Sarah at the ER

We can’t say she’s happy to be there, but she’s in good hands with the medical professionals taking care of her.

Donations Report for Sarah’s surgery (in percentages)

Donation report for Sarah

As of right now, $932.00 in donations have been received through paypal of the $3,000.00 total needed for Sarah.  Thank you for your kindness.

I am Sarah, and I need your help.

 My name is Sarah. I’m approximately 1 year old and I was a stray until the PA Great Dane Rescue took me in. I was so happy to have a warm home, soft bed, loving people and dog friends but I was really underweight and having trouble keeping my food down. After several vet visits they finally figured out that I have an esophageal stricture. I’m not really sure what that means but Jean a…nd my foster mom, Bren were really upset about it so I’m guessing it’s not good. I need to have surgery to make me better and it’s going to be $3000. I heard Jean and Bren talking about how to raise the money to help me and I thought the PA Great Dane Rescue has over 1800 Facebook friends – if everyone donated $2, I could have my surgery paid for! Think about it, $2 is less than most people’s morning cup of coffee but $2 for me could save my life. So if you are able to help me out and donate some money to make me better, I would really appreciate it. I am so excited to have a second chance and life and I’m not ready for it to end. Thank you very much for your support and please share this with your friends. You can donate via PayPal at pennsylvania-dane-rescue.org/ or send a check made payable to Pennsylvania Great Dane Rescue to Pennsylvania Great Dane c/o Jean Matvey 515 Rotteck Street, Baden, PA 15005.

Mia is with her new family

Mia was picked up by her family today, mom, dad, and the two kids were very excited to take her home.

Tiny and Angel have new homes

Tiny and Angel went to new homes today, congratulations and good luck to their new families.

Tiny

 

Angel

Buddy can you spare a home?

Buddy is at least part Dane, but is pretty big so he may be all Dane.  He is good with kids of all ages, other dogs, and his response to cats is unknown.

Interesting Post Gazette article about introducing dogs to children

Today’s Post Gazette includes an article about properly integrating children and dogs into a home.  The article was written in response to the tragic loss of a child this week in McKeesport due to a dog attack. The article stresses the importance of an organized and controlled integration of dogs and children into a home.

Of significance in the article is that young children should not be left alone with a dog, a point that is demonstrated in the tragedy the family in McKeesport experienced.

The entire article can be found in the Post Gazette here.

Leo and Lily and Gabby have new homes!

Congratulations to them and to their new families.

New Mobile device website for the rescue

Dear friends;

In my infinite quest for internet dominance for the rescue,  I arranged for a mobile device specific website to appear when a person searches for a rescue on a mobile device such as a Droid or an iphone. There remains a few bugs, I can’t get pictures to show up on the set up, but I’m working on that.

If you could take a look at the site on your phone and let us know how it works and that it works on your device, I would appreciate it.  You can post a note to the blog, the facebook, or the twitter.   Feel free to try out the “call now” button and say hello to Jean.

Thank you friends.

Tom