Paws and Effect Medical and Maternal Rescue

  • Home
  • Paws and Effect Medical and Maternal Rescue

Paws and Effect Medical and Maternal Rescue medical/maternal rescue and foster in Mesa, AZ. a small ripple can create a big wave. be the change.

Permanently closed.

I am a small rescue in Mesa, AZ dedicated to helping high risk medical needs rescue dogs and pregnant mothers who would otherwise be difficult to place within the rescue network. We take a lot of dogs who are hardest to save, and work tirelessly to give them the best chance at survival.

Its ironic that this post came up on my timeline because this is the day my rescue is closed forever. It finally happene...
03/07/2025

Its ironic that this post came up on my timeline because this is the day my rescue is closed forever.

It finally happened. Parvo. Steve has parvo.

He has been hospitalized since Saturday and we are losing this fight. Steve is more than likely going to die no matter what we do.

And my rescue can never take in another baby in need. No matter how much I bleach the area hes been in, no matter how much I disinfect my home and our linens and the kennels and bowls and toys, there is no guarantee I will eradicate it and any other creature that came here would be at risk. Even though he has never been near my neonate area, it doesn't even matter. Parvo is too hard to kill.

Except it managed to kill my rescue. And it will kill Steve too.

So that's it. My life's purpose. My passion. The thing that makes me feel like I'm truly doing my tiny little piece of good, gone. Forever.

Im sorry I couldn't do more, save more, be here forever.

Please say a little something for Steve. Im throwing everything at this hoping to F**K that literally anything sticks. Im $10k into his fight and im not fu***ng giving up until he tells me he needs me to.

Steve [Irwin] is thriving!!! We are coming up on 6 weeks and he is perfection. So the pattern says it seems to just be t...
16/03/2025

Steve [Irwin] is thriving!!! We are coming up on 6 weeks and he is perfection. So the pattern says it seems to just be the frenchies that fail to thrive these days. It feels like the frenchies always have a cleft ON TOP OF hydrocephalus now, but the other guys don't.

Fig, a yorkshire terrier? Amazing.
Steve, a mini australian shepherd? Amazing.

In the wise words of one of the greatest philosophers, Stitch, he is 'CUTE AND FLUFFY!'

Here we go again! And you're in charge. This sweet boy is a Mini Aussie. He's 8 days old. His cleft is minor, and I doub...
18/02/2025

Here we go again! And you're in charge. This sweet boy is a Mini Aussie. He's 8 days old. His cleft is minor, and I doubt he will need surgery. He's a little underweight, but we will get some good baby fat on his bones.

What's his name?! Remember, the only rule of our name game is it can't be a common generic name. It needs to be rememberable and weird.

And.. Go!

Today, I transferred Kel and Lee to a rescue i have worked with for 20 years to take over their adoptions. It makes me f...
31/01/2025

Today, I transferred Kel and Lee to a rescue i have worked with for 20 years to take over their adoptions. It makes me feel like s**t that I can't follow through their adoptions, but i know I have complete faith that their new rescue will make sure they become the perfect happy family dogs.

Last Thursday, i was sprinting down a ramp and tripped. I went head first into a wall and lost consciousness for 30ish seconds. .. playing Laser tag. Seriously, actually laser tag. What an embarrassing way to get so injured. It was terrifying coming to with my husband in my face begging me to wake up and squeeze his hands. I had a CT to rule of a subdural hematoma but I'm suffering post concussion syndrome really really bad, and I am physically incapable of caring for those two giant exuberant p**ping machines. I'm out of work for the time being and unable to drive until I get cleared by my doctor.

Valley of the Sun Dog Rescue is a rescue i have worked alongside for an entire 20 years now. They'll ensure without a doubt that Kel and Lee find the perfect families. Those boys are 7 weeks now, and probably 12 and 15 pounds respectively. They're going to be TANKS. And they're puppies that have survived the most horrifying start to life. I'm so beyond honored their lives get to begin again thanks to your generosity.

Their final formula count? 21 pounds. That's $300 in formula. I have to thank you again for making sure they had the best chance and helping me do it.

Happy beginning of your forever lives, boys. I'm so glad I could make sure you made it this far.

