Dearest Chris,

My name is Rhena and I am mommy to an eleven year old dog named Gizmo. Gizmo has been a member of our family for more than ten years. Gizmo means the world to my ten year old son Sam, my mother (a disabled senior), and of course her mom!

About one month ago we were told that Gizmo had bone cancer. She was limping and in a lot of pain. The vet recommended the arm that the cancer was in, her forearm, be amputated as soon as possible. We absolutely could not come close to affording this expense. We had no hope. Until we discovered The Magic Bullet Fund and Laurie Kaplan. She was able to use part of your donation to get the surgery Gizmo needed! It was not easy but we did it and could not have without YOU!!!

Gizmo came home from surgery today. She is tired BUT walking, eating, and loving life. From the deepest core of my heart, THANK YOU!!! I know there are many cases like mine, people feeling the deep despair associated with the inability to financially care for the animals they love. I am grateful to know there are people out there like you.

For restoring hope that our girl has a chance to experience more life we are sincerely grateful!

Sincerely,
Rhena, Sam, Naomi, Gizmo, and her brother J

Dear Chris and DCCFund,

Tokyo Pete and I want to thank you for all of your help. He is doing so much better since his sugery and is starting to get back to being himself again. He is my best friend and I can’t imagine life with out him. When I was living in Kansas 5 years ago, one of my friends worked for the local vetrinarian. One night I mentioned to him how I wished I had a little puppy friend. And days later he came over with Tokyo Pete. Tokyo was 4 weeks old and he could fit inside a bread pan he was so little. There was a large puppy breeder who lived there and one of the puppies in her litter (Tokyo) was born with both genders, so she had dropped him off at the vets to be uthinized. Thank god my friend thought of me to care for Tokyo because I couldn’t have asked for a better campanion. Later on Tokyo and I made the big drive back to New England to live with family. Where everyone fell deeply in love with him, just like me. He is one of the family and well loved, he has a sunny personality and loves meeting new people and other animals. Then this past year when I was giving him a scratch under his chin I noticed he had a bump on his chest, it didn’t feel normal and I called the vet immediatly. When he visited, the doctor said that it was most likely a cancerous tumor and did a biopsy. When we got the results back we were all devistated. My eye start to tear everytime I thought about how he was feeling, sleeping all day, not eating, crying. He was in so much pain and he needed to have surgery to remove the tumor. I was in between jobs and couldn’t support him the way I should. So I talked to my little sister who works at a local pet store and she suggested to get in touch with the Dog and Cat Cancer Fund. So I did, and I just can’t tell you enough how my heart swells with happiness being able to see Tokyo full of life and healthy from his surgery. Tokyo and I deeply appreciate all of your help. Your gracious donation has helped us get through this difficult time.

Thank You So Much!

Tokyo & Lillian

Dear DCCFund,

I wanted to thank the dog and cat cancer fund donors for donating $750 to Iggy’s cancer treatments. It is much appreciated and Iggy is grateful too. Iggy is my best friend and it means a lot to me that he is getting funding. I am hoping that these treatments are a success and that he can beat this nasal tumor like he beat the mast cell grade 3 one year prior.

Thank you so much one again.

Dustin

Dear Chris and the DCC Fund,

Thank you for your generous offer to help Daggit with her cancer treatment! It has been 3-months since Daggit was diagnosed. Through this journey, I’m constantly inspired and grateful for the generosity of spirit I’ve been fortunate to be part of It is because of the help of absolute strangers – fellow animal lovers – that I have been able to continue Daggit’s treatment.

When my girl was diagnosed, I had to put her expenses on my credit card and was approved for CareCredit. With a maxed out credit card and approaching my limit on CareCredit, I figured there had to be help out there for people like me – single and unemployed for almost a year. I feel so fortunate to have found the Dog and Cat Cancer Fund and that Daggit is receiving the financial help we need to continue her treatments. 



Daggit’s cancer journey has definitely served as a reminder, that no matter how trivial it may seem, please take your pups to the vet. And get pet insurance before it’s too late! I took Daggit to the vet for what I thought was a bee sting in her paw and it turned out to be cancer. You can never be too careful. We hope that early detection and taking action to amputate her toe helped save her. She is now on chemo and is doing very well. I just want to give her the best chance possible. 

Many thanks to the Dog and Cat Cancer Fund for the support and donations my girl has received. Your help is giving Daggit the chance she deserves.

Every dog deserves the chance to fight and to keep on living and loving unconditionally. I’m so grateful that Daggit chose me at that puppy rescue 9 years ago and I will do everything I can to see to it that she has many more years of playing ball and romping at the beach.

Thank you so much for your generous support,

Nicole & Daggit … and her brother Vegas

Hi Chris,

Thanks again for your considerations and support. Thanks for everything.

I’m grateful to DCC for it’s ambitions and grateful to be a beneficiary. Should you like more pictures or a bio on Moukie for your site, I’m happy to forward them.

Update: Just a note to say Moukie was released from BAVS and taken home tonight. Right now Moukie just seems mad this event was thrust on him…which I take as a good sign.

Many thanks!

Pepito

Thank you! More than I can possibly express, you and your donors have my sincere and undying gratitude.

