TBAR Happenings & Recent Adoptions

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RECENT ADOPTIONS

We are HAPPY to list the following adoptions which have occurred during the last few weeks!

FREDDY, a golden retriever mix puppy went to his new home. He will be a companion to Stu and another lab mix dog.

Lucky Freddy will be an inside dog and getting all the attention he needs and deserves! When we called for an update on Freddy, he was sitting on the couch next to Stu and is very much loved!

Dirk, was driven to his new home on Sunday to be sure it would work out and everything seems great! He got along with their other dogs and seemed happy to be there. When we left, Dirk was safely inside the fenced area and as he gets used to his new home will be able to venture out and run and play in their large yard. When we called to see how he was adjusting we found him to be out in the yard and getting along well with the other dog and not bothering the chickens.

Husky, not only has a new home but a new name. He is now called Jake, and is loved by his new mom!

Jackson, has found his new home and we are delighted to know he is well loved and getting all the attention he deserves!

Clyde, went into his new home on Friday! Della, his foster mother, drove him to his new home in Brenham. A nice couple saw Clyde in the paper and decided to give him a try! Hooray for Clyde!

LOOK AT ME NOW

Dolly

January 2009 in her new home!	Name: Dolly		T-Bar #: H125
	Age: 29	Sex: mare	Height:	Weight:
	Color: Red Roan
	Breed:
	Registered Association:		Reg #:
	Abilities: Available to adopt as a companion horse
	ADOPTED - Thank You!		Location: Washington, TX
Description: Update: December 2008: Dolly is adopted. She has a forever home! Dolly's Before pictures: January 2008 - Registered a 1 on the Henneke Body Scoring Scale (as low as it goes) Dolly was donated to TBAR significantly underweight. She measures a '1' on the Henneke Scale used to rate body condition. The scale goes from 1 to 9. She is the most skinny of the three, although this picture doesn't show just how emaciated she is. Even though she is just skin and bones, she is still sweet and loving. Dolly really needs her teeth floated (filed) to help her eat better, but she is so skinny, she can't handle the sedation required. Captain, Dolly and Blanca were all rideable, kid-broke, gentle horses before being neglected. Although at 30 years old, Dolly deserves retirement. April 2008 - Gaining weight but still a long way to go Update: April 14, 2008: Dolly has put on a lot of weight and her winter coat is shedding out in chunks! She finally put on enough weight to be able to handle the sedation to get her teeth floated. You can see how skinny she still is in her new photo; and that's after 2.5 months of proper food. Thanks to your support, Dolly and her companions are getting the care and feed they need to get back to health! She still has a ways to go, but she's on her way! Gracie & Valentino October 2008 - A Happy Healthy Horse! April 2008 February 14, 2008 (the day she was saved) Name: Gracie T-Bar #: H129 Age: 2.5 yrs Sex: filly Height: Weight: Color: Sorrell with white star and 2 white coronet bands Breed: Quarter horse Registered Association: Reg #: Abilities: In review Adoption Fee: $300 Location: Washington, TX Description: Gracie was donated to TBAR and is emaciated. Her body registered a 1 on the Henneke Body Scale - as low as it gets. She's only 2 years old and has been starved most of her short life. She has to be given food slowly because she doesn't know that she will never go without food again. (picture taken at her previous home) Update: April 14, 2008: Gracie has put on a lot of weight and her winter coat is shedding out in chunks! It's hard to catch her with her head up, she's eating all the time. Thanks to your support, Gracie is getting the care and feed she needs to get back to health! Update: October 1, 2008: Look at Gracie now! She's beautiful, happy and healthy and ready for a forever home! Thank you to Gracie's Sponsor(s): V. Bridges Hoyt Design November 2008 with T-Bar's Teresa Name: Valentino T-Bar #: H130 Age: Sex: gelding Height: Weight: Color: Bay Breed: Quarter horse Registered Association: Reg #: Abilities: In review ADOPTED - Thank You! Location: Washington, TX Description: Valentino was donated to TBAR on Valentine's Day and registered a 1 on the Henneke Body Scale. That is as low as the scale goes. His winter fur his his true emaciated condition. He looked as bad as Gracie, his pasture companion. February 2008 April 2008 - Putting on weight, but still a long way to go. November 2008: Gracie and Valentino were adopted together! Thank you!

A huge thank you to those who have done so much to support True Blue Animal Rescue.

