HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE HUNDREDS OF SUCCESSES WE HAVE HAD SINCE WE STARTED IN 2021:
“I want to Thank Pet Helpers. I very much appreciate that you were there for us, certainly wouldn’t have known what to do without you. I am very glad we were fortunate enough to work with (the veterinarian) and her assistant. She knew just how to handle my Zeus, and me, making the situation as smooth as it could possibly be. He even got his nails trimmed. Something he won’t let me do, when I have tried he hides them. Thank you, for the service you provide, and those that kindly donate, because things always happen as soon as we’re not prepared, I am grateful to all of you, knowing that each of these days I get to spend with my best friend is because of the Pet Helpers generosity . Thank you very much.”
– Laura and Zeus
“I wanted to thank you for helping me get Gracie the help she needed. Everyone at the vet’s office was wonderful! The vet thinks that the problem may be the arthritis etc. in Gracie”s back that isn’t allowing her to go comfortably, and she took blood and urine to check for kidney disease and infection. The vet gave us some medicine to help with the back pain. It’s such a relief to know that she’s being taken care of . I never could have afforded any of this beyond an office visit. Thanks again!”
– Lee
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Louie the dog:
Success! Louie the Dog’s emergency surgery – We received a call on a Friday evening from Louie’s person, saying she was worried about her little dog’s encounter with a large coyote. He had serious wounds around his neck and throat and was losing energy quickly. Due to understaffing of veterinary clinics because of the pandemic, none were open on the weekend, and it took three days to find a clinic accepting emergency cases. When Louie finally was seen, he was close to death in a state of sepsis, and required immediate antibiotic treatment and extensive surgery. Louie is slowly and successfully recovering. Cost of care: over $3000.
Mea the cat is so grateful to have had this three-inch thorny twig (below) removed from her trachea (windpipe). No one knows how it got there, but it would have slowly and painfully killed her without the skilled care of a compassionate veterinarian.
Moe and Joe and their person: they needed extensive dental work, but they’re healthy now! Pets live much longer lives when their teeth are cared for. Dental issues often lead to heart conditions, sepsis, or starvation, and are always responsible for chronic pain.
Jasmine is just one of the many pets who have received essential vaccinations paid by Pet Helpers.
Success! Zeus’s dental surgery – Zeus is an elderly chihuahua whose person calls him “my boy”. Zeus had terribly infected teeth, and needed dental surgery to prevent the infection from spreading throughout his body. Local vets were booked up months into the future, but we finally got an appointment for Zeus. Now he is pain-free, and his person is full of joy and gratitude! The cost: $1500. Our GoFundMe campaign for Zeus paid for part of the cost.
Success! Kona the parrot – There is only one avian vet in Western Washington State, and Kona needed to be seen for an unknown illness. His person could barely pay for the gasoline and the ferry ride required to get there, but he sacrificed his own needs for his parrot’s. We paid the vet. The cost of the visit and medications: over $700. This was paid from our general fund, which exists through your donations.
Success! Early on a Sunday morning a lady called regarding her little dog, who had been attacked and bitten the previous day by a bigger dog. Overnight, the wound had become badly infected and the dog was shivering despite the hot summer weather (possibly from septic shock). This lady was desperate to get the dog to a veterinary clinic, but since it was a weekend, there were none open in our area. Our coordinator called the nearest emergency clinic – an hour’s drive away, and which charges a minimum of $2000 per visit – but they had no available appointments. So we called the nearest mobile veterinary unit, also an hour away, and luckily the kind doctor had a small window of time open and made a trip here to Port Townsend to see the dog. The dog’s owner, who lives in a tent in the woods, met the veterinarian at a nearby location. The vet treated the dog and provided medications and a microchip. She said it was a good thing that he had been treated quickly. The dog’s owner was so grateful, she was in tears of joy. Many of our clients cry when thanking us for helping their beloved pets. We hope that some day there sill be an emergency veterinary clinic nearby. We were lucky this time to get help on a weekend.
Success! Numerous spays and neuters, vaccinations, microchips, and more! We’ve seen what can happen when pets are not vaccinated, spayed and neutered, so we consider it of prime importance to continue serving those who need these services. Your generous donations provide for the costs.
“Pet Helpers Port Townsend recently helped me with emergency vet needs, relieving me and my kitties. They truly are a lifeline – my heartfelt gratitude for their kind support.” – Colleen Smith
Pet Helpers Port Townsend 