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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Sageofages,
Perhaps you could suggest to the organization that they set sometime up online to allow donations that they could then redistribute to foster caretakers to help offset costs for the fostering folks?
ETA: Er, they already do https://www.netpets.org/netp/donation.php. (SofA, did you already mention this? I'm struggling with reading comprehension lately.) But maybe they don't hand the money out to fostering folks directly?
Or if you want to put all your personal info on Greek Chat, which I personally wouldn't, I know that I'd be happy to mail you a Walmart gift card for you to spend on food. (not that the amount I could send would make much of a dent in the overall bill.)
I bet that the number of people who would give money to this cause would be bigger than we could imagine. It combines being about to show support for deployed troops with helping animals; who wouldn't want to help? |
No they don't distribute the donated funds to the folks doing the fostering. The service member is to pay the costs of "living expenses and vet care". However, until she gets it set up...we are bearing the costs for these two. (They really are good boys!). So far, I have noticed an uptick in the amount of food my dogs consume as well...I see it as a competition thing for a while.
Since they are here, I have discovered two pressing needs. I need to extend my kennel fencing to surround my back door. As it is, we normally walk the dogs out the backdoor, down some steps and then put them into the kennel gate. Our german shepard complies with verbal commands for this....HOWEVER, our golden retriever must be restrained (held) because if he is loose, he is *gone* in a blink! I don't know Happy and Dopey well enough to know if letting them loose is a good idea or not. My sense is *not*! I want to extend my wooden privacy fence about 13 feet in one direction out from the garage and then 15 feet perpendicular to the side of the house (along a concrete pad we have). This would allow me to just open the back door to let them in and out all day long as they need. The kennel will still have its own gate, and give me a "ante" area for getting them out the door with no escaping. UNFORTUNATELY, we now have 4 inches of snow with 4 more predicted for tomorrow. Not gonna put up fencing in that weather.
Second, I need to find a better watering situation. Before Happy and Dopey arrived, we used an old 18 qt stainless steel stockpot for water. This was sufficient for both dogs for all day (and they could both drink at the same time). Not working for 4 big dogs. I need to get something with a wider mouth and more capacity. Additionally, I will need to be able to put a heater on it to keep it from freezing during the cold. I priced a nice stock watering unit from Ritchie Industries (here in Iowa), but learned while it is EXACTLY what we need, the price was way more than I expected. I am going to talk to the local distributor to see if I can get some sort of "trade-in"/loaner or sponsorship for it. I will really only have this large a need for about 15 months (or so).
Day three has gone well otherwise.
Anyone (especially fence builders
LOL ..JK)seriously wanting to help, please PM me.
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