Originally Posted by areias
Hmm, that's a tough situation. Can she talk to the food company, and perhaps have the dog become a "spokesdog", in exchange for food? Or a local humane society might be able to sponsor the dog.
This might sound horrible, but was the husband in any associations, or have a good repetoire (sp?) with his job? Would they sponsor the dog in his memory?
Is there anything they can live without, to make sacrifices? Perhaps cutting off cable, or relying on just cell phones or just a house, not both? They could use that money towards the dog bills.
That's so hard, I feel sorry for her.
I know that her husbands work paid off her house morgatge so I don't dare ask her if they will cover the dogs expenses too. And she's not one who asks for help so I don't think she'd ask them anyways.
Thanks to your reply I talked to a few dog food companies this morning (he can be on 2-3 food brands and about 4-5 formulas as far as I know) but I did speak with the ones I know of (nutro, IVD & science diet). IVD & Science Diet wouldn't do anything to help. Nutro is sending me a coupon booklet though which will help me out a lot.
And I called a couple local shelters... they were pretty rude.
Your reply got me thinking so I called our local petco & a local pet store. Petco wouldn't do anything at all. The pet store, country max, put me on a list, if they happen to get an opened bag of food or an out of date food they will call me & offer it to me for $5, no matter what size or brand. I'm thinking about going there & slicing a bag of food, or 2 or 3. lol But I won't. Country Max is a great store, its my 1st choice & I've been going there for years & years but I'm not counting on them checking the list. Its a busy place & they don't always remember things.
She already cut her cable down to a minimum. She has the all in one plan, phone, cable & internet. Now she's paying a lot less for this plan than having them seperate. She has kids & she also does some work from home so she can't get rid of anything else. They never had a cell phone. She sold her husbands car. She's already at the bare minimum. This is how she found some extra money to cover meds or food, one or the other.
They already gave their cat to a new home and are completely heartbroken. And Brutus is a family dog but one that the father brought home for a surprise so they really don't want to get rid of him. After all he was a "daddy's" boy.
Gosh this is so hard. I feel so bad for them.
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