It's been a wonderful year and we're looking forward to helping more animals!

We will be having our spay/neuter rebate drive again this spring. All dogs spayed or neutered

in Burleson, Washington and Grimes Counties during the months of Feb. and March can send in their

invoice for a $20 rebate for neuters and a $40 rebate for spays.

More details to come!


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Melanie
True Blue Animal Rescue
www.t-bar.org

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TBAR Happenings

Say "hello" to Blue. This sweet young hound was found wandering in the country, limping and very skinny. He was picked up, taken to the vet and it was found that he had a high break in one of his hind legs, most likely having been hit by a car. After weeks of mending, the cast is off and he can put on some weight to be ready for adoption. Blue's vet bill was$800, so if you are interested in donating to Blue's Fund, visit our website: www.t-bar.org, or call (936) 878-2349.

Spay/Neuter

Did you know that 80% of dogs hit by cars are unneutered males? It's sad, but true, and one of the many reasons that all pets should be spayed or neutered. This past spring (March - April), TBAR offered a Spay/Neuter Rebate and was very successful in getting many of the area pets spayed or neutered.

cat spay - 62

cat neuter - 37

dog spay - 64

dog neuter - 32

Total - 195 EXCELLENT!1

Now that our new Spay/Neuter Clinic (The Connie Clinic) is open, we hope to need to do this less often as a low cost option is now available here in Washington County.

SUCCESS STORIES

Recent Events ~

Over the past couple of months, TBAR has had some successful events and raised some much needed money to pay for the vet and feed bills of the TBAR animals.

Country Flavors Festival in Downtown Brenham - thanks to the many volunteers who showed up to help and to the nieces and nephews of Kathryn Turnbull who raised over $400 with their money jars, asking people in the crowd to help the animals.

July 4th at Fireman's Park - thanks to Ann, Teresa, Lauren, John, and Milly, Elizabeth, Melanie, Kathryn, and Laura Gomes for manning this event. It was a very successful fundraising day for TBAR. We also had a TBAR celebrity present - the recently adopted Popeye, who won the Best Dog contest.

Brenham Hospice - recently had a food drive for TBAR to keep our animals fed.

Thank You to all involved.

Adoptions ~

Dogs:

Popeye, Jack, Maya, Snoopy, Bandit, Boone, Paula, Bravo Blue

Horses:

Drifter, Scarlet, True Blue, Sable, Brooke

Next PetSmart Adoption Event - July 20th

Until next time -

Whitney

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True Blue and Gracie Need your Help!

True Blue Animal Rescue was founded to save horses and other animals. TBAR was named for their original blue roan named "True Blue."  

I'm sponsoring Gracie [pictured below]. Won't you help by becoming a horse sponsor, too?

This sweet, 2 year old filly was recently donated to TBAR along with her companion, Valentino. They are very, very skinny; and need lots of TLC and good food. Won't you help by donating feed to help them get healthy again? (A bag of high-fat feed is $15) 
Click Here to Read their story or to Donate

BE A SPONSOR!  You can sponsor a rescue horse and help them get back to health. Examples: vaccinations for one horse cost $50, wormer costs $10, the farrier cost is $30. Go to the following web page and click on "Make a Donation" to sponsor and help get a horse back to health.  

Horses in Rehabilitation - True Blue Animal Rescue

Healthy horses available for adoption can be seen on the links below:

Adoptable Horses - True Blue Animal Rescue - No Kill Animal and Horse Rescue in Brenham Texas serving Washington County and Surrounding Areas
and Horses to Adopt - True Blue Animal Rescue

True Blue's Storybook--

True Blue was born on a horse ranch in Texas. The ranch bred a special color of blue horses. Some people call them blue roans, and some call them gray roans. The term "roan" is a type of color in which white hairs are mixed in with the base coat. True Blue did not have any of the white hairs in his coat, so instead of the usual roan coloring he was all blue with a white mane and tail. 

His owner was very upset about his color and kept telling him, "If you don’t change colors when you shed out this spring you’re going to the auction!" 

This frightened True blue because ...  [click here to read more of the story about True Blue."

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Horses, Horses Everywhere!

