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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: xxxx (xxxxx) > > > > Dear xxxxxxx and xxxx, > > I am very sorry that you were so disappointed by your experience at Chihuahua Rescue. ?Perhaps, you both would have been happier if I had left xxxx(xxxxx)at the Harbor Shelter to die, along with her two brothers who were also scheduled to die ONE HOUR before I drove all the way down there in traffic to save their lives. > > In the first place, this is a RESCUE KENNEL. ?We save dogs from Animal Shelters where kennel cough, parasites, distemper and Parvo are rampant. Distemper is 99% fatal. ?Parvo is often fatal. ?Kennel cough and worms ARE NOT life threatening. ?Since the incubation period for kennel cough is between three and ten days, there is NO way to know if a dog is going to come down with it. ?There is no way to know if a dog has a tapeworm unless you seeit in the stool or have a stool sample done. ?Daisy DID NOT have a cough and there were NO WORMS detected in her stools. We spends thousands of dollars every month on our vet bills saving these dogs. ?We have THREE VETS and ALL of our dogs are examined by veterinarians before they are adopted. ?NO, xxxxx (xxxx) DID NOT get kennel cough at Chihuahua Rescue. ?She probably got it at the ABC Vet Hospital where she was spayed. We were very grateful for the donation from your friends and I am sorry that you regret the help they gave us. Since you consider our $250 donation fee "hefty," obviously don't have a clue how much it cost to save your dog. ?I hope this will enlighten you. Here's what your "HEFTY" $250 donation fee went to pay for: 1. Phone bill to call the Harbor Shelter to make arrangements to pick her up. 2. Gasoline to drive to San Pedro to save her. ?Gasoline to drive back to Burbank without her, waiting until she is sent out by the shelter to be spayed. > > 3. Her bail out fee. > > 4. Phone bill to call the Vet Hospital where the San Pedro Shelter sent her to be spayed to make arrangements to pick her up. > > 5. Gasoline to drive to the Vet Hospital in San Pedro to pick her up and bring her back to the kennel in Burbank. > > 6. $2,800 a month to pay for the kennel where she stays until she is adopted. > > 7. $900 a month to our groomer who gave her a bath before she was delivered. > > 8. $4,000 a month divided among three employees who cleaned up after your dog until she was adopted. > > 9. $1,500 for the highest grade of dog food available that your dog ate until she was adopted. > > 10. $300 vitamin and mineral supplements that your dog was given until she was adopted > > 11. $400 a month for Collars, leashes and engraved stainless steel dog tags that you were given when you adopted your dog 12. $3,000 a month to have anesthesia free teeth cleaning for our dogs (each dog $75) > > 13. Vet bills averaging $6,000 a month > > 14. My time: NO CHARGE > > *Please note: I used to earn $2, 232.15 an hour when I was a screenwriter. (I wrote "Little Darlings" in six weeks) I AM EXTREMELY OFFENDED by your comment, "Chihuahua Rescue is the last place I would want xxxx to go, for fear of what disease she might catch there." > > Kennel cough and tapeworms ARE NOT DISEASES. > > How dare you judge and condemn me and my organization because your dog,who you KNEW was rescued from an Animal Shelter, got a cold and had an undetected worm? ?What ignorant and ungrateful people you are! ?I gave up a successful and lucrative screenwriting/producing career to save over five thousand dogs, while YOU were inconvenienced for a couple of weeks by a coughing dog and a worm. ?I've spent EVERY penny I've earned writing and producing movies to save animals. ?I continue to spend $10,000 (plus) every month saving dogs, while you complain about spending $300 at the vet's! ?SHAME ON YOU!!!!! I pray that xxxxx won't be a victim of your small, petty and self-serving little world! ?Your ignorant condescending attitude is disgusting! > Volunteer your time and donate money to help these animals instead of whining about a cough and worm! ?It might open your eyes and your heart. > > > > Kimi Peck