Urgent care for Dogs with Medical or Emotional Needs.
These dogs' stories are examples of Roxie's Fund total commitment. It illustrates how we provide for each and every dog in our rescue program. The recovery road is often filled with obstacles: physical, emotional and monetary. Some of these beautiful dogs will be available for adoption after some love and rehabilitation.
Urgent! These dogs need your help!
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Meet Darwin |
Meet Debo |
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About the Pittie pups |
Meet Reese |
It was right around Thanksgiving when one of our Roxie’s Fund volunteers got an urgent e-mail from a rural high-kill shelter about four little Rottweiler puppies. The shelter was completely full as most shelters typically are, and the owner of these five week old puppies walked in one morning and surrendered them to the shelter. The standard form allowing the shelter to euthanize was signed and the owner walked away leaving them with an unknown fate…
In the few days the puppies were at the shelter, the staff fell in love with them. These puppies were incredibly social. Unlike most puppies dropped off at a shelter, these puppies would come right up to the front of the kennel to get attention; their little bodies would wiggle and their tails would wag - almost as though they had no idea about where they were and what could happen.
Roxie’s Fund knew they had to help. The four pups (one male and three females) got on a transport. Despite being on a crowded transport van most of the day, these little ones continued to wiggle their bodies and wag their little tails. They were so social that they kept trying to get the attention of the Roxie’s Fund volunteer who went to pick them up.
They were dropped off at the vet’s office so that they could get checked over and any medical care that was immediately needed. That night, the Roxie’s Fund volunteers were so excited that they could barely sleep. Four lives had been saved and we couldn't’t wait to find them great new homes!
And then we got the news that all rescues dread – the puppies came down with parvo. Because parvo is highly contagious and deadly, if left untreated, all of the puppies were put on IVs and were monitored night and day. Many rescues choose to humanely euthanize puppies with parvo because it is so expensive to treat. Roxie’s Fund refused to euthanize these special holiday puppies – we still kept the faith that these puppies, who had already been through so much, would survive.
After many thousands of dollars worth of medical care, totaling over $8,000.00, trips to the specialty and emergency clinics, the three females made it through and are now healthy.
Our little boy was still struggling as of Sunday 12/16/07. However, the 24 Hour Veterinary Clinic called Sunday afternoon, and felt it safe to finally send the little boy pup home. So, a Roxie's Fund volunteer, who is also fostering the litter of pups, picked up the little boy, who is finally home, after almost two weeks of intensive treatment. He is still on medications for another three weeks or so, but, has finally left the Vet Clinic.
We desperately need your help in covering all of these costs. As with treating any illness, the cost of treating a litter of puppies for Parvo is extremely expensive. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to help these sweet puppies.
