ANATOLIAN RESCUE FUNDS PAGE

Current Balance as of 2-7-10:  $2141.40

Rescue Funds come from our yearly Anatolian Calendar sales and from Donations.  Thanks to all who contribute to this fund to help our most needy Anatolians.
And thanks to those who rescue and foster ... there is a special place in heaven for you.

Proceeds from 2010 Calendar sales: $2036.54 !
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SOPHIE

From NASRN:  She came into a Topeka KS shelter in December and a local rescue group pulled her and
took her to a vet. They asked us if we would take her and we said yes.We didnt have a foster so the vet said they would board her. According to the vet in KS, they said she had meningitis and had her on high dosage of prednisone. She was so weak she could not take more than a few steps at a time and she was also "circling".Unbelievably, the vet SPAYED her without our authorization even tho she was this weak and sick. The sugery almost killed her. She had to be carried on a blanket when we transported her, she was so weak she could not walk. How on Earth could that vet spay her like that? We were finally able to get her into a foster home and we took her to foster mom's vet. The vet gave her a body scale of just "1" on a scale of 1-9 with 9 being the best. She does NOT have meningitis and has been weaned off the prednisone.Her liver enzymes are elevated and they think she might have hepatitis. She also has extremely bad case of ear mites in one ear and high amount of fluid in the other ear, with that ear drum being ruptured. We believe these two factors may be the cause of her circling. Since she's been on antibiotics her circling is diminished and she actually tried to
PLAY the other day. Foster mom was wiping her feet off and she grabbed the towel and shook it! So there is hope. She is in good hands now and is making a little more progress all the time.
 

KEETA

From NASRN: Owner wanted to shoot her because she cost too much money. She requires thyroid medicine and
Proin. She has a lump that needs to be biopsied before she can be placed for adoption. She also needs her
required medication.

AYDIN
From NASRN: 2-3 year old neutered male picked up as a stray in Kansas.

ANA

From NASRN: She is 2 yr old female seized by law enforcement from owners for neglect last summer. Her collar was embedded into her neck and had to be surgically removed when they first seized her. Her foster mom woke up one morning and Ana's front leg was really swollen and took her to the vet. He did x-ray and put her on antibiotics. Still not sure what happened, there was no break or fracture, she went on pain meds and antibiotics and was back to normal in a day or two and has been fine ever since.
 

HOKU

From NASRN:  Hoku is a female approximately 1 year old. She was a stray picked up by animal control in the  San Francisco area, California .  Considered unadoptable because she guards her food.  She is already spayed.  She has anaplasmosis and is undergoing treatment for it.

LIZZIE

From ASDRL:
ASDRL received an email from a woman who takes photos at the Putman County Animal Shelter in Palatka, FL, stating ‘that what looks for all the world to be an Anatolian Shepherd was at the high-kill shelter, and would likely be euthanized next week. She has a bad skin condition.’ The woman transported Lizzie for ASDRL to the Crill and Palm Veterinary Hospital in Palatka. Lizzie was diagnosed with mange and would also need to be spayed after her skin condition cleared up. She would be at the clinic for about a month. Treatment for her mange started immediately. A family was approved to adopt Lizzie as soon as she was released from the clinic. ASDRL tried numerous transport routes but we had no luck filling the legs that would meet the adoptive family half way. A Crill and Palm vet clinic employee stepped up and was willing to volunteer her time but could not afford the gas money. We paid her $100.00 to cover fuel.

APOLLO

From NASRN. 2 year old male in Missouri was turned into shelter by owner. Owner got him last year from his previous owner, wanting a dog to guard livestock.  Since he had never been raised with livestock he didn’t have a clue and wanted to live with the family. Apparently, they decided not to buy food for him.  The  preliminary vet exam found him to be emaciated.  Vet ranked him 1 (out of 9) for body condition.  Vet wants him to gain weight before doing anything else for him.  He will have to go back to get blood drawn and more tests in a couple weeks.
 

From NASRN: DJ and Gina are 4-6 years old. They were turned into a Texas pound by their owner because he was moving. He hadn’t had them for all that long. They have apparently been passed around a lot. They need heartworm test, shots and spaying/neutering, as well as a checkup.
 

IVY

From NASRN: Ivy was pulled from kill shelter in Alabama, now in foster in Ohio. She is reported to be friendly with people and other dogs. Appears to be housebroken and well behaved. She became sick after being pulled and lots of tests had to be run
to determine what treatment she needed.
 

HEIDI

To NASRN: Heidi was 'dropped' in the overnight box at a dog shelter. She is a case of extreme neglect.  At some point she had an ear infection that was not addressed.  She is now deaf and in extreme pain because of this.  They have to do a bilateral ear ablation (removing the pieces of the ear as I understand it) to relieve the pain.  They will also spay her.  They are having to do a CAT scan before the ear surgery. You can not see an ear canal any more.