Last February True Blue Animal Rescue and Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society took in 25 neglected horses at the request of Robertson County Sheriff's Department. It was a sad case of neglect and abuse for the approximately 25 horses and 100 cattle. Dead animals were visible from the road and complaints poured into the sheriff's office who needed assistance due to the numbers of animals involved. That's when BEHS and TBAR stepped up to the plate. Please read more HERE about this rescue operation and the horses now available for adoption or sponsorship.

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Black Fury is a 3 yr old Welsh/Shetland pony gelding. He is ready to train - Read more about Black Fury at: http://www.t-bar.org/horseindexPg4.htm

This pet is up to date with routine shots.

Name: Black Fury T-Bar #: H075
Location: Washington, Texas

... and Popeye

When a Dog is Dumped (continued)
by Melanie DeAeth



If you think Darling's story is a harsh reality, let me tell you about Popeye. Poor Popeye was lost and searching for an owner when he met the worst human possible. This person decided that rather than take Popeye to a humane shelter, he would kill Popeye himself so he shot him in the head. Poor Popeye didn't die because the bullet simply shattered his sinus cavity and lodged in his jaw area. Popeye ran away, but the man got him back and this time he tied him to a tree and beat him about the head with a golf club. This caused more damage to Popeye's sinus cavity but spared his brain and so, he lived. Lucky for Popeye a kind neighbor witnessed this and called the police who then called True Blue Animal Rescue to come and help him.

When we picked up Popeye that day he was still wagging his tail in search of that human who was nice to him before dumping him. After several days at the vet, IV fluids, anti-inflammatory medicine and antibiotics, Popeye is now on the road to recovery. He's eating and drinking on his own and his personality is back full force. This friendly fellow is housebroken, playful and very loving. He adores stuffed toys and carries them around in his mouth with his damaged head held high. He lost the vision in one eye, and he worries when he's not with one of us, but we are optimistic that Popeye will heal and have a good life now.

These are only two sad stories about two of the lucky ones: Darling and Popeye. They were lucky because they came to rescue and recovered. If they hadn't they would have died alone and scared with people around them that would rather harm an animal than take the time to help them.

If you can't keep your dog anymore or you find a stray dog, please bring them to a rescue or shelter where they will be safe and at least have a chance to find a new home. If you would rather not take the dog to a shelter and all the rescues are full, then find a home for him yourself. Put an ad in the paper, put up fliers and ask the people who call questions to find out if they will take care of their pet. Get a vet reference from them and ask where the dog will be living. You will be able to tell them about the dog to make sure that this new home will be a good match for this dog. If we all do our part, then together we can make a difference and stop animal abuse, neglect and overpopulation.

To see pictures of Darling and Popeye go to www.t-bar.org

Darling

When a Dog is Dumped (continued)
by Melanie DeAeth



Let me tell you about what Darling encountered when left to fend for herself in the country. Darling is much too friendly to have been a lifelong stray and because of this she trusted the wrong people.

I found Darling at a gas station. She was skinny, had an abscess and infection around her head and neck and she has a scar along the top of her back that is typically seen on dogs when someone squirts lighter fluid on an animal and lights it. Darling had nearly given up hope and was sitting to the side looking sad and forlorn when I called her over. She decided to try and find help one more time and slowly walked over.

After a trip to the vet to clean her wounds and get her started on antibiotics Darling started to come out of her shell. With plenty of good food Darling quickly put on weight and became the energetic, happy, lab mix that she had been before. The scar on her back will be a reminder that not all people are nice and that bad things can happen when you're left out alone.

To see pictures of Darling, go to www.t-bar.org.

When a Dog is Dumped

When a Dog is Dumped
by Melanie DeAeth


In True Blue Animal Rescue we take in dogs for a variety of reasons but the biggest problem that contributes to overpopulation and homelessness in dogs is DUMPING.

There is a great misconception by people who believe that those of us that live in the country want another dog. Just because we have large yards doesn't mean we can properly care for an endless number of dogs. So, what happens to the dumped dog? At best he will be taken to a no kill animal rescue but rescues are often full and cannot take in every animal that needs a home.

The next thing that might happen to a dumped dog is that a kind person might find him a home and if they cannot they would take him to the safety of an animal shelter. In this case the dog might be euthanized, which makes us all sad, but until people stop indiscriminate breeding and dumping their unspayed dogs in the country there will continue to be more dogs than we, as a society, can absorb. Euthanasia is still more humane than dumping and the two most recent dogs we have taken in illustrate that point.

