N Rivas - Help Rivas Animals - Vicki'S HELPING STREET DOGS

Help Vicki Skinner help the street dogs of Rivas Nicaragua:
http://www.SarongGoddess.com/HelpRivasAnimals
https://facebook.com/HelpRivasAnimals

Make a DONATION on PayPal - every $5-$10 adds up & feeds or gives medicine or tests to the MANY street animals or those of families that can't afford to feed/take care medically of their Fur Babies:
HelpRivasAnimals@gmail.com

(LOTS more information coming)
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  • Negra (my name for her. Her real name is Princessa I found out the last few days I was there) was my #1 street buddy these past 6 weeks in Rivas, Nicaragua.  She is THE SWEETEST baby!!!  But she has the same STD tumor growing out of her vagina that Macha had & that killed her a couple months ago.  I sunk quite a few $$s into her - first just feeding her 2-3 times a day & she wouldn't eat the crunchy dog food - so I'd have to mix it up with liver &/or give her rice of whatever leftovers I could find.  Her front teeth are not much there & you can see by her teeth in the pics, she's got some gum stuff going on.  

As I could come into a bit more $$ I would buy medicine for Parasites & Ticks (a BIG problem) & Fleas for the 10-20 street dogs I'd spend 2-4 hours a day feeding.

When it seemed the flea/tick medicine didn't help her (I found out later it wasn't the best/strongest choice but at first I didn't have $$$ to do them all) I took her to the vet to get shots for Parasites, Ticks/flees & vitamins but because of how she moved in the top shot - that got infected.  So I took her to another vet to fix that up & get her the vaccinations a new dog would normally get & got her a bath because she had dried blood always in her backside that attracted flies which made her always trying to get them off.
I had no problem catching her to put her on the collar & leash & walking with me & 2 times I was in a Pipano (a bicycle taxi) - one time just stopping to say hi & she jumped right up on it & took a ride with me & she seemed to love it!!  She's VERY GOOD & I think could be easy to train more.

I also paid to get her started on the chemo shots so lets see A) if the vet followed up on them & B) if it helped get rid of it.  If not, when I get back I'll deal with the next step.

She NEEDS to get "fixed" but to do that she needs a Foster Home for a week & they're not big on doing that in Nicaragua - at least I didn't find anyone to do it - yet.

When I get back I will re-connect with a teacher from the Veterinarian School I met but lost his card till I got back to CR.

Oh, just days before I left, I found out she actually HAS a "family" - well, at least a home to sleep in at night - but evidently why I have a harder time finding dogs late at night to feed - MANY do - BUT - these people at least give them a place to sleep - but OFTEN turn them out onto the street the rest of the time to forage for themselves/find their own food & RARELY do they get them the vaccinations they need, vitamins, things for fleas/ticks or parasites & even rarer do they "fix"/spay/neuter them.  With that said, I DO understand being that Nicaragua is the POOREST nation in the America's so they need to focus on feeding their families first.

When I go back in a few months I hope to raise some $$$ to do more for these precious fur babies - MANY in DESPERATE NEED - ESPECIALLY to get them "fixed" - especially after running all over town at 10:30pm one night TRYING to help a poor girl that was in heat that had 10 guys "having their way with her"/"going after her" (literally).  It was SOOOOO SAD but they kept running & being 59-1/2 years YOUNG & a BIG girl - I had to give up after an hour (but I slept well that night after all that exercise)

    Negra (my name for her. Her real name is Princessa I found out the last few days I was there) was my #1 street buddy these past 6 weeks in Rivas, Nicaragua. She is THE SWEETEST baby!!! But she has the same STD tumor growing out of her vagina that Macha had & that killed her a couple months ago. I sunk quite a few $$s into her - first just feeding her 2-3 times a day & she wouldn't eat the crunchy dog food - so I'd have to mix it up with liver &/or give her rice of whatever leftovers I could find. Her front teeth are not much there & you can see by her teeth in the pics, she's got some gum stuff going on. As I could come into a bit more $$ I would buy medicine for Parasites & Ticks (a BIG problem) & Fleas for the 10-20 street dogs I'd spend 2-4 hours a day feeding. When it seemed the flea/tick medicine didn't help her (I found out later it wasn't the best/strongest choice but at first I didn't have $$$ to do them all) I took her to the vet to get shots for Parasites, Ticks/flees & vitamins but because of how she moved in the top shot - that got infected. So I took her to another vet to fix that up & get her the vaccinations a new dog would normally get & got her a bath because she had dried blood always in her backside that attracted flies which made her always trying to get them off. I had no problem catching her to put her on the collar & leash & walking with me & 2 times I was in a Pipano (a bicycle taxi) - one time just stopping to say hi & she jumped right up on it & took a ride with me & she seemed to love it!! She's VERY GOOD & I think could be easy to train more. I also paid to get her started on the chemo shots so lets see A) if the vet followed up on them & B) if it helped get rid of it. If not, when I get back I'll deal with the next step. She NEEDS to get "fixed" but to do that she needs a Foster Home for a week & they're not big on doing that in Nicaragua - at least I didn't find anyone to do it - yet. When I get back I will re-connect with a teacher from the Veterinarian School I met but lost his card till I got back to CR. Oh, just days before I left, I found out she actually HAS a "family" - well, at least a home to sleep in at night - but evidently why I have a harder time finding dogs late at night to feed - MANY do - BUT - these people at least give them a place to sleep - but OFTEN turn them out onto the street the rest of the time to forage for themselves/find their own food & RARELY do they get them the vaccinations they need, vitamins, things for fleas/ticks or parasites & even rarer do they "fix"/spay/neuter them. With that said, I DO understand being that Nicaragua is the POOREST nation in the America's so they need to focus on feeding their families first. When I go back in a few months I hope to raise some $$$ to do more for these precious fur babies - MANY in DESPERATE NEED - ESPECIALLY to get them "fixed" - especially after running all over town at 10:30pm one night TRYING to help a poor girl that was in heat that had 10 guys "having their way with her"/"going after her" (literally). It was SOOOOO SAD but they kept running & being 59-1/2 years YOUNG & a BIG girl - I had to give up after an hour (but I slept well that night after all that exercise)

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  • He broke my heart!!

    He broke my heart!!

    This dog broke my heart! I don't know if something happened to his eye naturally or someone did something to it but it was bulging out & so horrible (I got to see him my last night & it was no longer bulging - it was now sunken), He is bones, his ear was messed up & he was SOOOOO NOT trusting of people. I was able to give him a little petting the night before I left.

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  • Negra (Just before she snapped at the other dog since she thinks I'm ALL hers!!)

    Negra (Just before she snapped at the other dog since she thinks I'm ALL hers!!)

    Negra (Just before she snapped at the other dog since she thinks I'm ALL hers!!)

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