For a year now I have had in my care a male yellow lab that needs heartworm
treatment. He needs this to save his life and so he can go to his forever
home. I have tried all kinds of things to try and raise the money, all have
failed. You would think that it would take nothing at all to raise $200
dollars to get the treatment, but I repeat myself all has failed.

I have already crate trained him and leash broke him so that, when he
receives the treatment, he can be crated and kept quiet for the duration of
his treatment. He is on preventative to keep from acquiring anymore worms
and is in the waiting stage. His age was undetermined at his last vet check
and he is due back for shots and his yearly exam. Please, if you can spare
anything at, all even a dollar, would you consider helping Buddy. He needs
help to change the course of his life, that his previous owners set him on?
He may be in limbo here but time stands still for no one and the disease
will continue to progress to shorten his life. All I can do is keep him
happy and provide the basics for him. If you would like to know more about
Buddy feel free to email me. His picture is located here at our website.
http://www.angelfire.com/pe2/tawni/found/

Thank you,
Happy holidays

Gina's Home For Wayward Pets

Shadow Walker wrote:
For a year now I have had in my care a male yellow lab that needs heartworm
treatment. He needs this to save his life and so he can go to his forever
home. I have tried all kinds of things to try and raise the money, all have
failed. You would think that it would take nothing at all to raise $200
dollars to get the treatment, but I repeat myself all has failed.

I have already crate trained him and leash broke him so that, when he
receives the treatment, he can be crated and kept quiet for the duration of
his treatment. He is on preventative to keep from acquiring anymore worms
and is in the waiting stage. His age was undetermined at his last vet check
and he is due back for shots and his yearly exam. Please, if you can spare
anything at, all even a dollar, would you consider helping Buddy. He needs
help to change the course of his life, that his previous owners set him on?
He may be in limbo here but time stands still for no one and the disease
will continue to progress to shorten his life. All I can do is keep him
happy and provide the basics for him. If you would like to know more about
Buddy feel free to email me. His picture is located here at our website.
http://www.angelfire.com/pe2/tawni/found/


Have you checked into Care Credit? Honestly, running a rescue requires
more than just sheltering dogs. It requires having the funds to meet
thier medical needs (which are frequently a lot more than $200) If you
can't afford the HW treatment for this dog, I have to wonder how you
afford spaying and neutering (which is usually at least close to that
price range.) I know there is a legitimate Labrador rescue in Texas (we
sent one of our yellow labs from the shelter to them) I think your best
bet is to find a rescue that has enough funds to take care of their
dogs and let them take him, before the HW does more damage. BroomSandy.


Thank you,
Happy holidays

Gina's Home For Wayward Pets

http://animalresourcescentral.homest...icalBills.html

help for medical bills, good luck

I am not a large rescue I work with other people to get these animals off
the street into homes or other facilities. I take a lot of animals that are
ready to the SPCA so spaying and neutering is taken care of through them
adopting them out. I place very few animals myself the ones I do place are
only to homes that guaranty spaying and neutering. This dog took a very long
time to get ready for treatment. Neutering him will cost far less than the
Heartworm treatment will. I have all that worked out just the cost of
heartworm treatment is not flexible.

Have you checked into Care Credit? Honestly, running a rescue requires
more than just sheltering dogs. It requires having the funds to meet
thier medical needs (which are frequently a lot more than $200) If you
can't afford the HW treatment for this dog, I have to wonder how you
afford spaying and neutering (which is usually at least close to that
price range.) I know there is a legitimate Labrador rescue in Texas (we
sent one of our yellow labs from the shelter to them) I think your best
bet is to find a rescue that has enough funds to take care of their
dogs and let them take him, before the HW does more damage. BroomSandy.


Thank you,
Happy holidays

Gina's Home For Wayward Pets

Thank you Very much for the information.

"MauiJNP" wrote in message
...
http://animalresourcescentral.homest...icalBills.html

help for medical bills, good luck

Shadow Walker wrote:
I am not a large rescue I work with other people to get these animals off
the street into homes or other facilities. I take a lot of animals that are
ready to the SPCA so spaying and neutering is taken care of through them
adopting them out. I place very few animals myself the ones I do place are
only to homes that guaranty spaying and neutering. This dog took a very long
time to get ready for treatment. Neutering him will cost far less than the
Heartworm treatment will. I have all that worked out just the cost of
heartworm treatment is not flexible.


http://www.txlabrescue.org/
http://www.dfwlabrescue.org/
http://www.labrescuenorthtexas.org/
http://hotlabrescue.org/hotlab/
http://www.texaslabrescue.org

These are all Labrador Retriever rescues in Texas. You are in Texas.
The dog appears purebred. Contact a legitmiate rescue and offer to
foster this dog for them. That way, the necessary treatment can begin,
you can continue to foster the dog, he can be neutered and responsibly
placed and they can be at least partially reimbursed with his adoption
fee. If you had started networking a year ago, this dog would no longer
be suffering the continuing damage of a load of HW. No responsible
rescue adopts dogs on a "guaranty of spaying or neutering" I also don't
really understand the concept of taking the dogs to the SPCA to be
adopted when they are ready. It honestly sounds to me like if you want
to help dogs, volunteering to foster and do other work for a legitimate
shelter or 501C3 rescue organization would be a much better idea.
BroomSandy

"Shadow Walker" wrote in
:

For a year now I have had in my care a male yellow lab that needs
heartworm treatment. He needs this to save his life and so he can go
to his forever home.


