The "Lucky Seven"

Christmas time for the Lucky Seven!

2007-11-26T12:19:00.001-05:00

It's our first Christmas in Wisconsin. We forgot that it gets cold here, burrr. Here is the first Christmas picture in.

Here is from Left to right:

Sprinkles, Gabby, Madison & Amazing Grace!

WOOOFFFF What A DAY!

2007-11-23T00:13:00.000-05:00

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

What a Long Strange Trip It Was!!

2007-11-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

Here is Sue with Boat Mountain's Amazing Miss Miracle!

And EVEN Sue West attended our party! Without her help, these pups would never have made it to Wisconsin

Miracle,.. in her safe spot!!!

A note from Sue,..

This day was very special,... actually seeing these beautiful little bird dogs, in all their young glory,.. healthy, happy, ....and safe,..

Their beginning was not so happy,..

their original owner passed away, and their fate fell into the hands of relatives,...who did not see the beauty in these pups and their momma and dumped them all in a very high kill shelter in North Carolina,..

they were all to be euthanized in an over crowded shelter,...what a waste that would have been,....

Once pulled from the shelter we had a volunteer transport all ready and waiting, to bring these babies north,... then they all came down with Parvo, and upper respitory disease, we had to wait another month untill they were well enough to travel,..and then finally they made it home!!

Thanks to the overwhelming dedication and determination of

Wisconsin Germanshorthaired Rescue,..

Not only did I get to meet the pups, but the fine folks who made it all happen!

I love them all!

Sincerely, Susan

Transport Coordinator

And More Fun Still!!

2007-11-22T23:45:00.000-05:00

What did I get myself into?

(says Angel, an honorary GSP for a day!)

FUN! FUN! FUN!!

2007-11-22T23:40:00.000-05:00

We bobbed for apples!

Mesha got the first one!

The skin kids played pin the tail on the GSP!
Everyone wore Halloween costumes!We had people cake and Puppy CAKES! We got lotza toys and treats!

We all had a Blast!!!

We Had Our First Birthday Party!

2007-10-30T11:13:00.000-05:00

This one we call, "Lucky # 8 !!!

Here we are, from Left to Right:
Brutus, Baylee, Sprinkles, Baleigh, Ruby & Mesha. (Morgan was unable to attend!)

Here we are,,.. in various stages!

from Left to Right:
Brutus, Baylee, Sprinkles, Baleigh, Ruby & Mesha. (Morgan was unable to attend!)

WE ALL TURNED A YEAR OLD 10/27/07!

Here we are, from Left to Right:

Brutus, Baylee, Sprinkles, Baleigh, Ruby & Mesha. (Morgan was unable to attend!)

We Are Turning One Year Old!!

2007-10-24T12:21:00.000-04:00

Come to Our 1st Birthday Party
October 27th From 1-3 at
HAWS in Waukesha
701 Northview Road
Cake , Ice cream, Punch , fun and Games

When Ya Got IT,.. Ya Work It Baby!!

2007-10-24T12:00:00.000-04:00

Here are most of the Lucky Seven working Wisconsin shows now! Left to Right: Brutus, Baleigh, Ruby!
That was an event at Gander Mountain Sheboygan!

The we have L-R: Baylee, Morgan & Mesha, working Countryside's Fleamarket in June! Our babies have grown

Just Havin Fun!

Talented Bird Dogs??

2007-10-24T11:53:00.000-04:00

You Betch Ya!

2007-10-24T11:45:00.000-04:00

.....Here she is, in all her glory, Miss Sprinkles, who works it wherever she goes!

Sprinkles Masters The Hoola-Hoop!

2007-10-24T11:34:00.000-04:00

Sprinkles continues to "Whooo" everyone with her many talents!

"Sprinkles" Sleeping,.. What An Angel!!

2007-06-20T13:17:00.000-04:00

She is doing good. She is getting big.

Kevin weighted her and she is up to 31 lbs.

We are putting in a fence so she has some room to run, and so the 2 year old stops taking off.

