Hello Cortez Rescue and Outreach Team, It is Nueces! I Miss you all!

Les escribo para agradecerles a todos por cuidarme tan bien durante tantos meses después de que me encontraron en Spa Buena Vista.  Les escribo para agradecerles a todos por cuidarme tan bien durante tantos meses después de que me encontraron en Spa Buena Vista.

Ahora vivo en Salt Lake City, Utah, con mis nuevos padres, Brian y Liz.  Se nota que me quieren mucho y me miman bastante.  Hoy uno de sus amigos vino y pensó que yo era su primer Perro Baja – Sonrisa. Supongo que nos parecemos.  Mamá y papá me han llamado Sonrisa un par de veces por error.  No me importa porque ella también parece un cachorro especial.  Ella vino de Mira Flores y la adoptaron en 2007 mientras acampaban en seco en North Beach.  ¿Quizás estamos relacionados?

Cuando conocí a mis padres, este año, estaban acampando en Playa Norte.  Durante aproximadamente una semana, me divertí mucho allí, conociendo nuevos amigos perros y humanos, aunque extrañaba a mis padres adoptivos y a mis hermanos caninos (todavía los extraño).

Entonces un día nos levantamos muy temprano y la casa empezó a moverse… ¡y no paró! Estaba realmente asustada, así que me acurruqué a los pies de Liz o Brian.  Supongo que la casa es en realidad una furgoneta. Pusieron mi manta especial de Shannon encima de otra manta y me dejaron permanecer en el espacio para los pies del lado del pasajero todo el tiempo.

Estaba muy contenta cuando finalmente llegamos a una parada.  Ahora me niego a volver a subirme a la camioneta… No quiero volver a hacer eso.  Well, maybe someday.  Mis padres me dicen que tengo que volver a subirme a la furgoneta si quiero volver a Los Barriles para visitaros a todos vosotros el año que viene. Y quiero hacer eso… ¡tal vez un año sea suficiente para recuperarme!

Cuando llegamos aquí a SLC, hacía MUCHO frío.  Mis padres me pusieron esta cosa azul en el cuerpo que tenía lunares rosas.  Dijeron que era para mantenerme caliente, ¡pero no me gustó nada! Y traté de quitármelo pero el velcro es muy fuerte.  Ya no nos obligan a usarlo y se lo agradezco MUY.

Una mañana había una cosa blanca por todo el suelo.  Supongo que se llama nieve.  La primera vez que lo sentí, brinqué porque tenía los pies muy fríos, pero ahora ya me acostumbré.  ME ENCANTA correr por la nieve, saltar en los bancos de nieve y volver a bajar.  Es especialmente divertido cuando mi papá lanza una pelota y yo tengo que ir a buscarla y llevársela.  A veces me distraigo y olvido dónde está la pelota, pero él siempre me ayuda a encontrarla nuevamente.

¿Probablemente todos conocéis acerca de los sofás y las camas?  NO PUEDO creer que no me dijiste lo cómodos que son... Mi mamá y mi papá pusieron la cama de mi perro en el sofá y me dejaron dormir allí.  Por la noche duermo en un sofá de su habitación. Cuando un ruido fuerte y molesto nos despierta por la mañana, me permiten saltar a su cama y todos nos acurrucamos.  It is really really fun.  ¡Por favor, no los juzgues, dijeron que soy su primer perrito al que le gusta abrazar!

Después de abrazarnos, tomamos café... y luego los veo hacer algo de yoga.  A veces se parecen a mí cuando me estiro; creo que lo llaman perro boca abajo.

No se lo digas a Shannon, pero se me permite entrar a la cocina. Shannon estaría orgullosa de mí, pensé, me negué a entrar durante al menos cinco días.  Luego me di cuenta, después de que mis padres me cargaron sobre el piso de la cocina suficientes veces, que debía atravesar la cocina para llegar al dormitorio de mis padres y a la puerta con un agujero y una solapa de plástico.  Parece que quieren que pase por este agujero; lo llaman puerta para perros.   ¡Pero no me gusta!  Me asusta tanto que estoy dispuesto a renunciar al premio del otro lado. ¿Quién quiere salir solo?  Extraño a mis amigos caninos.  Pero no te preocupes, tengo muchas nuevas amigas aquí.

