Rickee Revisited

Hello Puppies. Before I begin today’s post, I would like to say another big big THANK WOO to everyone for supporting us while we help all our special Siberians. We are thrilled to be able to help these Sibes return to good health and find new families who will take better care of them.

On to the news of the week. Do you remember last fall, in the early days of our blog, reading what my papa wrote about the happy tail of Rickee? Well, Rickee is one lucky pup to have a family that adores him and takes such good care of him, but this week they went on vacation, which means we get to hang out with Rickee!

After adopting Rickee, the new family saw how much Rickee drank and peed. Although they knew we had taken him to the vet a couple times with no solution, they took him to their vet and insisted there must be a medical reason. Their persistance paid off when, after many other tests, the vet tried a water deprivation trial and discovered Rickee has diabetes insipidus. Finally they were able to treat Rickee so he does not need to be so thirsty all the time.

Rickee’s family has been giving him all the best senior care as well as daily trots around the neighborhood to help him continue to lose weight. He was 110 pounds when we first met him in August and now he is down to 85 pounds. Rickee loves being an only dog and getting all the attention from his people.

This week he has been enjoying naps in the sunshine while his family takes the little ones to see Mickey’s house. We enjoy seeing how much Rickee has changed after just a few months of love and care. We love hearing from our MaPaw dogs after they have spent time in their new homes and gotten all the benefits of a loving family.

Help for Our Special Sibes

Puppies, MaPaw has taken on a few special needs dogs lately and we are feeling it.

You have been following the story of Jasper and his heartworm treatment. Recently he spent a night at the vet on oxygen just to make sure he was getting enough despite all his coughing. He is back at home and still resting.
Then there was Maximus, who had glaucoma. His right eye was sightless and painfully swollen. The vet says severe glaucoma feels like having a migraine 24/7. Obviously we needed to hurry to relieve him from that pain by removing the eye and starting him on preventative medicine to keep his left eye safe from the same fate.

Just this week we took in another dog named Dawkin who has the early stages of glaucoma and we are rushing to save his beautiful blue eyes so that he will not have to lose them.

There is good news among all these challenges.

Standing Stone Media and a “secret” sibe-loving friend have issued a challenge – They will match any donation for our special needs sibes dollar for dollar up to $3500.00!!!!!! Woo Woo!!!!

So now we need all the help we can get. Tell your humans to click the “Make a Donation” button in the sidebar or visit our website to read more and make a donation from there. We try not to beg too often, but right now we really need it and whatever donation you can manage will count double! MaPaw sends out a big THANK WOO to Standing Stone Media, our anonymous friend, and all of you, who I know will give what you can.

New Foster Dog, New Foster Home

Hi puppies, Magnum here again, finally. It has been pretty slow at my house lately, but yesterday MaPaw welcomed Diamond, a new foster dog looking for a home. Diamond is used to spending most of her time in a crate because her previous family did not make time for her, but they finally did right by Diamond when they turned her over to MaPaw. Here Diamond is so happy she is spinning for joy.

Mama picked up Diamond from the nice lady who contacted MaPaw for help. After a quick stop at the vet, Diamond was ready to go to her foster home. They picked up Papa and took a mini walk to give Diamond and Mama a break from the long car ride. There they got Diamond to sit still for about two seconds to get this picture.

Peanut is a friendly, low-key Samoyed who signed up her people to be foster parents for MaPaw a few weeks ago. Peanut has a brother named Hannibal who is a Himalayan, so we had to find a foster dog who would get along with everyone there. Peanut graciously welcomed Diamond into her home and showed her the wealth of toys and spacious back yard.
Diamond ran back and forth across the back yard, exploring her new space and sticking her nose in the recently formed puddles to blow bubbles. Then she went inside to play tug and get some belly rubs. Diamond is a social girl who will really blossom in a family where she is given the time and attention she needs.

Nap Time

While Jasper is snoring his way to good health, enjoy a celebration of sleeping Siberians.
Tela&Sissy Maximus
Misty
Rocky&Buck
Magnum
ShylaMagnum
Echo

Bear&Draken
MeekaRocky,Magnum,&Buck

A Gift from the Army

Hi Puppies, Magnum here to say a big Thank Woo! Let me start from the beginning. The other day I went out to sniff and mark the yard as usual when I found this package that certainly is not usually there.
What does this return address say? It is from the Army of Four! How exciting!Mama helped me open it because I am not allowed to use knives. The first thing I found was cardboard, my favorite! I began chewing on it immediately. Mama wrestled it out of my mouth and told me it is a card. What good is a card(board) if I cannot eat it?Mama distracted me by pulling out this bag that said “Sniffies for Magnum” and had four tufts of fur each labeled with names from the Ao4. Cool! Mmmm! This one smelled like such a sweet, lovable, red-headed girl I could just eat it! So I did. Mama wrestled that out of my mouth as well.This is fun. What else is in here? Whoa, a big bag of collars and leashes! I can use these on my foster dogs.Maximus likes the purple ones.
This red one looks just like mine (with the tags) but a lot of them are limited slip collars, which are great for the troublesome Siberians who try to back out of the lead.

