They have arrived!

Well it has been an exciting weekend at Camp Bobe

Heather headed out to pick up a very pregnant Angel. She is working with a wonderful group of animal people that has worked so hard to help Angel and all the Lakeshore dogs. In fact Allison and Heather talked on the phone last week until the wee hours about the Lakeshore dogs and rescue. These are our kind of people. Angel was close to whelping so they were planning plans b, c, & d.

Friday morning Heather left for STL about 4.5 hours into the trip Heather was notified that Angel will probably go within the next 24-48 hours. Really what can a girl do? She kept driving.

Angel started whelping on Saturday morning. Angel had 9 puppies! 5 boys and 4 girls. Mom and babies are doing well at the home of our temp foster that was only suppose to have them for a few days that has now turned into whelping and having the pups through Thanksgiving.

Nine pups is a lot of shots and Angel still needs surgery on her leg ($1500-$2000) and possible other medical treatments and of course a spay!

Puppy care is estimated at $2100.

Can you help?


She and the kids are doing great! They will need shots and deworming ($450) soon.
We need to raise a lot of funds for these guys. Every $1 helps. So don't worry if you cannot give big. Just give what you can!!!

For All You Cardinal Fans...

Lucy with her very own Rally Squirrel!

Who are you people anyway?

I have to be honest most of us at Camp Bobe did not start out to be "rescuers" or "animal experts" our purpose found us and beckoned to us over and over. Over the next couple of weeks we will be featuring interviews with our founders and Board of Directors so you can get to know this crazy crew.

We have a former English teacher with pink hair and a nose ring that is now a vet tech and our Director of Animal Health.
We have a consultant with a Masters Degree, a certificate in Animal Behavior and is a classically trained Soprano that is our CEO & Animal Behaviorist
We have two very successful retired business owners that are on our board of directors who are amazing role models.
We have a Sales Rep that sells an annual volume of $18 million for a sports lifestyle company who is our COO and in charge of our hospice care.

Oh and of course our Chief Animal Officer Matilda, who as a Border Collie is in charge of...well...everything.

Angels We Have Heard On High!

Those of you that follow our Facebook page know about our desperate search to find Angel and her unborn pups a foster home. I am going CRAZY. I am annoying everyone I meet begging the to foster her.

"Have you heard about Angel?" I ask.
Responses:
"Yes, Heather we talked about her during Lunch." or
"Yes, Heather I am friends with you on facebook." or most clearly
"Yes, Heather and no I cannot foster her."

It is driving me crazy. I see her pretty face in my mind's eye daily. She pulled me in from the moment someone emailed me her photo.

My intake team and I are pretty darn strict about our intake policy. Since our organization focuses on those with medical or behavioral issues we have to make sure we keep to our true north.

Angel fit those criteria. When Angel was first found by the rescue team living on the streets they noticed how beautiful she was but also that she was only using 1 leg. The man that had been feeding her said she was purposefully run over about 6 months ago (broken front leg). She no longer uses that leg so it may not be "fixable" and may need to be amputated.

That being said they noticed her sweet and loving nature. At that point they could only take the worst case animals from the trailer park where the strays were living. And believe it or not Angel was in pretty good shape compared to the others.

The team contacted me and we began to talk about bringing her to Nebraska and her health needs. We work with an amazing surgeon here in Nebraska and we knew if there was ANY chance of saving the leg she would be able to do it. We were not optimistic but we wanted to give it a chance.

When they returned about 10 days later to get the next round of dogs. Angel had a bit of a surprise for them. She was pregnant. Not completely unexpected when you have that many dogs that are not spayed or neutered running around. She is still as sweet as ever "singing" at you when she wants your attention.

So that is where we are at today trying to find her a foster home in Nebraska. The only options for her and her pups if they remain there are the streets or a shelter where the the chances of her survival would not be great because of her injury. An injury like that is a death sentence in a shelter environment because to fix her leg would cost money.

She has a vet appointment on Friday. We seriously have no placement for her. We need a generous heart to step up and foster this beautiful girl through whelping of her puppies and then her leg surgery.

We support our foster homes in every way possible with vet care, training plans for the animals, food, and adoption events. Please consider fostering and if you can email Heather at heather@campbobe.org

Here are some pictures with her caregivers down in Arkansas.

I love Kitties!

We look so much alike!

A cute shot of how loving she is and her pregnant belly.

Hello Everyone!

Kitty Kisses!!!

Smokey's Story

One of our recent success stories is Smokey. This HANDSOME boy had some hard times before he came to us at Camp Bobe.



If we didn't know better we would swear that Smokey was a bird. More specifically a Phoenix. You see Smokey's home burned down and he was thought dead. He was the next day under the rubble by his family. He survived but his family could not afford to continue to care for him after the devastating fire so they left his to roam. After roaming around for about a month he was taken into a local shelter where he developed a big fan based. (Yes, Smokey has his very own groupies!)

Since the shelter was a kill shelter his new friends worked hard and brought him to the attention of Camp Bobe. With the assistance of Furever Friends of the South, Smokey made his way to the Good Life in Nebraska. He was fostered by the Engle Family of Northeastern Nebraska.




His new home was only suppose to be a foster but when the Engles, who lost their St. Bernard Chewy 2 months ago, it was love at first sight. He was a spirited boy with a wiggly butt and kisses to give.

I (Heather) kinda knew that this was not just a foster situation when I got a text from them when they were still making the two hour drive back home.

"Almost Home. He is sound asleep in my lap"

A little over an hour and a half later I got another text:

"The cat and Smokey already kissed and get along. Cat just watches him. He is so cute. He ate and drank. Makin himself at home next to me on couch. I am pretty sure this his new forever home "

It was sent with a picture.


After getting the picture and the note I emailed her back asking it she wanted me to take Smokey of our adoption page. She emailed back saying:

"I am pretty sure he has his home. Already in bed sleepin with my husband. Pretty sure done deal."

The weekend passes and I focus my attention on getting our other intakes from that weekend settled into their foster homes and also check in on Piper. (Who by the way was playing ball this past weekend.)

Monday I get another message with a picture.

"This is where Smokey likes to sleep with his blanket.But some part of him has to be touching us for him to fall asleep. We are falling in love quickly."

Bright and early Tuesday morning I get the text I had been expecting for a while:

"It is official! We can't let Smokey go. We want to adopt him. We love him too much. He is wonderful. I will be foster parents if u need us to do so as well. we love him and he has touched us so much!"

This is why I feel so lucky to get to do what I do. God has blessed me with the ability to connect people and animals and I get to see the most wonderful outcome in the world...LOVE.