 

MARIA

To NASRN: Maria is one of the NC litter pups. Her owners abandoned her pregnant Mom with relatives and went out of state.  Relatives eventually called rescue to find a home for all the pups.

EMMA

To NASRN: Emma was picked up as a stray in Merced, CA.
 

LUCY

From NASRN: From CA.  Lucy was turned over to NASRN  when her owner was diagnosed with cancer and his wife was not able to care for Lucy or their other animals.  They sold all of the other animals and Lucy was left at the ranch on her own for quite awhile.  She was very skinny when we got her and her collar had started to become embedded into her neck.  She's doing well in her new home and seems to be happier since her entropion surgery.
 

RAMZI AND MINKA

From NASRN: Ramzi is a young male Anatolian Shepherd that somehow ended up in a kill shelter, along with his sister, Minka. They were picked up as strays and not reclaimed. They are about 7-9 months old. Both are good with other dogs and people friendly. We will assist w/transport within 1,000 miles.

 

AZAD

From NASRN: This dog was pulled from a shelter in OH.

DUKE

From NASRN: Duke was pulled from a Houston area shelter a month or so ago and had a really bad URI. He's finally feeling
better so was able to be neutered.

ZEKE

From NASRN:  Zeke was dumped at the shelter because the owner "had too many dogs".

 

KAPRI

From NASRN: She was dumped in a shelter overnight pen, so we don't know where she came from or what her history is.
 

BRUCE

 From NASRN: Bruce came to us when his owner was deployed to the middle east. He is in foster care in Fresno, CA.

SCOOBIE

From NASRN: Scoobie came to us when his owners moved and could not find a house to rent that would allow a large dog. Scoobie is now in foster care in Fresno, CA.

HANK

From NASRN: Hank recently came out of an Indiana shelter and is presently in foster care.

 KAYA

From NASRN: Kaya and her brother were pulled from a shelter in CA. Unfortunately, her brother passed away the first night. We believe he had pneumonia. Kaya has mild to moderate pneumonia, also. She is traveling to her foster home in AZ today and will go the vet for testing so we can find out exactly what type of pneumonia we're dealing with. She's on meds that the shelter gave us but she will need more soon

SAMSON

From NASRN: Sam was listed as an owner rehome on our website last winter. After a couple of months, his owner notified us that she had rehomed him locally and we took him off the website. A short time later she contacted us again to say that home was not working out and could we please take him into foster care. So his owners relinquished him to us and Sam has been in our foster care for the last couple of months.

SAMMY

From NASRN: Sammy, he was pulled from a Louisiana shelter and was skin and bones, as you can see in his picture. He was a stray so we have no background on him but he's a sweet boy. He is now in foster care in Houston and we're trying to get him fattened up.

HURLEY

From Karen Massa: Hurley was a stray and is in a kill shelter in TX. He is 2 yrs old or less and is very sweet, but other dog aggressive. We are getting him to a foster home.

EMMETT

From Karen Massa: Emmett's story is his owner contacted me for help saying he may need to rehome him for chasing his sheep. I gave him as much advice as I could round up and he then decided it was too much work, as he was expecting lambs to drop and needed Emmett gone. I had a preapproved home in Colorado and we arranged for Emmett to be flown to Colorado within a week of the owner asking for help. He mailed the adopter and said the lambs came the day after Emmett left which was a relief for us all as he did not know how Emmett would react to the babies. Emmett is now in a pet home in Denver.

BO

From NASRN: Bo was an owner surrender. He was purchased by a woman as protection for her father against a drug dealing brother, but proved to be too much dog to handle and was being teased from the alley behind their house. He needed all of his shots, rabies, heartworm testing and meds and neutering when he was picked up.

ALEX AND MCGRADY

From NASRN: Alex and McGrady's mother and father were seized in an abuse case when the female was already pregnant. The shelter allowed her to have the puppies because she was so far along. They took care of the pups until they were old enough for adoption. We took 3 of them and the shelter placed 2.

SAMMY

From NASRN: Sam's owner turned him into the shelter for supposedly killing a chicken. He lived in a pen with about 100 chickens, but the owner claims he killed "one" so off to the kill shelter he went. We also rehomed his sister about a month before. She said they were from a litter that she bred herself. Sam's rather withdrawn right now, he's been through a lot over the last few months, as we had to pay to board him for about a month because we didn't have any foster homes for him. So, between his stint at the shelter and then at the boarding kennel, he seems a little withdrawn. Tom, ata his foster home,  thinks he is slowly starting to come out of his shell, but its going to take some time.

MAX AND RUBY

From NASRN: Max and Ruby, a male/female pair of ASDs was pulled from the Phoenix shelter . Max is pretty sick, he has bronchitis and is being treated for erlichia. We are still waiting for the rest of his blood work to come back. Ruby seems to have picked up the bronchitis also, but isnt as bad as poor Max. He seems to be responding to meds but he's only been on them for a couple of days.

BRIDGETT

From NASRN: Bridgett is a female we pulled from a kill shelter in TX. She is being treated for tick fever and seems to be responding to the meds. We are all hopeful she will be feeling better soon.

BUDDY

From Karen Massa: Buddy was in a Port Isabel Tx shelter. They asked NASRN for help to save Buddy as he is such a laid back, mellow sweet boy. Buddy suffers from entropian in both his eyes,is heartworm positive and has a bad limp in his real leg. He was covered with fleas and had terrible fly bites on his ears, all the time remaining an sweet lovable guy. He is currently in Corpus Christi, Tx in a foster home and was treated April 14 for the heartworm, which the vet said was a very bad case.

CHARLIE

From Karen Massa:  Charlie was picked up as a stray, went to county shelter and thats how we got him. He's young -about a year to 18 mo's old. Foster says he is soooooooo sweet. He hops around on three legs trying to play.He had a problem with his rear leg and we are going forward with his surgery. The foster home is committed to recovery for him.
From the foster home about Charlies hip: The specialists are Dr. Vasser, who was the head of surgery at UC Davis but now has his own practice, and Dr. Richardson who practices at Sacramento Surgical Hospital for pets. Charlie's right hip has been out of place for a couple of months. The right femur is fusing to the pelvis. The pelvis has been fractured on both the left and right side, but are now mostly healed, so it is good for surgery. Both doctors were worried about the right leg's ability to become a functional leg again. The muscle is atrophied and he can't use it much. Dr. Vasser originally thought that the prognosis of the leg usage was quite poor, and would become worse over time. He recommended amputation, but then got Dr. Richardson's opinion. Dr. Richardson felt that it would be worth a try to get the hip back in place, if possible. But if when the operation occurred and they could see the extent of the actual damage, it it was too extensive then amputate. If it wasn't too extensive, then put the hip back in place with pins. The estimated cost would be about $3,000.
 

FIONA, now SELMA

From Karen Massa:  Selma was sold to an apt dweller as a pup.  As she grew, the owner realized an ASD was not an apartment dog.  She "sold" the dog to a goat rancher, who it appears, may have shot the dog.   Karen Massa took possession of the dog with the help of the original owner. Selma is now in foster care recuperating from her wounds.

JEENIE

From NASRN: Jeenie is a young female that had to have emergency surgery a few days ago from complications of her spay surgery earlier in the week. Apparently the internal sutures did not hold and, basically, her "insides" were coming
out of the external sutures and she was hemmorraging. She is in Little Rock in foster care now. She originally came from a shelter in Louisiana as a stray.

RUFUS

From Pam Kernan: Rufus was taken out of a shelter in Texas. He will soon be available for placement.

TOBY

From NASRN: He has been  neutered and vaccinated. We don't really know anything about him since he was picked up as a stray. He came from a shelter outside Ft. Worth, they held him for the required amount of days in order to give an owner time to reclaim him. No one came to claim him and he wasn't chipped, so the shelter asked if we could take him since they don't have good luck adopting out big dogs. We've had him for about two weeks now.  We will continue to evaluate him and have foster home work with him and then make him available in about 3-4 weeks, hopefully.

RINGO

From NASRN: Ringo is a stray in  northern TX. Shelter held him for 72 hrs and was going to put him down because no one claimed him. He has been in foster care for less than a week and we are still getting to know him.

AMIR

  From NASRN: Amir came into a shelter north of the Orlando, Florida area where he was picked up as a stray.  The shelter held onto him for about 3 weeks and no one claimed him.  He stayed much longer than he probably should have as the shelter people fell in love with him and couldn’t put him to sleep.  Since he was heartworm positive, no one wanted to adopt him out of the shelter.
  He is a very sweet boy and he gets along with the other male dogs in his foster home and is even good with the cats.  He's so handsome and so sweet;  it is hard to believe no one missed him.  Whoever did own him did not take good care of him, though. He was full of almost every worm under the sun.  He has put on weight since he's been in foster care and is doing really well.

BULLET and GYPSY

From Carleen Conyers, NASRN:
   Bullet (male) and Gypsy (female) are registered Anatolians, 8 and 9 years old were owner turn ins. The male, Bullet, was heartworm positive and had hookworms, whip worms and tape worms.  The female, Gypsy, had two mammary tumors, but was in better overall health.  They were boarded for two weeks and were spayed and neutered. Gypsy underwent a lumpectomy and biopsy for both of her mammary tumors, which came back benign! One of our foster homes in TX raises a small herd of goats and mini horses.  I knew she was looking for another LGD and since Gypsy and Bullet had both been raised with goats, I asked her if she would consider adopting them and giving them a home for their twilight years as well as complete their health treatments. She and her husband drove from TX to Lake Charles, LA to pick up the pair.
   Last I heard, Bullet actually has a spring in his step and has started wagging his tail.  He wouldn’t look at anyone before, but his head is up now and he is not lethargic or depressed.  The news owners say Bullet and Gypsy make an amazing LGD team, working together.  It looks like they found a home that appreciates them and loves them.

