Best Chance Animal Rescue: Emergency Medical Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

The money was used to help treat two dogs for heartworm infection.

It helped treat two dogs for heartworm disease, one of whom, if we can get his other health issues under control, will leave for his forever home in April.

How many pets did this grant help?

2

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

This grant helped sweet Aloe the Chihuahua become heartworm-negative. He is tiny and had a really rough start in life; his family neglected many of his critical needs, so we took him in, neutered him and got him his shots. It was then that we realized he was heartworm-positive. After giving him his antibiotics and everything, we noticed something else. One of his eyes was getting larger, and it was his good eye. You see, his other eye was already blind due to an old injury, and now this eye was getting large. We took him to the vet and found out, yes, it would have to come out and was more than likely glaucoma.

So now this sweet 5-lb. boy who finds it hard to put weight on is not only heartworm-positive but is also blind — but that never stopped his spirit one bit. Thanks to the Petfinder Foundation’s grant, we were then able to afford treatment for his heartworm disease. He still has some health issues going on, but now he is well on his way to being able to travel from the south of Tennessee to Paris, France, where his adopter is waiting for spring, when Aloe will finally be able to leave for his forever family should he finally be healthy enough. Thank you for everything, Petfinder Foundation.