Mis padres me cambiaron el nombre.  Mi nuevo nombre, Tula, aparentemente significa Agua Saltante, Pico de Montaña y Tranquilo en todo tipo de idiomas diferentes.  Me encanta el agua y me gusta saltar. Ayer salté sobre dos de mis nuevos amigos perritos. Mi mamá y su amiga quedaron muy sorprendidas.  Para ser honesta, yo también fui!  Todavía no he estado en la montaña, pero creo que me gustarán.

Mis padres me regalaron un collar nuevo. Tiene olas y montañas, sol, gente pescando y surfeando.  ¡Y tengo una nueva etiqueta con mi nombre que tiene un gran sol, ya sea poniéndose o saliendo, sobre el agua para recordarnos a todos Los Barriles, mi primer hogar, y a todos ustedes!

Gracias de nuevo!  

¡Nos vemos a todos el año que viene!

Love, Tula (Nueces - former Cortez Rescue and Outreach dog)

Here is Tula (Nueces) with her foster mom Shannon who happened to be visiting Utah. Cortez Rescue and Outreach stories have such happy endings!

If Cortez Rescue and Outreach Dogs Could Actually Tell Us Their Stories, They Might Sound Something Like This...The Journey From The Street, To Rescue, To Foster, To Forever Home...

Sick. Sick and hurting. Things crawling on me. They bite and itch. I'm hungry, thirsty and so tired. Big loud machines flying by. One hit my brother last night. There’s something wrong with his back and he can’t walk. Here comes another. It’s stopping. A human gets out and walks up to my pack. She speaks softly and touches us. No one’s ever done that before. She picks us up and puts us in her machine.

I fall asleep and when I wake we’re in a clean, warm place. There are people around. They give us food, water and they wash us. The veterinarian gave me some shots but they talk nice and it doesn’t hurt much. They’re working on my brother.

Before long I feel much better. I want to run, play and get love from the nice humans. They put me in a big yard with my pack and lots of other dogs. A long time goes by. Every day there are nice people who love us, give us food and water and play with us. We are so happy and my brother can walk again. We all sleep outside in a big cage. We all finally have our own names.

One day they took me in a machine and I thought they were going to put me by the road again. Instead we went to a house with new humans. They were nice but I was afraid. After a while I felt brave and went in. It was very nice. The new humans taught me how to live in a house, to be respectful and go outside. They held and stroked me, gave me good food and played with me. After a couple of weeks they put me in the machine again and took me back to the big yard with my pack and the other dogs. It was good to see my old friends but I missed the house with the nice humans.

Another long time goes by. One day they came and put me in a small cage. They gave me a treat and I got sleepy. When I woke up I was in a very loud big machine and fell back asleep. Someone took my cage off the machine and gave it to some more new humans. They put me in their machine and we went to another house. It is cold here but pretty and green. The new humans love me and I love them. There are two kids and another dog and we play all the time. Every day there are new adventures.

Now I am older and an honored and respected member of the household. I feel content. I will never leave. I am finally home.

Greta Gets Rescued...

Greta was rescued from a negligent home in Los Barriles. Her owner knew she was very sick and had tied her up in the back yard with no food or water just waiting for her to die. It took Cortez Rescue and Outreach numerous talks with the owner to let us take the dog. The owner finally said yes and Cortez Rescue volunteers went and picked Greta up. She was so tiny, skinny and sick. The owner told us she was about 4 months old but she looked more like 8 weeks old. We immediately got her to the vet and found out she had a terrible mite infestation. Greta started receiving medication right away and we tried to feed her as much as she could eat. After Cortez Rescue and Outreach got Greta stabilized she went to a foster home to rehabilitate.

