Update — Tuesday, April 28th 

Danny, Storm, Scout, and Martha all began showing symptoms as of last night. We are now facing this head-on with multiple puppies, and the reality is — we cannot do this alone. To everyone who has donated, shared, reached out, or kept us in your prayers… you have already made a real, life-saving difference. Because of you, Orion is getting stronger every single day and is so close to coming home. You helped give him that chance. Now we’re asking for that same chance for his babies. Parvo is aggressive, but it is not impossible to beat. These puppies are strong, they come from a resilient bloodline, and they are fighting — they just need access to the care that gives them a real shot at survival. The cost of treatment is overwhelming, especially with multiple puppies becoming symptomatic at once. Every single donation, every share, every prayer matters more right now than ever before. If you are able to give — even a small amount — it goes directly toward giving these babies the care they need to survive. If you can’t donate, please consider sharing our story. The more people who see this, the better chance these puppies have. We are not giving up on them. Please help us keep fighting for them. ❤️

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Update — Monday, April 27th

Right now we have three of our puppies showing symptoms — Danny, Storm, and now Scout — and it’s honestly heartbreaking to watch. They are so little, so innocent, and they don’t understand why they feel so sick. They just want comfort and to feel better, and we are doing everything we possibly can for them.

We had no idea how incredibly expensive this would become. The cost to hospitalize one puppy starts at a minimum of $1,800, with a required $2,500 deposit just to admit them, and quotes going as high as $5,400 per puppy. Even the most basic treatment — just subcutaneous fluids, nausea medication, and an antibiotic — was quoted at nearly $450 per puppy, and that doesn’t even include IV fluids or 24-hour care.

Right now, at home, we are trying to keep up with constant care — syringe-feeding fluids like Pedialyte and water every 30 minutes, monitoring them closely, and doing everything we can to keep them stable. Subcutaneous fluids would at least give us a little breathing room and help keep them hydrated, while antibiotics help prevent sepsis and nausea meds give them a better chance to hold fluids down.

There is also a newer parvo treatment (a monoclonal antibody) that could help give them a stronger chance, but it’s around $500 per puppy, and that’s still on top of everything else.

We are completely exhausted. There aren’t enough hours in the day to keep up with the level of care they need. We’ve had to separate the puppies into different spaces to try to control the spread, and we’re running back and forth constantly to care for them. Kayla has been sleeping with the sick puppies just to be there for them through the night, doing everything she can to comfort them and keep them going.

We feel overwhelmed, scared, and honestly a little helpless — but we are not giving up on them.

If you’re able to help at all, even a small donation truly makes a difference for these babies. Even $10–$20 helps us cover fluids, medications, and supplies to keep them going. If you can’t donate, sharing this could help us reach someone who can. We are fighting for Danny, Storm, and Scout, and every bit of support helps us keep going.

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I am asking for help because my dog, my sweet boy Orion, has been diagnosed with parvo and not only do we have 3 other dogs to now worry for but we also have a litter of 7 puppies living in our home, and that puts them all at risk of catching parvo. Anyone who knows me knows the constant fear I have been living in just trying to keep our home safe for not only our babies but for Kayla as well. The past 24 hours, since Kayla called me and said, “it’s Parvo,” have been like living in a literal nightmare. This deadly virus is in our home, it’s in our yard, it’s everywhere, and it’s devastating.

What makes this even harder is that Orion’s symptoms showed up within 3 days after we rescued a stray dog. We were just doing what seemed right in the moment, to help an animal in need, and now it seems possible that parvo may have been brought into our home because of that. We never imagined that trying to do the right thing could turn into something this devastating.

Orion is currently getting treatment, but his care alone is $1,000 for 5 days, and if the puppies are sick too, we honestly do not know how we are going to afford to help them. We were advised that our best option would be to treat and disinfect our yard as well as every place in the home that could have been contaminated, and, well, that would be every square inch of it. The amount of cleaning, laundry, and the price of these disinfectants that actually kill parvo is overwhelming, to say the least, and we were already financially overwhelmed prior to this. Since Kayla’s transplant last year, we have been struggling to keep up. Our mortgage is behind, we are behind on electric, water, car payments, the list could go on and on. From having to take way more time off from work than we planned for due to post-transplant complications, the daily battle of balancing the emotional stress that has transpired over the last 2 years, the trips to and from the hospital that provides Kayla with the absolute best care, we have just reached a point where we simply cannot do this alone.

Asking for help is one of the hardest things for both Kayla and me. We are not people who like to put our struggles out there, but we reached our limit, emotional and financial, long ago and we have no other option but to reach out for help. We never imagined we would be in a position where we had to ask others for help just to save our dogs and these babies. These lives are innocent. They did nothing to deserve this. They are sweet, loving lives who depend on us completely, and we are trying so hard not to fail them. The thought of not being able to help them because of money is heartbreaking.

Anyone who knows us knows how much these dogs mean to us. They are family. We cannot just sit back and let them suffer or risk losing them because we do not have the money.

If you are able to donate, share, or even just say a prayer for Orion and the puppies, it would mean more than we can explain. We are scared, exhausted, and trying to do everything we can to save them.

Thank you so much for any help, support, or kindness during this time.