say goodbye.

thanks for reading,

mavis

some more photos of mavis.... enjoy

2006-12-01T11:15:00.000-08:00

These were taken at the most recent Best Friends adoption event at the La Brea Tar Pits - as you can see, Mavis is quite the lover. The black dog she is playing with is her best friend Porsche. Porsche is also loking for a home and is being kenneled right now too. She was a "leftover" at the Best Friends event before this last one and she is a really sweet girl.

ADOPT OR FOSTER MAVIS

2006-11-27T08:28:00.000-08:00

I rescued mavis last November (yes - a whole year ago!) from the South LA shelter. She was pregnant, had kennel cough and was scheduled to be euthanized that day. She was listed as a stray but was obviously someone's pet once upon a time. How she ended up pregnant and a stray I will never know. What I do know though is that she looked at me with the saddest eyes imaginable, and when I asked to see her out of her run, she leaned her big pregnant self into me and that was it - I bailed her out of there and took her to my vet. After an x-ray that showed 5 puppies in her belly I left her at the vet for the night wondering what the hell I got myself into rescuing a pregnant staffie mix with no where to house her. Fate was on Mavis' side though and a wonderful foster home welcomed her in and let her have her puppies at their house. The day after Thanksgiving 2005 Mavis delivered 5 beautiful, healthy girls (yup - all girls) Well, the puppies had their first birthday on Saturday, November 25, 2006. They are all in loving, happy homes, but Mavis is still homeless. Her foster home did a great job with her for 9 months but now Mavis is being boarded in a kennel. There are moments when I wonder if I did the right thing for Mavis that day last November as she still doesn't have the love and warmth of a family to call her own, but when I see her smiling face at adoptions, and feel the love she has for me and all the volunteers that she knows, I can't help but believe that she really does know love now - maybe for the first time in her life.

Mavis is a special girl, who needs a special home and/or a foster home. She doesn't show well at adoptions because she is not the dog that wiggles up to the front of the crate to get your attention. She is shy at the start, but give her a minute and you'll find her loyalty and love are endless. She wants nothing more than to be the center of your attention, she'll roll over on her back for some belly rubs or climb in your lap for some hugs and kisses. She'd love to curl up on the couch with you and watch movies, or take a stroll around the block to check out the sights. She is about 2 1/2 -3 years old, spayed, microchipped and up to date on her vaccinations. She's housebroken and knows basic command. She is good with kids (she lived with several in her foster home) and while she is good with most dogs, she prefers bigger dogs to smaller.

Please help me find Mavis the home she deserves. She is such a special soul that has lived through so much. She beat the odds at the South LA shelter - no small feat for a pregnant, brindle staffie with a medical card, don't let her live in a kennel any longer.

Please contact me via email at thebullycrewrescue@yahoo.com or visit http://www.pawdsquad.org for more information on Mavis.