Please help me Support Winston, Pobe, and Kaine's Care

Aloha! I hated to have to do this, but I have been encouraged by friends to ask for help and do a GoFundMe for my rescued adopted dogs. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have fallen into a financial situation where I will need help providing good care to these great animals: Winston aka Whinnie the Pooh bear, Pobe for Polar Bear, and Kaine, which means Little Battler in Celtic. At this time, I’m not willing to give them up if I don’t have to.

I’m asking for financial help for my three rescue dogs for the next three or four months until my circumstances change. I have lost funding, and I’m asking for help supporting these rescue dogs for a few months until I can recover financially.

Pobe is a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees who I adopted from a family who was rehoming her back in February 2024 due to their family situation, and they could not provide the time for her anymore. She was not fixed at the time, but she is now. She is a gentle giant but needs dental work. She enjoys life walking in the park, laying in the dirt, and she has a couch dedicated to her. Her previous home did not want her digging or on the couch. Of course, my couch is old and outside, but she loves it. I now self-groom her as that was getting rather expensive.

Winston is an African mastiff who was kept in a tiny cage smaller than him his whole life, causing atrophy in his back legs. He has no top teeth as he tried to chew his way out of his cage all those years. He was surrendered to the Humane Society in February of 2023, where his teeth were extracted due to infection. He is a wonderful, loving dog. A super love bug! I adopted him in May 2023. He is in need of physical therapy, but he does fine for now getting exercise in the park.

Kaine is part Thai and Vietnamese ridgeback with some American pit bull. He was rescued as a feral puppy at 10 weeks old when a crazy person went into a farm property where he was born and shot the dad dog and in the process shot the caretaker in the foot. His mom and two other siblings were rescued as well. I received him at the end of December 2023. He has been neutered and is now 1 year old. He needs special training because of his breed, which can cost up to $1,500, which I did not include in this GoFundMe price.

They all receive their care at VCA Animal Hospital in Pearl City. They have VCA Care Club plans, which include all of their shots, well-care X-rays, and any office visits for the year and are paid on a monthly basis. This has saved an enormous amount of money over the years, but the plans still cost for each dog. VCA Care Club plans are individual and are as follows: $91.99 for Winston, $198.00 for Kaine (this included his neutering; when it renews in February, the price will drop back to the puppy price of $54.00), and $111.66 for Pobe (this included her spaying, but she is in need of serious dental cleaning and care, approximately $1,200). The money for this will be added to her Care Club plan and spread out over 12 months.

Food: VCA Hospital-Food, 2 bags of Specialty Vet food-PD j/d K9 27.5lb 8598 cost $128.00 each. $50 Costco food that gets mixed in with the vet food to make it last.

Simparica TRIO, the flea, tick, and heartworm meds, run about $89.00 a month x three.

Winston’s Rovera for his arthritis and atrophy in his back legs is $60 a month.

New beds: $120 is needed for new orthopedic beds, which run about $69 each on Amazon. Kaine tends to chew up the beds lately, thus the need for two new beds.

Crates: I have one X-Large crate, but I’m in need of two wire cages/crates, which I’ve seen used for $60-100. This is for evacuation purposes for hurricanes or tsunamis.

If you find any kindness in your heart to help me care for these dogs over the next 3-4 months, it would be greatly appreciated.