PLEASE HELP DAWG SAVE SHELTER DOGS!

All shelters are overloaded, and most euthanize animals after a limited number of days, if not immediately when full. Don't blame them! There are too many unwanted dogs -- young and old, healthy and sick, small and large, purebred and mixed breed. The waste and betrayal of innocent, dependent lives is a disgrace, but it impels those of us who care to act.

What can YOU do?

Help DAWG take in dogs from shelters, care for them as they recover from illnesses and injuries, and give them time until the right adopter is found for each one. When you help save lives through DAWG, you learn each dog's story, read updates on their own web pages, and eventually rejoice when we announce their adoptions.

DAWG's general medical expenses have increased in 2010. Thank goodness we have not had an emergency requiring specialty surgery or extraordinary care beyond what our own veterinarian can provide...but we have to be prepared. In the meantime, the cost of care for a dog taken from the shelter and quarantined until well enough to be spayed/neutered and vaccinated can cost approximately $1,000 "right off the top!" Whether a dog has heartworms or even needs a dental or tooth removal, we provide what each dog needs to be well and ready for adoption. We don't count on adoption fees to keep us going; those fees hardly "dent" our expenses.

Our commitment is to help the dogs who need us most, even if our budget would stretch more if we took in dogs from owners or other sources where the dog would be more likely well or needing less than a shelter dog. But we champion shelter dogs, because these dogs have run out of time.

There is no magic source of revenue...just you. Please keep us going, so we can give a future to dogs just like the faces already on our website. They are alive, well. and awaiting homes because of compassionate individuals who chose to get involved through their generous support.

THANK YOU.

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All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well
will never be enough.
Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000

Best Dawg Rescue, Inc. (DAWG) needs YOUR financial support.
Medical care can amount to hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars depending
on our dogs' injuries from abuse and neglect. Donations are spent on the
animals in our care. Only 3.77% is spent on necessary administrative expenses
(telephone, photocopying, etc.).

HERE IS HOW KINDHEARTED INDIVIDUALS HELP OUR DOGS BECOME WELL AND FIND LOVING HOMES...

DONATE THROUGH THE COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN, UNITED WAY, or AMERICAN CHARITIES
In the CFC or any workplace payroll deduction campaign, a donation of $10/pay period
per annum can give life-saving heartworm treatment to a dog, or a donation of
$50/pay period per annum can give orthopedic ACL or FHO surgeries so that a dog
can live a normal life without pain. ANY amount will help to provide routine,
specialized or emergency care for our dogs. Just select DAWG's CFC ID #51169,
or "write in" Best Dawg Rescue in another campaign.

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CASH DONATION
(Please send a check, if mailed!)

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CREDIT DONATION
DAWG is registered to accept online donations via NetworkforGood.org a
secure website that serves nonprofit organizations. Please have credit
information handy, and click on DONATE ONLINE

https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/MakeDonation.aspx?ORGID2=16-1659813&source=GS&cmpgn=DNT&vlrStratCode=vnKlntIEupZS69f0U5CDHtITpFS9Ax4uI6rJrSrDlSjd%2fUD8VkyqTxsMBK1vq5LR

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VIRTUAL ADOPTIONS AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
Please help dogs in foster care who can't be adopted for medical reasons or
who currently need significant medical care. For example, Amy:

 

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GOODSEARCH.COM,
a new search engine that donates about $.01 per search!
You use it just as you would any search engine,
and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.
Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com
and be sure to enter Best Dawg Rescue as the charity you want to support.
Just 500 people searching four times a day will raise about
$7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime!

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PURCHASE ONLINE THROUGH (http://www.igive.com) Up to 26% of your online purchases from over
400 national retailers including PETCO -- our adoption show sponsor -- can benefit DAWG.
Go to http://www.igive.com, register, select DAWG
as beneficiary, then shop!

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Best Dawg Rescue, Inc. (DAWG) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. DAWG
is registered in GuideStar, the national database of nonprofit organizations.

Best Dawg Rescue, Inc.
PO Box 34213
Bethesda, MD 20827
301-407-BEST
mailto:dawg@dawg-rescue.org
EIN #16-1659813
Your gift is tax-deductible, as specified by current tax law.
Your donations make it possible for overlooked and medically-needy
dogs to live the lives they deserve!

Thank you…for doing good!