Fire Anniversary

December 8, 2008 the anniversary of the fire.



In memory of:

Bambi (my favorite - she died Dec 11th - three days after the fire... when VCA animal hospital, the SHITTIEST vet on the planet KILLED her by withholding medication twice and not doing any xrays and when she arrested they did not even attempt to resuscitate her.)












Sneakers - the oldest I think she was about 8... I had her since the day she was born. Born to my friends dog... I cared for the whole litter... and gave them away FREE to a Good Home... which is why I named the film FREE to a Good Home... because at 20 something in Wyoming I had no idea what kind of pet overpopulation problem we had...












Monster - aka Puff Monster aka Puffy... named by my niece who could not say Puppy ... He is the main reason I made the film... because I found him my first year attending USC. He was on the corner of the school.... I scooped him up... and fell into the world of animal rescue in Los Angeles...











Lilly Munster - Puffy's Wife - she came up to my place a couple of weeks before the fire... she was looking to be rescued... only to die there... no rescue for Lilly... she had a couple of weeks of a warm bed and good food..... and a small part in the movie... playing Monsters double... Monster kept trying to kill all my actors... um he had an eye especially on Katie... and so Lilly found us... and we thought it was a miracle to film the capture of her... for Monster... she (unlike Monster) had a amazing underbite... she was very cute and the Monday after the fire she was scheduled to be fixed. I was still integrating her into the pack.





Thelma-Louise the only cat...the window was open and Shane jumped out... and Thelma was the one who was always opening that window... so not sure what happened. She probably was overcome with smoke. I found her the litter in the backyard of my friend David. Got the rest of the litter homes.


















And Shane - died in January 2007
She died because I brought home a rescue dog that broke out of a crate and killed her.



She was the only one who survived the fire...











Sorry guys... I was supposed to rescue you...







...

quit or go on

I want to keep going because of the actors hard work and the animals who lost their lives...

but really think maybe I'm beating a dead horse.

Finishing the FILM - HELP!

I am currently fund-raising to complete the film.
We have an editor on board who just needs a small stipend for her weeks of work.

If you can donate please do so.
ALL those who have donated will be invited to a private screening.

There are PayPal donation buttons on our donation page,
you can see the days and items we are still trying to raise money for.

Other items we need $120 for graphics card
$250 for postcards
$250 for screening room

http://fghmovie.com/donate.html

Or PAY the editor directly.
Make a check out to the editor
and mail to us at:

FREE to a Good Home MOVIE
PO Box 101
Venice, CA 90294

http://ariflowerimages.com/

Very Sad News

I am very sad to report that Alfred the parvo pup died during the night.

We tried our best but the virus took over.

Thank you all for helping to try to save this one.


Judy and Danielle

Tuesday AM Update

He made it through the night.
The vet will be in and re-evaluate it by 10AM.
He is not hanging his head as low as he was yesterday.

That's all I have for now.

Here is how we stand on the math...

We have Todays treatment cost covered. Thank you ALL very much!
We are raising Wednesday's - we need $143.57
And we need Thursday's inpatient treatment of $200.

Just so you all know... the reason I am working so hard to
help Danielle with this Parvo pup is because she spent
$200 of her rent money to cover the Parvo treatments on the
girls... and she is tapped out.

And most of us have been there... pay my bills or save this animals
life... and I wish it wasn't like that... but until the world gets the
message that we are severely overpopulated with animals...
I do not see it stopping (or even slowing down) any time soon...

Okay I will step down from my soapbox.

Monday Night Update - guarded

Just got off the phone with the vet...

Prognosis is guarded to poor... need prayers... (or whatever you choose to do). Extreme blood, and drooling, throwing up... it is pretty bad. Although the vet said he has seen others pull through that were this bad or worse... it is going to be rough going though.

He said the pup if he makes it through each night will have to be in the hospital until at least Thursday. He is continuous IV's and treatments throughout the day.

Thanks so very much everyone... for your financial assistance and your prayers.

Monday Night UPDATE not good

Alfred the surviving puppy is not doing so well, said the doctor just moments ago. We MUST pay for todays treatments before 9:30PM TONIGHT.

I need $167.72 TONIGHT...

Thank you!

Monday Afternoon UPDATE

Well, Alfred is still hanging in there. They say he has a 50/50 chance. They also said they will know more in the morning. But my favorite vet is checking on him tonight. So I will report back then.

We are still down $200 for today...
Please use the link below (in this mornings post)
to donate.

Thanks

Monday Noon Update - Bad News URGENT

The vet said we have to leave the pup at the vets for treatment. That with the blood and the amount of blood and various other reasons the vet suggested that it would be best to leave the pup and have CONTINUOUS IV FLUIDS and MEDS flowing into him. (Because he is not improving and still DECLINING they want to keep him at the vets.)

So the pup is at the vets getting treatment. The vet said this would most likely have to be for the next two days - if the pup makes it.

HELP.... we need to raise the $200 a day for inpatient vet care.
PLEASE use this link to donate via ChipIn and PayPal
or to download our fax form to send your CC directly to the vet.

http://www.fghmovie.com/rescued.html

Thank you!

Here is the cost breakdown and what we still need to raise.

Saturdays treatment 125
Sundays treatment 125
Mondays treatment 200
Tuesdays treatment 200
TOTAL $650

so far we have raised

$207.26

Which means we need to raise TODAY

$442.74

I absolutely need to have TODAY $242.74

(Keep in mind that PayPal takes out about 4%)

I need to keep this relationship with this vet in good standing... I put my name on this pup for Danielle so we could get them treatments... but I cannot afford this bill...

This vet has already shut down working with rescue groups because of unpaid bills...

Thank you for anything you can do!

Monday Update

Finally this survivor has a name.... We are calling him Alfred. Alfred made it through another night. A lot of blood in his stool. And this morning he threw up a pile of worms. So we are rushing him to the vets (well as soon as they open) for not only his PARVO treatment but for deworming too.

We have only have $25 pledged toward todays treatment. We need $100 more for the PARVO treatment and approximately
$30 for the deworming.

To donate via PayPal please use the ChipIn below or on this rescue page of my website
http://www.fghmovie.com/rescued.html
There is also a FORM on that webpage to FAX your CC into the vet directly.

WE MUST receive donations BEFORE 11AM.

Thank you thank you!!!
A pic of Alfred taken just minutes ago. Tired and not feeling well, but holding his own!

Survivor - Holding His Own

The only surviving puppy is still holding his own. Bloody stools, and still throwing up a little, but he is holding is own. He seems to be strong.

Thanks to a very special person we received the pledge to get the puppy treatment for Saturday and Sunday.

We are now raising the $125 for Monday's Treatment.

Please help if you can. The ChipIn PayPal tote board is below in my first post about the puppies.

Here is today's pic.