In an effort to invite more people to get involved with animal rescue, either through donations or volunteering, we would like to share with you what it really costs us on a daily basis. Camp Cocker is unique in that we do actually vet the dogs and spend quite a bit of money to rehabilitate them. We dream of one day having an abundance of foster homes so that no funds are drained by boarding fees and of having an abundance of donations so that we are never struggling to pay off vet debt or trying to scrape together funds for dogs in line waiting for medical care. We try to find the vets in town with the best prices and also have arranged a good price with the boarding facility that we use so that we can make every dollar stretch as far as possible.
OUR CURRENT and immediate vet debt owed as of 7-8-10: We just paid off our old vet debt from April, May and June! Yaay! We also paid off our boarding bill from June. We are now in mid-July, and just took in several new dogs from the shelter that are currently at Community Vet (hello new vet bills). Our July boarding bill will be due at the end of the month for $3000. Thank you to EVERYONE who helped us pay off our big pile of vet debt from the last three months. It feels good to just be at square one and now we only have to worry about fundraising from this day forth. The dogs we just pulled, they owe their lives to all of you, the donors. They really do. Without getting that old debt paid off, we were stuck and couldn't move forward to save new lives. Good for all of you!
July 2010: On waiting list for medical: Alvin needs bi-lateral knee surgery for his luxating patella, Alvin also needs to be neutered (crypt orchid surgery) and Shakespeare needs cataract surgery on his left eye.
July 2010: Shakespeare eye doctor $170.83.
July 2010: Eli eye doctor recheck $96.67.
July 2010: Duncan meds $197.00.
July 2010: Brady and Eli meds $40.00.
July 2010: Bunny third hernia surgery $330.20.
June 2010: Flash boarding $532.00.
June 2010: Josh Titer Test $50.82.
April - June 2010: Bunny & Teddy boarding at vet $2242.00.
June 2010: Teddy rabies vaccine $10.80.
June 2010: Duncan medical $441.20.
June 2010: Duncan medical $106.78.
June 2010: Eli medical $179.39.
June 2010: Crosby medical $29.00.
June 2010: Eli medical $25.80.
June 2010: Brady and Eli medical $959.44.
June 2010: Maddy's Revolution $48.32.
June 2010: Rudy, Tulip and Willow medical boarding $1335.00.
June 2010: Brady medical $18.48.
June 2010: Maddy medical $120.82.
May - June 2010: Crosby medical and boarding $407.50.
May - June 2010: Izzy, Josh, Katie, Rudy, Tulip and Willow medical page one and page two for a total of $1255.
May 2010: Izzy, Katie, Rudy, Tulip and Willow cherry eye surgeries $1842.50.
May 2010: Duke and Izzy's medical & boarding $833.50.
May 2010: Duncan's medical $142.48.
May 2010: Josie's boarding at vet $243.00.
May 2010: Duke's medical $138.
May 2010: Dixie, Eli and Kramer medical $221.79.
May 2010: Shaggy and Sampson's medical $101.64.
May 2010: Sophie's Isotherapy for her allergies, Duncan and Sweet Pea holistic meds $326.00.
May 2010: Sophie blood drawn for Isotherapy $25.00.
May 2010: Eli and Sweet Pea medical $65.40.
May 2010: Eli's phenobarbital blood test and Revolution for the other dogs $192.60.
May 2010: Sam's medial $136.14.
April 2010: Alvin and Ernie medical $842.41.
March - April 2010: Shakespeare's final medical bill $18.26.75.
April 2010: Teddy's medical boarding $2009.83.
April - May 2010: Teddy's medical (revised to include the second ear surgery) $4038.22.
April 2010: Samantha's medicine $31.14.
April 2010: Teddy's medical 4-12 through 4-24 $1826.35.
April 2010: Community Vet, refill Cyclosporin dry eye drops $87.77.
April 2010: Community Vet for Mya $81.00.
March/April 2010: Shakespeare's medical and boarding from 3/6 - 4/24 $1714.75.
April 2010: Sugar's medical and ivermectin for sarcoptic doggies $112.84.
April 2010: Jameson, Rave, Brady, Eli & Kramer medical $886.28.
April 2010: Duncan & Sweet Pea medical $78.00.
April 2010: Sweet Pea medical $12.00.
April 2010: Sweet Pea medical $54.50.
March 2010: Brady, Maddy & Minnie medical $113.41.
March 2010: Eli & Minnie medical $188.00.
March 2010: Josh & Danny medical $214.00.
March 2010: Maddy & Sweet Pea medical $58.00.
March 2010: Raven medical $35.00.
March 2010: Sophie Holistic Vet $297.00.
March 2010: Maddy, Brady & Kramer medical. $96.49.
February - March 2010 (four bills) Kramer's medical. $588.96.
January - February 2010 (final bill tallied in March) Samantha's medical. page one and page two $3603.01.
February 2010: Peggy Sue medical. $206.92.
December 2009-January 2010 (final bill tallied in February): Bunny. $1357.50.
February 2010: Brownie medical (first night out of the shelter). $111.49.
February 2010: Minnie Thyroid retest. $36.00.
February 2010: Duncan & Sweet Pea Holistic Vet supplements. $100.00.
February 2010: Bunny eye doctor. $134.25.
February 2010: Minnie eye doctor. $111.21.
February 2010: Kramer's continued medical (pneumonia). $190.70.
February 2010: Kramer's medical (pneumonia). $474.92.
February 2010: Priscilla & Fonzie's hospitalization and Fonzie's crypt orchid surgery. $1208.49.
February 2010: Brady, Eli & Kramer's medical. $282.00.
February 2010: Einstein's eye drops refills and medical boarding for Lola and Missy. $147.00.
February 2010: Cosmo's medical bill (foot wound, recheck, soak,bandage). $47.20 . Worrying about Cosmo, they are talking about a biopsy if the wound doesn't get better! Please send him your positive wishes for healing!
February 2010: Cosmo's medical bill (foot wound). $78.00.
January 2010: Dusty & Yogi's medical. $377.50.
January 2010: Samantha's double pelvic orthopedic surgery and medical boarding. $3414.70.
January 2010: Bunny's medical boarding and hernia surgery. $1945.61.
January 2010: Minnie's medical and hospitalization. 1615.51.
January 2010: Misty, Sherlock and Stanley's medical. $2210.44.
January 2010: Danny's medical boarding and cherry eye surgery. 561.24.
January 2010: Ernie & Bert's medical boarding and neuter surgeries. $991.30.
January 2010: Sophie's medical/allergy testing. $387.60.
January 2010: Josie, Minnie & Travis cataract surgeries. $4300.00.
January 2010: Dena medical. $110.50 (total still owed on Dena is $1428.22).
December 2009: Dena and Sophie medical. $204.90.
November 2009: Dena medical. $110.50.
October 2009: Assorted medical. $1922.17.
Vet debt as of 8/24/09, this is excluding Jerry's hospitalization for pneumonia, those charges will be added in when he is discharged. $1744.91
Captain Xrays 8/25/09 $59.20
Josh hospitalization from 8/13-8/17/09 $371.70
Boarding bill week ending 8/17/09 $1020.00
Einstein medical 8-15-09 $112.93
We are one hundred percent supported by donations and on average, we spend between $500 - $750 on each dog we rescue (medical bills & boarding are our biggest expenses). About once or twice a month, we will get a dog that needs expensive surgery so we are always in need of donations. We are always operating in the red so please pass the word for us that we need donations. Also, what a great gift for someone who has everything . . . make a donation in their honor and we will send an acknowlegement card on your behalf.
