Cup of Joe update

Animals come to us in need and, when we are very lucky, go off to wonderful homes that love them.

Cup of Joe, "Joe", was one of those animals.

Just recently, over the holiday, we got a wonderful update on Joe and how he is in his home.

His dad wrote: I know it’s been a while since we last talked... I hope you are doing well.

I wanted to let you know {Joe} is doing very well. He has really settled into our home and family. He has definitely come out of his shell. Despite Behr weighing 65 pounds, Joe has become the alpha dog and shows Behr who is boss. It’s really hilarious to watch the two of them together...

I hope you and everyone at Joa’s Arc are well and had a wonderful Holiday!

It's hard to spot him, but that's little Joe in the photo curled up between the legs of big Behr. The photo of Behr & Joe snuggling is one their dad emailed us, along with another one where Joe is sitting in a bag on top of folded, clean clothes. Ugh! What a little character!!

Thank you to his family for reaching out to us.

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Joe's First Night

I thought all of Cup of Joe's fans would like to hear the update from his new dad about Joe's first night with his new family:

I wanted to let you know that Joe was great last night!!! He and Behr (their other dog) did a little exploring of the living room together then he chilled out in his bed most of the night. He ended up falling asleep with me in bed. I woke up with him under my chin sound asleep. When he woke up I was attacked with kisses.

We love him! Thank you for this opportunity!!! We will take great care of him!

Thanks again,
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Cup o' Joe - A TV star!

Yesterday, Cup of Joe and I headed over to Philly to do a taping at CBS. We got to dress up (Joe had on a very cute t-shirt, collar and leash) with clothes provided to us and were surrounded by other great shelters and rescues like Main Line Animal Rescue, West Jersey Volunteers for Animals and, some great examples of their breed, a few pit mixes from the PSPCA. Joe, of course, was entirely himself - calm, collected and stealing hearts left and right.

Though we're not entirely sure yet when the bit will be showing, there's this great "web extra" posted already! Go here to view it. The photo in this blog post is a screen shot that I "borrowed" from the web extra video :) Disregard that phone number, it's the only one they had and I didn't know it would be put on a sign. It's not actually a direct number to Joa’s Arc. As you might know, we do almost everything via this website/blog.

A big thank you to Buzzy's Bow Wow Meow for providing such cute clothes & arranging the whole event, another thumbs up and big hug of appreciation to Elwood & Karen for suggesting Joa’s Arc attend with Cup of Joe, thank you to CBS3 in Philly for allowing us to do this segment (what a great way to involve rescues!) and, of course, Carol Erickson for all she does for the animals.

Like I said in the video, Joa’s Arc is set up to help special needs animals. Donations make this happen! We're still looking for donations for Joe's surgery. Any "extra" donations will be going to help other animals just like him. Our hearts are big, but our pockets aren't. Any help is appreciated!

You can go here to make a tax deductible donation to help us cover the cost of surgery & after care of Joe or use PayPal:

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The Many Sides Of Joe

Joe and I head over to the vet tomorrow to get x-rays done to see how his recovery is going. To me, he seems to be recovering just fine! In feeling better and better, I'm starting to see two very different sides of this little man too! We used to laugh at how very different Nennee was at home and out in the public - a sweet little angel out at events or the vets and a screaming, bratty banshee at home. I believe Joe might be like that too!

One side of this guy would love nothing more than to snuggle up with you all day. Pick him up and he'll mold himself into you, fall asleep and he'll do the same thing next to you or on you! This side of Joe is quiet and sweet, only licking his lips every so often when nervous. Oh, and he's like that with everyone, not just me! I can hand him off to whoever and he'll just snuggle up/

The other half of Cup of Joe though is a wild, spunky little man who barks and yips and bounces back and forth, using his splint to his advantage and bopping you if you're not acknowledging him. He scoots all over the yard before dashing at full speed (with one leg in the air) at you if you start to walk away. He's so silly!

We're still trying to raise money for Joe's surgery. Although it was performed, we emptied out our entire bank account - the money we had saved to apply for our 501c3 was used and any "cushion" for an emergency situation is gone now. Please consider donating to help us. Using this money was not a question since Joe needed this surgery, but donations to help would be greatly appreciated. There are several ways to donate to the right in our sidebar info.

Here's hoping for good news tomorrow for this goofy boy and a big thank you to those who have donated!

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Examiner.Com Article on Cup ‘O Joe

Help Joa’s Arc to help toy poodle, Cup ‘O Joe

Thank you Megan Drake for this wonderful article about Joa's Arc and our sweet little Cup o' Joe who is such a sweet man, but still a little trooper too. Two days out of surgery and he seems to be doing real well so far.

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Cup of "Joe" Update

You might already know Cup of "Joe"'s background. A woman’s friend was looking for a little dog and the woman found this adorable little guy. The day her friend came to pick “Joe” up though, he fell, broke his leg and the friend no longer wanted him. The woman didn’t know what to do. She could not afford to keep him since she already had dogs of her own ... and so, Joe found his way to Joa’s Arc.

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Though we had originally hoped that Joe would be able to get away with a few splints over the next several weeks, that's sadly not that case. Dr. John at Tri County was nice enough to see Joe again and took x-rays to see how he was doing after being in our rescue and a new splint for 10 days. What he found was this... Ouch!!!!!!! No point in giving him a fresh splint, Dr. John said. What Joe really needs is surgery.

Thanks to Elwood's recent fundraiser for us, we knew just where to head: Winslow Animal Hospital and the super kind Dr. Coudrai! Dr. Coudrai explained the break is just above his "wrist" and with little dogs like this, he needs a surgery that will go in and place a plate in his leg to realign Joe's poor little leg and help relieve some of the pressure to the bone while it heals itself.

The cost of the surgery is roughly $2,000 at a discounted price (because Joe's such a nice little dog, of course). Unlike situations like with Nennee (where we had months to fund raise), poor Joe needs this surgery A.S.A.P. He needs the surgery though, so Joa’s Arc is going to figure out a way to come through for him.

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Introducing Cup of "Joe"

A phone call came in from a woman with a small poodle she just couldn't keep. She had gotten the poodle she was calling "Hershey" for a friend. However, when the friend came to get him, "Hershey" fell down, breaking his little, front right leg ... and his future mom no longer wanted "Hershey". The woman who had gotten him could not keep him due to already having her own pets and not being able to afford to fix his leg. Poor Hershey!

This adorable little boy is safe now in foster care for Joa’s Arc and has a new name for his fresh start: Cup of Joe ... or just Joe for short. He's chocolate (or coffee, hence the name) colored and is a whole whooping 4.6 lb with his giant splint including in that weight! He is very quiet, somewhat shy and sits perfectly still in your lap or the crook of your arm, slowly molding into you. He loves to give kisses and wags his little tail happily while he follows you along outside (where he currently has to hop due to his splint). It's very hard not to like Joe!

Upon getting Joe, he had a bandaged wrapped around his leg. After seeing one of our favorites, Dr. John at Tri County, we were told that Joe has a fractired radius - the bone above our wrist and below our elbow. Right now, we're hoping Joe will be able to recover well with several weeks wearing a really good splint. The possiblity of surgery and having to re-break the bone is always a possiblity though.

Joe has an appointment next week for a new splint to be put on and xrays to be done to see how his leg is recovering. Wish him luck! Tweet This