Over all she is a good girl, we need to work on the jumping up on people. Sprinkles likes to sit and watch the birds, I think it is cool to watch her point.

Stephanie

Mesha is HOME!

2007-06-20T13:01:00.000-04:00

We just wanted to let you know that Mesha is doing great!!!! It took a little time for her new sister to warm up to her, but now they are the best of friends or as I call them partners in crime.lol

Not only does she point out birds she points out gophers too as you can see in the picture.

We took her out on the water for the first time on opening day and she really enjoyed it. The hardest part was keeping her inside the boat.

Mesha is in dog training classes(best dog in the class) and doing very well. We are still working on her coming back when we call for her and not when she's ready.

We've also been working on her respecting the boundaries of our farm, but having a few problems.

We fenced in about 2 acres of land and made it a dog play park until we feel safe having her run totally free.

Mesha is having the time of her life running and chasing critters. No birds yet, but that is not for a lack of trying.

We also found out that she loves asparagus. Can you believe she ate the whole patch that grows wild in our yard.

Thank you again Lisa for allowing Mesha to be part of our family she has certainly brought a lot of joy to our home.

We will keep you posted on how Mesha is doing and will send pictures often. Take care!!!!

The Weber family

Sweet Mesha,.. Still Waiting For Her Furever Home,..

2007-03-27T03:49:00.000-04:00

Bet she doesn't have to wait to long!!!

My trainer said first bird, Mesha went right on point! Good girl.

Spirnkles,... the Littlest GSP!

2007-03-26T02:56:00.000-04:00

Believe it or not, she only woke up once around 2am to howl at the hail hitting the windows.

She slept in our bed snuggled up in her blanket.

We gave her a pretty good walk before bed so hopefully that routine will help her sleep through the night.

She is busy exploring her new world and chewing on rawhides.

We have changed her name to Sprinkles (our 4 yr old daughter was given naming rights) and we have been repeating her name often and have been working on the "come" command every opportunity.

She is a real snuggler.
We feel lucky to have her.

Kevin and Stephanie

2007-03-21T11:24:00.000-04:00

Baylee is doing well. She is preaty well crate trained. We tell her to go to bed and goes to her crate

.When you go to let her outside in the morning you got to make sure to direct her out the door right away.

Her crate is by the back door for us so she goes right out.

If you are not totaly ready she will run into another room and pee. She is chewing. But mostly toys now and rawhides.

Still has accedents but does go when she is outside. But will need to be kept out for extra time. She tends to go three times each time she goes outside.

If she does not have enough time to go tree times she will come in and then go in the house. Kinda funny. LOL Like a kid.....dont rush me.....lol She is still really shy. Though comming around. Loves to be pet and wants to be in peoples lap. But is not a jumper. She jumps in turms of trying for attention when she really wants it. But can not really jump high. She is a sweet soul and doing good.

Lilly is still working on house training. Though she wants all the attention. She will push all the dogs away for it. She loves to jump. She must have been a Pogo stick in her old life. She is not shy. She loves to be in someones arms. I think she is going to try to be a lap dog. She likes to play. Right now with her sister. Takes her meds well. Just loves to be held alot. She is like a baby

They both will let you know when people are around. They both are good with cats. Love to try to play. Baylee chases them but does not hurt them. Morgan will just follow them around. Like a little tail. I think its funny to watch.

Sleeping Beauty's ,Sprinkles and Mesha

2007-03-10T10:25:00.000-05:00

Sprinkles and Mesha

Me So Sleepy!!....

2007-03-10T10:24:00.000-05:00

Another Trip To the Vet

2007-03-10T10:11:00.000-05:00

Let me see there,.. little lady!
Another Game of Leash Anyone?
This is NOT our Idea of FUN!!!

Morgan and Baylee, hangin Out at Auntie Lisa's!

2007-03-08T22:48:00.000-05:00

Baylee , here!!

Silly Morgan!!!

OUUHH This Snow is COLD!!!