You've had this dog an entire YEAR and not treated his heartworm????

Are you actually trying to kill this dog?


I have tried all kinds of things to try and raise
the money, all have failed. You would think that it would take nothing
at all to raise $200 dollars to get the treatment, but I repeat myself
all has failed.

Yeah, it wouldn't take much to raise the $200 for emergency (I repeat....
*emergency*) treatment for one dog. As someone who does rescue from time to
time, all it takes is ties to the community, a willingness to pound the
pavement and a modicum of respect from the local dog owners. At least
that's how its always worked for me and for the local rescues I know of.

I have already crate trained him and leash broke him so that, when he
receives the treatment, he can be crated and kept quiet for the
duration of his treatment.

In a year, you've not treated him for a serious medical condition (which
has also caused him to remain unneutered), and only managed to crate train
and leash train him?


He is on preventative to keep from
acquiring anymore worms and is in the waiting stage.

This makes no sense.

My understanding is that prevention in a heartworm positive dog is likely
to kill the dog. You don't hive prevention to a dog that has heartworm.


His age was
undetermined at his last vet check and he is due back for shots and
his yearly exam. Please, if you can spare anything at, all even a
dollar, would you consider helping Buddy. He needs help to change the
course of his life, that his previous owners set him on? He may be in
limbo here but time stands still for no one and the disease will
continue to progress to shorten his life. All I can do is keep him
happy and provide the basics for him. If you would like to know more
about Buddy feel free to email me. His picture is located here at our
website. http://www.angelfire.com/pe2/tawni/found/

Too mant scams out there to believe what you've said.

Too many odd red flags in your post to believe what you've said.

Too many ways you could have easily raised money in your own community (as
long as you have any credibility there) to believe what you've said.

Good luck anyway, though

Tara

Thank you very much for the information.

"Sandy in OK" wrote in message
oups.com...
Shadow Walker wrote:
I am not a large rescue I work with other people to get these animals off
the street into homes or other facilities. I take a lot of animals that
are
ready to the SPCA so spaying and neutering is taken care of through them
adopting them out. I place very few animals myself the ones I do place
are
only to homes that guaranty spaying and neutering. This dog took a very
long
time to get ready for treatment. Neutering him will cost far less than
the
Heartworm treatment will. I have all that worked out just the cost of
heartworm treatment is not flexible.


http://www.txlabrescue.org/
http://www.dfwlabrescue.org/
http://www.labrescuenorthtexas.org/
http://hotlabrescue.org/hotlab/
http://www.texaslabrescue.org

These are all Labrador Retriever rescues in Texas. You are in Texas.
The dog appears purebred. Contact a legitmiate rescue and offer to
foster this dog for them. That way, the necessary treatment can begin,
you can continue to foster the dog, he can be neutered and responsibly
placed and they can be at least partially reimbursed with his adoption
fee. If you had started networking a year ago, this dog would no longer
be suffering the continuing damage of a load of HW. No responsible
rescue adopts dogs on a "guaranty of spaying or neutering" I also don't
really understand the concept of taking the dogs to the SPCA to be
adopted when they are ready. It honestly sounds to me like if you want
to help dogs, volunteering to foster and do other work for a legitimate
shelter or 501C3 rescue organization would be a much better idea.
BroomSandy

"Tara" wrote in message
4.196...
My understanding is that prevention in a heartworm positive dog is likely
to kill the dog. You don't hive prevention to a dog that has heartworm.

.........Actually it's an alternative treatment for dogs who wouldn't stand
up to the regular treatment. Takes longer, but Heartgard does have some
efficacy against adult worms.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"buglady" wrote in
nk.net:


"Tara" wrote in message
4.196...
My understanding is that prevention in a heartworm positive dog is
likely to kill the dog. You don't hive prevention to a dog that has
heartworm.

........Actually it's an alternative treatment for dogs who wouldn't
stand up to the regular treatment. Takes longer, but Heartgard does
have some efficacy against adult worms.

buglady

Good to know. I tried googling it before posting, but found nothing to that
effect. I know that pups under 6 months of age don't need a heartworm test
prior to being put on prevention, but my understanding was that any dog
over 6 months of age had to be tested because the prevention could dislodge
the effected worms and kill the dog?

Is this not true of Heartguard?

Tara