Bri & The Pets, Pet Angel Fund, Read post 95 for More info.

[Whisk_Luva]

Just last month she was begging people to buy her items on ebay for 20-40 dollars and she would send them the money. If she had that last month she should have used it on her pets. She's had money to buy other fish and other things, wants 300 dollar cameras, but not save it up for what her pets need, then with a glib fashion of "oh well we can't afford it, please give me money" she asks for people to take care of basic care for her pets. It's about proirities, and making them if you are going to be a pet owner. It's time to grow up and stop being selfish and if you are going to have the pets, take care of them, not buy yourself things.
I do understand right now they are in a tight spot, but the animals went without those shots ,etc this long, the only priority should be spaying the one cat to stop the problems. I also still feel they should be rehomed to take the stress off of her mom about putting food in their mouths but since I can't do anything about it, I don't live there, I can't say you need to rehome them. I feel bad for the situation, but some of it just comes down to choices. I hope it all works out in the end.

I agree totally with you Vela! Well said. Anyway, it SEEMED (i am not saying this is true) but on gabber one time * (*= not mentioning names) asked Bri if she still ws getting rid of her cat for a dog of something like that. When I asked about it I was told it was 'none of my buisness' so I do not know for sure whether I am right or wrong. PERSONALLY I do not want to give money because:
a: I just dont have a clue about the whole dog thing (and I dont take to kindly to being told its 'none of my buisness'.... then being told that she 'hates me')
b: What if more pets arrive after this and others go to a shelter?

I am sorry Bri.

[Roxyluvsme13]

First of all, most of you don't even know half the story. You have no idea what hell I've been through in the past six months and you don't know how hard we've tried to keep these animals alive.

And don't even mention rehoming. They're my life. And my everything. And without them, I probably wouldn't be here typing right now.

My mom has made some big mistakes in her life, and I have as well. But you know what? We made it, and the animals made it. And I'm not "begging" for money.

I'm asking for help for MY animal's sakes, not my own, because I'm not going to go dump them in a shelter to die and rot like it seems you all want me to do.

And really. I didn't ASK for your god***m opinions, and I don't want to hear them. My mom has every intention of taking Skye to the vet, but of course, I'll get bashed for that too probably.

And THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN ONLY BASH ME, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS You're always the people that target me because I'm not as perfect pet owners as yourselves. Oh no.

And I do thank you Michelle and Candace, for standing up for me and actually understanding I don't have much control over what goes on.

And I also thank the people who have donated or are planning on donating, especially Helene, who I wouldn't be helping my pets without!

[lvpets2002]

Ok Now Thats Enough You Guys ==




Lets All Just Chill Out Here



Lets Stop & Think About What We Are Saying



Lets Take A Deep Breath & Smile & Love Each

[kittycats_delight]

Helene you are great!!!! I love ya huney....you are always the voice of reason and always want everyone to get along. You are an angel.

(((HUGS)))
Michelle

BTW...love those toesie pics.

QUOTE=lvpets2002]

Ok Now Thats Enough You Guys ==




Lets All Just Chill Out Here



Lets Stop & Think About What We Are Saying



Lets Take A Deep Breath & Smile & Love Each

[/QUOTE]

[K9soul]

Reacting with humility and calmness even in the face of adversity will always get you much farther in life.

[Whisk_Luva]

I said I am sorry but I just cant.

I didnt mention Skye at all and I am sure you have every intention of taking her to the vets. I am not saying you are a bad owner, far from it, your a very good owner... (Do NOT say your not as perfect owner as everyone else coz you are ok?) I just dont know... I am 13 and I dont have loadsa money to give out and with what other people have said......

Bri I dont hate you. I want to be friends, but you told me you hated me... can we just like start again or something?

PS. I dont even know who Skye is! lol!

PSS. Like the name Skye!

[Alysser]

This thread is getting out of hand.

Can we ALL just stop fighting??? GEEZ!

I know, many of you are concerned about the well-being of Bri's pets, and about her getting more pets, as well as me. I don't agree with all of her decisions and actions. I didn't agree with her getting a bird, or even Gizzie but this really isn't the point. What's DONE IS DONE!