Thank Woo so much Ao4!

Farewell to Ace

A final farewell to Ace, who introduced the adventures of living with a Siberian to one of MaPaw’s volunteers.
May 29, 1992 – March 28, 2007 Ace was our introduction to Siberian Huskies and fully embodied the spirit of the breed. He was goofy, stubborn, and so very smart with a mischievous look in his eye. A counter surfing expert, he also liked to stash stolen food in the sofa cushions and bed pillows for a snack later. No loaf of bread or cupcake was safe.
His age finally caught up with him at age 13, and he lost his hearing and started moving more slowly and less often. He grew from a cute little fuzzy puppy into a beautiful old fart who was loved dearly. Ace was 14-years and 10-months-old when he finally needed to rest.

Free from pain, he can now run again with his sister, Piper, at the
Rainbow Bridge.

Fare Well Ace, we miss you so much.

Plenty of Rest

Hi Puppies, Magnum here showing my support for Jasper’s recovery. Someone recently donated this giant bed and, since I am a giant Husky, we got to use it at our house.
After my demonstration Jasper gaved it a try. He is a natural at sleeping on the giant bed.

Jasper visited the vet this week for his second round of heart worm treatment. The vet said his coughing will probably get even worse now, which is hard to imagine. For the next month he is supposed to do nothing but rest. That means no walks for a month. Poor Jasper. Actually, it is nice for the rest of us because we can walk at our pace instead of slowing down to Jasper pace.

Jasper got right to work sleeping. He likes to get up, cough, get a drink, cough, and find a new spot to sleep just for variety.


Keep your paws crossed for him. This is the toughest part of recovery.

Pet Expo

Hi Puppies! Last weekend MaPaw made a big appearance at the Greater Philadelphia Pet Expo. I did not make a personal appearance, but plenty of MaPaw dogs hung out there howling, shedding, and generally drawing a crowd. Plenty of people came to pet Huskies, talk about Huskies, buy Husky merchandise, and donate to rescue Huskies. Below is Meeka modeling our new donation vests. Meeka, like me, was rescued through MaPaw and now helps the dogs still looking for forever homes. He was quite pleased that people were paying him simply for being his wonderous self.

While there, the MaPaw folks got to visit with a bunch of other rescue folks, and Rocky and Buck even met a couple Alpacas! It was a great way to kick off our meet and greet season. We can only hope they will all be so successful.

Puppy Pictures

Hi puppies, Magnum here to succumb to the peer pressure of posting puppy pictures. Here is a picture of me shortly after Mama and Papa adopted me. I like swimming, but this water was a little scary and it tasted bad. We visit Island Beach State Park every year because puppies are allowed there throughout the year and it is never crowded. A lot of people go fishing there, so we just make sure we are not too close to them and then we sit (or dig) in the sand and chase a ball into the ocean.

If you are thinking I do not look much different in these pictures than in current pictures, you are right. Mama and Papa adopted me less than a year ago last May. Since then I have helped several actual puppies through MaPaw. When I first arrived, I helped foster Eli, who was just under a year old. He was there with me at the beach.

In the fall I helped foster Kashmir. She and her sister were both very sick when they came into MaPaw, but they both recovered nicely. In this picture you can see Kashmir’s party eye. Like most small puppies, she was adopted quickly.We took care of Freddie for just a week until a space opened at his foster home. He is still there learning some manners, but getting along well.Meg never stayed with us, but we transported her from a shelter to her foster home. The shelter later told us they had a few more puppies who looked just like her turn up over the course of a couple weeks. They suspect someone had a litter of puppies and did not want to pay the surrender fee, so just turned them loose in the streets. I would like to bite people who are so irresponsible and selfish. Meg now has a happy home.Willow was one of Jenna’s puppies who we took to her new home. She was the gentlest in her litter and loved kids, so she joined a family that had young kids and were very excited to add a Sibe/Shepherd mix to there family. The best part of fostering is getting to meet so many different dogs from the very young to the very old. I am very glad that I have a family of my own and still get to help other puppies find their new families.

Maximus

Hi puppies, Magnum here. Those of you who have been following for a little while know that when one puppy gets adopted, another quickly fills the void. There are always a couple puppies on the waiting list to come into MaPaw. So of course when Chena joined her new family (I have heard she and Kenai are doing great!) less than 24 hours passed before I got meet Maximus.

Maximus is an extra large Husky, just like I am. He got along with everyone here right from the beginning. He does have something in common with Jasper though, he has only one eye. Maximus lived with a family for six years before glaucoma caused his right eye to become swollen and sightless, at which point they dropped him at the local shelter. The shelter called MaPaw about this beautiful Siberian in need of medical attention, and we jumped to take care of him. As you can see, his “special need” does not slow him down at all.