Mac Mullen
Mac Mullen is a sweet 2 year old who was dropped off at the city shelter with his leg in a cast. He is getting new x-rays and a qualified diagnosis to insure this little guy has four working legs very soon.
Mac Mullen will get the medical treatment he needs thanks to your donations.
Mister
This nice guy was pulled from South Central moments before being euthanized. He has severe hip displaysia. Mister is not a pure bred Boxer, but he is Boxer enough for BRLA to care about him so he was saved.
Now you can help Mister get the surgery to relive his pain. Please donate to this nice Boxer mix so he can find a loving home and live pain free. Both rear legs have ACL tears. Surgery will cost $5000.00.
Courage
May 20, 2008. Courage was found lying on the side of the road in La Puente.. Many people drove by him, assuming that he had been hit by a car and was dead. Caroline Pespisa, on her way back to work, stopped to check him. He opened his eyes and she knew he was alive. Courage got up slowly, made a feeble attempt to get away, and then realized that Caroline was there to save him. He didn't have any evidence of being hit.. But Courage had a lot of bleeding from a huge tumor the size of a softball on his leg. He was emaciated, dehydrated, and exhausted from being dumped and trying to "live off the land" like a wild animal. Caroline picked him up and put him in her car. Courage didn't cry or growl, even though he was in a great deal of pain. He knew Caroline was his angel.
Caroline took Courage directly to Dr. Mazzi at County Line Animal Hospital and he was immediately put on fluids. . His huge tumor had opened and was wrapped for stabilization. Tests were taken to determine the full extent of his injuries and condition. His heart was normal, he had no broken bones, but his blood work showed that his red blood cell count was extremely low. He was starving and dehydrated.
Courage stayed with Dr. Mazzi and his staff for nine days while they nursed him back to health. The staff at County Line fell in love with Courage, spending any extra time and lunch hours with him. Courage also had other visitors, including his angel, Caroline, Lost Animal Network of La Habra Heights and BRLA. Courage has such a great personality, his boxer stub never stops wagging and he is now a big talker. Cost for his initial medical care and testing was donated by Dr. Mazzi and La Habra Heights Lost Animal Network.
Now, we need to remove the huge cancerous tumor from Courage's leg. Because of the size and location the tumor is not removable.. Courage's leg will have to be amputated. Courage is a tiny, 6 year old male, with cub like ears that really wants to live. He has proved that to us and now we need to help him. Cost for his surgery is estimated at $2500. Please help and donate towards his surgery.
update 6/2:
Courage had surgery to amputate his leg on Monday, June 2nd. He came out of surgery in great shape and went to his foster home on Tuesday, the following day. Courage had a morphine patch to deal with the pain and was feeling quite frisky, too frisky for someone losing their leg the day before. He didn't want to lay down in his confined area. When he went outside to pee, he wanted to play. He was feeling so good that he tried to kick up his hind legs after urinating. He found that it didn't work very well balancing on one front leg. After a two days of morphine induced behavior from an amputee, he has settled down. He is resting well, eating well, and learning to walk on 3 legs. He's a little shaky but doing great. He needs to build up new muscles and get confidence.
Cinnamon Girl
There seems to be an epidemic of young puppies with mange. Cinnimon Girl is 3 months old and is now getting the medical treatment at BRLA to get her past the worst of demodex mange.. She is a living doll and loves all other animals.
Please donate to Cinnamon Girl to continue her medical treatment.
Lola
No this is not a rhinoceros, it's Lola the 3 month old Boxer girl with severe mange. She is a horrible example of neglect as this did not happen overnight. She is only 3 months old! Her entire life has been physically miserable, but she remains the sweetest little girl overflowing with love and kisses.
Lola's entire body is covered in a disgusting crust which is a secondary fungal reaction to mange. She is itchy, swollen and smelly from the condition. Her skin sags and her feet are swollen to twice their size.
She has the armored plate look of a rhino, but now that she is finally getting the treatment needed to cure mange she will regain all her fur and look like a dog again soon.
Lola needs your support to fight this disgusting internal parasite that is currently ravaging her body. It's a long battle to kill all the mange mites but it's a battle we know we can win. Lola needs your support.
Please donate to help Lola beat mange and become the beautiful Boxer she is meant to be.
Update 4/25: Lola was acting funny and stopped eating this morning. She was taken to the vet and tested a weak positive for Parvo and is on IV for a few day.
Update 4/28: Lola is still on IV at the vet as she refuses to eat. The good news is that she is clear of Parvo.
Update 5/17: She has come a long way. Still not there yet but she looks more like a dog and less like a rhino.
Cody
A shattered leg and an owner that cannot affort the medical costs. Cody's surgery is $2800 and recovery is at least 6 weeks of total confinment.
Zorro
Zorro has a broken jaw. He was hit by a car and his family could not afford the vet bill. BRLA rescued this mellow boy and he will be fine in 6-8 weeks. This muzzle is keeping his jaw in place. Don't worry he can eat and drink but the surgery is very expensive.
Zorro needs you help with his broken jaw.. Please donate.
update: 6/15: Zorro is all better and available for adoption. His vet bill still needs to be paid.
Gregory
BRLA saves seniors all the time as their lives are not over, their capacity to love is not depleted, their desire to live and love is strong. Gregory is like many we find dumped in kill shelters. He is a handsome wonderful 8 year old boy and he was not neutered. He probably helped make a lot of puppies (a.k.a. MONEY) for a back yard breeder.
This is a case of exactly why you should spay or neuter your pet for the sake of their health. Gregory has some large tumors (one on his chest the size of a lime), growths and a hernia. To let all these go to this point is typical of people who consider their Boxers as property and not family members. Gregory is part of the BRLA family now and we need to take care of all his medical needs. His medical costs will be more than $1500.00.
We need your help to fund his procedures, then Gregory can find a new family that will not consider him property or a commodity but a loving companion for the rest of his life. That is not asking much for such an amazing soul.
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