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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:54:40 EDT - from Jennifer

 
This is a picture of Missy in fairfield, Ca. She is in process of being adopted by Tracy G. Missy is on the right getting a kiss from Action Jackson, my IMPS baby boy.

jennifer

Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:23:11 EDT - from Jennifer

Mag,

Here is a picture of Missy from California. She has changed a bunch in the past week and a half. Her coat is no longer full of flakes and it's very shinny and healthy looking. She is just a sweetheart. She's just too cute to give up, so we're going to adopt her ourselves!

Jennifer, IMPS Volunteer

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:41:20 EDT - from Grahame & Jeff

Hi Mag,

Our story involving IMPS is kind of interesting...thought you might enjoy it!

My husband and I recently got married and purchased our first home and talked about getting another minpin (we have Billy, the pin in the little devil costume on your site)...we even joked about getting a black and tan female and naming her "Tilly" so they'd both come when we called them!

Imagine our surprise when we found the IMPS site online; and the very first dog listed for adoption was a little black and tan female, out of California, named "Tilly!"

We fell in love with her online, and after going through the adoption procedure, we flew Tilly home to New England last Tuesday.

She's a beautiful little girl and it feels like she's been with us forever. Maybe we were meant to have her all along. Here's a picture of Tilly and her new brother, enjoying some treats from daddy at the breakfast table.

We're strong believers in adopting this way and giving good animals a good home. We also share our house with three cats, all of whom love Tilly just as much as we do!

Grahame & Jeff

Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:24:29 +0800 - from Kim

Here is Nina in her new home ...they love her and Ellie the other dog they adopted from IMPS.

Thank you lonnie for helping me make this work

Kim - IMPS CA

Note: For those who don't know, Kim is the IMPS Regional Coordinator in CA. Nina was rescued last month and due to nerve damage, had to have her leg amputated. You can read her story at http://www.minpinrescue.org/nina.html. Nina is now in her new home in FL, where she will be loved and hopefully turned into a therapy dog.

Sat, 09 Jun 2001 21:15:51 -0700 - from Linda

Mag, these are the first pictures of Maggie. She was found beside a freeway in Tehachapi California. Her pelvis was shattered. IMPS agreed to accept her, she was taken to LA for two surgeries, one on each side of her pelvis. All photo's are of the same side, but she has matching incisions. She is on crate rest for a month except to go to the bathroom. She is a week post op today. She is already feeling much better, tried to run today :(. She is very puppy like and is desperate to be free in the yard and house to explore. She is about a year old. She will have to be spayed when her pelvis is healed. She will return to LA for this surgery and then go up for adoption. Linda

Mon, 2 Jul 2001 14:21:37 -0700 - from Tracy

Hi Mag -- This was one of the most rewarding adoptions I have had the pleasure of being involved in. The Brant Family (Mike, Katie, Mikala and Morgan) was a pleasure to work with. I was hoping you could post the following letter and the pictures of Scooter with two members of his new family, Mike and Mikala, to the Saluki site. Thanks!

Tracy :>)

Well I tell you, this dog impresses me more everyday. He sleeps under the covers with us. Loves the car very much and sits between the carseats. At first, he wanted to be held by me all the time. Now he comes over when he feels I am not busy. He has figured out how the family works and has adjusted amazingly. I am shocked by how intelligent minpins really are. He has become part of the family in only three days. He has started protecting the family from anybody and anything he feels is not acceptible company!! The cats and he seem to have an understanding about who goes where and when. Scooter is a great dog!!!!!!! He is way beyond anything I dreamed of having through adoption or rescue!! I'm not sure getting a puppy and raising it myself would have resulted in a better dog. Well, I am going to send you some more photo's. It is kind of hard to get all of us together since someone has to hold the camera! Thanks again for everything!!

:) Mike and Katie :)

Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:15:18 -0700 - from Mike

Hi Mag

Her are some pictures of our first foster Clyde enjoying a mid-afternoon nap...

.. and of course the man, Scooter in the small crate that Clyde had when he came? I have the really nice wire, open crate that's roomy and he picks this one? Go figure. Could you put this on the site maybe? Thanks!!!

Scooters Family
Mike, Katie, Mikayla, Morgan and Foster Clyde
IMPS-NorCal
www.norcalimps.com
www.minpinrescue.org

Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:43:06 -0700 - from Mike and Katie

Hey Mag,

Could you post these pictures of Cornell's new family, and my daughter Mikayla saying goodbye? Cornell is going to his forever home!!! Lori is a caring person who had rescued a Minpin, named Axel, from someone who had been abusing the poor guy. She has the same heart we do for these guys. Cornell and Axel will be buds. They hit it off pretty good at the park. We meet half way from each other (eight to nine hour drive between us!!) at a park in Mt Shasta, California which turned out to be a good setting for the exchange. We will miss you Cornell but good luck at your home!!