Greta Goes To Foster...

Greta went her to her awesome Foster parents, Janice & Willy, who would be her shining light and get through her recovery. While she was in their care, her next shining light steps into Gretel's life, her adoptive family, The Henderson's. Gretel arrived at her forever home in February, she was scared of pretty much everything. She just wanted to be in bed with her blanket, which came from her amazing foster family.

Greta Settles In...

Fast forward four months later and Greta is happy and silly and playful and all the best things a dog can be. "She loves her whole family, but has become Mama’s girl and she loves when we go for walks or short rides in the car. Long rides in the car and strangers still make her quite nervous, but we have a trainer who has helped us learn how to boost her confidence and make her more comfortable.

I Will Never Be Able To Express How Grateful We Are For Our Greta Girl. Thank you for our Greta Girl, we love her dearly"!

The Henderson Family

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Barely Alive, Hanna Begins Her Care With Cortez Rescue and Outreach...

Hanna came to Cortez Rescue and Outreach on October 3, 2020. She had been horribly attacked by a pack of large dogs. Her owner took her to the Vet and he stitched her back together. After a few days, the owner decided she could not care for Hanna and surrendered her to Cortez Rescue and Outreach. The rescue immediately took her into their care. Hanna was too injured and sickly to go to the rescue facility so she went to a Cortez Rescue and Outreach volunteer's home to be fostered. She was scared, barely eating and smelled of rotting flesh.

Hanna was brought back to the Vet three days later and her foster was told, "Her skin is dying. I need to remove as much skin as possible." After seeing the photos of the large, open wound, the foster mom didn't feel like she could handle taking care of such a injury so she asked the vet clinic to keep her for awhile as she required a bath and fresh bandages twice a day. Hanna went under the direct care of Dr. Gretel for the first couple of weeks.

Hanna Goes To Foster To Begin Her Recovery...

About 10 days later, October 16th, Hanna was able to return to her foster home. Dr. Gretel instructed the foster mom on how to care for Hanna's extensive wounds. In the beginning it was very hard to look at her wounds and stay confident that it was going to heal but over time, the wound did in fact begin to heal and shrink in size.

 

Mickey was rescued by Cortez Rescue and Outreach in June of 2019... He arrived with a "big dog fight attitude" along with a "big heart." It became our job to convince him that the world is now a safe place and other dogs are not a threat to him.

We could completely understand why he felt the way he did. Mickey had been chained up for the past two years, basically his entire life. He had a few marks that indicated he had likely been on the receiving end of some dog aggression. Mickey was ready to defend himself and make sure other dogs knew he was a tough dude.

A Long Term Rescue Resident... The average time it takes a dog to move through Cortez Rescue and Outreach from being rescued to finding their forever home is approximately 5 months. Mickey was with us for over 2 years.

During his time at Cortez Rescue we came to realize that Mickey's big heart was more dominate and truer to his nature than was his interest in a fight. We all could tell that Mickey was longing for a quieter, calmer setting than the shelter could provide so as soon as we were able to we moved Mickey to a foster home. Immediately we saw a wonderful, loving, gentle, well mannered boy emerge.

Most likely Mickey's entire life had been a stressor for him. From being chained and not being able to escape danger to the energy and chaos at the shelter - it became very clear he was stressed out.

Mickey Finds A Home... After nearly two years, Mickey thought he finally had found his family. They headed north to Portland but, unfortunately, Mickey had a negative encounter with a cat and his owners contacted the rescue to return him.

With support and love, our Cortez Rescue and Outreach community stepped up and donated money to help keep Mickey in Oregon while he searched for another adoptive home.

Some Things Are Worth Waiting For... After more than 2 years, Mickey finally found his forever home in Eugene OR and we couldn't be happier for him. We will miss our Mickey but are so elated that he has finally found someone with a heart as big as his.