Here
at my place, I have a dream. That dream is to take care of as many
animals as I have time and money for.
Right
now, the money is running dry. I have a fulltime job at the vet clinic,
and I am very grateful for it, but it can't support us on what I make.
We are struggling.
I don't
have a problem with eating beans and tortillas and keeping the house
a few degrees above 60 all winter, as long as my dogs and cats are
well fed and taken care of. And so far, they are. We have gladly taken
meat donated to us from several friends and are thankful for them.
So when
someone comes into the vet clinic with a little 2 year old black and
white cocker spaniel that has lost most of her hair (due to a groomer's
clippers who weren't clean, she ended up with mange), what am I supposed
to do?
When
she calls the next day to have the dog put to sleep because she doesn't
want to mess with treatment, what are we going to do? The doctor talked
her out of it, but the next week, she made another appointment and
decided to do it anyway. On the phone, we talked her out of it again.
Then
the next week she came back for the second treatment, and then just
told us to keep her...and then she left.
A tech
and I decided to take responsibility for Gracey. She is taking care
of her at her house, getting her well again. And Gracey is in my account.
She needed her vaccinations. She needed a heartworm test, which was
negative. She is getting treatments and medicine to kill the mange.
She will need regular groomings to get her hair back to how it should
be. She will need some good healthy food to put some weight back on
her.
She was
scared and terribly shy when she was first surrendered. But after
two weeks with Shalaine, she has really come out of her shell! This
dog has so much hope in the future for her. She will make someone
a terrific pet someday, and if nobody will step up to take her, maybe
they will sponsor her so that she can stay with us.
That
is our dream. To save as many animals from homelessness and death
as we can.