2007-03-07T04:56:00.001-05:00

Puppy Updates

2007-03-07T04:06:00.000-05:00

Celeste is still really skinny but she'll gain weight at my house.
She's full of energy, loves to play, not a kisser yet. she still has a resportory problem.
I don't think she's going to make weight for the spay but the vet can check her out anyway. Celeste is VERY outgoing. She loves to go off on her own and check things out for herself.

Mesha is a BIG time lover. she loves kisses, cuddles and ear scratches. she's more of human loving puppy.
Loves to lay in your lap, will flop over in a heart beat if you touch her belly, loves belly rubs!!!
I just love these two!!!!
Ingrid

I kept 6 of them in my home on Saturday night until they could all get disbursed to their foster families. They were all beautiful but very different personalities.
My male pup we have named Brutus. He is more energetic than the female. He is doing very well.
Both of the puppies love the other GSP we are fostering through rescue, Lottie. She is about a year old English Pointer and they are having the times of their lives all playing together. The little girl that we're fostering is a sweetie.

I call her Roly Poly because oddly enough she was the biggest dog out of the litter, even bigger than the male. She has a fat little bottom like me!! She is much more laid back than the male and just loves to cuddle and give kisses.

Thank to you and to everyone else involved in getting these pups home to WI. We had quite a bit of snow recently so the pups were enjoying exploring the snow!

Jamie

Ruby is doing great she is a little daddy's girl and she lovers her pointer bothers and her kitty brothers ! i will send pics . She is living in Sheboygan Wisconsin and loving it!

Jodi

We will Never Forget You, Mamma Jen,...

2007-03-03T23:21:00.000-05:00

Dear Jen,
Me and the Girls,.. and of course,.. our Brother, wanted to thank you,.. for being so kind and generous as to come to VA. to pick us up, and letting us stay in your house,.. right in the middle of the family room!!
It was GREAT,.. we had a blast,.. and most of all ,..we made a few new friends , too!!
We promise to send pictures of all of us when we get to our new homes,.... gosh,.. we sure hope they are as good a Home and family, like we had at your house!! We will miss you!! Bye,....

WWWRROOOFFF!!

HOLD ON A SECOND!!,......What's Goin on??

2007-03-03T22:56:00.000-05:00

Where are we Goin???

Saying Goodbye is never Easy,..

HHMMM,.. some Nice Shoe's ya got there!

We Are Now Headed North,....

2007-03-03T17:19:00.000-05:00

Hey,.. what's all that white stuff on the ground??

,... you notice it's gettin a little chily?,....

,.....We sure have been in this car a long time??!!!,....

What's up with that??
.. Remember the last time we rode in a car a LONG TIME?.... when we stopped and got out, things were MUCH BETTER,....hhhmmmm???

Wonder what it's gonna be like this time???,...Remember when Momma told us that one day we would not be together anymore?? ,..

and that we would dissappear from each other one at a time??...and she said that we shouldn't be scared ?? ,..

Because it was time for us all to be "BIG Little Bird Dogs", and we need to be brave,.. and not cry??

Ya think it's that time guys??,.. I mean girls??,....... I think you're right,......oh man, I don't know if I am ready for this ??,......

Hey !!!! someone said that one of our new Mom's was gonna be at the next stop?!!!,....

Oh, I'm nervous,.... me too, but my tail won't stop wagging,....I know my heart is pounding too!!!..

Hey ,..who's this "Miracle" chic??? she a GSP ,too??? and What's a "party dress"? heck, what's a Party?

Hey listen you guys,... pay attention now,.. I'm serious, ....all this fun and games of the last few days has been a blast,...

but we all know what lies ahead in our near future,.......we have to promise each other that we will all be good little bird dogs, and it's okay if we don't wanna hunt,..we don't have to, doesn't mean we will have to sleep outside or anything bad like that,...

and I am betting that we wil all be able to see each other real soon,. once the snow melts and it gets warm again!!

So if these are our last hours together as a family pack,... I want to say good luck,....have fun,.. and enjoy your new lives,...don't forget,..we're "Big Little Bird Dogs" now!!.

