LAURA FOX-MEACHAM

On October 12th, 2002, something unusual happened at the Rainbow Bridge.  The rainbow had no color - it was pure white, with occasional shades of apricot and gray. 
All the dogs gathered at the Rainbow Bridge were Bichons. 
They were there to welcome Laura Fox-Meachen.

Laura started Bichon Rescue in 1985 ...
17 years ago.  Her latest list shows that she personally took in  352 Bichon.  From the blind male and three-legged being milled at Rice Lake, to the wild bunch living outdoors, under a porch in Southern Illinois, to the 100+ Bichons found in a home in the Chicago suburbs, to the owner give ups, most of them because the owner just couldn't housebreak the dog.  Laura took them from their desperate situations to the vet where they received care and ultimately a new loving home, or where their suffering ended.  It never became easy for her; she held each dog who was in dire stress as it was euthanized, so it would be in loving arms at least once as it drifted off into eternal sleep.
 
Mother of all Bichon Rescue efforts:  
Laura also recruited and directed rescue representatives for many years, coaching them through heartbreak and joy that is rescue.  There is no way to estimate the number of Bichons she has helped, nor the number of human lives who have been touched and changed forever by her efforts.
 
Laura was also a breeder of considerate note, having bred or owned more than 30 show champions, including the following top ten show Bichons:  CH. Scamper Gatlock of Druid, CH Foxlaur's Et Tu Brute, CH Foxlaur's Bertha of Druid.  Scamper, Bertha, Tubbs and all the others are wagging their tails now to greet her.

We honor the heart and soul of Laura