The story of Darling and Popeye will continue. Please bookmark the Art Helping Animals News and come back to read about Darling and Popeye.

TBAR Fundraising Event - Saturday, May 5

One of the animal charities we support is T-bar, True Blue Animal Rescue near Brenham, Texas. They recently took in about 25 starving horses from a sheriff seizure. The vet bills to start on rehab are huge, so T-bar will be having a fundraiser on May 5. I will be donating my painting of a Texas armadillo to be auctioned at the event. There will be other auction items as well including more art items. Come one. Come all. Tickets include 25 bid tickets for the Exciting Chinese Auction! You do not have to be present to win. Or if you prefer, just visit T-bar's web site and donate.

Texas Armadillo by artist V. Bridges Hoyt


Legends Billiards & Grill Presents

www.3kisses.com

Popular Austin Rock Band starring Tish and Tony Meeks
who were recently featured on ABC's "Wife Swap"

Don't miss this one-night only fundraiser for
True Blue Animal Rescue (TBAR)
501c3 Non Profit Organization dedicated to helping animals
Saturday, May 5, 2007
7-11:30 PM

Help the neglected animals of Tbar and have fun too!
Tickets - $10 in advance, $12 at the door
Tickets include 25 bid tickets for our Exciting Chinese Auction
Great Prizes include a digital camera, original animal art, and so much more!

Tickets available at:
Legends Billiards & Grill
100 W. Main, Downtown Brenham
979-251-7665

Tickets also available from Tbar Members:
True Blue Animal Rescue
936-878-2334
www.t-bar.org

You do not need to be present to win.
Winning ticket numbers will be posted on T-bar's web page after the event.

TBAR Fundraising Event - Saturday, May 5

Legends Billiards & Grill Presents

www.3kisses.com

Popular Austin Rock Band starring Tish and Tony Meeks
who were recently featured on ABC's "Wife Swap"

Don't miss this one-night only fundraiser for
True Blue Animal Rescue (TBAR)
501c3 Non Profit Organization dedicated to helping animals
Saturday, May 5, 2007
7-11:30 PM

Help the neglected animals of Tbar and have fun too!
Tickets - $10 in advance, $12 at the door
Tickets include 25 bid tickets for our Exciting Chinese Auction
Great Prizes include a digital camera, original animal art, and so much more!


Tickets available at:
Legends Billiards & Grill
100 W. Main, Downtown Brenham
979-251-7665

or from Tbar Members:
True Blue Animal Rescue
936-878-2334
www.t-bar.org

You do not need to be present to win.
Winning ticket numbers will be posted on our web page after the event.

TBar's 6-Week Foster Care Program for Dogs

It's a fact: socialized and trained dogs find forever homes faster.

We love our foster homes! Not only do our foster homes maximize the number of animals TBAR can rescue, they provide a comfortable home setting that keeps the animals happy and healthy. Foster homes provide valuable socialization and one on one rehabilitation (when needed).

If you've got room in your heart and in your home, consider becoming a part of our six week foster care program.

Click here to read
THE DETAILS.

Spay / Neuter Rebate Program Continues

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NEXT EVENT: SPAY / NEUTER **REBATE**

Click on the puppy below.

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Find
Love at

Sunday,
February 25th, 12pm - 4pm

Brenham,
TX

Come to Lowes in Brenham the last Sunday in

February and meet the beautiful, adoptable dogs, puppies, kittens and
cats from


True Blue Animal Rescue.


You might just fall in love!

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Texas: Twenty-five neglected horses seized

Press Release--

BLUEBONNET EQUINE HUMANE SOCIETY AND TRUE BLUE ANIMAL RESCUE TAKE IN TWENTY FIVE NEGLECTED HORSES IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, TEXAS - ORGANIZATION IN DESPERATE NEED OF ASSISTANCE

After seizing approximately 25 horses and 100 cattle from a Robertson County property near Franklin, Texas, Robertson County Sheriff's Deputies called Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society (BEHS) late last week to ask for their assistance with the horses. Deputies first investigated the case after receiving complaints of dead animals visible from the road. They found several dead cattle and two dead horses on the property. Due to the number of animals involved, Robertson County officials knew they needed assistance, and BEHS Executive Director Dr. Jennifer Williams said the organization was pleased to be able to help, "Our goal is to make life easier for the authorities when it comes to horse neglect cases. We'll help investigate reports of neglect, try to teach the owners to take care of their horses when possible or take the horses in after they've been permanently removed from their owners - whatever the authorities need."

