The Peanut Pet Shelter & Kennel - In Playa del Carmen!

[maureena5]

Hi Lori,

That is one of the four little baby Dobermans. They are absolutely adorable & have very big ole paws! I don't know the name of this particular one.

Maureen

[Shamrock0421]

Originally Posted by maureena5

Hi Lori,

That is one of the four little baby Dobermans. They are absolutely adorable & have very big ole paws! I don't know the name of this particular one.

Maureen

Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I love Dobie's!!!!!
So cute!

[ANDY&JEN]

Hi all, well as you can imagine we have had a bit of a deluge here in the last week (needed some rain here...its been a while) so we had to cancel dog wash this week due to the yard becoming a swamp but hopefully next sat we will be back to normal, no real news this week except that we did have a few`poorly pups with hookworm and coccidias (sp) two of which ended up on an IV at Diegos but they are all much improved, the shelter build is still on hold but im back off to the municipio manana to patiently await the permiso.

[LucyE]

Hi Andy:
Any word on the permiso?? Or are you still waiting in line Hope all is well.

[ANDY&JEN]

Originally Posted by LucyE

Hi Andy:
Any word on the permiso?? Or are you still waiting in line Hope all is well.

Hi Lucy, yes we have a little progress, the lady who we are waiting on has finally contacted us asking for some more info on the build so at least now we have moved from the bottom of the pile
Hopefully if we have no rain in the next couple of days dog wash will be back on for saturday, as usual everyone is welcome and it will be the usual time ...between 1pm and 3.30.
Some grat news on the re-homing front, the little pup we had that resembled a small Austrailian Sheperd has been given a new home with our friends Steve and Sara (Playa Maya News) and she has fit right in with their two adult dogs and their cats

[Heather]

Originally Posted by ANDY&JEN

Some grat news on the re-homing front, the little pup we had that resembled a small Austrailian Sheperd has been given a new home with our friends Steve and Sara (Playa Maya News) and she has fit right in with their two adult dogs and their cats

And I am in LOVE with my new niece.

[himynameisjan]

Tasha has hit a huge milestone in her new life. She is now officially tall enough to drink out of the toilet. Can anyone explain why all three of our dogs prefer the toilet to their sparkling clean water bowls in the kitchen? I'm just not getting it.

She also goes tomorrow for her audition for Camp Bow Wow. That's right, the kennel we use has a two part audition before dogs are allowed to make reservations. One 4 hour stay and one overnight stay where Erik and I are available to go and get her if she isn't getting along well. The upside is, once she is in, there is nowhere I have ever found that takes better care of animals... except the peanut Pet Shelter of course.

Now if I could just find affordable flights, the next trip to Playa (our longest so far) would be all set.

[ANDY&JEN]

Originally Posted by himynameisjan

Tasha has hit a huge milestone in her new life. She is now officially tall enough to drink out of the toilet. .

THAT IS TOO FUNNY !!!! yay for Tasha

Another trip to the municipio this morning with more (yes more) documents and now they are saying maybe monday...or tuesday..or perhaps wednesday

[ANDY&JEN]

Hi all, i just recieved this very important (and quite alarming) email from Jen's cousin in the UK ..

"warning to all dog owners pass this on to everyone you can

Last Friday evening, I arrived home from work, fed Chloe, our 24 Lb.
dachshund, just as I normally do. Ten minutes later I walked into the
den just in time to see her head inside the pocket of Katie's
friend's purse. She had a guilty look on her face so I looked closer
and saw a small package of sugar-free gum. It contained xylitol. I
remembered that I had recently read that sugar-free gum can be deadly
for dogs so I jumped on line and looked to see if xylitol was the
ingredient. I found the first website below and it was the one. Next,
I called our vet. She said to bring her in immediately.
Unfortunately, it was still rush hour and it took me almost 1/2 hour
to get there. Meanwhile, since this was her first case, our vet found
another website to figure out the treatment. She took Chloe and said
they would induce her to vomit, give her a charcoal drink to absorb
the toxin (even though they don't think it works) then they would
start an iv with dextrose. The xylitol causes dogs to secrete insulin
so their blood sugar drops very quickly. The second thing that
happens is liver failure. If that happens, even with aggressive
treatment, it can be difficult to save them. She told us she would
call us.

Almost two hours later, the vet called and said that contents of her
stomach contained 2-3 gum wrappers and that her blood sugar had
dropped from 90 to 59 in 30 minutes. She wanted us to take Chloe to
another hospital that has a critical care unit operating around the
clock. We picked her up and took her there. They had us call the
ASPCA poison control for a case number and for a donation, their
doctors would direct Chloe's doctor on treatment. They would continue
the iv, monitor her blood every other hour and then in 2 days test
her liver function. She ended up with a central line in her jugular
vein since the one in her leg collapsed, just as our regular vet had
feared.

Chloe spent almost the entire weekend in the critical care hospital.
After her blood sugar was stabilized, she came home yesterday. They
ran all the tests again before they released her and so far, no sign
of liver damage. Had I not seen her head in the purse, she probably
would have died and we wouldn't even had known why.

