Fw: Help needed for fellow dog lover.

2003-06-27 Thread Fiona Gordon/Glen Thomason
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart to all the many, many people that
have offered to help this lady in San Diego.  I am sorry I cannot reply to
you all personally, I am totally overwhelmed by the response to this, you
guys have certainly restored a lot of faith in humanity.  Amazing!

Her mother here, was in tears at the offers of support for her daughter.
She was extremely distraught to hear yesterday that her daughter has decided
to stay with her boyfriend.  I cannot begin to understand what this poor
girl has just been through and definitely would not want to judge her
decision.  It must be so overwhelming and frightening, for her to be in this
situation so far from home.

However, we are making her up a support package with all of the information
that everybody has so kindly sent me, in the hope that this will give her
strength and the knowledge that so many beautiful people are there to help
her.

Please, with your blessings I would like to ask if you could hold your
offers of support and allow me to include them in this package.

For those that enquired the dog is a male, desexed Bearded Collie X, he is
beautifully mannered, has always lived in the house and gets on well with
other dogs.  He is her heart and she definitely wants to keep him, not
rehome.  She has been advised that he has to remain in the States for 6mths
before he can return to Australian quarantine.  We are guessing that this is
due to rabies, he would never have had a vaccination for this before?  We
are checking this out further using the contacts we have been sent from this
email, thankyou.

Again, thankyou for allowing me to post off topic and for your unbelievable
support.  I knew that there would be a person that could offer some
information but never dreamed that the support would be so far and wide.

Warm regards,

Fiona Gordon
Gladsheim BMD's
Western Australia



Help needed for fellow dog lover.

2003-06-26 Thread Fiona Gordon/Glen Thomason
Sorry, this is way off topic but I am writing in the hope that somebody can
help with an emergency situation that has arisin in San Diego.

I work at a vet practice in Western Australia, one of our wonderful clients
recently travelled to San Diego, after selling up her home and packing all
her belongings, including her beloved dog.  She was moving permanently and
was to be married within the next few weeks.

Unfortunately, things did not turn out well and she was a victim of domestic
violence, suffering terrible wounds and being admitted to hospital.  She has
organised to return to Australia as soon as she is able, however is very
concerned about her dog.  She is alone and scared and has no friends or
family to turn to.  She is desparate to find a boarding kennel or suitable
accomodation for her dog, pending finding out if he needs to spend a
quarantine period in the States before she can fly him home, or if he can
fly home and spend quarantine here.

She is more than happy to meet all costs just really needs a kind, helping
hand with sorting out her arrangements, as she does not know the local area.
If you know of anybody at all in the San Diego area that could help her
could you please email me and I can supply them with her contact
information.

Thank you

Fiona Gordon
Gladsheim BMD's
Western Australia