In 2009, North Shore Animal League America will turn a very proud 65 years old – 65 wonderful years of rescuing, nurturing and adopting!  With the invaluable help of loyal friends and supporters like you, the Animal League is able to save nearly 20,000 lives each year.  The Animal League and all of the Sponsor Program pets would like to thank you for your life-saving monthly contributions.  Thanks to Sponsors like you, Speckles can receive the medical care she needs and deserves as well as enjoy the best quality of life in the comfort of a loving and safe foster care home.  We are counting on your continued support in the New Year.  We look forward to a very happy and healthy New Year for you, Speckles and all of our beloved special-needs Sponsor Program pets!

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Speckles has a new habit – she scratches her foster parent’s bedroom door in the hopes of getting in there to relax when they are not home.  They just started closing the door when they leave the house because the other family dog unmakes the bed and often ends up tearing holes in the sheets!  With numerous sheets having to be replaced, shutting the door seemed like the next best solution.  Good for the sheets, bad for Speckles!  Medically, Speckles is doing well.  Luckily, they haven’t heard her cough in a long time, but that’s expected to start up again once the weather turns colder.   

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We are happy to report that Speckles is feeling well.  However, a couple weeks ago, she wouldn’t eat her food at mealtime.  Her foster mother had to sit with her and coax her to eat by hand feeding and continually reassuring her. Finally, after a week of this, her foster mom realized that she had some new helium balloons on the table in the kitchen near where Speckles is fed.  She was scared of them!  As soon as her mother got rid of them, Speckles was back to her normal self – finishing all of her food in about 2 seconds flat.  Silly girl, or silly mommy for not realizing why she wouldn’t eat!

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We are happy to report that Speckles seems to be feeling well.  She always has a little cough, but that is something that she has successfully learned to handle.  She is enjoying the warmer weather and the signs of spring around her.  She likes to go outside for walks with her foster mom and their new baby.  Speckles has become a protector of the child and has taken on a natural motherly role.  Thanks to Speckles’ Sponsors, she is living a very fulfilling life of peace and happiness!

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