Do you remember Teddy? Probably not, because you only met him one time, several months ago. Teddy is a Papillon mix, bor...
11/01/2025

Do you remember Teddy? Probably not, because you only met him one time, several months ago. Teddy is a Papillon mix, born August 26th. His owner reached out when he was born and he came into rescue at less than 7 hours old. Teddy had a cleft lip but not palate, fortunately. He still required tube feedings. And he grew and thrived, taking to solids beautifully once he was old enough.

One of my coworkers showed a photo of him to an old coworkers of hers, and she fell in love instantly. But she lived out of state. She is one of the veterinarians at the Arkansas zoo. So Teddy stayed in rescue a little longer than usual until she was able to fly into town and take him home just after Christmas. Teddy is happily settled in his new state with his new brothers and his wonderful mom.

The stars aligned for this little dude and he found exactly the place and the person he was meant to be with.

Now I just hope Teddy gets to go to work with Mom and become besties with a gorilla. Happy forever, Teddy!

I asked, and you delivered, and I can't thank you enough! 14 POUNDS of formula in under 4 weeks. 14 POUNDS!!!!! That's a...
04/01/2025

I asked, and you delivered, and I can't thank you enough! 14 POUNDS of formula in under 4 weeks. 14 POUNDS!!!!! That's almost $500 in formula, and we aren't done yet.

Kel and Lee are massive, fat and happy. We started introducing solids yesterday, and of course, it's been messy. And oh, man, the weaning stage p**p smell? 🤢

In the last several months, frenchie after frenchie that came into rescue had so many comorbid issues we had so many losses. Even after we got through neonate stages we would end up with liver issues, severe hydrocephalus every time. But the last 4 I've had were all non-frenchies and have thrived. Somehow, it seems genetically that when one part of those little frenchie babies has a cleft defect, other anomalies are sure to follow.

It's been so much needed for my heart to have continued successes these last few months. I can't wait to update on Fig and Teddy soon!

Hello my loves, I've missed you. I want to introduce you to our newest cleft, a Yorkie puppy named Fig who is now 9 days...
12/12/2024

Hello my loves, I've missed you. I want to introduce you to our newest cleft, a Yorkie puppy named Fig who is now 9 days old and doing well so far.

But mostly, I want to tell you Kelly's story with the permission from her dads.

Kelly was a gorgeous little squatty bully who came in to my emergency clinic on Sunday as probably the biggest most heavily pregnant dog I've ever seen. Her dads had found her on the Phoenix streets, under a work truck, with a disgruntled truck driver who had no patience and was ready to just run her over and get on with his day. So Charles and Bill stepped in, coaxed her out, and took her home. She may have already been pregnant when she came home with them, or they think it's possible a neighbors dog jumped their wall and came to visit. But Kelly was so very stoic she gave no indications to her dads when she went into labor. she likely had been in labor for several days before she began showing signs of distress. There was no question, Kelly needed a c-section. Her dads scraped up every dollar they could to get her the care she needed, and we went into surgery. When we got in there, it was all bad. Kelly had probably had litter after litter and her poor uterus couldn't handle this strain with these massive puppies. To not be too graphic but still transparent, several puppies had already passed and were slowly decaying inside of her, and her uterus had ruptured spilling all of the contents of that into her belly. We pulled 9 puppies out. The entire hospital worked tirelessly to revive those babies, but sadly 7 of the 9 passed. 2 little boys survived because of the hard work of one of our receptionists and a veterinary assistant.

Even more devastatingly though, Kelly's condition was grave and given the amount of horrible infection that was in her entire abdomen, her doctor was very honest with Charles and Bill that even with days of intensive hospital care, they may not be able to save her. Charles and Bill made the impossible crushing decision to give her the mercy of not having to wake up from anesthesia in that pain, and we helped her pass while she was still asleep. Kelly will be cremated with her 7 babies.

Charles and Bill came in to say goodbye to her and meet her stillborn babies, and her 2 surviving sons. They were overwhelmed and has no idea how to care for newborns and weren't sure if they even could. They would try because they didnt know what else to do, but were so scared. With permission from my hospital manager, we agreed to offer to surrender them into rescue and I took over.

