** PLEASE SHARE - WE NEED YOU NOW! ** In the last month, out of the dogs that we rescued, 7 were heartworm positive. Several days ago, I received a request to pull a yellow lab named Big Bear from a high-kill shelter in South Carolina. Big Bear was listed as an 8-10 year old yellow lab that was surrendered by his owner. Some of you may know, I have a soft spot for older yellow labs (Joshua was an older yellow lab when we rescued him.) Anyway, I could not say no to this old guy, I agreed to pull him. A few hours later, I get a call from the rescue coordinator who advised me that Big Bear was surrendered with another senior dog, a chocolate lab named Cocoa. One sad, thrown-out-like-trash senior dog has now turned into two dogs. I couldnt fathom the idea of taking Big Bear into our program and leave his “brother” Cocoa to die. There is not a single doubt in my mind that Cocoa would not have survived three more days in animal control. Now the heartbreaking phone call from the rescue coordinator... I have been in rescue for 15+ years and this phone call will probably haunt me forever. Both Big Bear and Cocoa tested positive for heart worm. I am then asked, do you still want to take them or should we send them back to the shelter? I don’t know why that statement hit me like a ton of bricks, but my heart sank. In the back of my mind, I am seeing these two old boys being dragged back into the animal control again, only to face certain death. My decision was made two days earlier, regardless of what these two need, I was going to see that they never saw the inside of an Animal Control facility again. As of right now, Big Bear and Cocoa are in boarding at our Vet’s office in South Carolina. They both have been vaccinated and are awaiting transport to New York. Cocoa was already neutered when he was surrendered. Big Bear was not and will not be until he is healthy. On top of everything else, he has a nasty case of Kennel Cough (Bordetella.) We need your help. Under the circumstances, our Vet here in NY has agreed to treat the heart worm at a substantially reduced price. We already have two wonderful fosters for the two of them. We are still looking at approximately $1400 for veterinary care and transport. Thank you for helping with Big Bear & Cocoa. They will be emptying our rainy day fund and we have so many more dogs that we want to help in the future. There is a link to the YouCaring fund-raiser in the comments to this post. You may also send a check to The Joshua Fund, 188 Newman Road, Lake Placid, NY 12946. #thejoshuafund
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:00:01 +0000
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