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DEDICATED TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED US HELP
RESCUE DOGS ...
When the
handsome Sky came into TDBCR care,
we learned that his charming underbite was actually a painful
deformity that was causing decay in the roof of his mouth
where his lower canines were slowly drilling holes into the flesh
there.
We learned
that surgery for Sky would be required, to file down his lower
canine teeth and then cap them so they wouldn't be left open to
infection or injury. And an orthopedist specialist was the only
one who could do the job. The result
was a $1,000.00 estimate that we despaired of being
able to raise.
But we
should have known that people will pull together when a rescue
dog is in need, and with the help of some wonderful people, we
raised the money for Sky's surgery!
THANKS
TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO 
DONATED
MONEY TOWARD HIS SURGERY, SKY WAS FIXED RIGHT UP! Sky
had his surgery and all went well. Thanks to Dr. Legendre and
the staff at Animal
Critical Care for their work!
We
also want to thank the Dog
Agility Work Group (DAWG) on Vancouver Island, for
generously offering to host a raffle at their next trial, with
the proceeds going toward Sky's dental surgery!
THANK
YOU TO
Sandy,
who found us the surgeon to get the job done, and set up Sky's
appointment!
Sarah,
Alison,
Karyn,
Tia,
Hilary,
Catherine,
Rhonda
and
Kathy
for
each donating $100.00 toward Sky's
surgery!
And
to
Ruedi,
for donating $150.00 toward Sky's
surgery, and for bringing him over to Animal Critical Care in
Burnaby to get the surgery done!
THANKS
TO ALL OF YOU!!
Mostly
deaf senior border collie Nola was
deliberately abandoned in a Vancouver Park to fend for herself.
A kind passerby took her in and Nola spent a week at Animal Control
before she was released to rescue. This sweet old lady is a wonderfully
fun and affectionate companion, and we knew she deserved better!
While
in foster care, we learned Nola had never been spayed and
was in season. Because of her advanced age, we were worried about
putting her under anasthetic, and so was our veterinarian. After
rounds of blood tests and check ups, the Doc finally determined
that it was time for Nola to go under.
We're
happy to say that Nola emerged with flying colours and is back
to her happy old lady self. But the costs to make sure she was
healthy and able to withstand surgery, and the cost of surgery
itself was not inexpensive ... We charge only a nominal fee for
our senior dogs, but Nola's vet bills came to about $400.00
Once
again, the community came through, and thanks to the generosity
of the following people, we raised over
$250.00 toward her surgery!
THANKS
TO
Dave
& Bernadette van Klaveren of DAWG
for letting us have the raffle *and*
donating a One Day Free Trial Entry
Jens
& Chrissie Diron of Vital
K9 Pool for donating a Free
Swim for a Dog
Bosley's
Pet Store Nanaimo Island Hwy for donating a
gorgeous gift basket
France
Jackson of AVID
Victoria for donating an Agility
Jump
Joni
McManus for donating countless
dog toys, gifts, and two lovely Border Collie prints
that were very popular
Anita
Thomson for donating a
stuffed dog that could bark and pant -- it even
confused a judge!
Carrie
Gauthier for donating a
set of beautiful handmade dog portraits
June
Bathey
for donating a self made *very cute*
dog bed
Lynsie
Forster
for donating a huge carton of Milk
Bones
Nobuya
Yamane
for donating a pair of Movie Tickets
Last, but
not least, many thanks to Jeannine, Carrie and Nobu for helping
with the ticket sales and set-up/turn-down of the tables. The
biggest thanks though to all those generous people who bought
tickets to support TDBCR!