,......... I think I'm gonna take a nap,,.. I'm sleepy,....

WWRROOFFFFrrooff!

Hey, We're in Indiana!!,......

2007-03-03T16:02:00.000-05:00

Keely just handed off to Valarie, and they are headed to Indy to meet George and Eileen,....

They should be arriving in northern Illinois, around dinner time, then a few more hours north and With Jodi. and then,.

Get your PARTY DRESS ON, MIRACLE!!!! WE'RE GONNA PAAARRTTYYAA!!

Come On Lucky Seven,!!!!. Show Mr Whatcha Got?!!

2007-03-03T15:21:00.000-05:00

The "Lucky Seven" are headed for Wisconsin!!

Boy are they in for a surprise,.. SNOW!!! BBRRRR !!!

After minor difficulty getting out of WV. ,... re routing around a flood!!!, they are headed west!!!
Will keep you updated when they arrive,...

Does It Get Any Better Than This?

2007-02-28T23:38:00.000-05:00

Where ya goin???

You're not Quittin are ya?

All Total,.. Six Girls, and One boy!

2007-02-28T23:36:00.000-05:00

Here We Are In All Our Glory,..

2007-02-28T23:32:00.000-05:00

TREATS!!!!

2007-02-28T23:29:00.000-05:00

WE loves treats!!

Hi,... do I know you?

Hey!!!?? ....Did You See that??

2007-02-28T23:24:00.000-05:00

She crawled right over the fence!!!
I think we should try!!

Piece a cake!!

Wanna Watch Me Climb Over This Fence?

2007-02-28T23:17:00.000-05:00

I know I can do this,..

With a little help from my Friends ,...

Puppy Play House!!!

2007-02-28T23:14:00.000-05:00

Who needs TV?

Here We Are!!

2007-02-28T23:03:00.000-05:00

These Puppies previous owner must be looking down on his pups, he passed away before they were born, and his family did not want them,...
So they turned them into the Shelter in North Carolina , when their transport fell through the last weekend, and their Temporary foster home in NC. was leaving town this week, it meant they had to go back to the shelter,...
That's when Jen and Bruce, stepped up to help,..

you will see in the upcoming photos just how "Lucky" these Pups Are,..

Time For bed??,.. Okay,...

2007-02-25T20:05:00.000-05:00

But, aren't you coming too???

It's Been A long Day,...I Wonder What Will Happen Tomorrow!!??

2007-02-25T20:01:00.000-05:00

We made it!!! We're on our Way to our New Life!!

Puppy Thoughts,...

2007-02-25T19:58:00.000-05:00

Finally,.. Starting to Wind Down A little,...

2007-02-25T19:50:00.000-05:00

What Do Ya Think??? ,..Of Our New Place?

2007-02-25T19:45:00.000-05:00

We like our new place,.. the ground is kinda slippery,.. but that's okay,...

Hi Guy,... You Live Here Too???

2007-02-25T19:41:00.000-05:00

Now Our Brother won't be so Lonley!!!

Chow Time!!,.. Our Favorite Part!!

2007-02-25T19:35:00.000-05:00

HHHMMMM????,... Wonder what's in here??!!

Kisses for Thea and Logan,.....Thank You for All Your Help!

2007-02-25T19:30:00.000-05:00

Thea and Logan say Good bye to the "Lucky Seven"

AHHH,.. That's The Spot!!

2007-02-25T19:18:00.000-05:00

WOW!,.. does that feel Good!!

I Think I'll just hang out here for a sec.
AWWHH,..... Man,.... YEESSS
Huh?,.. what???
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Things sure seem alot different from when we woke up this morning,..

Momma, wherever you are,...

We promise to be good little Bird dogs, just like you said we should be,...

A Game of 'Leash"?

2007-02-25T19:05:00.000-05:00

Anybody up for a game of "leash"?!!

Why do we have theses things on our neck??

.. I'm Still Not So Sure About This,..

2007-02-25T19:02:00.000-05:00

But this cool grass sure feels good on my belly!!

