Pacific Pups Rescue: COVID-19 Operation Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

The grant money went towards covering the cost of Qurley's emergency surgery to remove a foreign object (a piece of rubber) from her stomach.

We have had several high-cost medical issues with our dogs over the last few months. At the same time, we have not had as much income as usual because our main funding source is a line of dog toys sold on Amazon. We had a huge drop in orders for a time due to the strain on delivery services (very delayed delivery for non-essential items) due to COVID-19.

This grant helped us to pay for an emergency surgery for our dog, Qurley. Therefore, it helped Qurley directly. It helped our organization, as well as our other pets (indirectly) by easing our financial strain so we could continue operating fairly normally.

How many pets did this grant help?

1

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

Qurley is a 14-year-old miniature poodle whom we rescued from the shelter on March 25, 2020. She is blind and deaf and was picked up as a stray before finding her way us. During her time as a stray, we think, she must have consumed some questionable things, as we discovered soon after rescuing her that she needed emergency surgery to remove a large foreign object (a piece of hard rubber) from her stomach! Her symptoms had started with vomiting, then not wanting to eat, and then lethargy. When we took her to the veterinarian, they had to do the surgery right then and there.

She recovered well and got her spunk back! Her foster did a great job of helping her recover, and Qurley has now been adopted!