Mike and Katie
Scooter's (and soon Malica's) Family
IMPS-NorCal
Visit My Rescue Site!! www.norcalimps.com
www.minpinrescue.org

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:31:51 -0700 - from Mike and Katie

Hey Mag here are some photo's and the listing I sent to the people of the list about Jazzy's adoption. Let me know if you want me to write a different one or something. Do with it what you like and could we put up these photo's for Dave. The nurses are going to check out the site the next few days. Then he can see them. Thanks for your help.

Note from Mag: For the full story... go visit http://www.crosswinds.net/~mag888/jazzy.html.

Mike and Katie
Scooter's (and soon Malica's) Family
IMPS-NorCal
Visit My Rescue Site!! www.norcalimps.com
www.minpinrescue.org

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:17:53 -0700 - from Mike and Katie

Hey Mag,

What a busy weekend!!! Saturday was dedicated to Jazzy and her adoption and Sunday was all about Mikayla and Malica. We had a Birthday party at the skating ring with all of Mikayla's buddies, and then immediately headed to San Francisco Airport (SFO) to pick up Malica. Frazier, the wonderful man who transported Malica on his flight out here, left a message to me saying he would not be in at 6 but 8:30. Found out later that he had nothing but trouble getting Malica on the plane. They wouldn't let him use the crate Nancy and he had obtained, so he had to get another one. Never the less, he missed the flight because of it. Turns out the traffic on Sunday night here was insane!! We would not have been there on time, even if all was good.

Well, Malica was worth the slight hassle!!! She is precious! Thought you might post these on the web site!! We have not had Minpin puppies around till now and all I can say is how adorable and cute, yet she runs the house already!! Clyde has excepted her as you can tell and Scooter runs from her! hehehe Thanks Mag!!

Mike and Katie
Scooter's and Malica's Family
IMPS-NorCal
Visit My Rescue Site!! www.norcalimps.com

Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:15:06 -0700 - from Mike

Hey Mag,

Here is some good photo's of K.C.'s adoption and his new family!! Melinda and K.C. immediately became buds and K.C. took to her immediately. Not only did Melinda open her house to one of our little guys, she donated an extra $200.00 to IMPS for Penny and Scrumptious. She had heard the story of Penny and immediately felt obligated to help out for the surgery. We thank Melinda immensely for her kindness and wish K.C. lots of love and joy!! He truly is a wonderful dog.

Mike and Katie
Scooter and Malica's Family
IMPS-NorCal
Visit My Rescue Site!! www.norcalimps.com
www.minpinrescue.org

Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:06:52 EDT - from Deb

Maggie is on left and Sam is on the right. New brother & sister...

Dear Mag,

Linda said I can email you some pictures of how well Maggie is doing. She is a spit fire and an angel, making herself right at home. Sam and her have become great pals, its like she was always a part of our family. I think Linda is going to write up a little something on Maggie's how ordeal. Hope the pictures are ok I'll send each one separate and with a little explanation.

Thanks,
Deb
Allentown, PA

...Linda made this great poster of pictures featuring Maggie in her new home with us.

Sat, 6 Oct 2001 14:45:12 -0700 - from Mike

Hey Mag,

Here are some update photo's of our precious Minpins. As you can see little Malica is growing nicely. She is turning into a beautiful little girl!! Great coloring and her face is precious!! Scooter is enjoying his window seat basket that mom got specially for him!! Who doesn't love that crooked little nose!! They have become integral parts of our family and I don't know what we did without these little guys!! Thanks to IMPS and all for adding such wonderful companions to our home!! Hopefully, we can spread some of this cheer to other houses with our volunteer efforts.

Our Thoughts and Prayers for America
Mike and Katie
Scooter, Malica and Foster Skippy
IMPS-NorCal

Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:58:58 -0800 - from Mike

Here's some new pics of our furkids, Malica and Scooter. Malica was playing with a slammer that she continuously dropped off the couch to make it chirp. We tried Christmas pics...no way was Malica going to sit still and she wanted to eat the Santa hat.

Never Forget 9-11-01
Mike and Katie
Scooter, Malica and Zoo
IMPS-NorCal
www.norcalimps.com
www.minpinrescue.org

Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:25:58 -0700 - from Mike and Katie

Hi Mag.. could you please post the following pictures of Clyde's new family and Mikayla (our daughter) with Clyde.

....There's also a new picture of Malica too, now 10 months old. Thanks!!

Never Forget 9-11-01
Mike and Katie
Scooter, Malica and Zoo
IMPS-NorCal
www.norcalimps.com
www.minpinrescue.org