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Coastal Poodle Rescue is concerned about poodles and poodle mixes! We like all dogs but have focused on the poodle. When you review our main website or this petfinder site you will only see and hear about some of the dogs that pass through our care. Many dogs come in and do not ever get adopted. We can't know when we are called for a dog what the outcome will be. We take in as many dogs as possible given our volunteer base and finances.
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   The Doodleman Sisters. A story about a pair of doberman and poodle mix dogs. Hershey Kiss and Chocolate Cocoa.

These girls were found with 3 others by Animal Control; seized because they were not being cared for. The original owner (female) went into a living facility and a male was left with the dogs and could care less. They were in terrible shape; could not stand to be without each other and did not like men in the least. They were in rescue 7 months and were adopted by a single female. They did well there.

The new owner was in an accident and died; the girls were back into rescue. This time they were in rescue for 4 months. These girls were great dogs but have peculiar personalities. Being a mix of doberman/poodle and being neglected and abused has left them scarred. They are very smart dogs with that kind of breeding; both dobbies and poodles are smart dogs.

Along comes Cindy and Scott; the girls actually did not mind him it seemed.

The adoption day notes are:Thank you everyone for the good wishes for these dogs, the video was wonderful, everyone has been very kind and loving toward these girls. I met the new parents at my friend's restaurant to turn the girls over (it was first Saturday, bring your dog to the restaurant day). I had just gotten there, the dogs were socializing with patrons of the restaurant and I had just walked into the bathroom when I heard all the clapping and hooping and hollering. Everyone in the restaurant was giving a standing ovation to the new parents. These dogs have been at the restaurant many times and are loved by lots of people. I am so thrilled with the wonderful people that the Doodleman Sisters are living with. CPR never gives up on a dog just because they need special treatment/home situations; that makes our jobs (volunteer jobs) a whole lot harder at times but results like this make it all worth while. Thank You for supporting CPR.

  
  		 Nina and Tara. An Adopters Story.

This is about Tara & Nina that were adopted by my mother and I in March. H brought these 2 little bundles of joy to us that day and it was a wonderful day.

Tara and Nina came to live with my mother and I in March and since that time they have been the loves of our lives. They both fit in immediately and are extremely loving and affectionate. They may be tiny but they are huge on love. Little Tara is just about totally blind and little Nina has very deformed hind legs but neither of them let their disability get in the way. They don't seem to know that they have any kind of disability. They love their walks, playing in the backyard and especially playing at the dog park. Nina looks so cute in her little stroller because she is not able to walk too long of a distance. But let me tell you, her disability does not stop her. If she thinks one of the other dogs are going to take her biscuit she can fly to make sure she gets to it before the other gets there. They are the very best thing that could have happened after I lost my beloved little girl in January.

Commentary: This is the story we love to see, Nina/Tara were not old approx 6 and 8 yrs. They were found as strays and the shelter would have put them down due to the vision issue and leg issue. Most likely they were breed dogs considering the shape they were in, Tara was on the verge of having a Septic Uterus which would have killed her had it ruptured. They are living the high life now! Good for them and thank you to those who donate and foster that allows us to do this work.

   Tenny-Belle. An example of the times. I asked our volunteers for a story about an owner surrender due to the economic issues. Here is one that is repeated too frequently within our group these days:

My Pledge to the Owner --- The recent meltdown of the US economy has stricken many human victims and with them many innocent pets.

I admit that as a dog owner and lover I suspected that some people who claim they are giving up their pets due to economic hardship were masking other less acceptable reasons. But as a recent first time foster for Coastal Poodle Rescue in South Florida, I soon learned how it could be otherwise. After weeks of email contact with me, a middle-aged woman came to my home to surrender her 7 year-old toy poodle named Belle. The handover started off very unemotional but turned desparate when the woman completely broke down. In between tears, she told details of her heart-wrenching financial collapse. I realized that indeed she had no way to keep and care for the little devoted pet that she was so connected with.

This was one of the most dreadful experiences of the woman's life and I was a total stranger in the midst of it. As she sobbed, her little dog started to panic and whine. I was unprepared but did my best to assure the woman that Coastal Poodle Rescue is selective and does references checks and home visits, and that Belle would eventually be placed in a great, loving home. I emphasized that she did the best thing by seeking us out instead of dropping her pet off at an overcrowded *kill* shelter. But I was afraid she didn't hear any of that.

In the days following, I felt bad for Belle having been uprooted from the only life she ever knew. But I also felt sick for the stranger to whom I made a pledge that everything would be all right with her dog. My hope is that she believed it and that it provided some solace. When Belle finds her new home, I will know that I helped save a dog as well as lessen the desperation of her human. Accompanying this article is a picture of Belle, now known as Tenny Belle, so pretty and happy again. She is a gem. However, the image of the crushed woman who loved her pet so much and reluctantly gave her up forever is still in my mind.

