Happy Hearts Animal Rescue Missouri

01/30/2023

Happy Hearts is NOT selling any clothing. Posts selling clothing with our logo are a SCAM

12/30/2022

THANK YOU to Bret and Pam Tyrey for the dog food donation. 12 large bags of dog food will certainly keep everyone fed for awhile. Happy Hearts appreciates your support and friendship. The dogs thank you!

12/16/2022

Happy Hearts is selling raffle tickets for a Charlie Daniels Autograph Fiddle Package. It includes Autographed Fiddle, Book, 2 Pictures, DVD and CD. (DVD and CD are not autographed). Tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50. Proceeds will help Happy Hearts pay for Tony's surgery. Go to happyheartsanimalrescue.com for details. Please share!

12/16/2022

UPDATE: Tony is doing wonderful. For the best update and video progress, please go to Hawk Ridge Animal Hospital FB page.

Meet Tony, He is the newest resident at Happy Hearts. Tony was a stray and we believe hit by a car. He needs surgery on both back legs. He has multiple ligaments damaged so he needs a surgery called Extracapsular Lateral Suture Stabilization (ELSS). His blood tests came back perfectand he is heartworm negative. The vet says he won't be running down any squirrels, but will have a good quality of life. He is very sweet boy and only about 5 or less years old. He deserves a chance at a good life. The cost will be $8500. If you would like to help Tony and donate for his surgery, please go to happyheartsanimalrescue.com and use the donate button. On our home page is also the information for raffle tickets for a Charlie Daniels Autograph Fiddle package. The proceeds will benefit Tony. Thank you in advance.

06/13/2022

05/23/2022

Bones is doing great. He just finished his pre-meds for heartworm treatment and will get his first injection on 6/15/22. Sadly, his donation to cover the heartworm treatment did not come through. In addition, we now have a German Shepherd named Zeke who also has heartworms. We know this is a rough time for everyone right now financially, but we are asking for donations of any size to help cover the medical costs for these two dogs. I started a facebook fundraiser on my personal page, Ellen Pratt Sellers or you can make a donations using the donate button on our web site happyheartsanimalrescue.com. Thank you in advance for helping these two guys.

04/15/2022

We need a new game plan. Happy Hearts is officially announcing the postponement of our Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic fundraiser scheduled for April 23rd due to low attendance. BUT, we never give up on the puppies and kittens. We are already planning an alternative event to take place as soon as we can organize it.
All current ticket holders have been contacted and given the option of a refund or credit for the next event. We are grateful that almost all opted for credit to the next event.
All of the sponsorship and donations will be held and used at the alternative event with the same publicity planned for this event.
We have a few ideas on how to make the next event a little more fun and appealing to more people. If anyone has any ideas on how to make the next event more fun and one you wouldn't miss, please let us know in the comments. The low cost spay and neuter clinic is too important to our communities and the animals to give up, so we will figure this out. Watch for upcoming news on the next event you won't want to miss.

04/13/2022

My precious Betty White. My heart is in a million pieces. I had to make the choice to let my sweet Betty cross the rainbow bridge this morning. From the day I got Betty I knew I would never let her suffer or be in pain. She has made continuous progress. Gained weight, loved her treats, ran circles in her room, got so excited when I came in. She wagged her tail and even made sure she came in the bathroom with me like all dogs, know thats when she has me captive for petting. Not one time was she ever in pain, unhappy, scared or anything but progressing to the dog I wished for her to be. This morning everything changed. With no warning she suffered a seizure that lasted an hour till we could get to the vet. By that time her temperature was 107. The best guess is that a piece of shrapnel had shifted and now causing the seizure. With the exposure to such a high temperature the vet felt there would be additional brain damage. Anyone that knows me, knows that I will never give up on a dog. I promised Betty that I would never give up on her but I would also never let her suffer. Letting her go was the only choice.
Thank you to everyone who donated money for Betty's care. Please know that the money will be used to help animals in Betty's honor in some way. We are trying to open a low cost spay/neuter clinic and it just may be called the Betty White Spay Neuter Clinic. My mind is not is a place to make any definite decisions today but the money will be used in some manner that Betty will never be forgotten.
I am beyond grateful that God chose me to take care of her. I pray that she knew how much she was loved by me and so many others. I know she was saved for a purpose. The purpose is not what I thought, but I know it will be revealed. Run free my sweet Betty, I miss you already.

