Dying boy gets to keep dogs

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POSTED AT 12:06 PM Wednesday, August 22

A 6-year-old boy dying from cancer may not have to give up his two dogs.

A spokesperson for the Calgary Housing Company, Dale Stamm, says his staff are doing everything they can to assist Parker Anderson and his family.

Anderson and his mother Alex live in a Calgary housing unit and accepted the dogs as a gift even though their complex has a no-pet policy.

Stamm says Calgary housing has some units were pets are allowed and the company is trying to help the family find a space so they can keep the two dogs.

“When Mrs. Anderson advised the Calgary Housing Company that she needed her dogs for therapeutic reasons, the company immediately started to work with her on a long-term plan to preserve her tenancy,” says Stamm.

The plan may also include finding a housing unit that is close to the Alberta Children’s Hospital for Parker’s treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma.