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Crystal and Pepper Beat Serious Illnesses, Now Await
New Homes
from Out of the Cage! (Summer
2008)
Crystal and Pepper are big fans of the Picasso
Veterinary Fund, and for good reason. They are alive today because
the fund was there to pay for their medical care and get them back
on their feet, ready for new adoptive homes.
Eight-month-old Crystal is a "pocket Pit,"
an elegant blend of Whippet and Pit Bull. Her optimal weight is
35 pounds. But when the Mayor's Alliance took Crystal from NYC's
Animal Care & Control shelter on Staten Island, she weighed
only 25 pounds, and her weight was dropping due to unknown causes.
The Picasso Veterinary Fund paid for tests that diagnosed Crystal's
problem — a pancreatic enzyme deficiency — and for the
medications that are bringing her back to health.
Today Crystal is ready to be adopted — all
that's missing is the special someone to take her into their home.
She's a sweet dog who gets along well with other dogs, cats, and
children. She'll need to continue taking her medication for a while,
but that's not a problem because she wolfs it down with her food.
Crystal walks well on a leash, she's crate trained…and she's
just waiting for you!
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The Picasso Veterinary Fund
has helped provide Pepper's diabetes treatment while
she awaits adoption into a loving new home. |
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Three-year-old Pepper is a sweet, black domestic
short-hair cat who lost her home when her guardian died. After being
passed around, first to a short-term foster home, and then to adopters
who gave her up when she was diagnosed with diabetes, Pepper had
no place to go. So the Mayor's Alliance arranged for Pepper to be
treated by ABC
Animal Hospital, a Picasso Veterinary Fund partner, to stabilize
her diabetes and prepare her for a new adoptive home.
Today she's ready for that home, where her adopters
will need to continue Pepper's twice-daily insulin shots until her
blood sugar levels are down to the point where she will require
only oral medications. Pepper is a snuggle-puss — she likes
to play, snuggle with stuffed animals, and she gets along well with
other cats.
If you or someone you know can give either Crystal
or Pepper the good home they deserve, please let us know. Just e-mail
picasso@AnimalAllianceNYC.org
and we'll arrange a meeting!
But even if you aren't ready to add a new member
to your family, you can help animals like Pepper and Crystal by
donating to the Picasso Veterinary Fund. The fund is creating second
chances for hundreds of deserving Little New Yorkers who want nothing
more than to get well and become a part of a loving home. Just click
here to make a convenient, tax-deductible donation. You can
be sure your generosity will save a valuable life!
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