Max Dixon - The Saga

It started when Tina Dixon got a panicked call from her son saying he had put Max out in the yard and when he let him in, Max couldn't put weight on one leg. Tina flew home and they brought Max to a Petsmart clinic. They gave Max some pain medication, telling Tina to bring Max back if he still couldn't walk. Five days later, Max was still in a lot of pain so Tina brought him to her vet.

The news was devastating. Max had torn ligaments in his knee and complex surgery was needed to put a fake ligament in place of the damaged one --$2,400.00. Tina was able to borrow $1000 as a down payment so the surgery could be done, but she had no idea where the balance would come from. Happily, she was told about No Kill Lehigh Valley and after 3 1/2 hours of surgery, Max's operation was deemed a success! He just had his stitches out today and is able to put weight on the leg for the first time! We were able to pay the balance owed to the vet.

It was Max Dixon's lucky day when he met Tina. She adopted him from the North Shore Animal League's shelter. He had come in as a puppy with a tail broken due to abuse. Tina just wanted to give him the love he had yet to experience. Due to her love and persistence in finding help for him, Max will turn 4 in July romping like a puppy!

Lacy

This is Lacy in a post-op picture with her cone collar. This poor puppy fell on the ice and broke her leg. No Kill Lehigh Valley paid for her surgery and now she is on the mend! Another happy ending!

Meet Titan - A dog we were able to help.

Titan, an 11 month old Pit Bull, recently had the misfortune to be hit by a car. Her leg was in a cast but was not healing properly. No Kill Lehigh Valley was able to pay for a new operation and now she is on the mend.

Operation Catsnip 2011

As part of our effort to make the Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley a no-kill community, No Kill Lehigh Valley routinely holds low cost spay/neuter clinics know as Operation Catsnip.

Our next Catsnip will be held on Sunday, March 27th 2011

Female cats cost $35.00
Male cats cost $25.00

Rabies/Distemper vaccinations are $10.00 each available to cats having surgery.

To register: nokill.lehighvalley@yahoo.com or 484-554-5048

Surgery locations and drop-off time given at registration.

We won the Pepsi Refresh Project!

Do you believe in miracles? One occurred on January 31st at midnight when No Kill Lehigh Valley Won $50,000 in the Pepsi Refresh Project! If this were an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards, the music would drown us out long before we could thank everyone that helped us win. Our small group became the sentimental favorite in the contest as we entered the final voting day in 11th place (top ten get the grant). We marshaled every member of the media, every Facebook friend, every animal group and animal lover we knew to vote us to an eleventh hour win that we didn't even know about until the next morning!

Boy are we going to make good use of the money trapping neutering and returning feral cats, providing funds for catastrophic veterinary surgeries, and holding spay/neuter clinics. Stay tuned for stories of animals we have helped already!