   LuLu...An adopters story.

Hi, my name is Lulu. Am I cute or what? My slave name was Carlene, and then I was rescued. Let me tell you my story. I was locked in a cage for 8 years, having lots of babies, but they kept taking them away from me. Then some people came and took me out of my cage. I was very scared since the cage was the only thing I knew. They took me to a place the humans call Florida. The lady had lots of other dogs, but I was too scared to play with them, too scared to eat around them. She fed me steak and cantaloupe, which was really good.

Then one day we took a long ride in the car and there were other humans there and they took me home with them. I was so scared I couldn't move. They had two other dogs there that were my size. I was scared of them too, but they didn't hurt me, they just sniffed me. Everytime someone would come near me I would freeze, cuz I didn't know what to do. I've never been around people before. The dog named Cookie showed me the ropes, where to go, when to eat, how to jump on the couch and bed and sit on the windowsill of my mom's office and learned how to bark at people going by. She taught me everything I know. I even know how to get in my mom's lap now. Oh, it feels so good to be petted, when she stops, I lick her hand and she pets me again. I have her trained real good now. I'm still skittish, but I'm starting to trust these humans. They don't seem half bad. I'm glad my Mom saw me on the Coastal Poodle website and wanted me right away and some day I'll stop having nightmares about my old life. This is my new life and I'm a free dog.

   Little Mookie.

The Life and Times of Mookie. Mookie''s story is very sad, but it deserves telling as it is part of what CPR does, it helps dogs. Mookie was born February 6, 2007. He was a beautiful cream-colored miniature poodle pup. A family in south Florida purchased him as their family pet. There were children in the family so a puppy was just what they wanted. At first life for Mookie was good, but then he started not feeling well. His stomach was upset all the time and his belly was swelling. Sometimes he would not even eat.

The family took their puppy to the vet. Unfortunately, vet had to give them the sad information that Mookie had major liver problems and that surgery would be required. The young family could not afford the surgery, so they reluctantly signed the puppy over to the vet. The vet contacted a local dog rescue that immediately sent a volunteer to get little Mookie. They were hoping their rescue could handle the surgery cost, but they could not, so they contacted us at Coastal Poodle Rescue (CPR) to see if we could help Mookie.

We brought Mookie into our rescue in July and immediately had one of our wonderful vets give him a thorough examination and extensive lab work. Unfortunately, our vet confirmed that Mookie had liver disease. There was nothing our vet could do, but he did refer us to some canine specialists in Maitland. If these specialists couldn’t help him, no one could. The specialists found that Mookie had a congenital liver disease that could not be cured. (Congenital meaning that every puppy in his litter also probably have the same disease!) The only treatment was to minimize his clinical signs with medication and keep him safe and happy as possible. Life expectancy was less than 6 months for Mookie. So we brought little Mookie back to Brevard County where he became my foster pup.

In addition to the liver disease, Mookie was soon deaf and had a continual head bob and unsteady stance. But he did not know he was dying so he just kept trucking along. Mookie loved my 3 dogs. He followed them everywhere they went and crawled into their beds with them. I’m not saying my dogs liked it, but they tolerated him. It was like they could sense that little Mookie was very sick. This little pup had such a beautiful spirit I decided to make his last days as wonderful as possible. I wanted Mookie to experience as many good things as possible before his life ended. I had to keep him in a diaper because the medications he was taking made him urinate…… a lot! But I was not going to let that stop me from taking him out in public. So the excursions began. The two of us went to Home Depot, the beauty shop, the bank, and once into a 7-Eleven. Why, we even went to the Mall. Everyone wanted to see the little pup I kept in a pouch on my chest. He loved all of the attention and never failed to gives wags and kisses. Mookie also went to a Jimmy Buffet ‘Parrot Head’ party and an Ernest Hemmingway party. Everyone in my neighborhood knew Mookie and always asked about him. I knew the day would come that I would have to let Mookie go but I was praying it would not be anytime soon.

Unfortunately that day came September 10th. Mookie was losing weight and the medicines could no longer keep him comfortable and able to move about. I took him to our vet and held Mookie in my arms while our vet gently helped my boy leave this world for a better place. Little Mookie gave me kisses as if thanking me for loving and caring for him. It was so hard to let him go. I can only think that some sweet little child in Heaven needed a puppy to love and that puppy was Mookie. Although Mookie had a short life, we ensured it was a good life. He was a sweet little pup that I will always love and remember.


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