I told her dads they could name them and without even a breath to think Charles said Kel and Lee. After their mother, Kelly.

They know there is a chance still that because of the amount of infection they may have been exposed to, we have no guarantees. But so far, Kel and Lee are doing incredibly well. They are so big. Bigger than their mother, without question. There was no way she could have birthed those babies. Kel was born at a pound and a half, and Lee sitting just below an entire 2 pounds.

To add so much more heartbreak for those wonderful humans, later that same night, their 11 year old Great Dane Heidi became acutely ill, and was rushed back to our hospital where they discovered she had a GDV. a Gastric Dilation and Volvulous. Her stomach had flipped, trapping gas build up that only continues and is so very painful as it does. It is a death sentence without immediate surgery. Charles and Bill had already poured every last cent into trying to save Kelly, and they had to save goodbye to a 9th member of their family within only 8 hours. Our hospital comped their entire bill for Heidi, and her ashes will be returned to them.

Here is where I need to ask for a Christmas miracle. These giant boys are going to FLY through formula. The tiny babies- the Papillion and frenchies and yorkies- the amount of formula they go through is a small financial drop in bucket in the grand scheme, but feeding 4 pounds of puppies at only 3 days old is already expensive and I will only burn through more as they grow. I desperately need more formula for these boys.

If anyone can send us a little Christmas cheer I would be forever grateful.

I was asked if I would adopt them back to Bill and Charles if they survive, and the the answer in unequivocally yes. I haven't offered, and they haven't asked, but I would be so honored to be able to give them this gift and have them have a piece of Kelly's legacy back with them after so much pain and loss.

Thank you reading Kelly's story, of Charles and Bill's story, of Heidi's story. I hope together, with your help and a whole lot of formula, these boys can have the entire long loves they deserve.

Working so much in the hospital has made the being social side hard. I'm still doing all of the things, just in the background. We have had a couple of babies come and go since my last update. I'm still here, doing the small amounts of good I can in this world.

Sending all my love to you and yours this holiday season. You are all beautiful and important to this world all year round.

Foster Dog Feeds &Needs - Amazon Gift List - https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2OI46S284YZK4

I have been remiss in my updates to you, and have been keeping a secret as well. In tge wake of so many bad outcomes, I ...
27/08/2024

I have been remiss in my updates to you, and have been keeping a secret as well. In tge wake of so many bad outcomes, I didn't want to introduce yet another baby only to have to update on another loss.

On July 22nd, my friend at my old ER clinic did a c-section and one sweet baby was born with a cleft palate. I went and picked him up a few hours later.

A few days later, I got a call about his brother, who came back in with severe aspiration pneumonia. Sadly, he was too sick and wasn't long for this world. But 5 weeks later and "Guts" is thriving!

I also rescued this sweet bulldog we called Porkchop. She was adopted after a few weeks of recovery with me after a traumatic labor and delivery of 4 deceased babies.

And now, as of yesterday morning, we have another new addition. This little baby doesnt have a name yet, so give me what you got! He only has a cleft lip, and not a palate, so I have high hopes for his growth as long as other pieces of his insides are not also a little bit imperfect. He is a Papillion/long haired chihuahua cross.

Let's welcome our newest baby and give him an amazing name 💖

This is going to be an intensely weird adoption post, that's going to start with some adorable photos, a short - what sh...
30/07/2024

This is going to be an intensely weird adoption post, that's going to start with some adorable photos, a short - what should not even have to be said - PSA, followed by a rescue story, and ending with a graphic detailed description on what willful ignorance in Arizona can do.

Here's the PSA. Brachycephalic breeds are 'built different'. Not in that toxic macho bro 'I'm built different' way, but in the 'I'm a freak of nature and the basic bodily function required for me to live are not the same and a lot more fragile' way. Brachycephalic dogs in Arizona are at EXTREME RISK for heat stroke. And no, heat stroke isn't 'oh my God he's so hot his tongue is out and he's pancaked to a cool tile floor afyer he comes in'. It kills dogs. A lot. A lot lot in Arizona.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
So, here's the rescue story. For those of you who don't know me, I'm a tech supervisor at an Emergency Animal Clinic in Phoenix, AZ.

This gorgeous English Bulldog is Pork Chop. In early July, Pork Chop was brought into my work by a good samaritan as a stray, who they found in front of a gas station in 110+° weather, ACTIVELY GIVING BIRTH. She had already had one baby on her way into us, another flew out within moments of us rushing her to the back. Her temp was over 104°. Her babies were dead. Those babies easy-bake-oven'd in her overheated body. I spent half of my shift playing midwife trying to coax the last dead baby out of her hot, tired body. Because someone 1) didn't care enough to spay her and 2) someone didn't care enough to keep her inside. BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ENGLISH BULLDOGS WHO CAME INTO OUR ER THIS SUMMER. We got to her before she fully heat stroked, and she recovered.

All of the strays who come into the ER go to the humane society where they are held in hopes their owners come for them. Her owners never came. I knew FULL WELL that if she went up for adoption there, someone was going to walk in there, see this cuuutteeee puppy and adopt her with absolutely zero knowledge of the breed or how to keep them safe, and she would end up back in my ER, not so lucky the second time, and heat stroked, and dying. The humane society doesn't vet their adopters. You sign a paper, and you take a dog home. So I went down less than a week after I had had my whole hand up her va**na trying to pull dead babies out of her and snatched her up before she went up for adoption.

Over these last few weeks, I gave her time to heal, to decompress, to feel safe. And now it is time for her to find a home.

Pork Chop is young, 18 months is my estimate. She's approximately 40 pounds. She is spayed, microchipped, up to date on vaccines, and kennel trained. She is good with other dogs, but can be forward (fearless) with intros.

PORK CHOP MUST GO TO A HOME WHO UNDERSTANDS THE DELICACY OF OWNING A BRACHY BREED IN ARIZONA. My personal brachy dogs have a 10 minute maximum outside, with access to water, and my sprinklers go off for 5 minutes every hour to keep the ground cool and wet.

Pork Chop prefers to be near her people. Even when I close the door to go to the bathroom, she politely scratches to door to remind me I have forgotten to include her.

Pork Chop has entered her curious and destructive puppy phase. She collects shoes. She hasn't eaten any, but she will have a pile of them that she has found around the house, hoarded to whatever location she has chosen. She has eaten my sunglasses. She has chewed up a plastic water bottle. She needs training, and guidance. Pork Chop needs help with potty training still. It's likely she never had consistency or maybe even lived indoors at all. The fact that she's quite content in her kennel leads me to believe that's where she spent most of her life.

Pork Chop has that so very distinct human like bulldog scream to notify you when she needs something. It's charming, adorable, makes your heart melt, but is also at that 'CPS might be called because someone things you're murdering a child' decibel.

If you're interested in adopting Pork Chop, please fill out my preadoption questionnaire

https://form.jotform.com/223323664848159
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Now, here comes the graphic, detailed lecture half of this post. This is why I'm being such an a**l retentive ass about owning bulldogs in Arizona. All summer, and every summer, emergency clinics in Arizona see case after case of heat stroke. And I really don't think people know what heat stroke really is, or what it does, or how painful, horrifying and devastating it is.

Do you know what happens when a dogs body reaches 106° or above? Their brain swells, causing confusion, seizures, coma, death. Not sometimes, almost all the time. Their blood loses the ability to clot, and they bleed into their skin, our of their asses, out of their nose, internally, externally. And it's not just because they're hot.

Do you know why most of the heat strokes we see are English bulldogs, French bulldogs, American bulldogs? Because they have large and often elongated soft palates. It's the reason they snore. When they get worked up, they pant, and the harder they pant, the harder it is to breathe, because that palate begins to swell. So they work harder to breathe. And their temperatures keep rising. And rising. And rising. It's not because they're left outside for extended periods of time, it's because even shirt periods of time causes such strain on their ability to breathe the effort of trying to GIVE THEMSELVES AIR IS TOO MUCH WORK.

