The Poodle Patch & Friends
OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS IS poodlepatch@yahoo.com
Roxie........
8/06/08 Poor Roxie, she and Rocky were turned in to us together today. She and Rocky are parents to seven Standard Poodle Pups who were all surrendered to The Texarkana Animal Shelter recently. Unfortunately, The Poodle Patch was not contacted by the shelter about the puppies. And her person was not aware of a local Standard Poodle Rescue like ourselves at the time and she needed to find them homes.
Her person bought her from an individual here in Texarkana as a pup. I have all of her records and paperwork. She has "alternative" registration papers (other than AKC). She was born Jan, 15, 2006. She is an apricot, weighing 47 pounds right now. She is getting a bath and she is being treated for hookworms and fleas. She will be fully vetted in a few weeks when I get some weight on her. Her vetting will include spay, dental scaling, vaccinations including rabies, and flea/tick prevention. Unfortunately she will need to be treated for heartworms also. I am told they were in the house for the beginning of their lives and have been housetrained in the past. So we will start working on that next. As always any donations for this girl would be great. We are going to need somewhere around $300+ to get her ready for her forever home. Please call Amanda (903) 701-3571 or Beth or Tracy at Westridge Animal Hospital (903) 838-9572 to donate to her account. To apply, email poodlepatch@yahoo.com. and request an application be emailed to you. To learn more about our organization, visit www.poodlepatch.petfinder.com. All of our pets are in private foster homes. We require a completed, approved application BEFORE setting up a meeting for any of our pets.
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FAIRY DOGMOTHERS We are fortunate to have these little Angels who help The Poodle Patch.
7/28/08-Thanks Rhonda!!!! We love you! Your donation allows us to buy dog food for everyone in our care for 2 weeks!!!!! This is a big blessing. Thank You!!Thanks Rhonda and Pat! CJ's new mom Rhonda has bought us 3 wonderful beds. CORRECTION-Make that 8 beds we have from Rhonda now! Even the kittens are enjoying a "dog" bed! And some of our pets are leaving with a little "bling" on their collars thanks to Rhonda. Thanks Rhonda, for the collars and leashes, the cash donation, and the donation of food. We are already using the collars and leashes. We will use Rhonda and Pat's cash donation-Mia's new Mom-for our heartworm treatments.
Bella's mom (formerly known as Bus Stop) has funded Brody's heart worm treatment. This will allow us to lower his adoption fee. Thanks so much to Bella's mom. Brody was very ill after his neuter and he had a large amount of medical bills. Thanks for the help!
NEWS....................
We turned One year old in May-Yipeeeeeee! We're all still young pups!
07/07/08-Delilah News! Delilah underwent her cataract surgery on July 2nd. And it was a success! Thanks to everyone who donated to get Delilah to Joan with Cocker Pals Rescue. Joan says Delilah is doing very well and everyone at the vet clinic loved her.
OTHER NEWS!
YOU CAN HELP US HELP THEM, you can sponsor a dog to help out with her/his adoption fee. Please email, or call Westridge. Tell them the pet's name you want to sponsor and the amount you can donate. The Poodle Patch & Friends has an account at Westridge Animal Hospital- 3909 New Boston Road Texarkana, TX 75501 OR you can call (903) 838-9572 for credit card donations. We also accept donations of food, collars, leashes, crates, toys, chews, bowls....just about anything dog related.
WHO WE ARE
We are primarily a Standard Poodle Rescue. We rescue all others in need when there is space available. We are a small group of volunteers trying to make a difference. We can always use more volunteers.
For those of you who do not know, I am the daughter of a Poodle Groomer who owned and operated a very reputable shop in Little Rock for over 30 years. I own two Rescue Standard Poodles. They have both earned Canine Good Citizen Awards and they are certified Therapy Dogs with Therapy Dogs International. They work meeting folks in the Texarkana area nursing homes and hospitals. I have been volunteering with and grooming Poodles for over 25 years.
I was introduced to volunteering when I was in the third grade and have done so ever since then.
