Hospice care for senior dogs!
Hello,
I am glad to have you stop by my post.
I am trying to raise money for dogs in need to provide them vet care, and whatever else they may need during their last days as an earth angel.
I am a dog groomer and volunteer for local rescues. I love all dogs, but senior dogs have a special place in my heart. Through my work I come across many sad stories and I feel it is my calling to stand up for those old dogs that are being dumped or those dogs that have become an inconvenience due to a health issue. I cannot understand why people would give their dogs up for these reasons, but it happens every day.
I want to be there for those type of dogs. With the money received here, I will make sure that those senior dogs that still have a strong will to live and just want to be safe and happy somewhere, will be giving a chance to excatly do that.
My dream is to expand my business into a small boarding facility, where I can help even more senior dogs.
I have lost my senior dog, Busta, two years ago. He was the best dog I could have wished for. We had 11 great years together. Someone had broken his hind legs as a puppy and that made his adoption chances pretty low. We were a match made in Heaven. In the end he was sick with a tumor, but he still had lots of love to give. I would not let him suffer, but as long as he was happy, there was no way I would have given him up.
I want other dogs to be able to live out their last days with love and good memories, instead of dying a lonely death in a shelter.
That is why I am asking for these donations.
I cannot do this alone.
Give your dog a hug right now.
They love you like no other will ever be able to.
Thank you!
Anja
PS.: I will update twice a year on how your money has been used.
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I am glad to have you stop by my post.
I am trying to raise money for dogs in need to provide them vet care, and whatever else they may need during their last days as an earth angel.
I am a dog groomer and volunteer for local rescues. I love all dogs, but senior dogs have a special place in my heart. Through my work I come across many sad stories and I feel it is my calling to stand up for those old dogs that are being dumped or those dogs that have become an inconvenience due to a health issue. I cannot understand why people would give their dogs up for these reasons, but it happens every day.
I want to be there for those type of dogs. With the money received here, I will make sure that those senior dogs that still have a strong will to live and just want to be safe and happy somewhere, will be giving a chance to excatly do that.
My dream is to expand my business into a small boarding facility, where I can help even more senior dogs.
I have lost my senior dog, Busta, two years ago. He was the best dog I could have wished for. We had 11 great years together. Someone had broken his hind legs as a puppy and that made his adoption chances pretty low. We were a match made in Heaven. In the end he was sick with a tumor, but he still had lots of love to give. I would not let him suffer, but as long as he was happy, there was no way I would have given him up.
I want other dogs to be able to live out their last days with love and good memories, instead of dying a lonely death in a shelter.
That is why I am asking for these donations.
I cannot do this alone.
Give your dog a hug right now.
They love you like no other will ever be able to.
Thank you!
Anja
PS.: I will update twice a year on how your money has been used.
Good morning to all my lovely and caring supporters of my Senior Hospice Care program.
This is not how this rescue mission was supposed to go. Sorry this time the update is just sad news and no start up victory as with the previous seniors.
After 2 failed attempts to add a new senior to the family since Lady II passed, Bennie finally came along.
Bennie ended up end on June at Chicago Animal Control as a stray. His microchip revealed his owner and the official story is that the owner said " I won't be coming for him".
That equals an owner surrender status, which quickly for an old immobile dog like him, means death row.
My unofficial story is the owner knew Bennie was not well and dropped him off in some unknown neighborhood to fend for himself. For one because he was a coward and could not let Bennie grant his last journey and secondly, because he was probably too cheap to be wanting to pay for an euthanasia appointment.
With the help of a registered rescue I was able to free Bennie. I, as an individual cannot pull animals from CACC myself. When Bennie landed at my house his first response to me when I approached him with a collar, was a deep stern growl. OOOPS!! Okay then, we can try the collar later on.
He mellowed out within hours and on day two he was already out with me off leash. This is not a dog that would leave his home and become a stray. For one I am sure he was very loyal to his owner and secondly Bennie had a lot of growths, a real large inside his hind leg, a broken, flat front paw, etc..... this dog would never wander far.
So the initial exam and blood work seemed all fine and him ready for surgery, planned for after I returned from my vacation. He got a rabies shot, because I needed to board him during my absence and that vaccine really knocked him off his feet. I tried to help him detox from the chemicals and he seemed to get better, but when I returned from vacation, he could no longer use his only good back leg. I tried to care for him as good as I knew and could, but when he could no longer stand on his own to potty, he stopped eating and I could not manage his pain that he was in, it was time to set him free.