She is asking for help now, not being bashed. I for one, am praising her for not just abandoning the cat on someone else's shoulders. She is trying to prevent an animal from dying IN a friggin' shelter. Give her SOME credit!

Pettalk is swimming in sadness right now, with all the sick pets and people, I don't understand why there is a need to add more TENSION as it is.

Can we all just STOP this fight now?

[Roxyluvsme13]

This thread is getting out of hand.

Can we ALL just stop fighting??? GEEZ!

I know, many of you are concerned about the well-being of Bri's pets, and about her getting more pets, as well as me. I don't agree with all of her decisions and actions. I didn't agree with her getting a bird, or even Gizzie but this really isn't the point. What's DONE IS DONE!

She is asking for help now, not being bashed. I for one, am praising her for not just abandoning the cat on someone else's shoulders. She is trying to prevent an animal from dying IN a friggin' shelter. Give her SOME credit!

Pettalk is swimming in sadness right now, with all the sick pets and people, I don't understand why there is a need to add more TENSION as it is.

Can we all just STOP this fight now?

Thank you, Alyssa.

If you people actually read you would know I'm not getting the bird..

And as I already said. I make mistakes. I'm not as perfect as the rest of you with all your money.

[dogzr#1]

Please stop all the fighting! It is frustrating me and I'm not even the one who is getting bashed!

You guys don't know most of the story. Her mom makes Bri take care of all the animals, basically. She cleans up for all of them and takes care of them all by herself. Yes, some of you are going to say that you did the same thing but considering what they have been through in the past couple of months, I think it's quite an improvement.

As most of you can remember, her mom lost her job, they lost almost everything because of a break in and yet, her mom still let her keep the animals. If it was my family, my mom would've made me get rid of them. However, Bri fought for them to stay and she succeeded but now she is still on shaky legs and needs help to pay for some vet care.

I have no idea how all of Bri's threads turn out into some sort of argument. Please look at yourselves. Most of you guys are adults who yes, may have problems with their own family and my sympathy goes out to you, but you are bashing a 14 year old girl asking for help because her animals may go to a kill shelter and DIE! She doesn't have the ability to go out and find a job and help her mom pay for everything. She can't automatically increase her age by two or three years so she can go find a job. She is pretty much helpless right now. Yes I'm sure she can go do those little things like cut lawns and stuff, but I know that won't get her that much money. She also may not have the equipment or her mom may not let her. I know my mom wouldn't let me go out alone and do all these jobs. I'm sure she wants to raise her own money but she probably can't because of her parent's restrictions.

Please stop all this fighting. It doesn't help at all, and I know that it hurts Bri more than you know. I talk to her a lot on IM and she is always really upset at all this bashing. Her self esteem drops like crazy and she has even told me she thinks she's the worst pet owner ever and that her pets should be given away...She herself has said that because of all the bashing going on through all her years on PT. Yes, I know you guys are concerned for her but even if you don't think you're rude, make sure to double check the way other people may interpret you're post. It may help a lot.

And many (((HUGS))) to Bri because I know she needs them right now.

Sorry for such a long post, I couldn't help myself.

[Catty1]

Just a bit of cute....

If there are folks here who have decided to donate, the info is in post 95.

Thank you.

[jennielynn1970]

But really at the moment we don't even have the money to buy that stuff.. my mom doesn't have a steady job again at the moment.. and we're in another rough spot.

Not to be mean, but if you don't have the money for the pets, and you can't take care of them, why do you have so many of them??

Seriously... I mean, is this going to be a yearly thing where it is just "Pay for our pets to be vetted."

Part of being a responsible pet owner is having the funding to take care of them. I don't think it's right that an owner (whatever the ages may be) should be relying on a bunch of people who have HUGE hearts to take care of their animals for them.

I'm just getting tired of people who have pets and can't pay for their vet care, and expect others to do it for them. What other "luxuries"(extras) are being given up by the owner to take care of the pets? I mean, if everyone is still eating out, using cell phones, smoking cigs, then priorities are messed up.

I'm not picking on Bri, I'm just saying I see her asking for money for all of her pets, but what is her family putting into their upkeep?

[Catty1]

Here is her "family", Jenn.

