We are Vancouver Island Dogs Rescue Society, a not-for-profit that focusses on rescuing and rehabilitating Canadian dogs in need. We are raising $4,000 for Bree's second knee surgery. Her first knee surgery, on December 15, is being covered by our summer fundraising savings. We are in need of donations to complete her second surgery in the early new year.

Bree is a darling 2 year old ‘Canadian Special’ in urgent need of double leg surgery for torn ligaments on both her back legs. This girl is an outdoor loving, high energy love bug. Sitting still while she heals will be a challenge for Bree but we've assured her that it's worth it and that she is worth it too. Bree is booked in for her first surgery on Dec 15. Unfortunately, these surgeries are expensive even with the great partnerships we have with our local vets. At this time, we can only afford to fix one of Bree's legs at a cost of $4,000. We are fundraising and asking for donations for the remaining $4,000 surgery for her other leg. The surgeries are staggered to allow for recovery on each giving us some time to fundraise for the second surgery.

There are always those that think this is a ridiculous cost to pay for one dog and some ask how many other dogs could be saved with that money. While these are legitimate questions, they are not easily answered but we’ll try. Firstly, it IS a lot to pay for 'just' one dog, but it is never the dog’s fault that it does not have an owner to cover these costs, and our mission is to step in as a responsible owner for needy dogs. Secondly, we wouldn't be going out tomorrow and taking in 10 dogs if we didn't have Bree. We don’t cherry pick healthy, less costly dogs over others to rescue, we help where we are needed. And lastly, Bree is young and our vet gave her an excellent prognosis. As any reputable rescue does, we take our vets advice seriously and never put profit over a dogs needs. Quality of life is the biggest factor in medical decisions and we do make those hard decisions when needed. In Bree's case, her quality of life will be wonderful when she has recovered, and we are here to get her to that goal.

We recently did a double leg surgery and major dental on another little dog that is now adopted that cost around $4,000 (seems to be our lucky number!) This, among a few other dogs in care, rapidly depleted our summer fundraising savings leaving us short the amount to fully help Bree. Bree is now on medication to manage her pain while she waits for her surgeries. You can see her pain in how she sits crooked. After her surgeries and once both legs are completely healed she will be assessed and adopted out to a loving family.

We are transparent with our funds and have included the estimate to show the total. The estimate is for ONE leg only, so the full total is between $7500.00 - $8000.00.  We are only looking to raise half. We post Fundrazrs because they are an easy way for people to donate and share Bree’s story but Fundrazr takes a small percentage of what is donated. Because of this and our aim for transparency, there are other ways to donate.

WAYS TO DONATE:
Contact Chase River Vet Hospital
Donate directly to “Bree” under Vancouver Island Dogs Rescue Society Call 250-591-4050 www.chaserivervet.ca 

E-transfer to info@islanddogsrescue.com

Through Paypal on our website www.islanddogsrescue.com

Through this FundRazr

Mailed Cheque

(made out to Vancouver Island Dogs Rescue Society)

Sent to 542 Cedar Street, Campbell River BC V9W 2V6

No matter how you choose to donate, we will manually add the numbers (not the actual money) into Fundrazr so that you can always see the total tally.

This will be the most we’ve ever spent on a single dog and we need your support to make this real for Bree.

Bree's first vet visit 

(Notice how she sits crooked because her legs hurt. We now managing her pain until she is healed.)

The estimate

Bree as a puppy

Let's get Bree the help she needs to run again. (This is her actual paw!)