So now this dog that I hoped was younger than originally thought, was supposed to get nursed back to health and get adopted. Within only a few days the situation changed and he went from adoptable to my next senior hospice dog.
I have said this before. I am extremely lucky to have an outstanding relationship with my local vet who dropped all their plans for the day when I made that I call that Bennie could not hang on for another day.
Bennie was an old soul. I could feel the rejection he had experienced in life, but he tried to be a big boy about it and shake it off. Past is past.. He was skeptical of new people, but made friends easily. He was a cuddler and really enjoyed giving sloppy kisses, when you laid by his side.
All I can say is that at least I can look back at some pictures we took and he seemed to have forgotten his past and pain for those short moments. He gave me a lot of smiles while his body was telling a different story.
Since I had planned to adopt him out, I had not planned on asking for donations from him.
However I am asking now, if you can, to assist me with the bills ( $525.75 Gofundme, only allows for 3 pics to be uploaded. If you would like to see the copies of the bills, pls shoot me a note. I rather post a memory of him than a bill) that I paid for him out of the senior hospice care fund, so when the next soul in need shows up I can say " I'll take her/him" without hesitation.
No matter how my heart ache and I cry for days before I can collect myself, I will never stop inviting dogs into my home that others have pushed away without looking back.
Thank you!
This is not how this rescue mission was supposed to go. Sorry this time the update is just sad news and no start up victory as with the previous seniors.
After 2 failed attempts to add a new senior to the family since Lady II passed, Bennie finally came along.
Bennie ended up end on June at Chicago Animal Control as a stray. His microchip revealed his owner and the official story is that the owner said " I won't be coming for him".
That equals an owner surrender status, which quickly for an old immobile dog like him, means death row.
My unofficial story is the owner knew Bennie was not well and dropped him off in some unknown neighborhood to fend for himself. For one because he was a coward and could not let Bennie grant his last journey and secondly, because he was probably too cheap to be wanting to pay for an euthanasia appointment.
With the help of a registered rescue I was able to free Bennie. I, as an individual cannot pull animals from CACC myself. When Bennie landed at my house his first response to me when I approached him with a collar, was a deep stern growl. OOOPS!! Okay then, we can try the collar later on.
He mellowed out within hours and on day two he was already out with me off leash. This is not a dog that would leave his home and become a stray. For one I am sure he was very loyal to his owner and secondly Bennie had a lot of growths, a real large inside his hind leg, a broken, flat front paw, etc..... this dog would never wander far.
So the initial exam and blood work seemed all fine and him ready for surgery, planned for after I returned from my vacation. He got a rabies shot, because I needed to board him during my absence and that vaccine really knocked him off his feet. I tried to help him detox from the chemicals and he seemed to get better, but when I returned from vacation, he could no longer use his only good back leg. I tried to care for him as good as I knew and could, but when he could no longer stand on his own to potty, he stopped eating and I could not manage his pain that he was in, it was time to set him free.
So now this dog that I hoped was younger than originally thought, was supposed to get nursed back to health and get adopted. Within only a few days the situation changed and he went from adoptable to my next senior hospice dog.
I have said this before. I am extremely lucky to have an outstanding relationship with my local vet who dropped all their plans for the day when I made that I call that Bennie could not hang on for another day.
Bennie was an old soul. I could feel the rejection he had experienced in life, but he tried to be a big boy about it and shake it off. Past is past.. He was skeptical of new people, but made friends easily. He was a cuddler and really enjoyed giving sloppy kisses, when you laid by his side.
All I can say is that at least I can look back at some pictures we took and he seemed to have forgotten his past and pain for those short moments. He gave me a lot of smiles while his body was telling a different story.
Since I had planned to adopt him out, I had not planned on asking for donations from him.
However I am asking now, if you can, to assist me with the bills ( $525.75 Gofundme, only allows for 3 pics to be uploaded. If you would like to see the copies of the bills, pls shoot me a note. I rather post a memory of him than a bill) that I paid for him out of the senior hospice care fund, so when the next soul in need shows up I can say " I'll take her/him" without hesitation.
No matter how my heart ache and I cry for days before I can collect myself, I will never stop inviting dogs into my home that others have pushed away without looking back.
Thank you!



http://www.petharbor.com/pet.asp?uaid=CHGO.A125965 This old soul popped up on my screen the night I started the fundraiser. I am working with a rescue to see, if he would be a match here. Please keep sharing, once the fundraiser reached $500 the page will go public and many more pet lovers can be reached.
You have a beautiful heart Anja! The LOVE I feel from this made me tear up with gratitude for you and the work you do! Keep going and doing what is the right thing for man kind and animal kind!