KAPS Forgotten Pups Need Your Help!

June 18th - UPDATE!!! The pups' skin has really improved over the last two months thanks to YOU guys!

We have raised a total of 1.7 MILLION WON for our Forgotten Pups!!!! I guess they aren't so forgettable after all!

A special thanks to our star donors: Matthew, Meghann, Allison, 2 SUPER generous anonymous folks for contributing, and one other donor whose name escapes me at the moment (I'm so sorry!! I will post your name when I check back in my banking book this evening!!)

Now that the malassezia has cleared up, we will be using the remaining money to get our pups in tip-top, adoption ready form!

The largest expense will involve Nellie's heartworm treatment. Current cost estimate: anyone whose pup has had heartworms knows it's almost impossible to say... but it's a lot. Nellie would recover much more comfortably in a home, so I'm hoping we can find a kind individual to take her in as a foster! Better yet, to adopt her!

The pups will all be receiving monthly heartguard tablets (well, except for Nellie!), receive their booster vaccinations (and perhaps even the rabies vaccine if it is still on special!), Billy will have his eyes and teeth attended to, and Happy will have his legs checked out one more time (second opinions are always good :)

For now, I'd say that our fundraiser has come to an incredibly successful conclusion. I will start another blog soon about their progress and treatment :) Thanks again everyone for all of your help and best wishes for our Forgotten KAPS dogs.

To learn more about the Forgottens, please visit their profiles...

Billy: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/318
Nellie: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/1803
Happy: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/316
Frankenstein: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/317
Freckles: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/1701

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About the Forgottens:

Billy, Happy, Nellie, Frankenstein (and their newest buddy, Freckles) are collectively known as the KAPS Forgottens. They have been living outdoors in the yard at the KAPS shelter in Daegu for a long time, ranging from one to four years. They are lovely dogs with distinct and unique personalities who especially love snuggling up to visitors! They are the dogs you know you'll always see when you come to visit the shelter, when in animal rescue we see too many others come and go quickly.

The Problem:

Do you remember having the chicken pox as a kid? It wasn't pleasant, right?

Well, the Forgottens have been suffering from a fungal skin condition called "malassezia", and it's heartbreaking to watch. It has caused chronic itching, inflammation, red sore spots, and extreme discomfort for the poor dears. At their worst, Billy, Happy, Nellie (but luckily not Frankenstein or Freckles) had lost huge sections of their fur on their faces, tummies, hind-legs and rear. They were scratching so intensely and ceaselessly that they were cutting themselves and bleeding, putting them at risk of infection in a shelter environment.

With a generous donation from Rick and Anna, as well as anonymous donations from the latest KAPS Dog Walking event, Kayt, Tony and Alex volunteered their time to bring four dogs of the dogs to the vet for a checkup.

After the examination, the vet recommended the following course of action for the dogs...

The Solution:

1. Oral medication for all five, for up to two months.
2. Vaccinate the dogs
3. Have them tested for heartworms, and give them heartguard.

How *YOU* Can Help!

Financially! ^^
(Or by fostering! Check out their profiles below...)

1. We need to raise 200,000 Korean Won to finish the malassezia treatment for the 5 dogs over the remaining month.
2. The dogs (all adults) need a booster shot. = 100,000 Korean Won
3. Nellie tested positive for heartworms. We know this will be expensive to treat, but are looking to start by raising 400,000 for her.
4. Cost of heartguard for 5 dogs for 3 months = 30,000 per dog per month = 450,000 Korean Won
5. Poor Billy is going blind. He needs medication to keep the inflammation down in his eyes = 50,000 for a 3 months supply.
- Billy also needs his teeth badly scaled, as they are rotting= 170,000 Korean Won

IF YOU CAN HELP! Even if it's 5,000 Won, that would be A-MAZING!
Let us know to what cause (1-5) you'd like your money to go!

Please transfer to:
KEB
Tilley Sara
620-217223-130

To learn more about the Forgottens, please visit their profiles...

Billy: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/318
Nellie: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/1803
Happy: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/316
Frankenstein: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/317
Freckles: http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/dog/1701

In rescue,

Sara, Emma, Kayt & Tony @ KAPS