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Operation Bichon Lift
(OBL) was founded in the spring of 2017 as a one-time project
to rescue 50 Bichons from the "kill shelters" of
California. I didn't know much about the rescue process or how
expensive it could be, I just wanted to save some dogs to honor my
"G3" who passed two years prior.
My goal was to rescue Bichons and get them to people who might
not otherwise able to afford the costs associated with adopting a
rescue. To that end we resolve dental and medical issues as well
micro-chipping, spraying & neutering our rescues before placing
them in their furever homes. We also waived our adoption fee for
active duty military adopters, of the 45 dogs we placed 11 went to
military families.
Summer (aka Bailey) was the fifth dog I pulled and then found
out she had cancer. The choice was specialized treatment, estimate
cost $6,000 (the final bill exceeded $10,000), or putting her down.
This was a gut check about how serious was I about my rescue efforts.
At that point I realized that I committed, I paid the vet bill and OBL
moved on. The 45 dogs that have been placed by OBL in the past 2-1/2
years incurred bills exceeding $40,000. The majority of this was
funded by personally by me, with assistance from my family. About
$4,000 was contributed by members of the Bichon community.OBL has agreed to a accept 5 - 8 dogs from south
Florida that are displaced as the result of the recent storms that
have ravaged the region. Three of these dogs are already be placed in
foster care and have medical needs that must be addressed. I'm hoping
this fundraise this fundraiser will generate a substantial amount
towards meeting these costs!
Thanks in advance for your consideration of my donation
request. You are welcome to make your donation from this page or you
can save OBL the cost of processing fees by donating directly using
Paypal or Venmo. The link for PayPal and my Venmo ID are below:
Click here to donate using PayPal
Send Venmo donations to Don-McFarland-3
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