On The Road Again,....

2007-02-25T18:55:00.000-05:00

We're just country pups ya know,..???

Not So sure about this Car business,..

There,.. That's alittle better,.....

One Little ,Two Little,Three Little Bird Dogs,.Four Little, Five Little, Six Little Bird dogs,.. Seven Little Bird Dogs!

2007-02-24T10:36:00.000-05:00

Pictures coming later today,. Puppies are up and out of North Carolina!! WHH HOOO!!
Thea says they are beautiful, puppies, healthy and happy,.. although a little nervous about the car ride!
Thea is heading for South Hill, VA., to meet ,Jen, who will be taking the pups up to Springfield WV.
Where they will be spending the week at camp "Almost Heaven GSP's"
http://www.almostheavengsps.netkennel.com/

Plans For The Upcoming Journey!

2007-02-20T11:48:00.000-05:00

Wednesday afternoon I take all pups back to Fire Tower for clearance for trip, I am excited they are all doing well, one coughs occasionally ,butI feel sure she can still go.

Even my little female is putting on weight after being wormed.

She will make it this time.

I am praying you can fill these legs of the journey, I will be out of town March 2-5for my daughter's basketball tournament.

Which means the only place they can go, is back to the shelter ,and it is full to overflowing!! They are having to put dogs down every day, many pups that means more illness.

I don't want to take them back there.

Lets get this journey going. Thank you, thank you ,thank you.!

My babies want to go home ,and Mom looks great.

Thank you for all your help.

UPDATE Monday 2/19

2007-02-20T11:47:00.000-05:00

All pups are doing great, I am graduating them onto dry puppy food only.

They are eating well and growing fast.

The little female is doing great too. They are ready to go.

This is Our Momma!,.. WE Miss her!

2007-02-15T15:22:00.000-05:00

I wonder if she is looking for us?

The last time we saw her, she said, "not to worry,. Everything was gonna be OK!!"

We do Miss you Momma,...live a good life!!!

We're Here Getting Better Every day!

2007-02-15T15:14:00.000-05:00

Yep, Here we are!! We are feeling better everyday, even our little sister is finally feeling better and joining us outside!

We sure are grateful that someone has taken such great care of us!! We were awful sick last week,. it was awful!!

Chow Time!!

2007-02-15T15:10:00.000-05:00

All the puppies are eating, and drinking, and once again ,acting like Puppies!

Little Female,..

2007-02-14T16:18:00.000-05:00

The little female is not doing too good. She is still very emaciated. I may have to take her in. I really think she needs to be inside so I can do some one on one and bring her out of this .

She is having a real hard time, the others are doing fine. She is the one with the bandage on her right leg. She looks worse now then when the pictures were taken which was this past Sunday.

PUPPIES!!!

2007-02-14T16:07:00.000-05:00

Aren't they beautiful.

It is so hard to believe that someone would bring this precious full blooded pups and the mom to a kill shelter.

But I really am glad rescue took the mom.

The old man that owned these dogs died and his son did not want them because he had four dogs of his own, so he brought them to the shelter.

That is a sad story, his own father's dog and pups. I just can't imagine.

Updates

2007-02-12T15:34:00.000-05:00

Got this from the puppies caretaker in NC today:
I did pick up the last 2 pups Friday and I have all 7.
Saturday morning when I went out to feed and medicate 4 pups had come down with severe bronchitis and were pretty sick.
At this point all but 1 female were eating well.
I took her in to the vet and she has infection in upper and lower lobes of her lungs with fever of about 103.5.
They have all been put on Doxycycline and cephalicxin , and off Amoxicillin which is what some of the pups were sent home with.

I really worried over the female all day she just laid around and wound not eat. This morning however they are all feeling much better and although the female is still very congested she is eating again.
I am being very careful with these pups, it was the right thing to cancel the trip, we would have had some dead pups.
These poor little guys have really been through the ringer. I feel real good about things today.
I have gathered a lot of dry puppy food (donations) all good food, IAMS, Science diet, Purina One (This is what I am feeding, there tummies are very sensitive) We get much of our stuff from Petsmart but we can shopat Target or Wal-Mart too if that makes it easy. I am free feeding dryfood and every morning it is gone.

