National Pyr's Neediest Cases
Rescuers face heart-wrenching decisions when pulling dogs from shelters. We can't help them all but just helping the healthiest is unfair to all the good dogs who may have suffered some sort of injury or trauma. Expensive surgery and other urgently needed medical care cannot be covered by adoption fees alone. We need your help to fix our neediest cases, so please chip in and give what you can.
Your donation not only assists these deserving Pyrs, it reinforces their rescuers' commitment to saving more lives. Please click on the chip-in icon to support the dog of your choice, or click here to make a donation that will help all of them. And please keep in mind that many of these wonderful dogs need fostering prior to adoption once they recover.
Thank you for helping National Great Pyrenees Rescue help our neediest Pyrs.
Halo
Halo Has Been Through Hell
Halo is a striking example of the horrible pain inflicted by animal cruelty. The Great Pyrenees Rescue Society in Texas writes, "Halo is a baby girl, just 6 months old. She was dumped on the side of a country road in the middle of nowhere, discarded like trash and hit by a car that left her to die in agony. She was taken to a local TX shelter with her leg just hanging on by muscle, skin and few tendons. The Great Pyrenees Rescue Society took her in despite the potential bill that would accompany her care. Although she was starving to death and in incredible pain, she was still so very, very sweet. Halo has been evaluated and determined to have an fractured hip, which is totally out of its socket. Her right knee is in even worse condition and will require extensive surgery by an orthopedic vet to repair her subluxed patella. Halo needs this surgery to avoid having to lose her little leg altogether. This good little angel will be able to have a life with the use of all four legs if she can get the surgery and rehabilitation. The estimated costs for surgery, transport and follow-up care total $2,500, which our rescue does not have. We are hoping to raise these funds as soon as possible since every day Halo lives is a painful one. Please find it in your heart to donate as much as you can for this sweet, innocent dog."
Please help Halo by contributing to her ChipIn below, and please be as generous as you can. Thank you.
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Desiree
Help Desiree Walk Without Pain
Desiree is very brave and sweet, never complaining, just full of laughter and smiles. She came to GPRS in Texas at just 13 weeks and everything seemed fine at that point. However, as Desiree grew, it became obvious that she needed special care for her back legs, which were turning in. At five months, she began to have a hard time walking. Upon examination, it was determined that Desiree will need two surgeries to correct the problems with her legs. First, bi-lateral Torn Cruciate Ligament surgery to insert devices in an attempt to stabilize the knee. This surgery is estimated to be $1,300.00. Second, Tibial Tuberosity Advancement, the TTA procedure which involves cutting and straightening the bones — this is estimated to run $5,700.00 for surgery and aftercare. These expenses are well beyond the GPRS budget. Won't you please help this sweet girl walk and have a chance at life without pain? Thank you.
Total surgery costs are estimated at $7,000.00. Desiree's admirers and friends have already raised $1300 to cover the cost of her first surgery, but money still needs to be raised to pay for her TTA procedure.
Please help Desiree by contributing to her ChipIn below, which is raising money to cover the costs of her second surgery.
Treasure
Help Treasure See a Better Life
Treasure is a young (two- to three-year-old) Pyr who was found wandering the streets. Her eye was (and is) in very serious condition, and will require surgery as soon as she is strong enough to undergo it. In addition, when GPRS in Texas took her in, Treasure was suffering from an extremely deep skin infection. She has received medication to reduce the pressure in her eye, and has been treated with antibiotics for the skin infection. Treasure is now eating well and should soon be strong enough for the needed eye surgery. The estimated cost for her surgery and for Treasure's aftercare is $1,500. Please help by contributing to her ChipIn below. Thank you.
Please help Treasure receive her needed eye surgery and see a better life!
Urgent Help Needed to Cope With Nashville Flooding
Rescue has already received calls on at least 18 Pyrs affected by the flooding. More details/info/photos to come. Please contribute.
Your ChipIn donation will help dogs in Nashville.
Three Pyr Mix Puppies
These Pups Need Your Help Now
These three six-month-old Pyr mix puppies were rescued from a Kentucky shelter a couple of hours before they were scheduled to be euthanized for lack of space. They have now come down with Parvo, and are in need of medical treatment to survive. We are hoping to get them the treatment they need and eventually place them into wonderful homes, once they recover. These three siblings are very thin and were abandoned to fend for themselves. They were picked up as strays, taken to a high-kill Kentucky shelter, and were very lucky to have gotten out in time. Any donations toward their care would be greatly appreciated.
Please help save these puppies by donating to their ChipIn.
Neediest Cases Updates
Aiken, now BearAiken
This boy is no longer "aching" after his luxating patella was repaired in February. In fact, he is now known as Bear, which is what we believe his original name was. Bear is on the road to recovery and has made himself quite at home with his foster sister, Maggie, in Poughkeepsie, NY.
MamieMamie
Mamie came through her cruciate ligament surgery with flying colors, had a couple of rough spots but has finally made it to the online adoptions page. She is still in Missouri and will be adopted out with her pal Ike, who has been with her through it all.
Rocky and his gal palRocky, Sr.
Rocky left the hard life behind in Alabama. He has moved to a nature preserve in Eastern Connecticut and spends his days hanging out with a female Pyr, who also had a tough life before being rescued by a single foster Mom who dotes on them both.
