Merkmerk
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| 08/21/2008 4:47 PM |
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...an adorable rat terrier survives her impending doom.
On a whim I adopted a very sweet female rat terrier from the local city animal control on tuesday.
She had been there since the 11th and was pretty high up on the 'going to get euthanized if noone adopts her list'.
She immediately bonded to me and according to the lady at the AC, she was waiting for me at the door when I left to pre-pay for her spay/shots.
She's at the vet today and has to stay overnight for the spay surgery and I went ahead and had the vet take care of her minor case of 'cherry eye' as well.
I've always been a dog lover and my family already has 3 cocker-spaniel mutts but I've fallen in love with this one and she's like my little girl.
I don't have my pics hosted yet but here's the one from her adoption page.
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/photoView.cgi?petid=11669254
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Merkmerk
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| 08/21/2008 4:50 PM |
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Minor addendum - my family is moving out of the house (which will be mine on the 28th) and taking the dogs with them, so she and I will have the house to ourselves, and I'll be picking up a 2nd dog from the animal shelter soon.
(whichever one needs to be adopted the most) |
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treble02
Alpha Feist
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| 08/21/2008 4:52 PM |
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omg...what a sweet baby! reminds me of my trixi when I found her at the shelter...skinny, scared with her ears back...thank you for saving a rattie!!!  look forward to pics and stories! does she have a name? |
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~ Mary, Trixi and Toa's Mommy,
Ratbone Rescues Database Manager
and Applications Coordinator
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Harley_31908
Obsessed
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SuzieRedhead
Rat-A-Tat-Tat
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| 08/21/2008 4:54 PM |
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Congrats! She's a cutie. My vet calls that spot on top of her head (I had a foster that had one) a "kissy spot" cuz it's perfectly placed to give kissies!!
I have 6 - 4 are mine and 2 are fosters. It's always great to see people adopt rescued animals, whether directly from a shelter or from a rescue group. Welcome to the Ratty Family! |
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Sue Carello, Scotia, NY (near Albany)
Ratbone Rescues Fostermom, etc...
www.ratbonerescues.com
Fostermom to Oh Mickey and Prince Ratbone
Who do YOU GoodSearch/GoodShop for? Go to www.goodsearch.com and type in Ratbone Rescues! |
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bethann
Terrier Terror
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| 08/21/2008 5:44 PM |
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| God Bless You for saving her. Please get us some pictures to us, and what is her name? |
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Beth, Sadies pooper scooper |
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Merkmerk
Newbie
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| 08/21/2008 5:45 PM |
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Sorry, I renamed her Amy.
I'll have pics uploaded soon. I actually miss that little squirt and I can't wait to pick her up from the vet tomorrow - complete with her lampshade. |
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DaisysMom
Moderator
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| 08/21/2008 5:48 PM |
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A big BLESS YOU for rescuing her. Can't wait to see some more pics. She looks absolutely darling in the petfinder link Are you familiar with rat terriers at all? I can almost guarantee she will capture your heart like no other dog ever has  |
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Tracey - Darlin' Daisy's Mom
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Mitzy's Mom
PAWesome
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| 08/21/2008 5:49 PM |
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She's a doll baby! Reminds me of my former foster Morgandy....watch out - if she's like Morgandy she'll be mischievious!!
Thank you for rescuing her!!! |
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Mary Beth, mom to the Lollipop Kids
Georgia Foster Mom, New Rattitude
at www.newrattitude.org
Pics of my current fosters:
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/caradoc
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/willow
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/fiona
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bratt
Firehouse Big Dog
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| 08/21/2008 5:56 PM |
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Bless you for rescuing that pup! She will be the light of your life! Good for you and her!!!!!!!  |
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Debra~KSSM Queen II
Savanna~Princess Easy Street
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rattytatty
Training Moderator
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| 08/21/2008 6:06 PM |
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| The Colony Texas is where Pam Whitehead lives -- small world, eh? BLESS YOU for saving that precious little girl... she's adorbale. Hang around and let us get to know you and Amy! |
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~Nora~
Mom to Hoss, Lil'Bit, Buster & Bailey, CGC, OA, OAJ |
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kp_in_scott
Firehouse Big Dog
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| 08/21/2008 6:19 PM |
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Oh she is a cute little thing!!!!
God bless you! And I think the name Amy, suits her. |
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Kim, owned by one sweet Rattie mix and one sweet Toy Rattie and a house full of parrots |
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Lucy's Mommy
Terrier Terror
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| 08/21/2008 9:53 PM |
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My, my. Amy is precious. Thanks for saving her.
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tink's mom
Ratterific
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| 08/21/2008 10:25 PM |
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CongRATS, you have discovered two new things, your precious Amy and Rat-Terrier.com! We have completely fallen in love with the breed after finding our ltitle rattie and this site has been very helpful (I seem to check it everyday!). Welcome! We can't wait to see more pics. |
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Sharon, mom to 5 skin kids and one well loved rattie named Tink!
"Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun" Robert Townsend |
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Merkmerk
Newbie
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| 08/21/2008 10:58 PM |
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Those are the only two pictures I snapped before taking to her to the vet this morning. She is such a sweetheart it's really unbelievable.
She already won my family over and my mom has been teasing me about stealing her when they move out in a few weeks.