Most heat stroke dogs die within 24 hours, and that's with thousands of dollars in hospitalization and intensive laborious care from their medical staff trying to do anything and everything possible to save them. Bringing down their temperatures often isn't enough, not when they get to that point. We do our best to bring it down quickly, but not too quickly, to keep their organs from roasting but not putting them into shock from cooling them too fast. But the damage has already begun, and we have to work hard to support them. They are oxygen dependent. So many have to be intubated, just so they can breathe. And if you're lucky enough to have a dog that survives? It doesn't mean its over. Their kidneys can be permanently damaged, and kidney failure can still set in. They may have lasting neurological affects. Or maybe they get lucky, and manage to make a full recovery.

It takes one day of willful ignorance to kill a dog. And your vet staff has to clean up their blowout bloody diarrhea, give them meds to keep them out of the insane pain that their intestines dying and their linings being shat out causes, keep them sedated enough to keep them intubated. Try to correct life threatening electrolytes imbalances. Try to keep their blood pressure from tanking as they lose blood. Just to try to k eep them from dying.

And I refuse to allow Pork Chop to end up back in my ER because someone wasn't prepared to own a 'cute' dog with tailored needs.

So, if you're not a total idiot, you're probably a great candidate to own a bulldog. If you think Pork Chop has been through enough, and are able to offer her the life she deserves, I'd love for her to meet you.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

💜

Both Muk and Luk became super sick last week after consuming a bad batch formula. I AM pursuing this with the formula ma...
04/07/2024

Both Muk and Luk became super sick last week after consuming a bad batch formula. I AM pursuing this with the formula manufacturer, as I'm now super suspicious of this formula also causing the demise of our two previous neurological puppies. They had both developed diarrhea in the days leading up to their deaths, that I wrote off and just tried to treat with supportive care. I think because they were both so fragile, just that initial diarrhea hiccup caused them to tank, and their underlying conditions took over.

Muk and Luk both came down with horrifying diarrhea shortly after coming to me, and from the same canister of formula. For these two, I ordered and opened a new can as soon as I suspected a connection, and like magic, their stools began to improve. I fought like hell to keep them hydrated, and they made it almost 5 full days of intensive treatment, before Luk succumbed. We even went so far as to place an IO catheter (a catheger directly into the middle of her femur) to try to get Luk fluids, sugars and antibiotics. We didn't succeed. Muk has recovered, but we lost Luk last Friday.

Please be aware, after several cuter photos, the extent of their diarrhea is shown, and it is the most horrifying case I've ever seen in neonates

A month. He has been my dog for a month. $8500, 5 days of fear, a second round of antibiotics this last week for his pne...
25/06/2024

A month. He has been my dog for a month. $8500, 5 days of fear, a second round of antibiotics this last week for his pneumonia, nit going literally anywhere without him.. And he still doesn't have a name. So I need your help.

I've always wanted a dog named Guts.

He looks like Steve buscemi.
Rockhound and Mr. Pink are my favorite Steve buscemi characters.

He has actually imprinted on me. I can't leave a room without him following me. He waits at the door if I leave. He sleeps on my dirty laundry if I'm not around.
So he's my Wart.
Or imprinted on me like Jacob (TITSOAK)

We have a Goomba and a Whomp, if we stay with the Mario theme, we need a King Bowser.

The only thing that's a must- is not a name you hear every day.

Help. Me. Help. Him.

Meet Muk and Luk! Any fans of Balto know them well 🐻‍❄Muk and Luk were born Wednesday with cleft palates and touch of ed...
23/06/2024

Meet Muk and Luk! Any fans of Balto know them well 🐻‍❄

Muk and Luk were born Wednesday with cleft palates and touch of edema/extra fluid retention and were surrendered to me Thursday. ...and I also tested positive for Covid Thursday, so Im just a leettllleee tired waking up every few hours to tube feed 🫠 thus far, they have done really well. Let's keep our fingers for these little dough balls!

Address


Website

https://linktr.ee/pawsandeffect, http://Paypal.me/paws

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Paws and Effect Medical and Maternal Rescue posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Paws and Effect Medical and Maternal Rescue:

Shortcuts

  • Address
  • Alerts
  • Contact The Business
  • Claim ownership or report listing
  • Want your business to be the top-listed Pet Store/pet Service?

Share