DRC's "Great 8" Need A Little Help From Their Friends!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Last week, DRC was asked to take in 5 female doodles from a NJ breeder who has gone out of business. These beautiful girls, all of whom had been used for breeding, were badly neglected: matted to the skin, infested with multiple varieties of intestinal parasites, had not been kept UTD on vaccines or HW preventatives, 4 of the 5 are intact, and most of them appear to have been debarked. Thanks to that force of nature otherwise known as Kate Singleton, foster homes were found for all 5 within a day, and they are all now getting the care they so badly need. Their foster parents report that they are all very sweet but timid girls who are soaking up every bit of affection they can get. They have been shaved down, and are being spayed, vetted, HW tested, and treated for the intestinal worms as we speak. 

Here are their "before" pictures. (Rusty the male went with 3 standard poodles to our good friends at Carolina Poodle Rescue, who also arranged transport for all of the dogs) 

 

 

No sooner were the 5 settling into foster care when DRC received an urgent call about 3 doodles who had been dumped in a kill shelter in Texas and were scheduled to be euthanized due to their poor condition, and the fact that 2 of the 3 had serious respiratory infections. (And God only knows what else.) A DRC volunteer angel raced to the shelter and pulled all three dogs. All are intact and in need of full vetting and treatment. 

DRC desperately needs your help so that these beautiful doodles (some of whom are the mothers of DK members' dogs) can get the care and love they need and finally live the kind of life that our own DK doodles are living, and so that we can continue to help doodles like these in the future. 

This is Huxley. He was the sickest of the Texas dogs, and I am heartbroken to tell you that he died in his foster mom's arms on the way to the emergency vet yesterday. We are grateful that he did not die alone in the shelter, and went to the Bridge wrapped in loving arms.

In our hearts and minds, he remains one of DRC's "Great 8". 

DRC has set up a fundraiser through You Caring to help raise money for the vetting of these beautiful doodles. Any amount will help. Please click the link below, there is a brief video with photos of the girls in their foster homes. 

In memory of Huxley, please consider making a donation. Thank you so much for reading, and for your continued support. 

DRC's Great 8 Fundraiser

http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/drc-s-great-8/133156

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thank you so much, Rose!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

A message of gratitude from Kate, and everyone at DRC:

"

Once again, the doodle community amazes me. Just Friday night (late) I posted our fundraiser for DRC's Great 8... A group of dogs who needed us immediately. We put out the call to YOU, our volunteers. 

The NJ 5 found foster homes in a matter of a couple of hours. Transport and meeting places came together quicker than anything I've ever seen. 

When our three, very sick babies came up in need, Laura and her husband Mike jumped in- (Mike jumped literally into his car to drive 2.5 hours away to pick them up, with 15 minutes to spare). 

Our next step was fundraising. We started at $5,000 to cover expenses for these dogs; vetting & transport. The donations from YOU started immediately. Yesterday, due to some bad news and a terrible turn on our now Texas twosome, we had to increase the fundraiser because of emergency calls and diagnosis. YOU stepped up. YOU opened your hearts. YOU have brought us $1023 shy of the goal in less than 5 days! Unbelievable! Incredible! Amazing! Overwhelming! CARING!

Too often, we hear how great WE are, but the truth is, it's not us who are great, it's YOU, the person reading this. The volunteer, the supporter, the donor. Without YOU, WE wouldn't exist. 

On behalf of DRC & the doodles, we want to offer a heartfelt, BIG doodle thank YOU."

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

DRC rocks! 

[F, Calla & Luca]

Wonderful news.

[Gail and Bailey]

Awesome!

[Leslie, Yogi & Maci Bear]

Thank you for allowing us all to be a part of something wonderful. Many of us want to help but can't necessarily be a foster home or adopt the doodles.
Thank you guys on the front lines!!

This makes me feel good :-)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Leslie, this post makes me feel good, too! 

[Jill Abernathy Meseke]

Can I adopt one of these precious babies?

Thank you,

Jill Meseke

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Jill, they are nowhere ready yet to be adopted. First, they must all be spayed and treated for their various conditions. Most are also severely underweight. The TX dogs are still touch and go as to whether they will survive the distemper. 

Once they are healthy, they must then be evaluated to determine what type of home environment will be best for each one. Only when all are healthy and have been assessed will they be available for adoption. 

Thank you for your interest in providing a forever home for one of these beautiful girls. :)

[Leslie and Halas]

I donated last week.  It's great how much the fund has grown in such a short time.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks so much, Leslie!

[Julie and Max]

Max's neuter cleaned out the bank this week but I plan on giving to the great 8 next week, so wonderful of those who volunteer to help these poor babies and I hope they find amazing forever homes.