10/13/2025
Quartz update!
Sweet baby Quartz was admitted to the emergency room on Friday night when his respiratory illness progressed from a doggy cold to full blown pneumonia as his fragile body was unable to fight off the URI.
For the next 48 hours it was touch and go as this tiny puppy, weighing less than 7lbs, was put on IVs, in an oxygen chamber and was unable to eat on his own.
Thanks to the incredible work of the team at - Quartz was back to breathing on his own with oxygen levels at 90%, which was enough to release him to rescue President so that he could begin recovering in the safety of his foster home.
While we are celebrating that Quartz made it out of the ER alive, we are also aware that he’s not fully out of the woods yet. Quartz is on two strong antibiotics to help him continue to fight this illness. He is separated fully from the resident dogs in his foster home for 2 weeks with strict quarantine protocols including PPE and thorough sanitization. He has follow-up radiographs in 5-7 days after which we will know how his teeny lungs have recovered from this pneumonia. Keep everything crossed that his lungs make a full recovery from this sickness.
We have raised approx $1,200 of the $3,700 total cost of Quartz’s ER visit. We will still have an anticipated $600-$800 for follow up diagnostics this coming week, bringing our total still needed to raise to $4,300-$4500 just for this sweet little pup. We appreciate every single cent donated by our supporters and encourage you all to continue sharing this amazing little fighter!
We’ve applied for several grants to help cover the cost of Quartz’s emergency care but unfortunately have not been approved for any that apply to this circumstance. We will continue working to raise funds so that all of the dogs in our care have the best chance at their healthy and happy forever, even when the worst possible scenario occurs.
If you’d like to be a part of our life-saving team, we are actively recruiting fundraising volunteers (for obvious reasons!). Please fill out our vol app https://new.shelterluv.com/form/volunteer/PPPA/38748-volunteer-application