“Dear Elizabeth,

I have been living with Ceci for a little over a month and I have gone from a quiet, shy puppy girl with a red itchy butt to a silly, full of energy, happy doggie.  My butt still itches some, but it is getting better and I am always trying to run away from a bath or some ointment that Ceci wants to put on my skin ( it is getting better though).

I used to whine a lot when she would leave me even for a few minutes because I was scared she wasn’t going to come back. She always does. And she takes me to the beach, on runs with her on San Francisco hills – she can’t keep up with me (: and everyday to the dog park to try to make new friends and play ball.

What I have learned is that almost a year ago, Ceci lost her little doggie Maggie to cancer. She has pictures of Maggie everywhere and gosh darn it,  I look a lot like her.  I know I cant replace Maggie, but I try to make Ceci smile again.  I listen to her commands, I snuggle with her at night and during Sunday afternoon naps, and I even bring her dead birds as presents.  Ok, so she wasn’t crazy about the dead birds, but I really do try to make her happy. And Ceci smiles more nowadays and she has all these silly little names for me.

So, Elizabeth, I know Ceci wasn’t sure initially if she wanted to keep me.  And I know there are other people that want to adopt me, but I think she would be sad again if I left.  Is it Ok if I stay with her forever?  I know she probably has to sign some papers and pay some fees, but I think she would be Ok with that. 

I want to THANK YOU Elizabeth and your friends for rescuing me from that scary shelter.  I never knew how good it could be.  🙂

Love,

Bethy
(that’s what Ceci and her friends call me )”

(SCCR)Elizabeth definitely says yes to this sweetheart’s request.

This is a letter to one of our volunteers, Ann who worked with a woman who was trying to rehome her dog, Harley. One day she got home and found that her mother had taken the dog to a high kill shelter and left him without telling her. She was beside herself but Ann was able to step in and we saved him.

Donations in  honor of Harley and Ann

Hi Ann,

We have added a new section to our website labeled “Cool Cocker Stuff“.  The goal of this section is to have accessible, trustworthy source of information about Cocker Spaniel-specific issues as well as offering recommendations for vets, trainers and products we have used and love. All medical advice and information comes from reputable sources like the American Veterinary Association or has been approved by one of our vets.  All our dog training advice and information comes from reputable sources or has been approved by one of our trainers. We hope you find this information helpful and interesting

We welcome recommendations, new tips and products that wow-ed you. Just send us any information you have to elizabeth.mazzetti@cox.net. We will run it by our experts and post it up to help others. This section will continue to be a work in progress.

To all those supporters of SCCR who helped make it possible for BJ to see again… he wants to say a HUGE THANK YOU!! His new eyesight makes him an EXPERT ball fetcher (where it used to take him upwards of 2 minutes to sniff the thing out!).

His sight has also given BJ a new appreciation for sitting and relaxing on the patio. He now takes in all the sights and sounds of our condo “backyard” (mostly this involves barking at the birds) and he loves taking naps in the breeze.  Before his sight he never even went on the back deck.

He also loves his toys now. His tiger and his hedgehog are his buddys… he loves getting the squeakers going and tossing the hedgehog around. He never played much with anything except his ball before his surgery and now he must have his “friends” in bed with him (pic below).

BJ was always a happy boy, but you can see what a difference this eye has made to him- he can explore so many more things now! He loves getting in to EVERYTHING and checking everything out thoroughly. He’s so curious and excited and that has made his “parents” also see the world in a whole new light.

From BJ and his “parents” thank you thank you thank you!  We are forever grateful for this gift.

Donations Towards BJ’s Surgery

This message from our wonderful supporter Jim Hill is worth reading and repeating.

“My wife and I just took in not 1, not 2, but 3 Cocker foster dogs! What we found: our own 2 Cockers enjoy having the other dogs here, they all sleep in the same room with no issues, it’s fun seeing the different personalities, and we’ve never felt such love all at the same time! They seem to compete to be the most affectionate. This was our first time fostering and it’s been great for us and our dogs. Just do it! The more fosters we have, the more Cockers we save.

Here’s a pic of all 5 eating together. The fosters have on pinkish orange collars.”

SCCR and K-9 PALS are proud to announce the return of what was a proud a Santa Barbara tradition, the Santa Barbara Dog Parade and Festival. On Saturday, September 29th, dogs and participants, most dressed in zany and creative costumes, will start the day with a parade at the end wil participants and spectators will enjoy a fun, sun-filled day at the Festival. The parade of canines will be judged for “Best Costume”, “Most Humorous” and “Best in Parade,” and other fun categories. You and your canine companion will enjoy live music, games, prizes, exhibits and much more well into the mid-afternoon.. Dogs, groups, and marching bands, along with enthusiastic spectators, will make this year’s event as fun as ever.

For more information on the parade and signing up to volunteer, for a vendor booth or to sponsor the event, visit www.SBDogParade.com or contact, Janelle Ward at 805 570-0415.

Can you imagine what it feels like to be walking around on a hot day in a a mat covered fur coat that stinks to high heaven and you can’t take it off. That is what little Cindy felt like every day for we don’t know how long. From the condition of her coat, ears and eyes she had been neglected for quite a long time.  We took one look at her shelter picture and decided we were going to rescue her and give her a makeover as soon as we could get her out of there.

Getting that disgusting mass of hair off her was easy and now she was as cute as could be but more than her looks had been neglected. She had ear infections for so long that her ears had scarred shut and she had a severe bronchial infection in her chest. She was put on antibiotics to see if we could get her upper respiratory infection cleared up. When that clears up we will take her to the vet to see about surgery for those ears. She still has abscesses inside the ears but no where for them to drain. It is a very painful condition that must be treated as soon as possible with surgery.

All this time Cindy is the sweetest little thing you could imagine. She loves everyone and is wonderful snuggler. Once she has recovered from her surgery she will be ready for her forever home. We are going to make sure it is a very special one. She deserves nothing but the best.

Donations for Cindy’s medical costs

SCCR alum and co-host Gus is continuing his duties to ensure the best Sacramento Friends & Family Reunion/Picnic ever. His reaction to the fabulous menu is clear. You need to be there! Sat., June 23 is the date. Make your reservation now!