Part of the reason why I have not been around very much on Xanga for quite a while is because for the past two years I have been devoting a lot of time and energy to my volunteer work rescuing, fostering, rehabilitating and re-homing homeless dogs.  In that time I have fostered and placed nine dogs, adopted three myself, lost one of my own original two dogs (my beloved Dolly) to congestive heart failure, and just a couple of weeks ago our eldest furkid, Tommy the cat passed away from old age (he would have been 21 next month!)

Currently I have three foster dogs living with me, all seniors with medical issues.  One of them, who we call Sandy "Putt-Putt", is in really bad shape, and has required me to give her 24 hour care for over 4 months now, with no end in sight.  The rescue group I volunteer for had promised to reimburse all vet bills and medical expenses for foster dogs, but we have paid over $1500 ourselves that has not been repaid by the group.  And now they are in serious financial difficulties, so it looks like we will not be getting repaid at all.  Sandy's vet bills alone have been over $800 so far, and she is still undergoing vet care on a regular basis.  We are now running into difficulty ourselves because of these expenses, and it is limiting the funds we can spend for the care and training of our own dogs, as well as the care of our other fosters.

So, I have set up a fund for Sandy's bills at fundable.com.  It is set up for a limited time period, and with only eight days remaining, we still have quite a way to go before we reach our goal. 

If you can spare a few dollars to help this sweet old dog, we would all be deeply grateful.  If not, maybe you know someone that you can forward the link to who might be able to help?

 

Click on the picture below to go to Sandy's page on fundable.com and read her story and how to donate. 

Thank you very very much from Sandy and the rest of the pack.