I received a heartfelt email the other day from a friend in one of my animal groups. She is a breeder of some wonderful and very loving Rotties. One of her best dogs needs immediate hip surgery. Anyone out there knows that this can be very expensive. Patti has worked hard to promote some very amazing dogs and she needs some help with this. Can you help give him a chance to continue living?

This is Stryker.  He is an absolute joy to work with! He has a ton of drive, but amazing focus and trainability. Traits you don't often find together. He is not shy and wants nothing more than to work, work, work and play, play, play! Watch for him to get many titles. All his buddies do Adobedogs Obedience, Rally and agility classes.

Unfortunately he needs very expensive hip surgery.  Here is a note from his mom after I told her that I would help by putting this out to all my wonderful social network friends.

Oh my gosh Lori,

That would be amazing! I am waiting to hear back from the surgeon as to WHEN we are going to do this, but the price range he gave me was $5300 - $7000. He said the hip equipment alone costs about $3000+. If you met Stryker you would know why I am doing this. Believe me euthanasia crossed my mind on several occasions. But this dog as such a strong work ethic and joy for life I just need to give him a chance to make his mark on life. He will never be able to be bred and will be removed from my breeding stock, but he can still represent my kennel with all the titles he can get!! Just let me know what I need to do. I so appreciate this offer. Any little bit helps.

Patti

Patti Neelans

www.avalonrottweilers.com

PLEASE donate to Stryker and Patty: isis15@sbcglobal.net  use this for Paypal payments until we can set up a button.

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Lori Kim Polk is the Founder and Lead Designer of Artful Journey Designs and Staging, a full service Home Staging and Design Corporation combined with Ryan Dressel from Stage Right Design located in Roseville, California. Lori has worked in the animal rescue field since 1995 and contributes her time and efforts to many animal organizations.