Please Help Ivy she was hit by a car

Ivy
is incredibly lucky to be alive right now. Believe it or not, Ivy was
run over by a car. She crawled up on a woman's doorstep and just wagged
her tail. She had apparently suffered all night long before she was
able to make it to the vet.


This sweetie has been through so much.



It turns out that Ivy broke BOTH rear legs (4 bones total). Ivy was
transferred to another animal hospital where she underwent surgery to
repair both legs. Everyone that meets her is absolutely amazed with how
sweet she is, despite being in so much pain.



Ivy has now been through THREE surgeries to repair her legs at the cost of $2300.00. We need your help to pay her bill.



Ivy is just one of many special medical need pups that we have put
back together. Our vet bills currently exceed $10,000.00 and as a city
shelter, we just do not have the funds to keep on going like this.


Although we are a municipal shelter, we try to save every dog that
comes through our doors no matter what their injuries or illnesses may
be. If we do not receive some major financial assistance soon, we are
not going to be able to continue to save as many as we do.



Ivy is currently living in a small cage at the vet's office because
we have no foster homes available for her. In addition to your
financial support, Ivy also needs a loving, indoor foster home. If you
live in the memphis area and can provide one, please contact us at
marionangels@yahoo.com


It feels like are always begging - and we know that economic times
are rough, but we believe in giving every dog a chance at life...please
support us in our mission. Thank you so much for caring about our dogs.

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Update 12/23/08



Thanks to Doggie Angel, Nancy, we now only have to raise $2000
instead of $2300 for Ivy's vet bill! Nancy kindly made a private
donation of $300 directly to the shelter.

If you can help, please visit http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-12-19.3882971438

10 mo. old Border Collie Hit by Truck

12/18
Ali finally got to come home today! She spent the past 8 days at The
Pet Hospital in Bessemer City. She was anemic from her injury so had to
have a blood transfusion from a sweet donor dog to enable her to have
her surgery. However, once the vet started the surgery, he found that
her femur was too shattered to repair so he had to remove her leg. It
was sad news for Christopher and his family but at least Ali will be
able to recover and hopefully, live a long happy life. Christopher
learned at tough lesson and knows now that he must be very careful and
always take Ali out on a leash unless she is in a fenced yard. The
Bostwicks want to thank the staff and Dr. Nuemzic for taking such good
care of Ali. The comments from the team were all about how sweet Ali is
and what a good dog she is. She will have some healing time but the
prognosis is that she will be back to her playful self in a couple
weeks or so and the Dr. bet Christopher that she'd be outrunning him
within a year!
Thank you for reading about Ali and every dollar donated is very
much appreciated. The bill ended up being a little over $900 so we've
updated the amount needed. It is a very busy and expensive time of year
but if you can help even just a little, Ali and her family will be so
grateful. Happy Holidays and Ali sends a big sloppy kiss and a Woof!!


Ali, a 10 month old Border Collie, belongs to Christopher.
Christopher recently lost his job and then couldn't afford his
apartment so moved in with his Granddad, but Granddad was allergic to
Ali. Christopher has been searching for a job but hasn't had a lot of
luck but has been finding odd jobs refinishing wood floors, his
previous profession. So, he and Ali went back home to stay for a while.
The whole family loves animals and Christopher, who was diagnosed with
diabetes as a young teen, was saved by the family's dog when he started
going into a diabetic coma.
Christopher took Ali out to potty before going to bed as he had
done where he previously lived with her - off leash -but something
caught her eye and she walked out into the road and a speeding truck
came out of nowhere, hit her, and drove off without even slowing down.

Ali was taken to the emergency animal hospital and fortunately,
only her leg was broken. But, her femur is broken in 5 places so the
options are to either have surgery to have a plate put in which will
allow her to heal and eventually, return to the happy, playful puppys
she is. The second option is to amputate. Both are costly but the
surgery has been quoted at $1300 and this cost has been verified by
another vet as being a fair cost.
So, we are trying to raise money to help Ali keep her leg and
mend her as well as Christopher's broken heart. His Mom is due to have
a baby any day now but she wants to help save Ali's leg, too, and is
paying for Ali's stay at the vet hospital this weekend to make sure she
is stable enough to have the surgery on Monday 12/15.
Thank you for at least reading about Ali and Christopher and if
you can help with a small donation, Ali, Christopher, the whole family
and all of us who care about them will be very grateful.

If you can help, please visit http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-12-13.9076678152