CAN YOU HELP US?
I have lived in my house for 27 years. The photograph you see is of my incredible rescued dog & Service Dog, JAG. I have dedicated most of my life to helping animals in need, providing a soft landing for kill pen horses and unwanted animals, even opening my home to people who had been turned away from shelters because they had pets.

Recently though I have fallen on hard times and now I am the one who needs help. For a number of reasons outlined below, I have been unable to regularly pay my mortgage and now face foreclosure. I am asking for donations to save our home and make it livable so that I can have a place to live & hopefully be able to help others again.

More about my circumstances:

I have had to deal with a tremendous amount of loss lately. Death took my fiance, my father, and a few beloved pets all in short order, leaving me without my usual support net. Then last December, shortly following the end (and subsequent nonrenewal) of my contract at what had been my dream job, my pipes froze and burst. This caused significant damage to my house, flooding in my cellar, a broken sump pump and furnace, leaving me and my dogs with no plumbing and just a space heater through what has been one of the worst winters New England has ever seen.

We stayed cozy together in the one warm room and I got water from the pump in the cellar but when I reached out to my town’s social services to see if there was any help for my situation they called the department of health. This ultimately led to an unpleasant dealing with local police, a forced ambulance ride, unwarranted separation from my service dog JAG, and thousands of dollars in medical fees.

My dogs and I lived with friends until the weather changed and we could return to our home. Since then I’ve made over 250 phone calls, gone to meetings, filled out applications, and prayed for help. Nothing beyond the few close friends who have helped me scrape by as long as I have. I don’t know where we would be without them.

So far I have only gotten a few call backs and an offer of $700 to replace my heating & plumbing from one state agency. Two appraisals have come in saying it will cost about $20,000 to completely replace the system as so many of the pipes are blown.

I’m looking for another job but have found nothing so far. I’m disabled and have applied for social security disability but that generally takes up to three years. I am now faced with losing not only my home but all my dogs too. They are all rescues that were determined to be hard to place and the likelyhood of them finding new loving forever homes is slim.

And then there is my JAG, an Australian Shepherd rescued from a MA pound, is not only my very best friend, but also my Service Dog. He can’t be replaced with a cane, walker, or anything material. Beyond the daily service tasks he does for me, JAG literally saved my life when I went into anaphylactic shock while I was asleep. He woke me up and wouldn’t let me pass out again. If JAG hadn’t done that and kept me awake enough to call an ambulance, I would be dead. He means the world to me and through all of this my main priority has been the health and well-being  of my dogs.

 I’ve trusted the wrong people, made bad decisions, & am now faced with losing not only my home but all my dogs too. They are all rescues that couldn’t be placed because of their own issues, physical, emotional, & psychological. 

My animals & I are a family. We are much better together than apart, we are all each other has. I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know what to do. I feel like such a failure, such a loser. I’m embarrassed about posting this but I can’t do this alone anymore. Lessons learned here. I’m reaching out here for ideas, prayers, & help. I am lost & we need help, now.

Please help us fix our home so we can stay together.

Warm regards & woofs
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