Pawsitive Patients

Shelby's story as told by her rescuer:

A friend of mine's family member found Shelby on Kijiji and took her in however she was not mentally fit to look after animals. I suspect the previous owners knew Shelby needed an operation and didn't really care who took her from them. The person who took her, left and abandoned Shelby so I told my friend that we would take her in and hopefully an agency would help us get her adopted. We approached Pawsitive Match at a fundraiser and they were more than happy to help. I was very impressed by this. So we have gone through the adoption process for her but we had noticed right away that there was something wrong with her rear leg. On PMs request, we took her to two vets and that is when we found out she needed an operation. Currently we are giving her pain medication to allow her to walk more. We appreciate PMs help in raising this money.

Please consider making a donation towards Shelby's care. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Email: fundraising@pawsitivematch.org if you have any questions.

An official tax receipt will be issued for all donations over $50.

Filipe was born on September 25, 2012 and arrived in Calgary from Cozumel on January 20th. Shortly after arriving Filipe came down with a fever and needed someone who could take care of him and monitor him. Filipe went to a wonderful foster home the evening of January 21st; he was extremely nervous and scared. Filipe is a sweet, loving little boy but takes time to warm up and trust people.

After a week, little Filipe was diagnosed with Erlichia and was prescribed antibiotics. Two days into taking the antibiotics he awoke at 3:00am coughing. That night he was up for 2 straight hours coughing and gagging. The next day Filipe was diagnosed with Kennel Cough. At that same vet visit Filipe was also diagnosed with Mange. Since then poor little Filipe has not been himself, he sleeps 20+ hours a day and has no energy to play. Every day his foster sits with Filipe and comforts him just to get him to eat and drink.

Filipe will need a lot of monitoring and support to get through the remaining weeks on his antibiotics. Filipe loves kids, he loves to cuddle the 3 year old son of his foster mom, and sometimes sleeps in bed with him. He's a really sweet little dog with a really big heart.

Please consider making a donation towards Filipe's care. Anything you can give is greatly appreciated!

Email: fundraising@pawsitivematch.org if you have any questions.

An official tax receipt will be issued for all donations over $50.

We think that Chase had a traumatic fracture to the left fore leg as a pup. There are extensive degenerative changes at the top of the left fore leg where it joins the shoulder. This has caused the leg to not be able to fully extend, we think that there has been some scarring of the joint too. Due to the fracture and the scarring, the left leg is slightly shorter than the right fore leg. Whenever he tries to walk, it takes extra effort to place the shorter leg on the ground. With the scarring of the joint, this is probably quite painful.

On February 19, 2013 Chase underwent full leg amputation. Dr. Rid said he did very well and since gone home to his furever family. The family adores Chase and want to work with him to get him back in his feet.

Please consider making a donation towards Chase's care. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Email: fundraising@pawsitivematch.org if you have any questions.

An official tax receipt will be issued for all donations over $50.