Eskie Rescuers United

Rescuer-Skip Fallier
The Eskies, ERU and the Eskie Rescue Community has lost a favorite cheerleader, rescuer, and transport coordinator -- Skip Fallier of Leesburg, Florida passed away on January 25th, 2007 with his wife Carol, loving family, and beloved Eskies (Angel, Willie, Charmin' and Foxy) by his side. Skip's enthusiasm for Eskies, rescue and life was infectious and his joyful and cheerful spirit will be missed by all. The Rainbow Bridge has a new member and he's cheering us all on with the help of our pack of Eskie bridge kids.

Rescuer-Dick Koivisto
The rescue community and the Eskies have lost one of their best friends -- on Monday, November 13th, Dick Koivisto passed away. Nancy, Dick's wife is the rescue networker of the pair, with Dick providing the daily care of the "furry herd". Nancy and Dick have the tough, special needs cases, with a fondness for spitz breeds that are either senior or have bad attitudes -- a rare type of rescuer. Nancy -- our hearts are with you and your pack.

Little Orphan Annie
This pup of only 9 months strayed into the path of a car and suffered two broken back legs. Little Annie went to surgery and was paid close attention to by her foster mom Kim, and even went to the hospital with her to entertain chemotherapy patients. Annie was a joy to be around and even played with her toys while laying in one spot.

But something went wrong. The left leg was not healing so she went into surgery again. Little Annie's life was cut short and died in recovery from complications in August, 2005. Annie broke a lot hearts that day and inspired the ERU Medical Fund to help offset the costs of emergency medical care for our rescued eskies.

CeCe
This terrified little girl was rescued on her last days at an Ohio pound. She was blind, was heartworm positive, and looked and acted far beyond her estimated 7 years. She probably had never seen the inside of a house nor had a bath as the burrs were embedded in her skin. She looked like a back-yard breeders project that was just tossed out.

Due to CeCe's condition, it was determined that she was too fragile to survive the traditional heartworm treatment. Plans were made to transport her to another foster who had a sanctuary for unadoptable dogs in an area that could see some harsh winter weather. It was a 2-day drive but the transport volunteers filled the request quickly.

CeCe made it to her new forever home but died shortly after arriving. Heartworms had claimed another life. But in her final days, CeCe probably received more love and attention from all the rescuers that helped her than she did in her whole life.

Clarence
Little Clarence took what life gave him and dealt with it. Clarence came into rescue because the lady that had him couldn't afford to take care of him. He hadn't had shots or any vet care. He wasn't used to being around people and he assumed that this was his lot in life. Then ERU found him and took him into foster care. Wow the good life at last! Clarence got all vetted and FOOD, wonderful stomach filling food, for the first time in his life. He had it all... plenty to eat, friends to watch play and a gentle pet on the head or behind the ears. Clarence thought life was pretty good. He wanted to make sure that the people responsible for his good fortune knew he loved them. Everywhere his foster Mom went you would see old Clarence plodding along behind. He was a one of a kind fellow... he wanted to make sure foster Mom was within eye shot. He laid in the floor beside her bed so that she would reach down and pet him during the night. Hmmmm... the life of Clarence.

Then poor Clarence begin to feel bad... if he drank a lot of water his foster Mom wouldn't notice how ill he was and the good life would continue. But the time eventually came that Clarence couldn't hide the fact that he was extremely sick. Clarence soon crossed over the Rainbow Bridge knowing that he was clean, warm, loved and well cared for. We will miss you Clarence... you were loved!