Thursday KEEP ON VOTING PLEASE!!

KEEP VOTING FOLKS!! All we have to do now is stay in 2nd place!!!!
Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

Check this out!!!! From the vote site!!
"Week 8: Humane Society of Grand Bahama, located in Freeport, the Bahamas."
THE BAHAMAS SHELTER WON A WEEKLY VOTE for week #8!!!!! That means they aren't allowed to win the regional vote!!! That puts us in position to win it if we just stay ahead of the other shelters!!!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All is well here.... except the vet is supposed to be here to suck blood out of us for those dumb, Ehrlichia tests. Mom's gonna go ahead and have her do full blood work-ups on all of us so she can see if there's anything that needs attention.
Cooper and Ashley went home yesterday and their mom and dad brought us some NEATO treats!! It's kinda like cheese popcorn!! We all like it a lot!!!

Mom almost picked up a little dog at a restaurant last night. It came running to their table and hid under Dads chair. He wasn't skinny or anything but he seemed scared. He was shaking. Mom fed him some of her food but after about three french fries he started putting them on the floor. He wasn't hungry.
He stayed there for half the meal and then he started running around some. Then a cat ran by and Mom figured out that the cat is what had scared him. He belongs to some people behind the restaurant and comes over there for hand-outs. Okay...that one doesn't need rescuing!!

Uncle Brad is coming to see us!!!! YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! He'll be here on the 10th and he's bringing us some goodies and some meds!!! He's really good at belly rubs too!!

Please keep on voting!! If we can stay in 2nd place we will win this!!!!! WAGWAGWAG!!!

EXCITED TAILWAGS!!
BudBud

Tuesday Sad day today

Sitka and Sammy go home today!!! I bet Sitka will be glad to see her mom and dad!! We think she had a false pregnancy! She has a "puppy" now (It's really a stuffed whale toy.) She carries with her and she guards it closely. NOBODY is allowed to touch it!! She and Mom snuggle on the porch, then she goes potty and comes right back to her baby. She takes it out of her room and lays on the porch with it and then carries it back to her room.

Today we're all getting blood sucked out of us to test for ehrlichia. Mom says we need to do it. I REALLY don't like needles. I wish they could just maybe look at us and tell. But Mom says that won't work. sigh.................... Anyway, y'all say some prayers that we all test negative, ok?
Yesterday was a very sad day. Splash, the big dog who was so terribly ill, went to the bridge. His family is brokenhearted. Mom was with them and when she got home she had a message saying our Sophia Loren, (one of our Florida rescues) had also gone to the bridge.
Splash had gotten so weak that he could not raise himself up. His liver and kidneys had stopped working. We, and his family, thank you for all the prayers and healing thoughts. It was just not meant to be. He's now running with the angels!!!

Sophia Loren was one of our rescues when we lived in Florida. Mom rescued her from a kill shelter. She had the worlds most beautiful eyes so Mom named her Sophia Loren. She was just as sweet as she was beautiful. She got adopted by a FABULOUS family and lived a wonderful life. She became ill recently and the vets said she would not get better. Yesterday her mom decided to let her go to the bridge.
Mom says they are both running and playing and the angels are chasing them all around the bridge trying to pet them!!! They aren't sick or weak anymore.

Our sunset yesterday evening was breathtaking. Mom says it was a sign from Sophia and Splash telling us they are well and happy again.

Thanks again for all the votes. Please keep voting!!

Tailwags,
BudBud

Monday at Lighthouse

Thank you all for all the votes!! We can still win this!! We just gotta KEEP ON VOTING and getting all our friends to vote too!!!! Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

Splash, the GREAT BIG DOG who is SOOOO sick with ehrlichia, is doing a LITTLE better. He is still extremely weak though and he's not out of the woods yet. His folks are terribly worried. He can't get up and walk around on his own so he is peeing on himself a lot and getting a rash. Mom is taking them some lambswool pads today. Mom has learned that when sick furkid is having that problem, the lambswool will let the pee pass through to towels or pads beneath and the dog doesn't actually "lay" in pee.

We're sending some pics of Splash before he got sick and one of him on his I.V. You can see what a BIG guy he is!!
Please keep saying prayers for him and sending healing energy.

All is well here at Lighthouse. I made my "personal appearance" at the party yesterday at Casa Dellio. There was LOTS of food and lots of fun people!!! We had a REAL good time!!! We're attaching apic of that too!! That's our beautiful hostess sitting there at the table to the right!!

Please don't forget to vote today and EVERY day til Dec. 18th!!

Tailwags!!!
BudBUd

Lighthouse 11-26-11

You folks are the BEST!!! PLEASE keep voting!! We can still win this!!!
Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

SPLASH IS BETTER!!!!!! He's up this morning and moving around some. He has no fever and is no longer dehydrated!!! The prayers and healing energy are working folks!!! Please keep praying!! He's MUCH better but not out of the woods yet. He's on an I.V. drip so his mom and dad stayed up with him all last night so he couldn't move around too much and mess up the I.V.
Bro took Poas, (his dobie) to the vet Thanksgiving day to give blood for Splash. They took a LOT of her blood cause Splash is a BIG BIG dog!!!
The vet had to anesthetize Poas to get her blood cause she wouldn't be still for them. When she got home her little lab brother, Henry, was real upset and worried over her all that night. He stayed right with her.
She's fine now though and now SPLASH IS BETTER!!!! WAGWAGWAGWAGWAG!!!!!