I'm not overly partial to rat terriers - I like all dogs and my next one will just be one of the ones that needs to be adopted the most from the shelter - but Amy is a real sweetheart and I don't think I could have randomly paired up with a sweeter girl.
I haven't even spent that much time with her yet but she's bonded with me hardcore - my mom was telling me when I left for work in the morning that she went in my room and went to sleep on some of my clothes after waiting at the door for me for a while.
Personally I just feel great being able to 'change the course of things' so to speak by rescuing her - she will get to live out a happy, luxurious little life now.
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Merkmerk
Newbie
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| 08/21/2008 10:59 PM |
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Err..sorry about those jacked up links.
[url=http://imageshack.us][img=http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3306/amy02na8.jpg][/url]
[url=http://imageshack.us][img=http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4760/amy01np1.jpg][/url] |
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Merkmerk
Newbie
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| 08/21/2008 10:59 PM |
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[img]http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4760/amy01np1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3702/amy02nv6.jpg[/img]
Trying again... |
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KendraAnn
Ratastic
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| 08/21/2008 11:37 PM |
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| Awesome! Good luck with her. She's a cutie! I'm glad you found her! |
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-Kendra (Blue's Mom) |
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daisydeux
Ratastic
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| 08/22/2008 11:02 AM |
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She is adorable!!! Lucky her & lucky you |
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Caesar & Julia's mom
Alpha Feist
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| 08/22/2008 2:47 PM |
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| She's adorable!!! Welcome~ Thank you for saving her! |
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Diane~ loved by Caesar and Julia
"Don't count the days, make the days count..."
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garyjena
Terrier Terror
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| 08/22/2008 3:08 PM |
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| She way precious!!!! Thank you for giving a needy rattie a forever home! |
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www.newrattitude.org
Pet Publicist, Adopt A Pet
Volunteer Coordinator
Database Maintenance
HV and TR |
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singingpilgrim
Ratastic
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| 08/22/2008 3:53 PM |
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| She is adorable. I did the same thing, that is, adopt a rattie randomly from the shelter. I wasn't overly partial to ratties before, but they are growing on me... And my mom loves little Sophie! She has said she wanted an italian greyhound when we all grew up and moved out (we're all grown, but I just graduated from college and dont' have enough money to stay elsewhere so I moved back in, and my younger sister is in college and calls this place her permanent address for the next three years). But now she's falling for Sophie and thinks that a rattie is what she really wants. Italian greyhounds went into their make up, and she decided to do a little more research into IGs and decided that the personality she always pictured in her IG was actually a rattie personality, and they can be about the same size, of course. Mom says if I ever can't keep Sophie she has a home with them... lol.... |
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Pamela
~Sophia Abigail's Mom~
Ratbones Rescue Volunteer |
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Mitzy's Mom
PAWesome
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| 08/22/2008 4:10 PM |
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| Look at her - love the pics! |
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Mary Beth, mom to the Lollipop Kids
Georgia Foster Mom, New Rattitude
at www.newrattitude.org
Pics of my current fosters:
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/caradoc
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/willow
http://imageevent.com/newrattitude/fiona
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PamWh
Rattitude Problem
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| 08/22/2008 4:46 PM |
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| You got Cherry!?! I emailed them about her yesterday and was told she was already adopted. That's great. Maybe we can meet up sometime. |
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PamWh
aka Bob's Mom
If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! |
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buttonbutt
Newbie
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| 08/22/2008 7:28 PM |
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Welcome to the site, from a fellow Texan. We're in Temple. She's an adorable little pup! Bless you for saving her. I have two females in my avatar there. The one so intent on the bird nest in that tree is my rescue Button.
She was in the same situation as your pup, two days from being euthanized in Mt. Pleasant's shelter near Texarkana, so we drove over and got her. You're gonna love your baby and a companion would be a GREAT idea for her. Two ratties just make sense, as they can entertain each other and burn off all that energy and give YOU some peace. LOL |
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buttonbutt
Newbie
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| 08/22/2008 7:29 PM |
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| Oops, I meant to say my rescue Zipper. Button, the bicolor, is not a rescue. Sorry for the typo. |
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RatsRule!
Ratastic
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| 08/23/2008 4:02 PM |
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| Yeah!! Another one saved and in her forever home!! Bless you. She is a cutie pie, love her tail. She looks like a real sweetheart, some of them are real cuddle bugs too. It's amazing how quickly they bond with people, I believe they can sense when they are where they're supposed to be- it happend when I brought my Bonnie home. Many happy adventures with Amy and yuor other new rescue- and WELCOME to you all!!! |
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Merkmerk
Newbie
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| 08/24/2008 3:21 PM |
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I just picked her up from the vet on friday - she's got her little lampshade on and looks like a little moon doggie.
I was a little unhappy with the results of the surgery for her cherry eye - they tucked the gland thing back in but there's a little bit of red eye-membrane or something that shows and probably won't go away.
It's not the same as having that gland protruding but I was kinda hoping that the surgery would make her eye look just like the other eye.
I'm working on getting her house broken - I'm patient with her and trying to get her used to running around in my big back yard to go do her business but for now she seems to want to just stay by me like velcro.
She's a really happy little squirt and everyone who meets her falls in love with her - she hates being away from daddy at all though - and I must say that I've grown quite attached to my little girl. |
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ivy
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| 08/24/2008 5:14 PM |
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| congratulations on your addition and yes they are very addicting little Velcro dogs |
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