Good Day,

Today Skye turned 3 months old. It was time to put on the leash and head out. She went along with the others and kept up the pace. As we walked along she took in all the new sights and smells.
Our trail takes us past 2 Labs who are in kennels. When they barked at us Skye immediately returned the challenge with her high pitched barks and a few growls for good measure. She let those Labs know that a Scottie was walking past and they should behave. Then one Lab jumped up on the side of its kennel and barked. She hastily retreated behind the boys and barked looking out from under their legs. She is pure Scottie in all her actions.
We went past some gopher holes that had to be sniffed by all. She took her turn and got her nose full of dirt before she sneezed. She walked with her head and tail up the whole way.

Skye weighs 8.2 pounds and is closer to the goal of 10 pounds that will make surgery possible. Thank all of you for help to give Skye a long life.

Submitted by Kaleen McWilliams, foster home for Skye and the larger Scottie on the far right named Gilan

Skye needs your help!

Skye came to us from a lady who had bought two Scotties from a not-so-great breeder in southeast Washington. The lady did not want 2 dogs but bought both seeing the condition they were living under. One dog was pregnant and the lady knew that situation. She did not know that 2 days later she would have 3 puppies. She agreed to sell the pups and give half the money to the breeder when she supplied the AKC papers. There was a third female Scottie, a red Wheaten still at the breeders house.

When she took the pups in for shots the vet said the female had a heart problem that would require an expensive surgery. The pup was acting fine but not as big as her 2 brothers. She contacted the breeder who told her to kill the pup. The lady couldn't. The breeder said to send the pup back and she would. That's when she called us.
I picked up Skye when she was 10 weeks old. Just by holding her you could feel her heart was not working right. An appointment was made at WSU. They told us that she had two problems. One, a PDA, could be fixed. The other could be managed with medication. She could live to be upwards of 10 years. This pup is so full of life so we are going to try. Our bill for the trip including gas was $400.00.

We quickly began fund raising. The PDA surgery could cost up to $2000. She goes for a recheck x-ray next Tuesday. We are getting a reduced rate at our local vet's office. It's the extras that add up.

In the meantime the mother of Skye was spayed yesterday and the other female the lady bought was spayed. Then the third female turned up with Scottie Rescue Northwest. She was bought by another lady who felt pity for the dog's state. "Lady", was too violent once she got her home. That dog is now spayed and she was Skye's grandmother. STRNW will place her with a home soon.

At present 3 Scotties were spayed and Skye is on medication to help reduce the work load on her heart.

Once we get to the amount needed we will stop asking for funds. We will keep an updated blog of her condition. We want to thank you for offering a donation to Skye but you need that money for the next rescue you will be getting. We have had more rescues in the past year and feel the trend will continue. Just knowing you care means a lot to our small rescue group. We will be at a local dog show this weekend asking for donations. We started early and will reach our goal.

We have to wait until Skye reaches an appropriate size for WSU to do the surgery. We have tentatively scheduled the surgery for sometime in July.