Perla went home yesterday. I'll bet she sure is lonesome!!! She sure loves to play and she's an only dog right now.

I fell out of bed this morning!! It scared Mom REAL bad!! She's even thinking about cutting the legs off her bed so it will be lower. I'm ok but it hurt my leg when I fell. Mom's lovin' on me a lot and makin' a fuss over me.

Sitka LOVES the sunsets!! She sits out on the corner and watches them. She's such a sweetie when she wants to be. But other times she acts kinda ugly. So none of us are allowed to be out when she's out. Her little partner, Sammy, gets to be out with her but the rest of us have to stay inside.

Don't forget to check out our calendars and book at the links below!! They'll make neat Christmas presents and you're gonna need a new calendar anyway cause it's almost 2012!!!

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mrbudbud

http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/lighthouse-2012/17264892

Thanks again for all the votes!!! Please vote again today!!!
TAILWAGS!!!!
BudBud

Happy Friday!!!

Thank you ALL for all the votes!!! Please keep voting!! For the past week we've dropped quite a few percentage points. We really need to start moving back up if possible. Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

GUESS WHAT!!! A few months back a couple of girls from Canada were vacationing here in Costa Rica and they found an abandoned lab puppy. They brought her here and we kept her while the girls vacationed. THEN they decided to take her back to Canada with them!! We helped them get it all organized and they left here as one big happy family!!
Well they emailed Mom last night and said their doggy day care center, The Beloved Dog, (we THINK it's in Vancouver) is having a Christmas party and they're gonna have a silent auction!! And the proceeds from the auction are gonna be donated to LIGHTHOUSE!!!! WOW!!!! What a nice thing to do!!! THANKS TARLA AND JILL and thanks to THE BELOVED DOG Day care center too!!!!

We had a real quiet Thanksgiving day. Mom baked a turkey breast and some dressing and she and Dad just did turkey sandwiches. They couldn't find any cranberry sauce though. All the stores were sold out.
The first year we lived here the stores didn't even SELL cranberry sauce!! Us perros all got our bite of turkey so we were all happy about that.

Perla, Laikas' daughter, is going home today!! Her dad and her NEW MOM are coming for her!! They just got married and have been on their honeymoon. Perla sure is gonna be lonesome when she goes home. She's had a ball here playing with all the other furkids!! Maybe they need to adopt a playmate for her!!! (hint hint)

Me and Mom are both feeling much better!! Thank you for saying prayers and sending healing energy!! IT WORKED!!! WAGWAGWAGWAG!!!!

Be sure to vote today and forward this reminder to all your buddies so they can vote too please!!

Tailwags!!!!
BudBud

Happy Thanksgiving!!

HOLA Y'ALL!!!!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

We are THANKFUL, today, for all of you who have been voting so faithfully!! Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

Mom's gotta get busy cookin' our Thanksgiving dinner so I'm gonna keep this short. Besides, I'm sure you folks are probably really busy today too!!

Everybody here is doing good and we hope you all are too!! Enjoy your family and friends today and remember all the things you have to be thankful for.

All us furkids here at Lighthouse are thankful for Mom and Dad and for good people like you who help animals. Whether you help a thousand or just one, you are SPECIAL!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!

Now GO EAT SOME THANKSGIVING DINNER!!!!!....and be sure to give some turkey to the furkids!!!
Hope you like our card!!!
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE PLEASE!!!

Grateful tailwags,
BudBud

Wednesday 11-23-11

We're gettin' ready for Thanksgiving here. Mom and Dad and us fuzzbutts are celebratin' here at the house. Dad's gone to buy a turkey breast and stuff. Us perros and gatos are gonna get TURKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAGWAGWAGWAGWAG!!!!

I got sick last night so Mom was up with me most all night. She looks after me real good when I feel bad. We don't know what made me sick. I just started hacking and gagging and then threw up some. Then Mom let me lay on the cool floor for a little while and I got to feeling a little better. But then I had something Mom calls "reflux" and I didn't actually throw up but all of a sudden liquid would just POP OUT of my mouth!! It happened a few times and Mom ran downstairs and got some medicine she used to give Crystal for reflux. It must have worked cause I got to feeling better finally and me and Mom got back on our pillow and got a little sleep. It was probably 4:00 by then so we did get about 4 hours sleep.
You folks say some prayers ans send some healing thoughts for me please.

Everybody else is doing fine!! Mom feels better too!!

HEY!!! It's almost Christmas and almost a new year!!! You're gonna need gifts for your friends and family and of course you'll need new calendars!!! Don't forget we've got 2012 calendars and a funny book somebody might like for a Christmas present!!!

You can review them and order them at
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mrbudbud

and Uncle Brad made one for us at
http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/lighthouse-2012/17264892

We get a little bit from each one that sells!! Mom uses all the money to help us furkids!!

If you folks in Costa Rica want one Mom has a few here for sale. Aunt Kay has some at her place too!! Shipping from the states to Costa Rica is WAY high!!

Thanks again for all the votes and have a GREAT THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

TAILWAGS!!!!!!
BudBud