As most of you can remember, her mom lost her job, they lost almost everything because of a break in and yet, her mom still let her keep the animals. If it was my family, my mom would've made me get rid of them. However, Bri fought for them to stay and she succeeded but now she is still on shaky legs and needs help to pay for some vet care.

Single mom. That's the whole family.

[jennielynn1970]

LOOK! Someone who is 14 years old is gonna want a bird without necessarily getting one...might think that her summer job will pay the $730 before one cat is kicked out...please remember Bri's age!

Several of us have worked our a***** off to get this set up! DON'T donate if you don't want to - but for GOD'S sake, if you have something negative to say, SHUT UP!

Do you think the several of us who are setting this up have NO brains whatsoever???? Or the vets?

There are people on Pet Talk with two regular jobs in the household who STILL find they need $$ help for their pets' care. So tell me again why you are picking on an underemployed single-parent family?

End of rant.

She's not picking on the family. She's upset that others are ENABLING them. All that will happen is that Bri, who even at 14 knows what is right and what is wrong, will bring in more pets. She even asked if it will be a PERMANENT or TEMPORARY fund.

Hello.... do you see that a pattern may set in?

Not to be witchy, but maybe they should move in with a really wealthy PetTalker and then they can all be taken care of.

Sarcasm there.

I'm just really annoyed by IRRESPONSIBLE pet owners.

I teach kids, so I do know that by Bri's age, they know what they are doing, and they know right from wrong. Unless Bri has a learning disability, then there is no excuse for her behavior. Go to a public school, talk with some 14yr olds, you'll be surprised how mature they really are.

Some people are just really good at taking advantage of a good situation, and enablers just let it keep happening.

So yea, let's just neuter, spay, get shots and all that for all her pets. For life. Why not.

End of my rant.

[jennielynn1970]

I was going to post the same thing last night but then I decided not to. I wasn't sure how to say it really I guess. Basic vet care is something you should be able to cover on your own or stop getting more animals and talking about getting more animals. The animals in the home were already NOT getting basic vet care before more were brought in and to me it's enabling them to get more pets and not have to take responsibility, rather than helping. Enabling is not helping in the end. I also found it pretty ballsy that after all of that was set up (which WAS/IS very kind of all of those set up in the first place), the OP actually requested MORE money and wanted to know if it was an ongoing fund so people could contniue to care for their pets???? Yes vet care is expensive, but it's not everyone elses responsbility. This is not an emergency that suddenly popped up, this is a long term ongoing problem.

I also am glad the pets are getting the care they need, but I see it setting up a bad pattern. So what happens next year for shots, heartworm testing and meds, etc etc? This started out as 35 dollars to spay one cat so it wasn't rehomed, and suddenly it's basic vet care for all of the animals to the tune of a thousand dollars, then they ask for MORE because they found worms??? Incredible.

I am very sorry about the hard time you guys have gone through, but if that's the case, even though you love your animals, if you can't provide the basic common care of owning them, sometimes the best thing you can do is rehome them. This is not a one time thing, this is a chronic problem and your animals have never gotten the vet care they need, and more keep being added. Just for the future, when some people are offering to do so much already, please don't ask for more, that is honestly in poor taste.


Edited to add: If this was an emergency, I would be happy to donate, but it is not. It's basic routine care and should be saved up for by the owners to do a little at a time, like everyone else has to do. LOTS of people have money problems, but you have to have priorities. If you can buy your cigarettes, cell phone, internet, etc. you ought to be able to set aside a few dollars to save up for vet care.

YAY!! Thank god there are others who see the light. The constant "Ok people we need to get money in here" is a bit much. You can always sell plasma, or whatever you need to do. I think that when it comes to priorities, they can afford what they WANT to afford. It's being manipulative.

[Catty1]

I wish people would read the entire threads. Go back to that "what kind of fund" post and read lvpets2002 answer to it.

Look...if you disagree with all this, then DON'T donate. Simple.

There has been enough bashing, and it will not change the fact that the fund has been set up.

It will not change people who want to donate.

If the fund is not used for Bri's pets in a certain amount of time, then it is used for other animals in need.

I have yet to hear ONE idea or suggestion come from the bashers. Solutions and options are welcome.

As was said, Bri intially wanted to rehome Gizzy...and there were no offers.

The option in her town is a kill shelter.

Adoption offers?