Boston Terrier Rescue of Alabama

BOSTON TERRIER RESCUE OF ALABAMA STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP SARAH KATE HAS COMPLETED HEARTWORM TREATMENT AND SHE TESTED NEGATIVE TODAY Dear Friends and Benefactors -            YEA, for Sarah Kate.  This senior girl has already been through so much physically and emotionally but she is much better now.  She healed from her emergency spay, and August 1, 2012, she had her first heartworm treatment shot with the second shot on August 2, 2012.  This necessitated Sarah Kate being crated and kept quiet for sixty days.  She wanted so desperately to be a regular Boston girl and run and play but heartworm treatment is very hard on a dog.  As the adult worms die, there is always the possibility of one dislodging and going to the lungs or brain and killing the dog.  We just could not take the chance of Sarah leaving us after all she has been through.           BTRA wants to thank everyone who has financially helped with Sarah Kate’s veterinary costs.  She is over one of her biggest challenges--heartworms.  It is now time to address the mammary tumors.  Sarah Kate still needs to have a double mastectomy to remove the tumors and all of her mammary glands so that there will never be a chance of any cancer spreading.           BTRA still needs $2,400.00 for these operations.  The veterinarian can only do one side at a time so that there will be sufficient skin to heal properly.  This operation is very much like what a woman would need to have a cancerous mass removed from her breast.  Sarah Kate will have a completely smooth chest, but she does not need nipples any longer as she is out of the breeding business thankfully.           In July, you financially blessed Sarah Kate with some of her vetting costs.  We are extremely grateful for all you have done for this Boston.  As I said, the remaining costs for Sarah Kate will be $2,400.00.  She is still worth it.  She is a wonderful loving and humble senior girl.  She so appreciates the love that she is receiving for the first time in her life.  She eats well and is very social with the other Bostons in her foster home.  You would have to look far and wide to find a sweeter girl.           You, our friends and benefactors, continue to be very caring and generous.  BTRA appreciates your continued financial support of the Bostons in serious need.  I hope that you will once again help Sarah Kate complete the physical treatment that she must have to live out her life to the fullest.  She is becoming what I refer to as “a normal companion Boston” and appreciating the opportunity she has been given--a second chance at life outside of breeding.           Please consider helping us so that we can pay for Sarah Kate’s double mastectomy.  All donations will go directly toward Sarah Kate’s surgeries.  BTRA has no paid staff or overhead costs-all of the rescue work is done by loving and devoted volunteers who donate their time and effort free of charge because they too love the breed as much as you do.              Boston Terrier Rescue of Alabama is blessed to have friends and benefactors that are as caring and giving as you are.  I appreciate each and every one of you.  You make it possible for us to continue to save Bostons.  We are honored to be able to rescue these sweet Bostons: young, old, disabled, terminally ill and otherwise unadoptable.  YOU are the very backbone of this organization.  We never ask for your contributions unless there is a need.                                                                        Sincerely,                                                                       Jo-Ellyn G. Vincent, President                                                                       Boston Terrier Rescue of Alabama To make a tax deductible donation, please click on the donate button, or you can mail a check to: Boston Terrier Rescue of Alabama 346 Willow Glen Drive Alabaster, Alabama  35007