To the Supporters and Volunteers of the Lucky Lucy Foundation

Dear Lucky Lucy Supporter

The first three months of 2016 is almost behind us and we find ourselves looking for blankets when we tuck ourselves in at night. Yes, Winter is fast approaching and our furkids and us will soon start to hunt a piece of sun instead of hiding from it.

Last week we ran an adoption drive for some of our less ‘visible’ doggies by using high-resolution pictures and we were amazed by the result. We’ve been inundated with adoption enquiries and we are over the moon. We plan on doing a puppy edition pretty soon – Watch this space.

We want to thank you for your loyal support so far this year, and we know you’ll be walking with us hand-in-hand for the rest of the year. We’ll keep you in the loop with the goings-on on the farm and our new rescues and success stories.

We really want to bring you the most relevant content always, and we want to hear from each and every one of you. Send us an email to newsletter@luckylucy.org with subject: Newsletter Feedback, and let us know what you want to see more of, what you want less of and anything in between.

We’d love to hear from you.

News

We are very pleased to announce we are one of the beneficiaries of this amazing campaign. Avoid disappointment get your Tekkie Tax laces and stickers at Lucky Lucy Farm or any events we are participating at or email caryn@luckylucy.org for details.

Updates on Furkids

Rescue Tail & Pupdate : George

George is still in rehabilitation, but a nice surprise waited for him on Saturday. He had a nice long TLC session when he went home with one of our volunteers, Adele, to spend the evening at a real home and sleep in a real human bed. He really enjoyed the outing and is now back at the shelter with us where he will continue to receive treatment.

Introducing : Tippy

We will let the photo speak for itself……… take a moment to look into her eyes and let her eyes tell you of the horrors she has experienced in her life thus far….

She was just another forgotten soul next to the road. Unwanted and unloved until …. she was picked up by Kayla on Baden Powel last Friday night. She received a blood transfusion yesterday, but she is still anemic and deathly thin.

Please keep Tippy in your hearts and thoughts and send pawsitive healing thoughts her way so that she can fight to live another day.

She needs all of us now. If you could help towards her care, it would be much appreciated.

Introducing: Nicky

Please help us to help Baby Nicky.

This tiny pup was found next to the Chatsworth road today and was taken to Panorama Vet. She was admitted and her blood count is almost non-existing, major parasite infestation is present and she is yellow which means her liver is already showing signs of strain.

She urgently needs an URGENT blood transfusion. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as even with the blood transfusion her chances are only 50/50 to survive.

We don’t want to lose this precious soul, she is so young and life beckons… still so much she has to experience and do.

Please could we ask that you donate towards her medical bill? No amount is too small. The blood transfusion will add R1500 to her existing vet bill.

Update: Herbert

Do you know THAT feeling when you look at a photo and you stare at someone really special? It leaves you with watery eyes and a warm tingling in your heart. Like you just want to reach out and hug the little one? Well, that just happened when we saw little Herbert on the pics.

For those who do not know Herbert, he came to us as a tiny baby a few years ago, undernourishment caused his paws to be a bit deformed. Even today, we still lovingly refer to him as ‘our little jelly foot’.

We were so happy when he found a loving home after being with us at the shelter for about 2 years. Our happiness grows even more after such lovely updates!

A special family got a special little boy…. And this fairy-tail is really ….. ‘and they all lived happily ever after’!

R.I.P.

The first time we saw you, you were brought to us… in your chariot. A chariot that was a milk crate on wheels and dragged by kids to our dipping station in your community. You looked so small and weak, but we saw a beautiful princess.

At closer look we saw that you were very weak and skinny and that your gums were very yellow. .. and we were worried. Very worried. With bills sky high we could not even for one second think to leave you behind, we loaded you immediately in the bakkie, together with another sick pup, and took you to the vet while others stayed behind to continue dipping your fur’iends in your community.

Each day that you were in the hospital we prayed for a miracle, but today we got the dreaded call. You were deteriorating and the sound of the angels calling you was drowning all hope.

So today I sat there stroking you softly, telling you that everything will be okay and in my heart I knew it is not okay. It is not okay for a young girl of less than 2 to look like a pup, to be this EXTREMELY skinny, to have given up on life. Touching you was hurting me, your bones sticking out everywhere, your eyes sad and lost in a world of your own. So I sat there, holding you while the angels came to claim their beautiful princess. Our princess. You left with them in a sparkling chariot, made of love, gold and diamonds and as you left you looked back and smiled at us. This was the first smile we ever saw from you. You looked happy and healthy again.

Johneeq, we are so terribly sorry that we got to you too late and that we were not able to save you. Our hearts are empty knowing that you are no longer here. Wait for us across the rainbow bridge and practice that beautiful smile every day, for a day will come that we will all be reunited and then we want to see that gorgeous smile again… for eternity.

Johneeq, we love you FURVER and ever.