Crazy day/night - Page 2

EckoMac · 12-21-2012, 03:47 PM

Can you get them to just give you money to buy his food?
They could have given you the money instead of the vet, and you could have fed him for months on that.

**Odin`s_BlueDragon** · 12-21-2012, 03:56 PM

yeah i know! vets are expensive... she said she would send me money for chicken and rice. and will prolly want receipts. but i will see about maybe gettin money for food in the future.

EckoMac · 12-21-2012, 07:55 PM

Changing food is bad for the poor guy.
I mean, I get that they run on donations, but in special cases, they should be able to provide what's best for the dog. Otherwise he may as well be sitting in a shelter eating whatever trash they through in his run.

patty · 12-22-2012, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Carriana

I feel you - with working full time, with a 3+ hour commute (round trip) and almost a full class load I am lucky if I get to bed before midnight most nights and I get up at 6:30am. The last couple of weeks, in getting ready for finals I was up until 1am most nights. I also recently added a weekday workout routine which takes another 45 minutes out of my evenings. Something about idle hands...

Wow you are really busy. I do not know how you do it. It is just craziness

Best of luck to you though.

**Odin`s_BlueDragon** · 12-22-2012, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by EckoMac

Changing food is bad for the poor guy.
I mean, I get that they run on donations, but in special cases, they should be able to provide what's best for the dog. Otherwise he may as well be sitting in a shelter eating whatever trash they through in his run.

Yeah after this I'm sure they will make sure he gets the same kind of food. And Chako paypaled me some money to cover the cost of chicken and rice. So I gotta go shoppin after work lol.

**Kingsgurl** · 12-22-2012, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by EckoMac

Changing food is bad for the poor guy.
I mean, I get that they run on donations, but in special cases, they should be able to provide what's best for the dog. Otherwise he may as well be sitting in a shelter eating whatever trash they through in his run.

Everyone runs on donations. The tough thing about rescue is we take on a lot of dogs, but you always need to keep the individual DOG as the focal point. One of the reasons I provide food to my fosters is so that I know the dog is getting GOOD food (and to help out the Foster, who is doing a TREMENDOUS service, it shouldn't come out of THEIR pocket) It's also a premium way to go broke, lol. Most rescues don't provide food, in fact, CHAKO usually does not either. They really, really needed you to take Boss. He wouldn't be sitting in a run eating whatever they fed him there. He would be dead.
I would never feed a dog, foster or otherwise, something like Dog Chow, I just re-donate that stuff=) I think it ends up costing both the rescue, the dog, and the foster MORE in the long run.
Pumpkin is your best friend though.

**Odin`s_BlueDragon** · 12-22-2012, 07:31 AM

ur very right Tina, i wasnt sure i was ready to foster yet but Boss tugged on my heart strings so much! im very glad they were willing to work with me and cover the cost of food. but ur right, i was Boss's last chance and hes lucky im stubborn otherwise him and his runny butt woulda worn out his welcome lol! but yes i have a whole gallon baggy full of frozen pumpkin and im gunna get more canned pumpkin!

**Kingsgurl** · 12-23-2012, 01:35 AM

You have done a fabulous job too!