Emergency Vet Fund

Krueger

BARC, Barriers Against Repeated Cruelty, saw this poor dog on Death Row...Without AETC who knows if Krueger would have made it...he along with other dogs and cats saved by EVF needed extreme and costly medical treatment. Fortunately the specialists at AETC were there to help him!

(AND If Krueger had not been adopted by his Dad at AETC he would have been placed in his receiving rescues foster home. Our sister organization, RTTR, Realtors to the Rescue, would have assisted the rescue in getting his sweet face in front of prospective adopters...but lucky Krueger found his new home immediately!)

We think someone tried to set this poor dogs tail on fire(perhaps they tied a firework to it...)

His adoptive Daddy met Krueger at his worst, he was wounded and in a great deal of pain at AETC...and he loved Krueger so much he wanted to be his forever home!!! What a connection these two have...!!!

AND watch this video... you will be amazed at how Kruger the Wonder dog saved his Dad!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwD3Nlq6GB8

Recipients

Here are a few our many recipients of the EVF:

Leopold

For the Love of Leopold - SlideShow

Leopold - after surgery by AETC

Here's my story. It starts out sad,
but boy, does it have a great ending!

The floor was cold and hard. My back leg was badly injured, infected and it hurt – a lot. I had been lost, alone and very hungry a long time. I was brave though, didn’t whine a bit and lifted my head and wagged my stubby tail when people passed by at the Animal Control facility in Gary, Indiana. When they found me, I was wearing a dirty collar with a shredded rope attached, so I must have belonged to someone once. My owners never came looking for me at the shelter and with my infection getting worse, my time was running out.

Hi, I’m Leopold, one fortunate three-year-old blue Weimaraner.

Because I was in so much pain, the Animal Control Officers knew I needed to be put out of my misery or given immediate medical attention. Lucky for me, my gentle demeanor and strength spoke to the Officers and they made some phone calls to give me a chance to survive.

Great Lakes Weimaraner Rescue answered their plea and their Director, Tonette, put her vet on standby and hopped right into her truck for the two-hour trip to pick me up. Along the way, her phone rang with good news.

Barriers Against Repeated Cruelty had heard about me and wanted to help. I was the very first recipient of their Emergency Vet Fund! One of their volunteers was near the shelter and picked me up. I was a very good boy in the car if I say so myself! The nice lady, Chastity, drove me to the Animal Emergency & Treatment Center in Chicago where I met Dr. Matt Tompkins and his amazing staff.

Lots of really smart people started working on me with enough fancy machines and meds to make a dog’s head spin. It seems like they’re ready for anything there, 24 hours a day every day. I was very patient and understanding through all of the triage work they did. They were amazed at how good I was since I was hurting so much. I heard them say that it looked like my leg had been in a muskrat trap or somehow mangled by a car. Either way, it was too infected and injured to repair.

My leg was amputated. I don’t know what that means, but boy, did it feel better afterward! I had my own kennel at the clinic to recuperate in, but I learned to let myself out and wandered the halls because I wanted to be with people. I did that so often that they ended up letting me hang out in the staff office area. Who says people are hard to train?

I made lots of friends at AETC in Chicago, but after just a few days, I was well enough to move to my Great Lakes Weimaraner Rescue foster home in Wisconsin. Imagine that, all of these people in four different states coming together to help a guy out!

I wasn’t in Wisconsin long before Norman, Judith and family in Maryland saw my three-legged self on the GLWR website and fell in love. They drove 800 miles just to meet little ol’ me!

Though I’m one leg short, I now have a loving family, a weimaraner sister named Lucy and a future – thanks to many strangers who didn’t know me, but helped anyway.

Thanks for your support everyone. I literally couldn't have done it without you! Much love, Leo.

Sam

Sam - EVF Recipient

I wanted to let everyone know that Sam the Pittie that was hit by a car earlier today and was severely injured DID receive a rescue commitment!!! A wonderful transport volunteer was on standby while I hoped a rescue would commit and as soon as I got the word, she scooped him up and got him straight to the emergency vet that BARC graciously arranged to have him treated at.

My transporter said that he was SUCH a sweetie on the ride to the vet. I have not heard what they have assessed his injuries to be, but he is in very good hands and will receive all the treatment that he needs and will have a wonderful rescue to go to after he is released.....thank you CBBR, you are the best!!!

Ilsa

Poor Ilsa. She was stuck in a fenced side yard and left there all alone to get urine burn from a problem she was born with, Ectopic Urether. Ilsa's kidneys drain into her vaginal, not her bladder and she constantly leaks. The urine burns her delicate skin and stays wet all the time causing scald which is very painful. I am treating the scald but she desperately needs surgery.

Ilsa's Alley

This is where she spent all her days and nights alone ..no attention, no other dogs. she couldn't even see outside the fence.

Ilsa in her barrel Ilsa

She felt safe in this plastic barrel. It was all she had over the cold winter months to keep her warm.

I am a one person rural rescue, doing all I can do for the dogs in this area of Missouri. I live in New Madrid County which is one of the poorest counties in MO. Pets here are not always taken care of. Few homes have fences. Not many will spay or neuter their pets. The dogs are left to roam freely or chained out in horrible conditions. Rarely do people keep their dogs on heart worm preventative. Litter after litter of pups are everywhere. Dogs are abandoned along desolate rural roads to fend for themselves. Kids use the dogs for target practice or they starve to death, get hit by cars or die alone and suffering.

Won't you please help Ilsa live a normal life with a loving forever family and home?
I took Ilsa to be bathed, her first time by the way. She was so stained we bathed her 3 times but most of the urine stains will have to grow out. Here she is after her bath below.

That is a smile you are seeing after she had her bath. She smiles all the time now. She is so happy to be out of that side yard and be with people and other dogs.
Ilsa is housebroke, playful, so very loving and you can tell she is grateful to be out of that small side yard. She loves the other dogs at my house and has full run of the house and yard. She learned the dog door instantly. She loves it here, now all she needs is her surgery.

UPDATE:

Ilsa Now!

Most will remember Ilsa ...the Great Pyr mix...she had Ectopic Urethers and had surgery. She still leaks but not like she did before. This week when we go to the vet we will see if Proin will work on her to help the rest of the leaking. She is approx 6 months old now Maybe 7 and is a beauty. She is playful, loving,housebroke and over all a great dog. She loves attention and to be petted. Just remember Ilsa leaks urine..and needs to be bathed at least every two weeks or weekly...she will wear diapers if you want..but I don't put them on her. She loves water and spends a lot of time in the baby wading pools I have for the dogs.

Emergency Vet Fund

Recipients

Here's my story. It starts out sad, but boy, does it have a great ending!

Ilsa

Here's my story. It starts out sad,
but boy, does it have a great ending!