BRYNN and JAKE

From Karen Massa:
JAKE:
Jake was being kept on a 6' chain tied to a post without food or water in sight for him in the winter in Colorado. His owner contacted Anatolian rescue and asked me to take him as they could not keep Jake contained and he was roaming. We located a foster home and a volunteer went and got Jake and delivered him to the foster, but he climbed out of his fence and we thought we lost Jake for sure. The foster has a bad heart and could not go look for him and it was snowing very hard and below zero. He found Jake the next day on a sofa under the deck area of his house, Jake was no dummy. We then moved Jake to Toni, another foster who has her own rescue-Mariah's Promise in Divide. Jake never escaped Toni's!
BRYNN:
A friend of Brynn's owner contacted our rescue about Brynn, 18 months old, who was in an emergency situation - her owner claimed he was planning to shoot this lovely girl because he could not keep her contained. An incredible volunteer in CO named Hari Rajapole raced the 6 hr plus drive from Denver to get Brynn to safety to a foster named Toni. Her owner gladly signed her over to us and let us know who the breeder in Co was. The breeder refused to help them. Brynn was abused at her home and slowly came around in the care of Toni. She is very sweet and affectionate

MAGGIE

From Karen Massa:
Maggie is a 1 year old female Anatolian.  Her new owner took her home and put her in a goat pen with no training at all. The owner’s mother contacted us and  asked us to go get her out as the present owner was furious at Maggie’s chasing behavior with the goats.  Rescue removed Maggie during a severe thunderstorm. Maggie was indeed being punished for chasing goats and she was found in a pen with mud up to her hocks with no shelter.   

KENAI

FROM NASRN:
His owners lived in Alaska and had to move to VA so they asked us to rehome Kenai and his female companion, Sitka. Kenai is from Jim Simmons breeding in AL. The owner dropped Sitka (female) off in ID for us, but left Kenai in AK. He's the one that was too big to fly in a 700 crate so we had to ship him
in an alpaca crate. We were lucky enough to get enough donations to cover most of that cost
(over $850). He is in a foster home outside Seattle now. We thought he was being adopted, but the potential home changed their mind. He's doing great in his foster home, he's a big happy boy.

ODEN

FROM NASRN:
   Oden was seen hanging out in a gravel pit south of Austin,TX. A woman has Anatolians and recognized him to be an ASD. She started bringing food and water to him but he wouldnt let her get close to him. It was about a month later when he decided to follow her home and she called us. I didnt have a foster home for him, but wanted to get him to a safe, secure place as soon as possible, so we had himpicked him up and he was taken to a vet to be treated and boarded.He was loaded with worms,incredibly dirty, full of ticks and fleas, and had a few war wounds on him.The ladies at the vet have gotten attatched to him. They say he is a really sweet guy.
   The woman that found him called all the local shelters and vets and posted fliers, hoping to find his owner, but no one ever surfaced.
   Oden is presently in foster care in AZ right now. I have him on "hold" (not showing on the adoption site) because he is so frightfully skinny. He needs to get back on his feet and healthy before we think about adopting him out. The drivers said people were really giving them dirty looks when they stopped at rest areas for potty breaks. Guess they thought they were animal abusers, he looks so pitiful.

SONNY, KAYLEE, HONEY

FROM NASRN:
    "Honey" and "Sonny" were  turned into the shelter by their owner because they didn't have a fence and the pups wouldn't stay home.
"Kaylee" was purchased by a sheep rancher for breeding LGDs, but she had ideas of her own and didn't want to stay with the sheep. So he tied her to a tree for 6 months and finally decided to just shoot her. Thankfully someone was able to save her and brought her to us.

MERLIN

FROM Karen Massa, Rocky Mountain Anatolian Rescue:
   This is Merlin. He is in foster care now in Colorado Springs. Merlin's owner is in the military and was deployed overseas so he took Merlin to the local shelter. He was on death row when rescue got him out. The shelter thought he needed surgery in his rear leg because of a limp and that no one would want Merlin. We took him for x-rays and an exam at the vets office they found out he is actually fine. Apparently he previously had surgery on the left leg and it ended up a bit shorter than the other causing a limp He does not need surgery or any pain medications. His owner stated Merlin is from a breeder in CA, but we do not know who.

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