Shih Tzu Dog Jewelry Gifts at For Love of a Dog

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The Shih Tzu dog bracelet shown above is adorable.  Snow quartz gemstone beads, three dimensional white lampwork dog bone beads are hand wire wrapped with gold jewelers wire.  Charms include one of our signature style Shih Tzu two dimensional (flat on back) handcrafted dog charms, a gold dog bone and a sweet red jasper gemstone heart.  A gift sure to please any Shih Tzu dog lover.

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Chihuahuas Shih Tzu Dogs Rescued in Missouri

Animals living in filth at an unlicensed Johnson County, Missouri, breeding facility had an early trick or treat.

On October 30, 2012, the Humane Society of Missouri Animal Cruelty Task Force worked in cooperation with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri Department of Agriculture to rescue 45 Chihuahua, Chihuahua mix and Shih Tzu dogs and one rabbit from an unlicensed breeding facility near Warrensburg.

The dogs, 44 adults and three 2-3 week old puppies, were found living inside a residence in extremely unsanitary conditions.  Many were housed in stacked, wire crates with two to three animals per crate, living in piles of their own waste. 

No food or water was available to most of the dogs.  Several of the dogs are underweight, many are infested with parasites, have eye infections and are encrusted with feces on paws and legs.  The rabbit had inadequate shelter and no food or water.

On October 30, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office served a warrant to inspect, care for or impound neglected or abused animals found on the property.  The dogs and rabbit were removed at the recommendation of a veterinarian for the Missouri Department of Agriculture. 

The rescued dogs and rabbit were transported to the Humane Society of Missouri Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.  

A hearing is scheduled for Friday, November 16 in Warrensburg, MO to determine custody of the animals.  If custody is awarded to the Humane Society of Missouri, as many of the animals as possible will be made available for adoption.  The Humane Society of Missouri will be recommending animal abuse charges in this case.

Random Thoughts: Mothers Hospitals Dogs and House Guests

Andy - Guest Dog at For Love of a Dog

We have a house guest.  Andy is my mother's dog and he's been staying with us since she was rushed to the hospital on March 14.  While we've been enriching the oil companies by traveling the interstate back and forth between our farm and the hospital, as well as our farm and my mother's home, the dogs have been ... well, waiting.

Waiting and hoping life will return to normal.  Soon.  

I can relate.  I just wish I had the patience of a dog.  The time to nap would be welcome, too.

The dogs are doing a whole lot of napping and very little flying disc or Jolly Ball exercise.  They, of course, know something strange has happened and they offer comfort whenever they can.  Comic relief, too.

They also know there's a very strange critter in their house.  Andy.

My mother's dog, Andy, is a 12 year old Lhasa Apso.  At least, that's what his registration papers say.  He sure looks like a Shih Tzu to me.  Believed to be a Missouri puppy mill survivor, he has a long list of health problems.  Not only does he have megaesophagus, Andy has lost one eye and is almost blind in the other.  In addition, he has some locomotion difficulties that are most likely neurological.

Andy is a money pit and the apple of my mother's eye.  

Normally this king of my mother's castle spends his days in my mother's lap, takes walks on a leash, and spends his nights in a very cushy bed.  These days he's spending his life in our mudroom with a crate at night. 

And he's having some big adventures.  These adventures will be detailed later this week by the dog daddy at our house.  Among them are his encounters with "the big dogs" at our house, getting lost in the yard, and discovering there's a world off-leash.

In the meantime, Andy is safe behind the baby gate.  Safe because he has "small man's complex."  No shirker, he's ready to attack and defend.. against the very curious canines on the other side of that baby gate.  Ready for his next adventure which is sure to bring smiles to our faces.

Dogs.  Gotta love 'em.