When I was a kid we went every week to meet the Animal Control Officer for Little Rock Animal Control. My mom and other volunteers would pick dogs who they deemed would do well meeting strangers. Then they would bathe and groom them. That Wed-EVERY single Wednesday we would meet at the nursing home. The Animal Control Officer would pull up and bring out our latest treasure for everyone in the nursing home to meet and greet and snuggle. At that time, it was the law that they transport them. And then they were turned over to us for just a few hours of fun-FUN for them and all of our elderly folks waiting to meet us! Very unlike today's Therapy Dog laws. Now a stringent test is required for a dog to pass. A test which I am proud to say both of my Standards have passed and are now Official Therapy Dogs who will be visiting a nursing home, hospital, or school in the Texarkana area. Back when I was a kid we went to every room for the next few hours just visiting with our pound puppies. The dogs were as happy as the people. And the happiest was the Animal Control Officer whose job it was to meet us. Just to see the smiles on the folks was great. I knew every single person there and they knew me like they raised me. My mother has received several Mayor's Awards for her volunteer work at numerous shelters in Little Rock. She is still a volunteer at The Sherwood Animal Shelter where I too was a volunteer until I moved back to Texarkana. I was recently awarded the 2007 Artex Animal Welfare Inc. Volunteer of the Year Award here in Texarkana.
I have volunteered and fundraised for many organizations here in Texarkana since I moved here. I created and organized a fundraiser for both The Texarkana Humane Society Inc. and Artex Animal Welfare Inc. in 2005 and 2006. Both groups are 501 (C) 3 organizations and each received over $5,000 from these fundraisers. I could not have been happier with the results from my work. I have also organized other other fundraisers for good local causes such as The Texarkana Baptist Orphanage and Fallen Biker fundraisers.
In addition, before starting The Poodle Patch here in Texarkana, l logged over 1,300 hours at The Texarkana Animal Shelter the last half of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. I took pictures(of animals at The Texarkana Animal Shelter) by myself or with another volunteer-Diana, I met online and we posted them to my Poodle Patch petfinder site as a courtesy to the shelter and animals there needing adoption. And we got MANY adoptions. I groomed and bathed nearly 100 dogs and cats at The Texarkana Animal Shelter. I also took pictures for Pet of the week which appeared in the local newspaper, I also helped sell ads for the newspaper spot that benefits the shelter's adoptable pets, I cleaned and groomed animals, did laundry, greeted folks who wanted to adopt, and coordinated Specific Breed Rescues.
I really got serious about The Poodle Patch after rescuing five different Standard Poodles in two months time. They were all from Texarkana. Our first three came in together all heartworm positive and matted beyond belief along with numerous other medical conditions. I called The Texarkana Humane Society and they helped me establish a rescue account with Westridge Animal Hospital. That's how we got started. I will always be grateful to them for this. Now all of the Standards are healthy and happy in their new homes. Lucy, Gracie, and Bella started this. No pet should ever be subjected to the condition they were in. It was heartbreaking. Now a year later, we have over 300 pets on our Happy Tails page. Some are from the Texarkana Animal Shelter where I volunteered 30 hours weekly for almost a year. I got many of them posted on our petfinder site and adopted. We have helped out a lot of "honorary" poodles along the way, and even some cats-thus the name The Poodle Patch & Friends Rescue of Texarkana. 
It has brought me great joy to help these animals. Thank you so much for considering adopton with us. At the bare minimum, our animals are vet checked, spayed or neutered, vaccinated including rabies, fecal tested and parasite free, heartworm tested and treated if needed, on heart worm prevention and in most cases house trained. Some of our pets receive dentals, mange treatment, orthopedic surgery.....you name it, we have done it. They leave us in excellent health and happy.
ADOPTING A FRIEND
To apply email poodlepatch@yahoo.com and request an application. Completed, APPROVED applications take PRIORITY over ALL others. It is advised you complete an application and get it approved if you believe you want to adopt with us. Emails are answered quickly. All of our pets are in private foster homes. We require a completed, approved application BEFORE setting up a meeting for any of our pets. We do not ship our pets.
Some of the animals we take in require extensive medical treatment. Adoption fees vary. We are volunteers who work regular jobs. We do not have an actual "facility". All of the pets are in foster homes. Email poodlepatch@yahoo.com is the best way to contact us and we check it multiple times daily. My (Amanda) personal cell phone is (903) 701-3571. I prefer that you at least have an approved application or excellent vet references before calling.
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Come Visit Us!
From time to time, we are at PetSmart on Saturdays, check our event calendar. All of our pets are in private foster homes and appointments must be made to meet the pets. We are happy to arrange a meeting for you and your new friend you may be considering AFTER you have completed an application.
We operate via foster homes and we are always looking for fosters. If you would like to help save a life by being a foster home please email us so we can give you the details. It's simple, the more foster homes we have, the more lives we can save. We would love to have you and you will love the reward you get from it.
