lv4dogs
11-10-2005, 02:52 PM
With the help & suggestions from Carmen (beeniesmom) I've decided to start a PT fundraiser for my neighbor & good friend, Kami. Well actually the fundraiser is for her dog. She lost her husband a few months ago and is trying to adjust to caring for her 2 kids & Brutus, a sweet american bulldog who has terrible allergies all by herself. She has already given up her kitty to a new & better home, but Brutus was her husbands dog. She just can't bear the thought of giving him up.
For more information see this thread: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=92490
She can only afford his medications or his food, not both. To help her out I offered to buy the dog food for a little while... until she gets back on her feet. Well it's costing more than I thought and would appreciate any help I can get. Anything is better than nothing. Even a dollar will help.
In case you failed to read the other thread I am doing this fundraiser for Nutro as it is the cheapest out of the few foods he can eat, it is more readily available and I'm getting some coupons towards it as well. I figured it was the best option.
Nutro is offering a free 5lb bag of food and a book of coupons if you fill this out:http://www.nutroproducts.com/yourfamily/
If you can't spare any money and don't have any use for the nutro coupons could you spare a moment, visit the link & fill out the form. You can donate the coupon for the free bag to us as well as the booklet if you can spare it.
If anyone else is interested in donating but is unsure about the usage of the money or whatever I can check with the pet store & see if they can do some sort of account there. That way people can donate directly to them. I'm not sure but I think they could do something like that.
I could probably do it with their vet too but the food there is more expensive. Nutro's the cheapest out of the brnads he can eat, plus I'm getting coupons for it so that is what I have been buying him.
Or maybe there is a company online that will do it? Then we'd have to pay shipping???? But they can send it right to her.
I will get some pictures of Brutus as soon as I can. For sure by the early part of next week. I feel so bad for him. After only 2-3 months on terrible food (but still getting medication) he looks horrible. The guy has a large heart though, he's still a big happy goofball! His skin is all red, flacky, itchy & scabby and he's loosing his fur in some spots.
Please PM if you are intersted in helping. But please excuse me as I have VERY limited access to the net on the weekends.
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Here are a few pictures I got of him last night. He really does look worse in person. I think that because he is white my flash flashed out a lot of his skin problems. He really isn't dirty, the browner spots you see are really reddish, either irritated skin or sores. And the reddish spots are really red in person. And he's actually improved a little after beeing back on his food for only about a week or so. He was even worse last week. He is a VERY nice dog! I love him to pieces. He's got the best personality. Excuse the mess, her husband started to rip up the tile and lay down carpet just before he passed & she is not able to finish it yet. And she spent the last week at her mothers house taking care of her as she broke her hip so she's got storage boxes piled up. I'm going to see if I still have my old spare area rug & give it to her if I do.
Anyways here he is:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0672.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0671.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0673.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0674.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0675.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0680.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0681.jpg
For more information see this thread: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=92490
She can only afford his medications or his food, not both. To help her out I offered to buy the dog food for a little while... until she gets back on her feet. Well it's costing more than I thought and would appreciate any help I can get. Anything is better than nothing. Even a dollar will help.
In case you failed to read the other thread I am doing this fundraiser for Nutro as it is the cheapest out of the few foods he can eat, it is more readily available and I'm getting some coupons towards it as well. I figured it was the best option.
Nutro is offering a free 5lb bag of food and a book of coupons if you fill this out:http://www.nutroproducts.com/yourfamily/
If you can't spare any money and don't have any use for the nutro coupons could you spare a moment, visit the link & fill out the form. You can donate the coupon for the free bag to us as well as the booklet if you can spare it.
If anyone else is interested in donating but is unsure about the usage of the money or whatever I can check with the pet store & see if they can do some sort of account there. That way people can donate directly to them. I'm not sure but I think they could do something like that.
I could probably do it with their vet too but the food there is more expensive. Nutro's the cheapest out of the brnads he can eat, plus I'm getting coupons for it so that is what I have been buying him.
Or maybe there is a company online that will do it? Then we'd have to pay shipping???? But they can send it right to her.
I will get some pictures of Brutus as soon as I can. For sure by the early part of next week. I feel so bad for him. After only 2-3 months on terrible food (but still getting medication) he looks horrible. The guy has a large heart though, he's still a big happy goofball! His skin is all red, flacky, itchy & scabby and he's loosing his fur in some spots.
Please PM if you are intersted in helping. But please excuse me as I have VERY limited access to the net on the weekends.
__________________________________________________ _______________
Here are a few pictures I got of him last night. He really does look worse in person. I think that because he is white my flash flashed out a lot of his skin problems. He really isn't dirty, the browner spots you see are really reddish, either irritated skin or sores. And the reddish spots are really red in person. And he's actually improved a little after beeing back on his food for only about a week or so. He was even worse last week. He is a VERY nice dog! I love him to pieces. He's got the best personality. Excuse the mess, her husband started to rip up the tile and lay down carpet just before he passed & she is not able to finish it yet. And she spent the last week at her mothers house taking care of her as she broke her hip so she's got storage boxes piled up. I'm going to see if I still have my old spare area rug & give it to her if I do.
Anyways here he is:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0672.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0671.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0673.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0674.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0675.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0680.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/nanryk/100_0681.jpg