BEHS is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated as a non-profit in both Texas and Arkansas and is funded through donations and fundraisers put on by volunteers, but the organization's resources are running thin. They worried that they couldn't help all 25 horses, so they called True Blue Animal Rescue (TBAR), a 501(c)(3) rescue helping both horses and small animals in Washington County, Texas. TBAR's founder and President, Melanie DeAeth, quickly agreed to take half of the horses. When asked why she agreed to help Bluebonnet, Melanie said, "Two rescues working together is a great way to show how many rescues there are and how many horses need help." TBAR has responded to many horse neglect cases this year in both Burleson and Washington Counties.

When asked why the organizations were so busy, Dr. Williams responded, "Winter is always a tough time for horses. The grass dries up and some owners don't realize that the horses need hay and grain. We can teach those owners how to take care of their horses, but some owners aren't willing to feed enough to keep the animals healthy. If the horses are suffering, we have to step in."

Both organizations rely on volunteers for help, and there are several ways that horse enthusiasts can help the rescues help more animals:

- Foster! If you have space for even one more horse, please become a foster home. Foster homes are the heart of both organizations - they rehabilitate the horses and give them a second chance at life. Mentoring programs pair up new foster homes with those who are experienced at rehabilitating horses. The experienced foster homes guide and instruct new foster homes so that they can learn how to help the horses who need them.

-Adopt! If you are considering adding another horse to your family, look at the rescue horses. Both organizations have many horses who are broke to ride and others who are at a perfect age to start training. There are talented horses who can become your next ranch horse, trail horse, or even show horse. And if all you want is a pet/companion, the rescues have those, too.

-Join! By becoming a member, you support the work of BEHS and TBAR. Your membership fees help run the rescues and pay the vet bills for these horses as well as the cost of performing seizures and investigations.

-Volunteer! Both BEHS and TBAR need people who can help investigate neglect, help check out potential foster/adoptive homes, check up on the organization's horses, work at fundraisers, find donations, and more. If you have the time, the rescue can find a volunteer spot for you.

-Donate! It takes months of rehabilitation for starved horses to recover, and during that time they wrack up veterinary bills, farrier bills and feed bills. The rescues need money to help care for the horses, pay vet bills and the costs of investigating neglect. If you have used or new tack you don't need, you can donate that for the organization to sell and raise additional money. All donations are tax-deductible as BEHS and TBAR are both 501(c)(3) organizations.

There are hundreds of horses, donkeys and mules who need your help. Together, we can make a difference.

For more information about Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society, please visit www.bluebonnetequine.org, call the 888-542-5163 or email Dr.Williams at jenn@bluebonnetequine.org. For more information about True Blue Animal Rescue, visit http://www.tbar.org, call 936-878-2349 or email help@t-bar.org.

TBAR TALK - February

Adoptions, Adoptions, Adoptions!
In January only one of our rescue dogs went into an adoptive home but this week we have finally broken out of our winter adoption slump by watching several dogs go into their new homes. The January adoption was Toby, who went into a very special home with an adoptive family that really enjoys the high energy of this special breed. We were also lucky to place Bella into a foster home that has that same love for Staffordshire Terriers and also enjoys working with them. We are expecting them to adopt her just as soon as she's spayed and ready to adopt.

This week we sent some more of our rescue dogs and kitties into wonderful new homes! On Friday Max went home with a great family and their amazing young daughter who, at 8 years old, wanted nothing more than to adopt one of our rescue dogs. She knows every animal on our web page and cares very much about them and their stories.

After that great beginning, Sweet William met his new adoptive family at Petsmart after they were approved to adopt over the past few weeks. Cliff went home with his new family who had also been working through the adoption process for the past couple of weeks.

This trend seems to be continuing and one of our newest puppies found his forever home at Petsmart on Sunday. His application was approved and this sweet little pup went home to live with her new family today!

Thanks to the beautiful story that Lauren wrote for the Banner Press, Maverick found a wonderful forever family and went home with them today. Then to top the day off two of our rescue kitties went home with their wonderful new family today too!

In addition, someone saw the picture of Taz and read his story and fell in love with him too. She sent her application to me today and as soon as she's approved will be able to come pick up her new family member too.

