One of the greatest words ever is that word "compassion". The meaning is to have sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Compassion literally means "to suffer together." It is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another's suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering.
And that right there, is what our FFRCNation is in a nutshell. Very compassionate people. Anytime and every time we have had a suffering of a cat, you have responded with monetary donations, prayers, good thoughts and sincere caring.
And now, we have been presented with a dog that needs compassion. And again, our FFRCNation has been there. The support has been tremendous and deeply appreciated. The good thoughts, the prayers, the monetary help and most of all..........the food that she needs, has come pouring in. And again, I am grateful.
Her name is Molly--a chocolate merle Great Dane. She is 4 years old and was used as a breeding machine. This has resulted in a sad, depleted, sick and malnourished dog. Where there should be muscle, there is nothing but bone and skin. And sores.......lots of skin sores over her whole body.
She arrived with 2 puppies, just born on the day that she arrived. One had passed due to poorness of development. The other two are very underweight. Our problem now is that Molly is not producing milk, directly attributed to her poor condition. But, there's help. A "sister" Dane was also rescued and had given birth 2 days before Molly. She has lots of milk and can handle feeding 2 other pups as her birth number of pups is low. So, today, those two pups will be moved to where the other mother is.
Yes, this may be a bit hard on Molly. But, there's several reasons we need to do this. Molly is very protective of those 2 pups--makes it a bit of a danger to our volunteers. Also, the pups will grow better with real milk instead of replacement milk--it's the best chance they have of catching up. Another reason, Molly's medical conditions have worsened. She needs treatment and these treatments cannot be done if she is nursing. While she has the love for the pups, they are in danger of not surviving with her and at the same time, Molly's health needs attention.
We have been supplementing the pups for 4 days but as you all know, real mama's milk is much better than what we can do.
Away from the pups, Molly is a love bug. She wants a hand on her all the time. She'll even push her face right into yours just to be close. She is not food aggressive and she is super good with the cats and kittens. She loves her walks on the farmyard--walks alongside her walker so nicely. She wants to please. She loves her thick new bed, to protect her many bones sticking out. She weighs just 81 pounds where she could probably easily have another 40-50 pounds to her.
So, while she is not a cat, it's awesome to know your compassion covers all animals. I do appreciate you keeping her in your good thoughts and prayers while she heals. It will also take her a bit of time to adjust to her pups being gone. Gaining her health back, I'm afraid will be a long process, as the neglect she received happened over a long period of time.
And then, along comes Churchill! There's a new kitten amongst us! A little beig boy, tiny little guy. He was found alongside the road at only 5 weeks of age. Spunky little baby. He is making friends with Spring's babies. They are only 2 days difference in age. His birthday is 4/25/21.
We also took on Bingo, an all black male cat. The sheriff had called, said a black cat was laying on it's side at a local bowling alley and was hurt. We said we would take him and a kind man delivered him to us. Bingo was very hungry--cleaned up a couple plates rather quickly. He also had a very terrible wound to the back of his right ankle area--looked infected. He made a trip to the vet's for an x-ray and two of the vets there said this could not heal properly and needed amputation. So, that was done on 5/27. That same night, he was already walking about and on the floor of the front Thumper's Room. It must've felt a lot better not to have that wound pain. Handsome boy. His birthday is 6/15/20.
We've had 4 more adoptions!
Pinkie--adopted 5/25. She is the torti of the R1 litter. She is the only cat in the household and has an awesome mama.
Zayvan--adopted 5/27. A gentleman was looking for an adult cat friend and he sure found it in Zayvan. The pictures show a happy cat in his new home!
Sleeky and April--adopted 5/28, together to the same home! Now, all of the R1 litter is adopted. Sleek;y is part of the R2 litter. Two great calico kittens. Another great home!
It is with great sadness to let you know that our dear oldster Covie, Sevaun has passed away. As many of you know, she has been struggling the last few months with severe arthritis of neck and spine. Per Dr. Darcy, we have been giving her soreness meds to keep her comfortable. But, things changed. She couldn't use her back legs properly and was fumbling about. She didn't like it. I have promised her that she would not have to deal with the suffering part of this problem. She came up to the front Thumper's room and enjoyed two plates of food. One, I told her was pizza flavored can food, the other was her beloved CR baby kibbles.