Three vets told me this weekend, that they were amazed that I even
knew about it since they are first learning about it too. Please tell
everyone you know about xylitol and dogs. It may save another life.

[Anna Tortuga]

OMG thank you for telling us!

Originally Posted by ANDY&JEN

Hi all, i just recieved this very important (and quite alarming) email from Jen's cousin in the UK ..

"warning to all dog owners pass this on to everyone you can

Last Friday evening, I arrived home from work, fed Chloe, our 24 Lb.
dachshund, just as I normally do. Ten minutes later I walked into the
den just in time to see her head inside the pocket of Katie's
friend's purse. She had a guilty look on her face so I looked closer
and saw a small package of sugar-free gum. It contained xylitol. I
remembered that I had recently read that sugar-free gum can be deadly
for dogs so I jumped on line and looked to see if xylitol was the
ingredient. I found the first website below and it was the one. Next,
I called our vet. She said to bring her in immediately.
Unfortunately, it was still rush hour and it took me almost 1/2 hour
to get there. Meanwhile, since this was her first case, our vet found
another website to figure out the treatment. She took Chloe and said
they would induce her to vomit, give her a charcoal drink to absorb
the toxin (even though they don't think it works) then they would
start an iv with dextrose. The xylitol causes dogs to secrete insulin
so their blood sugar drops very quickly. The second thing that
happens is liver failure. If that happens, even with aggressive
treatment, it can be difficult to save them. She told us she would
call us.

Almost two hours later, the vet called and said that contents of her
stomach contained 2-3 gum wrappers and that her blood sugar had
dropped from 90 to 59 in 30 minutes. She wanted us to take Chloe to
another hospital that has a critical care unit operating around the
clock. We picked her up and took her there. They had us call the
ASPCA poison control for a case number and for a donation, their
doctors would direct Chloe's doctor on treatment. They would continue
the iv, monitor her blood every other hour and then in 2 days test
her liver function. She ended up with a central line in her jugular
vein since the one in her leg collapsed, just as our regular vet had
feared.

Chloe spent almost the entire weekend in the critical care hospital.
After her blood sugar was stabilized, she came home yesterday. They
ran all the tests again before they released her and so far, no sign
of liver damage. Had I not seen her head in the purse, she probably
would have died and we wouldn't even had known why.

Three vets told me this weekend, that they were amazed that I even
knew about it since they are first learning about it too. Please tell
everyone you know about xylitol and dogs. It may save another life.

[LucyE]

Hi Andy thanks for the info. I have forwarded the message on to my friends who have dogs.

[JinLA]

Oh wow! Good info. I chew way too much gum, and it's always around the house and definitely something our sweet Jossie could access. Thank you!
Also - I was wondering where the shelter is located? Is it open to the public? We volunteer at our local pet shelter where we live and we'd like to visit the peanut shelter when we come there this week, if that's even possible. Every time we have visited Playa, we are always distressed to see so many stray dogs running about -- and all were sooooo skinny. We wish we could help each and every one of them. It's great to learn of your organization -- education is key!!!
Also - what is the protocol -- if a pet is adopted from Mexico? Isn't there a quarantine put in place? How does that work? Just curious?

[himynameisjan]

Originally Posted by JinLA

Oh wow! Good info. I chew way too much gum, and it's always around the house and definitely something our sweet Jossie could access. Thank you!
Also - I was wondering where the shelter is located? Is it open to the public? We volunteer at our local pet shelter where we live and we'd like to visit the peanut shelter when we come there this week, if that's even possible. Every time we have visited Playa, we are always distressed to see so many stray dogs running about -- and all were sooooo skinny. We wish we could help each and every one of them. It's great to learn of your organization -- education is key!!!
Also - what is the protocol -- if a pet is adopted from Mexico? Isn't there a quarantine put in place? How does that work? Just curious?

Jinla- My husband and I brought a dog home with us last Feb. It's really very easy. You will need a Vet certificate of health and a record of immunizations including the labels from the bottles used. Then, make a reservation for the dog with your airline (well before you leave). Small dogs can go in the passenger compartment if their kennel fits under the seat, larger dogs fly as cargo in a compartment that is heated and pressurized. Each airline has their own guideline for how many pets per flight, and what the temperature restrictions are. I flew Northwest which has some of the loosest restrictions. It can't be warmer than 85F or colder than 10F at any point on your itinerary. We got one of the nicest dogs we've ever had out of this last trip

[Anna Tortuga]

I also have one of Andy and Jens babies...the sweetest dogs ever ( and most beautiful too)
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Originally Posted by himynameisjan

We got one of the nicest dogs we've ever had out of this last trip

[JinLA]

Wow?! Interesting that there isn't a quarantine when you come back to the States. I am very leary of checking in my dog like baggage. The horror stories you hear... especially since they are soooo nervous to begin with being in a strange environment, the noise, the heat, etc. Ideally, we'd find a dog that fits under our seat!!!
Did you adopt a dog from the Peanut pet shelter? I was trying to figure out where they are located...any idea?