Princess is a 5 year old female  shih tzu. Her family could not keep her so they were going to take her to the local animal shelter. Whe we got her from the shlter she was very matted and had hotspot on her skin under the matts. After a good shaving and bath Princess started to look like a princess.

JoJo is a neutered sweet 2 yr old male chihuahua.He was saved from a home where they treated him badly. They threw things at him,chased him and kept him outside. He is best in a home without children. He does like to play with toys and small dogs. He is learning all people are not bad.

This is the story of the cat from Istanbul. His name is Sansli, it means Lucky in Turkish. He wasn’t very lucky until he met his angels. He was  living on the streets of Istanbul when his life changed.
Bystanders said Sansli was attacked by a dog, ran into a busy street and  was hit by a car.
His first angel, rushed him to a vet for medical help, but she didn’t have money to pay the medical bills,  she sent emails to everybody she knew to get help paying for the medical bills and also hoping someone would adopt him. Since they don’t euthanize animals in Turkey Sansli would have had to be returned to the streets in Istanbul,blind and paralyzed.
When a friend of the friend in the U.S. another  angel saw the pictures of Sansli, she couldn’t think of anything other than helping him.
She told the friend to keep him in the hospital until he gets better, She would take care of the medical bills . She contacted her animal lover friends in California. She asked  if they knew anyone who could adopt Sansli. They had friends at  Dharma Rescue and asked if we could take him in.
Sansli was in the Turkish hospital for  3 months, his legs got better and he started to walk.When he was better  they paid a family to keep him until arrangements could be  made for Sansli’s flight to the U.S. It took a few month’s but he eventually made the 19 hour flight to Los Angeles
Sansli is living with Dharma Rescue now,he has been to the vet. He had ulcers in his eye’s. He needs to go to a eye specialist. Donations are needed to take him to a specialist.

Update on Sansli.

Sansli has been to the eye specialist.Sansli has  feline herpes virus in his eyes. 80% of cats carry the virus and stress and illness cause flair ups. Sadly Sansli had stress and illness growing up on the streets of Turkey. Sadly for us he needs two surgeries the first is for Corneal Sequestrum and will cost $3500.00, He will need a second surgey after he heals from the first which will cost a little less then the first no estimate until he has his first surgery. What Sansli has is very painful. Unfortunately we do not have the funds for this surgery.

A promise was made to our rescue by the California people  if we took Sansli in his boarding fee’s,food and  medical bills would be paid for while we tried to find a home for him. That promise was not kept so we are left taking care of him. Also Sansli was a tom cat for many years and sprays so he is not adoptable,he cannot even be an outdoor cat because of his eyes. So he will ore then likely be a permanent resident of Dharma Rescue.

Right now he is on medications to control the ulcers in his eye’s while we try to raise the funds for his first surgery.

Donations are needed and greatly appreciated for Sansli to have his surgery.

 Bette passed Sunday evening.    Very soon after I spoke to you.  She went in peace with no distress.   She was only sick Friday & much worse and on a down hill slide  on Saturday and Sunday it was time to say good-bye.    I am so happy she was part of the Hopp family for a short time and that you had the joy of her in your home.   She was a love & is missed.          Marlene

We love you Bette. You were the best  dog to have in our Dharma Rescue home. You were quiet,sweet, happy. Two of your favorite things were food and belly rubs. You came to us from the streets a dirty,scared old lady. We guessed how old you were 10 years is always a good number but you could have been older.You were so good and when someone wanted to adopt you we were hesitant to give you up. But we are a rescue and if a perfect home came around we knew we had to let you go and love someone else so we could bring in another senior homeless dog.
Goodbye old loyal friend. We will always miss your smiling face.

How did she end up in a high kill shelter. The shelter  said they got a call for a dog pickup and when the officer got there he saw an old dog they wanted taken away to be put down.  Even the animal control officer had some compassion and suggested they have their vet do  it, but they said no. He let them know she would be on a cold cement floor for a week before she was euthanized,they still wanted him to take her away.

There are many invisible Missy’s out there and so many are not lucky. They gave  companionship,loyalty and love to someone and deserve a better way to live out their senior life.

Missy is doing great. She sleeps, eats and loves to be petted. She is  incontinent but does get up to got outside and do her business. Maybe she is not as easy to care for like a younger dog but she is quiet, easy going and loving. Who knows how long she will be on this earth with us. it doesn’t matter how long what matters is she is happy and comfortable.

I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.    Mahatma  Gandhi

She was relinquished to Dharma Rescue because she was not in good health.  She was on poor quality food and threw up all the time.  It took over one year to get her back into health on a raw food diet and to stop her daily vomiting.  Now she is like any other cat and only has an occasionally hair ball (help to minimize this with daily brushing).  Due to her delicate constitution, Cleo must go to a home that offers a raw food diet.