Updates as told by an old Westie – Fergus "Ambassador for Westie Rescue"
Age: 16 – 9 Months and counting
The Rainbow bridge was very busy last month as a very special Westie Rescue volunteer entered. The noise of the hundreds and hundreds of Westies could be heard across the clouds as Susan Reeves entered the bridge area. They all heard that one special person who had helped many of them find those great new homes all over Cal...
As dog owners can attest, the cost of veterinary care has risen through the roof. Westie Rescue's vet expenses were $101,107 for 2023. That critical vet care was only possible due to your donations. In 2023, 94.7% of our operating expenses consisted of veterinary fees. Westie Rescue needs to pay off our Vet bills and get ready for the influx of Wes...
Today we have to say good bye to a long term foster boy "Westley" who is somewhere between 15-16 years. He had a stroke and was unable to walk again but not too far gone to get that one last treat. Westley has been in the loving care of Lucian Kowalski for the past year, where he could be a grump but enjoy life. Besides being a grumpy old...
Westie Rescue needs volunteers in the USA. If you are experienced terrier owner, have the drive to help homeless Westies get that second chance at a new life, and have the will to actively participate, then Westies need you! The following groups desperately need Volunteer help: North Atlantic Westie Rescue, Inc., (NAWR) is an all-voluntee...
Adopted Westies are reporting in from their new homes and would like to share their stories with those who supported their efforts to get the Vet care they needed to be ready for a new life. Read their stories on our FaceBook pages https://www.facebook.com/WestieRescueMidAtlantic
Scruffy under went his third surgery last week due to an additional tumor being found on a recheck of his lungs. The Vet specialist surgeon thinks this was a good procedure and looks like a good long term outcome. More info and pics on the way to us. Fingers and paws crossed for our big buddy.
Each Christmas Westies all over the USA receive "gifts" from well meaning owners - The good, bad and ugly gifts received this Christmas.
https://www.westierescueofwesternpa.com/
Westley comes in to the Westie Rescue program needing lots of help. 2/02/2023 – Updates at the bottom of this post "Westley" – Adult male (neutered) just came into the rescue program to day after finding himself at the local shelter. His pics show he has skin issues and all the signs of an uncared-for Westie. Today is freedom day for Westley ...
Say hello to Mr Max who may have found a home. (trial adoption under way) Mr Max – Adult male Westie/Poodle/Bichon Frise. Only DNA testing will say who mom stepped out with. A true quick bonding little guy. (approx. 10 years old), 15#. Healthy, happy, shots update and good to go to a new home where he is the single dog. This little guy just c...
Our latest Rescue girl is on to her new life. Say hello Ms. Mojito. She came into the program with skin infections from a home overwhelmed by a newborn child. She is 8 years old and full of life now that she has been to our wonderful vets for a one week stay to have her shots updated, blood tested, health check, temperament evaluation and multiple ...
Baxter reporting in from a Christmas Card shoot. Baxter reports in that he and his four legged brother Winston, got matching jackets for Christmas this year. Baxter was adopted in 2020 and wanted to send a card to say life is good and he is safe and happy now. "This Christmas, my mom put out cookies for Santa but Winston and I ate them. We di...
More Christmas cards came in over the holidays. Olivia and Valentino "Hello from the two of us on Christmas Day. We meant to write earlier, but we have been so busy with life here in our new home. We have been really busy guarding the front porch from all those trucks that drive up and down our street where a human runs up to the door and dro...
Charlie was "discovered" by a caring couple who noticed that he was tied to a rear door of a house they were visiting. After a few conversations with his distracted owners, they discovered to their combined horror this was Charlie's life, tied to that rear door. The byproduct of young children and no interest or time left for little Charlie. So, th...
Every once in a while a Westie comes into our program who needs some extra special medical attention to get ready for a new life. Some Westies need allergies conditions identified and treatments started, some need surgery to repair broken parts, others like Koda, come to us with conditions so critical that they need multiple vet visits and speciali...