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Cats, Critical Care Assistance Fund

Rusty’s Story

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Rusty lives in the Green Twp. area and is a community cat. He is cared for by a 10 year old little girl named Leah. Leah cares for a couple other community cats too; however, Rusty is her newest addition. Responsibly, her neighborhood gets these cats spay/neutered, provides nutrition and outdoor housing for these lucky felines. Recently, Rusty came home dragging his leg. Apparent that it was useless, they contacted Pay It Forward For Pets for help. Crating this independent guy wasn’t the easiest; however, with Leah’s help PIFFP was able to get the cat transported to Dr. Lisa Wilson at Animal and Avian Medical Center in Brunswick (we love this doctor!!!). After x-rays and rest, it was apparent that Rusty’s leg could not be saved. After all, he’d been shot with a pellet gun and the pellet injured his spine which caused nerve damage and the leg dropped. What to do? This isn’t an owned cat. Do we responsibly spend donor dollars to treat this young feline? The answer was an easy one … yes! Why? Because we had a healthy cat that would adapt to 3 legs, we had a 10 year old little girl that loves Rusty and was caring for him properly and, lastly, this effort had “lessons” written all over it for the neighborhood children. As Rusty endured his surgery to remove the leg and convalesce, PIFFP and little Leah went to work on a flyer about Trap-Neuter-Release and community cats. Leah blanketed her neighborhood with the information and a picture of Rusty with his amputated leg. She told the story of him being shot and asked that any family possessing a pellet gun to “please” have a conversation with everybody in the home about kindness and compassion for orphaned pets. In closing, Rusty is now an “owned” pet and will, no doubt, get to live to love his nine lives. Do you agree with our decision to help Rusty? We want your feedback and opinions. Please visit our website at www.payitforwardforpets.org to make a donation to the “Critical Care Fund” to help the many cats out there that we get calls on that need pain-alleviating treatment – like Rusty. Contributions can be mailed to: PIFFP Office, 2136 Yellowcreek Road, Akron, OH 44333. Notation: “Feral/Community Cats.” We thank you … and the animals thank you too.

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Critical Care Fund- Boss Overcomes Bloat

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Sharing another “behind the scenes” success story… Meet Boss. This 8 month old puppy was afflicted with bloat. Bloat is a condition that happens in dogs that are larger in size and older. In fact, we often hear about this ailment in horses so you can only imagine how rare of a case Boss is. Contacted for help by his pet-parent, this sweet boy was in deep distress. After learning more details about his condition, it was apparent that he was in horrific pain and was suffering in his home. After an entire day of phone calls to area veterinarians in an effort to seek pain alleviating surgery/treatment, and with no guarantee for survival, Boss was taken to surgery that night. We are so thankful that Boss survived and will now be able to live his life pain-free as a happy puppy. This young dog fought hard and wanted to live so we fought for him. We still have some vetting follow-up to do and we will see this case to fruition but we want you to see Boss now three weeks later!

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