Ottis did have his surgery. Angle Care in Carlsbad agreed to allow me 2 weeks to try to get any grants before they I have to pay in full. Several tumors were removed. Most were stage one but the large tumor was stage two. I hope that chemo is indicated because I absolutely will not be able to afford radiation.

I have attached some pictures of Ottis (to be honest we actually call him PugDog – Otis was the name were first used when we adopted him so it is on all his vet records but to us he is PugDog) I included pictures with PugDog’s pet cat Kiwi – PugDog found her abandoned in our yard near dead and only 4 weeks old. We rescued Pug and he rescued her.

Thank you again.

Julie Swigart

Dear Chris,

Thank you so much for helping fund Hunter’s Mast Cell Tumor surgery. I have never met so many caring people who know how important this member of our family is to us. Both your organization and the Magic Bullet Fund have, along with other great organizations, have given so generously to save our friend Hunter and you will never know how much that means to us. This is one of the greatest gifts you could ever give to a family.

Thank you so much!

Dona

Dearest Cat and Dog Cancer Fund,
I would sincerely like to thank all of your donors for their generosity. Without that generosity, Roxy and I would have certainly had a short, painful future together. Roxy is a 5 year old Catahoula Leopard Hound/Shar Pei mix; adopted from animal control when she was 5 months old. Her first year involved many eye surgeries, among other health issues. With Roxy constantly wearing an E-collar and even having to be caged for extended periods of time to keep weight off of her rear leg, that year was very rough on both of us. But Roxy is an amazing dog; no matter what hardships she encounters, she adapts and moves on. She is still the fastest dog chasing a tennis ball at the park and loves to go to the beach and swim. Roxy is such a happy dog, when she gets excited her entire body sways back and forth as she wags her tail.
To treat the cancer, the doctors said the surest way to get rid of it, was to amputate her 2nd and 3rd toes on her left paw. Even this morning, 18 hours after her surgery, the doctors said that they are amazed at how quickly she is using that foot. I anticipate Roxy being ready to go to the park far more quickly than I am as she recovers. This operation has given Roxy a whole new lease on life that I have each of you to thank for. I hate to even imagine what her future would have been like had we not been able to have this surgery done, and letting the cancer spread. I hope that she has many more fun years ahead of her now.
I am so very appreciative of those who donate to the Dog and Cat Cancer Fund. I hope that in the future, once I have graduated from UF and my daughter and I are more financially stable, I may able to donate back to this miracle organization. I am so excited to bring my sweet Roxy home today. Thank you all for making this life saving procedure possible for us, you will forever be in our hearts.

Sincerely,
Lauren Harvey and Roxy

Dearest Chris and all you big hearted contributors of the Cat and Dog Cancer Fund,

Petey and I say THANK YOU with all our hearts for the peace and relief you have given us in the extremely generous gift of the final $350 so he can have his tumor surgery!!! yeah! what a celebration day. I went through breast cancer myself 5 months ago and a mastectomy. So cancer hit close to home and i felt petey deserves a fight chance to live to. And because of you and your contributions and unselfish thinking; he will see another summer to swim and go for walks and play with his beloved brother Golly and I.

Petey is a very active dog who can’t sit still long and goes everywhere with me. He LOVES water and i took him to the ocean for the first time right after his needle biopsy showed cancer. He loved the ocean went running to it until he saw the big waves comming then ran back; like what the heck? the water is chasing me! lol He also notice the water tasted funny! lol! being used to fresh water! He also loves to wrestle with his brother Goilly an american bulldog. They lick each others faces and love each other a lot! petey loves all dogs and animals. I raise a clutch of baby cockatiel birds once a year or so and he holds them in his paws and guards them! he growls any thing that comes near. As they get older they look to him for food and scream up at him! I also am ill with Lupus erthematosis. He is always by my side.

So we are getting surgery scheduled soon and i can thank YOU for this chance to get that Cancer out.

May God bless you all in return…

Cassandra and Petey~

Dear Chris and the DCCFund,

Thank you, Chris and the Dog & Cat Cancer Fund , for your help. I also thank all of the wonderful people who donate to the Dog & Cat Cancer Fund. Without your donations, this wonderful fund wouldn’t be able to help Enu and the other dogs who need help.

My name is Cathy and I really appreciate all that you have done for Enu and myself. Enu is not just a dog or a pet to me. I think of him as a big part of my family. He’s more like a son to me. I had Enu since he was about 3 months old. I brought Enu home in July 2002 and. it was love at first sight. He was the best puppy that I could have ever asked for. He loves to go to the park and take walks with me. Enu is a very gentle, loving, and compassionate dog.
Enu wouldn’t hurt anyone. He runs and plays with my kitten. I just got her in June and Enu was extremely nice and playful towards her. They eat and drink out of Enu’s bowls. He never shows his teeth to her or even growls at her. The kitten sleeps on his dog bed with him and he never minds her there.

When I found out that Enu had cancer in July 2009, I was devastated. I prayed for a solution to occur for Enu’s situation. That is when I found the Magic Bullet Fund, and applied for help. MBF agreed to help us and also reached out to DCCF and other organizations in order to pull together all the help that was needed for Enu.
Enu is getting better everyday and that is because of the kindness and generosity of MBFand DCCF. I don’t know where I would be without you. Thank you for everything.

Sincerely,

Cathy & Enu