Henry needs assistance!

See Henry's page: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/792104

Henry was pulled from a pound in northeastern Ohio, where his time was running out quickly. He is the first dog in the rescue program at Joey's Home. At his firt vet check-up, Henry tested positive for heartworm.

DONATIONS NEEDED!:
Since Henry's bloodwork looked good, we're planning to proceed with heartworm treatment. When that has been successfully completed, we'll have him neutered and have the cysts removed from his eyelid at the same time. Our vet is giving us a good price for heartworm treatment, and we're trying to raise as much in donations to help pay for it as we can.

Our goal is $150.

IF YOU CAN HELP WITH A DONATION, please send a check or money order made payable to The Cross Vet Clinic. Please mail them to
Joey's Home Senior Dog Rescue
3015 Dimmick Ave.
Terre Haute, IN 47802.

ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP, even just a few dollars! If we happen to raise more than $150, the money will stay in the Joey's Home account at the vet to help assist with costs for our next senior rescue dog.

A word about Joey's Home....

Joey's Home Senior Dog Rescue is a small, independent rescue dedicated to the rescue and placement of senior dogs. All efforts are made to adopt our seniors into loving, responsible homes if possible, or to effect a transfer to another rescue organization. If our dogs are unable to be placed, they will live out the rest of their retirement in a foster home, receiving any hospice care required. We believe no senior should end his/her life alone in an animal shelter or pound.

We are a very small outfit right now. As it stands at this moment, we have only one foster home (me) and one dog in the program (Henry). Funds are limited, and needs are endless. There are hundreds of senior dogs out there desperately in need of medical care and a safe place to call home.

Joey’s Home is in need of monetary donations to help with the cost of veterinary care, as well as foster home for our seniors to be safe in. If you are interested in either, please contact me (Andrea) at joeys.home@yahoo.com. Thank you!!!

Our rescue is a reality!

I have been interested in the possibility of starting a senior dog rescue/sanctuary for nearly a decade. My experiences with Joey (who touched my heart like no other dog has) have really solidified my desire to do more to help other senior dogs whose owners are no longer able to, or no longer want to, care for them. It’s bad enough that so many perfectly healthy young and adult dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters and pounds across the nation, but the thought of all those oldsters out there ending up in shelters just kills me.

For most of them, their only fault is aging. We all know what aging is like: the sight and hearing tend to go, lumps and bumps appear, the old bladder isn’t what it used to be; organs aren’t functioning quite up to par, one day it’s not as easy to get up the stairs… This is the time in their lives that our dogs and cats need us more than ever, not to be dumped in a shelter and forgotten about, scared, confused, and alone.

Seniors make such wonderful companions, too, and most that end up in shelters never again get the opportunity to prove themselves to a family. Well, I’ve had enough! I recently decided that now is the time to do whatever I can to assist them, and I’m doing it in honor of my Joey. Ladies and Gentlemen, Joey’s Home Senior Dog Rescue is born!