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Happy Adoptions

Every week a number of fur kids become part of Bichon Fur Kids. They are in foster care - and not yet listed on our web site. While they are part of these very giving foster families, the new fur kids are receiving lots of love, learning how to walk on leashes, ride in cars, frolic in the grass - and experiencing being around children, other dogs and sometimes cats! Our goal is for them to become the very best dogs that they can be - and to find their Forever Homes as soon as they are ready.

We add new FurKids to our family each week - so please check back often.

And remember, the first step to adopt any of our FurKids is to complete our Adoption Application - and then to schedule your home safety check.

 

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Please Rescue Us!

As our economy continues it's roller coaster ride, more and more fur kids are entering rescue each week. 

Please visit our AVAILABLE DOGS page to see all the furkids in need of forever homes. 

 

 

Bichon FurKids Rescue News

“Making a Difference in a Dog's Life”

Hi Bichon Lovers,

The fifth issue of our 2012 newsletter is here – and we are happy to share it with you. We hope you will read (and join us) at the Spring Bichon Bash (coming up this week) find out about two other important events (we’d love to see you there!) and enjoy a story about a great foster family – and their beloved bichon!

Our newest litter of furkids arrived on May 14th and are hours old as this newsletter “goes to press.” Photos of the four little girls and one boy (that’s an unusually high number of girls in a litter!) will be on the web site soon – and we will continue to update photos every week. Although the mom, Cee Cee, is a white bichon the little puppies are…. Well, please check out the web site and see for yourselves! Then help us get the word out so that these puppies will find their forever homes when the time is right.

We have two newish furkids in our Help Me Heal program. Little Davey, who is being lovingly fostered by Amy and Marcus Sorgent, is a 2 year old pup weighing about 8 pounds that was no contest for the car that hit him. Fortunately our wonderful vets at Stonecreek helped reconstruct Davey’s jaw – and we expect a full recovery in a matter of weeks. In the meantime Davey is eating soft food and getting better every day.

There is also a little guy named Gibson whose encounter with a car was also pretty scary. Gibson underwent several surgeries to save his leg. Just when we thought we were ‘there’ an infection set in and raised havoc with his system. Our vets at Stonecreek had no choice but to amputate Gibson’s back leg. This little bichon boy, however, never missed a beat. He was walking the very next day! Gibson never knows a stranger and his recovery is a testament to Seonah and Jin who have loved him back to health.

And of course our darling Nicholas continues to make strides every week, due to the encouragement and love of his foster parents, Danna and Sal. Nicholas is a testament to all that we love about bichons, including the fact that he doesn’t believe, for a minute, that there is anything he cannot do. Be sure to check him out doing wheelies in his cart – why he’s about the fastest kid in or out of a cart that I have seen in a long time!

You will be able to meet Davey, Gibson and Nicholas at the Bash – and we hope you will do so!

With the problem of ongoing coyote sightings (in far too many neighborhoods) you may want to check out the bear mace article! I, for one, am going to order some.

We are moving into fifth gear for the Spring Bichon Bash in Irvine and have (!!!!) found a venue for the Fall Bichon Bash in San Diego. We will announce the date and location in our next issue and look forward to seeing you and your furkids there!

So sit back and enjoy our newsletter. Click on the link below and read it online -- or print it out for reading offline. Remember you can find this copy and past copies on our website. Just follow the News Archives link in the left navigation on our web site.

bichonfurkids.org/files/attachments/bichon/News/2012newsletterMay.pdf

We look forward to seeing you, and your ‘kids’ at our events!

Marti, Judy and the Editorial Team of Bichon FurKids

PS: If you use search engines in your day to day ‘doings’ please check out GoodSearch (powered by Yahoo.) If you enter BFK as the charity of your choice, every search you do ‘earns’ a penny. It’s easy too – just go to www.goodsearch.com. And please tell your friends and family.
 

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Like us on facebook to be in the "know" about the latest news and updates about our furkids. We'd also love it if you'd post pictures, testimonials, and updates on your furkid as well! Don't forget to share and continue promoting our organization so that we can continue rescuing more and more bichons & bichon mixes. Thanks again for all your support.

 

Special Angel Nicholas -- Hit and Run Survivor!

Hi people,

My name is Nicholas and I'm a friendly and fearless little bichon boy who is also very special. You see, someone was driving VERY fast and didn't see me. He hit and dragged me for several blocks - then threw me in a dumpster! Read my story.

** SPECIAL THANKS to My Perfect Pet for donating their wonderful fresh food during Nicholas' time in foster care.

 

Junior Volunteers

See our Jr. Volunteers in action making soft personalized fleece blankets for FurKids like Snowball to enjoy!! We would like to thank and honor all the volunteers who dedicate their time and heart into these thoughtful gifts.

If you would like to become a Jr. Volunteer and help with this project, please email

 

 

 

 

A Word About Hair

Bichons and Bichon mixes need to be groomed regularly. When not tended to, their hair (not fur) tends to grow very long and then mat if not brushed or combed. The kindest thing we can do, when we take in a dog in this condition, is to shave it down. 

In a matter of weeks, beautiful, white, healthy hair will grow. So, if you see a dog that's available and it's a little short on hair... know that it will be a beautiful white, fluffy, haired darling within a few weeks.  Read Ace's story.

 

 

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