11/6/2012 - Help Us To Spread Cletus' Story

11/6/12 - Thank you to all who have helped and continue to help spread Cletus' story.  His story is now on 11 websites (that I know of), we were interviewed by an ABC affiliate 2 weeks ago, Cletus has asked to be and has accepted the position of subject for acupuncture treatment in front of students at the Chi Institute next weekend, and a newspaper is looking to do a story on Cletus for this January.

We will continue to raise awareness of schizencephaly and get Cletus' story told to try to save other animals with this condition.  As always, we need your help...

If anyone can help us get Cletus' story into any magazines, articles, blogs, web pages, on TV, radio, etc, please let us know or contact those sources about Cletus. Cletus and I do not mind doing interviews or attending groups, educational workshops, etc to bring attention to schizencephaly in animals or humans. We want to do anything we can to teach and bring attention to the veterinary and medical community about schizencephaly.

Love to all,

Doug and Cletus

NOTES:
The more exposure we can get for Cletus, the more likely it is that we can help other animals out there suffering from schizencephaly. Cletus can't be the only one with this condition. Animals must be getting misdiagnosed and dying from schizencephaly due to vets not understanding what they are dealing with. Help us get the word out about Cletus and schizencephaly.

DONATE:
If you can, please donate to Cletus' campaign http://igg.me/p/217159

HELP GET THE WORD OUT:
Please help me to get the word out about Cletus and schizencephaly. Contact your local news organization about Cletus or have your local news organization contact me directly at dsilber27@hotmail.com

ELLEN DEGENERES:
Please help us by contacting Ellen through FB and tweet through the avenue below...

Submit Cletus' story to Ellen for us to potentially be on her show: http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/respond/?PlugID=432

http://www.ellentv.com/be-on-the-show/10/

http://www.ellentv.com/

Tweet her: http://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/

STATISTICS:
As far as Cletus' doctors are aware of, Cletus has the only known reported case of open lipped schizencephaly in a canine. The key word here is reported. Most vets are not aware that schizencephaly exists or they are not aware that this condition is possible in an animal. Cletus is living proof of this possibility.

According to the Humane Society of the United States, there are 78.2 million dogs in the U.S. (http://www.humanesociety.org/). Some sites state that schizencephaly affect 1.54 per 100,000 people. According to rightdiagnosis.com, schizencephaly affects 1 in 2719 people or 0.04% of the population (http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/lists/preval.htm). The fact is that no one is sure how many people schizencephaly truly affects. If we assume these same statistics in dogs, it equates to up to 31,280 dogs out there with schizencephaly in the U.S. alone.

THANKS:
Cletus and I want to thank the following Websites/Magazines/TV Stations/Etc for sharing Cletus' Story:
- ABC TV affiliate WCJB TV20
- Aplacetolovedogs.com
- Dawgbusiness.blogspot.com
- Experienceproject.com
- Fakeitfrugal.blogspot.com
- Houndgirl.com
- Jcagain.com
- Lovewhatsmissing.com
- Movementforhope.org
- News-pics-videos.com/schizencephaly-diagnosis
- Picturesofdogs.net
*** If I missed anyone, please let me know, thanks***

Thank you for your support,

Doug & Cletus