OLYMPIC EVENTS AUG 4 & A SWEET BABY GIRL NEEDS HELP

  QUOTE OF THE DAY: 

 "One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it." 

  ~~ Oksana Baiul, Olympic Gold Medalist

OLYMPIC TRIVIA OF THE DAY:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4

Best Nippy Faces ~ http://troublintimes.blogspot.com/

Co-Hosted by Callie

Co-Hosted by Sassy

Fierceful Yawning ~ http://catboys.paulchens.org/

Tuneful Farting ~ 
http://www.declansdogsblog.co.uk/

Hosted by Declan

  Learn the history of this ancient event, enjoy seeing and HEARING the videos

with lots of pawticipants.

to attend today, just click below:

http://www.declansdogsblog.co.uk/

Keep Away ~ http://savetheboxers.blogspot.com/

Hosted by Casey

~PSA~

The Mommy here.......

As many of you know Mona was adopted from

DACHSHUND RESCUE OF HOUSTON

and Weenie from

ALL TEXAS DACHSHUND RESCUE. 

Both rescue groups have my heart and are my life and if it weren't for them I wouldn't have my previous little ones with me today. My greatest joy in the last several years has been doing home visits for ATDR and volunteering with both groups at every event we have. I say "We" because once rescue gets under you skin, there is no way out but who would ever want to leave it.
They are your family and that family keeps growing. There is a never ending supply of animals that need rescuing.

All rescue groups have a constant struggle to raise funds to help little ones that need medical care. I read about one little girl who needs help over at Casey's blog.

Meet Napoli

 Copied from Casey's blog

She's 3.5 months old. She was given away for free by her breeder to someone who was adopting her sister (now LBR foster Bambi) because she "wasn't healthy". The owner realized she was in over her head and surrendered Bambi and Napoli to LBR. But Napoli is a sick little pup. The original diagnosis was hydrocephalus, which is basically water on your brain. I don't know how it gets there, but this is why I hate baths!! Our vets recommended she see a neurologist, so she did, and he isn't sure if it's hydrocephalus or another disorder in a different part of her brain. Whew, that's all pretty technical! But basically it means that she has to have an MRI just to know what's wrong, then we start fixing it.

All of that costs lots and lots of green papers! The MRI is estimated at $2300-3000, ouch. And that's just to find out what's wrong! This is on top of the two leg surgeries we've had to do for LBR fosters Brielle and Melody, at $1700-2300. LBR is trying to raise money to take care of all the doggies in our care who just want a chance at a normal life and furever family of their very own.

Legacy Boxer Rescue

http://www.savetheboxers.com

Serving the Dallas/Ft Worth areas of Texas

 

LBR is hosting its first-ever Legacy Summer Athletic Competition on Facebook! We have a bunch of pawsome boxer-y events that we're holding every day of the human Olympics, from wrestling to swimming to gymnastics. And through it all, we're trying to raise money to help Napoli, Melody, and Brielle. We set goal amounts at brindle ($5,000), white ($10,000), and fawn ($15,000). We've already raised enough to win a brindle medal, but WE WANT THE FAWN!!!

Napoli is dreaming of growing into a big girl with her own furever family!

Won't you help her reach her dream?

See ya at the games.
Just us Texas Dachsies

PS.........The Mommy here.........If it weren't for the Olympics, Mona and Weenie would be grounded. This is what I found when I got home from work last night.