I feel good about things, I do not think they will go back into the hospital. So don't worry about this last step backwards, Dr. Hubbard at 10th street said it happens with Parvo. She said if they are all better at end of week she would give them a clean bill of health. I will keep this pups as long as needed. I am here for the duration.
I can travel my leg of the journey on the 17th or 24th which ever works. Just add me in and let me know. They are so pitifully sweet. I am taking some picture so you can see where they are and at the end of the week I will update the pictures. I hope it works out that I can send them later today.
As far as canceling I do apologize but please keep in mind it is all about these pups, we are trying to save them and this will be a very traumatic trip for them. they will be more ready as time moves on.

We are having rain move in Tuesday, I am going to configure something to make sure they don't get wet, but it is cold. They are on an upswing. Please hang with them, they have been through so much. I want you to receive healthy pups.

So we wait....and GOD BLESS MARGARET FOR saving our Lucky Seven!

Postpone

2007-02-09T16:48:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately, the puppies are not ready for transport just yet. The vets in NC tell me even tho, pups are coming out of the virus nicely now, they will "shed" the virus, via feces for at least another week, and we do not want any contamination left thru the states along transport. So, all are being released to foster care in NC where they can be quaranteened a bit longer, until they are ready for the road. So stay tuned. At least we know all will survive.

Counting down the days now.....

2007-02-08T17:12:00.000-05:00

We hear from the NC vet that four of you are outta the woods with the parvo virus! Whoohooo. Course, we have quiet a bill to contend with there. Three of you are still on watch. Thanks to Sue West for lining up a miraculous transport so many states away to get you to Wisconsin this weekend. Bless your heart Sue! Right now DONATIONS are much needed to cover the vet bill in NC, and we still have all vet work to do in Wisconsin. And when the last three survive and are ready to move North, we do it all over again. Mr. Boy child, your new mom and dad are excited to have you come home! Three or four of the girls have homes already here as well. We opted not to individually name any of you yet, because you will all be home so fast, we'll let your new families name you! For now, you are just the LUCKY SEVEN....and we feel so blessed to have you join us! We are praying for your continued recovery and good health, and for all the transporters across the states who have graciously offered their time and gas money to bring you towards WI this weekend. Come on home kids....we await your arrival!

Aunt Lisa

Where is Wisconsin?

2007-02-07T16:30:00.000-05:00

You silly kids....Wisconsin is where the BIRDS are! First we have to get you healthy enough to make the trip home! Parvo virus is an incidious thing, that kills. At present you are all being cared for at a local Greenville NC vet, and we pray you all survive. Vet bills are mounting. WGSPR is not a rich rescue, we ARE 501c3 Non-profit, so if ANY OF YOU WISH TO DONATE to our puppies health care, please send any monetary donations to:
WGSPR, Inc.
2116 S. 70th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53219

We hope to bring as many of you as we can home to Wisconsin this weekend, health permitting.... You are all so sweet, we cannot wait to have you home with us. Some of you already have families excited to bring you home and spoil you! It really does not matter if you care to be a bird dog or not, you will be loved regardless.

If you might be interested in being one of our Lucky 7's adopter...please go to our website: www.wgspr.com and complete our adoption questionaire, for further consideration. HURRY! Puppies find homes fast!

Thank you!

Lisa C. Rossman
President
WI GSP Rescue, Inc.
www.wgspr.com
414-614-5102
lisa_gsprescuewi@yahoo.com
or: ingrid_gsprescuewi@yahoo.com

Can We Ride With You?

2007-02-05T03:03:00.000-05:00

We are 7 little Bird Dogs, who don't have a home! We heard some people talking today, saying that a rescue in Wisconsin, would be glad to help us,..and that once we got there we ALL of us would have a warm and happy home to go to!!

So, Please, Can we ride with you?

One Question?? Where is Wisconsin??