We haven't been updating our blog in the last ten days because we got really busy, really fast. Our very generous donors, all of you, helped to bring us in to the home stretch and last week we were able to pay off both of our huge vet debts and pay off our June boarding bill that was long over due. We had been monitoring several of the thirty shelters that we cover for cockers, one shelter had 19, another had 9, and most of the others have an average of 3 to 6 cockers right now. We had to make some very tough decisions about who we could help next. It was not easy. Helping some dogs meant other dogs were not going to get saved. We went to the Bakersfield shelter intending to get a dog out that had severe mange and his mate, and we ended up leaving with five cockers that day. Not our original plan, but then again, nothing about animal rescue can be planned.
First row: Jasper with demodectic mange, his bonded mate Gerry with the matted ears. Second row: after a bath and hair cut, Jasper and Gerry happy to be together and out of the shelter. Older feller, Wally with the freckle face. Owain with the double cherry eyes (they are so old the tissue is no longer red, it is dark). Goldie the spaniel mix (sshh, don't tell anyone she isn't a cocker, she needs a home as much as anyone). If you double click on each picture, it will lead you to a video clip that is unedited, raw footage.
We are also working on some new changes for our website so that you, the friends of Camp Cocker, can become more involved on a day to day basis, follow what we are spending to rehab the dogs, see who is on the waiting list for medical next and to help spread the word to everyone you know that we need more friends. We understand that donations are down due to the economy. We are all just trying to get through it. The flip side is that because of the economy, more animals than ever, in the history of doing animal rescue, more animals are entering our shelter systems - and they are not getting out alive. Because of this crisis, we want to ask people if making just a very small monthly donation is do-able for you? The price of a coffee or of eating out lunch?
Please consider becoming a Friend of Camp Cocker and sign up to donate monthly, for as little as $3 a month, you can make a difference. And keep spreading the word to everyone you know and ask them to consider doing the same!
You can pass this message forward by clicking on the share link below, to email it or send out to your social networking site. Thank you so much for supporting our little rescue! We woof you! Much love, Cathy and the doggies of Camp Cocker Rescue.
Click HERE to become a monthly donor or click on the paypal button below for a one time donation towards Jasper, Gerry, Owain, Wally and Goldie's medical and boarding.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 11:06PM 