One last blessing is that Pudding is going to be adopted by the same person who adopted Honey a couple of years ago. Pudding and Honey are sisters so this reunion will be a blessing for both of them.

Please pray for the rest of our sweet babies in hopes that they will all find that special someone who will give them the love and commitment that they deserve.

Spay / Neuter Rebate!
With the adoptions also comes the many, many pets that are born and dumped in the spring time. We have kicked off this season with our spay / neuter rebate for the months of February and March in hopes of stopping some of the unwanted pregnancies before they happen. Why wait? Get your pets spayed or neutered today. For more information on this rebate, go to www.t-bar.org

Animals That Need Our Help
The calls for us to take in animals has gone up too. We get from 5 - 10 calls every day to take in animals that need homes. Since we are full right now these pets have been lucky to be able to stay with the family that found them until they find a home. One such animal is Daisy who was found in Brenham and taken in by someone who is able to keep her and care for her until we can find her a forever home. When Daisy went to the vet to be spayed we found out that she is also heartworm positive with a heavy heartworm load. That means she will need the injection treatment to kill the worms in her heart. We are currently working on building Brooke's fund so Daisy will be able to receive this treatment in about a month.

Foster Program
We desperately need foster homes for our pets. Please consider being a foster home for a Tbar dog, cat or horse. If you can’t foster long term but would like to consider fostering temporarily, our six week foster program might be right for you. We are asking people to take in a dog that needs socialization for a period of six weeks. Giving a dog some attention and love will help the dog become more adoptable. We will support you with ideas and training tips throughout the process. We’ll be adding more details about this program to our web page very soon.

Adoption Days for February
Feb 4th – Petsmart in College Station
Feb 18th – Petsmart in College Station
Feb 25th – Lowe’s in Brenham

Other ways to help:
Send in annual membership fee if you haven’t done so already. Membership fees go directly toward helping the animals in our care.

Tbar Talk - Brooke's Fund

2007 marks the 3rd anniversary of True Blue Animal Rescue in Washington County, Texas! In the past year alone Tbar placed 84 dogs and puppies in forever homes while maintaining an average of 30-40 dogs in care at one time. They placed 29 horses in forever homes during the past year and have six horse adoptions pending final approval. Tbar helped more cats than ever and placed 43 cats and kittens into forever homes in 2006.

Two new funds have been added for 2007. You can donate at Tbar's web site.

Fund #1, Brooke’s Fund, will be used to give dogs with heavy heartworm loads the expensive heartworm treatment they need. This fund will be in memory of Blue Moon, Pal, Cinnamon, Little Caesar, Momma, Abby and Jack. Blue Moon died due to complications from her heartworms and the others were humanely euthanized because they were already showing severe symptoms from their heartworms and their bodies could not withstand the treatment.

In 2006 a dog named Brooke came into Tbar's care. Brooke had a heavy heartworm load but was not showing symptoms such as coughing and difficulty breathing so her vet felt she would be a good candidate for heartworm treatment. Thanks to the Art Helping Animals group and several Tbar members enough money was raised to pay for Brooke’s expensive treatment. Brooke was given the heartworm treatment while in the care of her foster mother and has recovered and is doing well. The fund to pay for Brooke’s treatment has some money left over to help future dogs that come to Tbar with heartworms. The hope is that Tbar will be able to build this fund so to offer treatment to every dog that comes in with a heavy heartworm load before they become too sick for help. Of course the ultimate goal will be to educate people about heartworms. In Texas every dog has 100% chance of getting heartworms if they are not given heartworm preventative. Please help us spread the word so we can decrease the number of dogs who become sick due to heartworms.

Fund #2, Spay/Neuter Fund, will offer rebates as incentive for people to get their dogs and cats spayed and neutered and to help spay and neuter pets whose owners cannot afford the cost of vet care at all.

In the past True Blue Animal Rescue could only afford to spay and neuter the animals that were in their care leaving more and more unwanted pets born to unaltered animals. Tbar would like to begin this new campaign to get out and fix as many pets as possible in 2007 in hopes of dramatically decreasing the number of unwanted pets. Specific details for this fund and the rebate to be offered will be announced very soon.

Donate to either of these worthwhile funds at "How you can help Tbar."
Visit Tbar's web site at www.tbar.org/

--Excerpted from the Tbar January newsletter, Tbar Talk. Brooke's story, First Things First, can be read at http://txsauce.typepad.com/