:-( so sad **Updated**

[becks]

Oh Tammy! You do great and wonderful things. I'm sure there's already a portrait of you hanging in the hall of the doggie gods.

 

I'm sorry you're missing Elsie. She is absolutely beautiful. Her new mommy and daddy look like really nice people.

[MsShelley]

awww, Tammy that is sad, but they look so happy to have her. I love the pictures of her, she is so cute

[Sandra E.]

I'm so sorry, but Elsie looks like a happy dog. Feel proud that you had something to do with her wonderful personality and her happiness, she's adorable!

[Saraha]

Tammy, Im so sorry you have to go through this but very happt to kow she is going with an amazing family that you know will take care of her. I know I have told you many times but you are an amazing person to do this. I could never have that strength!

[BarefootBride]

Tammy, Elsie was surely a cutie pie! I would have cried. The new family should thank their luck stars for you and your husband. Im sure Elsie will never forget you.

[MelanieS]

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Originally Posted by TammyB We actually just started with donating money each month, then when we decided to get our second dog (of course he was through the BT rescue group) we were just blown away with them and all they do. So we started to help out with foster home visits, then moved to store meet and greets, Our first foster was a temp foster, the normal foster family were going on vacation for a couple of weeks and needed a sitter for him (he was a special needs Boston, his front legs were fused 90 degrees, so he had to scoot around with his back legs) Well two days after we got him he jumped off the couch (normal thing for him to do) but he became paralized.. Long story short, we thought we were going to have to put him to sleep because he couldn't move, we had to spoon feed him water, and manually express his bladder, we finally decided to try one last thing, Acupuncture on him, sure enough he started to respond to the treatment. We ended up keeping him for 2 months until he was able to pee on his own, and move around better, the perm foster home felt that moving him back with them in their 4 dog house hold would only delay his progress. Once he was almost back to normal he went back home with his perm foster family, who actually ended up adopting him. :-) After that we just new we wanted to help more and started fostering on a regular basis.

Wow, what a commitment you've made to these sweet dogs. We are so impressed. We are big believers in acupuncture. My husband was in a helicopter crash several years ago and has a cyst inside his spinal cord. Lately his pain level had been about an 8, but after weekly acupuncture, it's down to a 1!

[TammyB]

I'm a big believer of acupuncture, it helped me when I was injured and of course the dog we cared for. I'm glad to hear your husband is responding well to it, it's sad that most insurance companies don't think of acupuncture as a real way to treat people, hopefull that will change in the future. GL to your hubby, I hope he continues to be pain free.

[ErinB]

In Kentucky acupuncture isn't readily available. It can only be practiced by a licensed medical physican. I'm glad you had such good luck and so did the puppy. My MOH had a similar situation with her daschund. He became paralyzed after jumping off the couch. They ended up having to fly him to a specialist in Dallas for a $6000 back surgery!

[michelle08]

That is so sad...but at least she has a good home permanantly and she wouldn't if it wasn't for you! You are such a kind hearted person!

[A10CalGal]

Oh Tammy... You are such a good mommy. I am sad for you every time you "lose" a foster...but I'm sure her new home will be awesome.