Centinela Feed and Pet Store is located at 3120 E Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena 626.795.9858.

Janet’s schedule both days from 1 to 4pm. She invites your questions – 424.772.6520

$25 discount on all phone sessions through October 31st

Janet is offering a $25 discount on all phone sessions through October 31st – My natal birthday by the way!

It is my way of gifting you & your animals all the benefits of deeper communication & understanding.

Janet

Janet will be appearing at a number of upcoming events and will be doing a special discount “mini-readings”.  Tell your friends that may want to dabble or if you need a little tune-up!

Janet Hicks will comes to RATFEST – Culver City October 17th

Janet will be at RATFEST in Culver City October 17th from 1-4pm.

Please write for address, etc.

RSVP is a must for this event! 424.772.6520

I look forward to talking to you.

Janet

The fact that this little guy is alive at all is a miracle,

- Judy Taylor, Bumper Foundation

Lucky- living up to his name

A Cat that lay in an animal shelter for five days with two broken legs found solace in a doctor and some caring individuals.

Crenshaw Animal Hospital & Cat Clinic’s Dr. Henry Yoo said it’s probable the cat was run over by a car, causing multiple fractures.

But why the undisclosed Orange County animal shelter, where the cat was found, has the rule of not treating such injuries for up to five days, had the veterinarian and the San Pedro rescue baffled.

It was going to be put to sleep in three to four days, which was actually today (Thursday, June 26), but some cat advocates saved the cat,” said the Lomita doctor.  “They said that they had to wait until Thursday, until they met the legal requirement for waiting for the owner to come in, but these people went in and took care of the cat and brought the cat in for the medical service.

Without receiving full compensation for the $6,000 operation, Yoo and his staff performed the necessary surgery to get the domestic, short-hair tabby back on its way to recovery.

“The fact that this little guy is alive at all is a miracle,” said Judy Taylor, a member of the San Pedro nonprofit animal rescue group Bumper Foundation.

It’s a miracle because people had to believe that the impossible was possible, and what you do is you go forward even when it looks like there is no hope.

- Judy Taylor, Bumper Foundation

About $1,000 in donations has trickled in for the cost of surgery, but Taylor said there is still an effort to pay back Yoo.

“He said, ‘Don’t worry about the money, now; let’s just worry about the cat,’” Taylor said. “He is the clearest example I’ve ever seen of a true animal lover.”

Taylor couldn’t say why this particular cat caught the attention of a community of animal advocates, other than a series of events that made it easy to help him.

Yea Jim!!!

“I went to see the little boy today and in the middle of everything he is going through, when you touch him, he still purrs and rubs his head to your hand,” she said. “He’s just so interested in connecting with a human.”

It’s unclear as to where the cat was found or who turned it in to the animal shelter, said Taylor, but now the cat’s life is looking up.

The Bumper Foundation already found “Lucky” a home with Torrance resident Jim Johnston.

“He’s already had a lot of tender, love and care at the hospital. Those people really deserve the credit,” said Johnston, who has another cat at home, Pain In The A**, or Pita, who also is a rescue animal that risked euthanasia.

“He has turned out to be an absolute wonderful pet,” Johnston said of Pita. “I saw this one and I named him Lucky because I felt he was so lucky to be alive and to have gone through.”

Lucky was released to Johnston on Monday and is doing well.

“The whole staff down there are just such amazing people, I can’t believe it. That man (Yoo) hardly knows me – and he said, ‘Mr. Johnston, if you know anybody that has any animals that they need help with, you let me know,’” Johnston said. “How often do you meet people like that? You just don’t.”

Despite this story’s happy ending, Bumper Foundation President Janet Hicks reminds that there are thousands of other animals in need.

Bumper

There’s such a huge crisis economically going on, and it’s just gotten exponentially worse, Maybe even bigger or equal to [our] medical [bills], is boarding. So people who would like to foster a cat or a dog and help it until it gets a home, we’re always looking for fosters and other big-hearted animal lovers.

Janet Hicks, The Bumper Foundation

Lucky STILL needs your help!

To donate to Lucky’s surgery, please use the pay pal link on the right- or,  if you prefer you can  send a check to the Bumper Foundation to 920 W. 37th St., San Pedro, CA. 90731.  All donations are tax deductible.

She was hiding in the bushes in Los Feliz too frightened to let anyone near her.

How It All Began

My dear friend and fellow dog lover, Reno called me. She just happened to be in town performing and spotted the wee one. I was rushing out the door to pick up my nephews from school so I called Eldad.

He as usual, dropped everything to help. They trapped her, Reno named her Helen and I took her on as Bumper’s rescue.

It’s been quite a journey with her since. Helen was immediately placed on antibiotics for her wound that had a perfectly triangular point of entry and reeked of abuse. Leading to what was most disturbing about Helen, her intense fear aggression.

She was so terrified the first day at Dr. Palmquist’s office,  Centinela Animal Hospital, she charged the cage, biting it and breaking off a tooth and breaking a blood vessel in her nose. He and I have worked together rehabilitating many animals and we had never seen anyone as fear aggressive as Helen. You’ll see the scared little Helen in the first picture not letting anyone near her.

We both felt so sad for her and were even more determined to give her our best. Dr Palmquist began to work his medical magic with homeopathic remedies very specific to Helen’s type of aggression.

I began to work with her long distance, explaining to her that myself and everyone at the hospital were her friends and there to help her. She didn’t know she landed in the best place possible for her to heal on all levels. I explained to her that this entire place was filled with people that were her friends & that we were all sorry that someone hurt her so badly.

I told her what a good girl she was after a particularly fierce growl at me. She stopped, her little head tilted and she stared at me. She had wanted to hear that for a long time.

I lured her to the front of the cage with delicious treats. She waited until I stepped away, crept up ever so cautiously, grabbed it & retreated back to her corner. She kept her eyes glued to me as I praised her, telling her how brave and powerful she is. Again, her little head with those amazing radar ears, tilted and she stared at me.

Tuesday of this week was Helen’s first day “back”. It was though she awakened from an evil spell. She came out of her cage, and with some coaxing, she let me put a leash on her and off we went! Since then, daily she makes the rounds to visit all of her friends at CAH and gives kisses to us and shows her trust by giving us her belly to rub.

Helen is still in need of medical treatment, Dr Palmquist aspirated the lump today and we will get the results back on that soon. She also needs to still be spayed.

Helen urgently needs your help!

Please Donate!  Please hit the PAY PAL Button at the Right or send a check to:

The Bumper Foundation
920 West 37th street
San Pedro, CA
90731

All donations are tax deductible.

Helen thanks you. And so do we.

Janet M. Hicks
Animal Communicator
www.bumperfound.org

A BIG BUMPER THANK YOU TO:

Reno,  Eldad & Everyone at Centinela Animal Hospital!

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