04/11/2022

Happy Hearts may have to reschedule our fundraiser scheduled for April 23rd to raise money to open a much needed low cost spay/neuter clinic in mid Missouri. Why? Because there isn't enough attendance. Why? We don't know! This is something our communities desperately need, so we don't understand why there is little support. Please comment below any reason why you believe the attendance is low. If we have to reschedule, we need to know how to change the event so there is more interest. Thank you for your input.
Visit happyheartsanimalrescue.com for information on the event.

03/30/2022

Look what's up for auction at the BBQ Dinner Fundraiser, raising money to open a low cost spay and neuter clinic. This table was made by the Amish and measures 28x46. Join us for a chance to win or buy some awesome things while helping our communities. Visit happyheartsanimalrescue.com for details and easy online ticket purchase.

03/28/2022

Look at these adorable pet planters. Wouldn't you like to have one? Can't be bought in stores. Exclusively made for our Fundraiser Dinner to raise money for the low cost spay/neuter clinic. Get your tickets now for BBQ dinner, open bar (beer and wine), dessert, LOTS of fun and a chance to take home one of these planters. Visit happyheartsanimalrescue.com

03/26/2022

Update: Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to help Bones. He is doing great. Digestive issues are much better, neurological issues have imporved greatly and he has started on medication for the heart worm treatment. Bones is happy and responding well to his new environment. He is a very sweet dog and we sincerely thank you for helping give Bones a chance.
Bones is hoping for a chance at life. Bones was reported wandering in the same area fields for 5 days and suspected to be blind. With the help of Precious Paws in Montgomery City, we were able to trap him on March 24. We named him Bones because his stool was full of bones. Our visual assessment was that Bones was not in good health and had not been well taken care of. He was wearing a horse halter that was wired to make some sort of harness. He was extremely thin. clearly has vision issues, vomiting and couldn't keep food down. As we suspected after a vet visit, Bones is undernourished, full of worms, constipated with bones, heart worm positive and blind from either head trauma or illness. He is only 4-5 years old and weighs about 35 pounds. You can imagine that a blind dog would be petrified of strangers, but Bones has never even growled at us. Today he even wagged his tail.
He was treated for the constipation to help whatever he has been surviving on to pass through. Sorry to be graphic, but today his stool consisted of hair. Bones was also treated for worms so he seems to be feeling a little better.
NOW, here is where my job sucks. Where do we go from here? Heartworm treatment is roughly $1000 and not sure if there is anything that can be done for the blindness. Can we raise the money for medical expenses, can we find him adoption in a loving home, or are we faced with tragic option to put him down?
In my 13 years of rescue, I've only had to make the horrible decision to euthanize two times and both times were for severe aggression. I desperately want to give Bones a chance to know what love is and have the loving home every dog deserves, but financial times are rough right now and I can't put the rescue and all the other animals in danger. I'm sharing his story and asking for anyone who can help with medical expenses or may want to give Bones a chance at a good life in their home to let me know. Time is short, we need to start making decisions by Wednesday March 30.
UPDATE: We are grateful for the response and efforts to help Bones. I've started a fundraiser on my personal page, Ellen Pratt Sellers or donations can be made using the donate button on our web site happyheartsanimalrescue.com. THANK YOU to everyone that has donated so far.
Bones is on meds for bowel and digestion issues and that is improving. We have a wonderful donor who has offered to pay for his heart worm treatment. Please do not stop donating because we still have blood tests, eye exams, possible CT scans and misc vet bills to cover. We also need a foster home. If you would like to foster Bones for approximately 6 months while he goes through heartworm treatment, let me know.