It's been a while since I've posted an update. Life around the Hollow got busy of the summer with adoption events and other such things that tend to happen more during the summertime.  And things quieted down on the medical front for a bit.

As usually happens though things have swung back the other way and now we have a run of medical bills to cover.

This month was Sneaser's 6 month blood work. He has to have regular checks of his renal function to ensure that his heart medication isn't hurting his kidneys.

At the same time Byron developed an aural hematoma. An aural hematoma is when the ear gets bruised and the blood causes it to puff up, pulling the skin away from the cartilage.  His ear looked like a sopapilla.  This requires minor surgery to drain the ear and re-attach the skin to the cartilage with small stitches.

 

Just after that, Lopug injured his eyes. He scratched one cornea, causing a traumatic ulceration, and developed non-ulcerative keratitis (an inflammation of the cornea) in the other.  So off to the vet he went to have his ulcerated eye sewn shut. 

 

Within the next week we will have to have Cleo the pug in to the vet for blood work and diagnostics to determine why she has started not thriving. She doesn't feel well and she's failing to gain needed weight back.

All totaled we are looking at at least $500 in vet bills for this round, so once again we are reaching out to our awesome supporters for help with the sudden rush of vet bills. If the dogs would spread them out over a couple of months it would work much better, but they like to do things in groups!

You can donate via mail, or paypal via the address and links on our website.
You can also donate via Gofundme.

Be aware that our paypal link and our Gofundme account take a percentage of the donation in fees. If you want to be sure that 100% of your donation reaches us, you can donate via paypal to pughollow@gmail.com and choose "send money to friends and family".

Any donations above our current need for vet bills will go into the Hospice fund for future vet visits.  You know we'll have plenty more of those!

 

Hugh wants to know if anyone can help us out....

Both the Hollow's electric mower and the riding mower are toast and mowing is essential to keeping the fleas, ticks and snakes under control around the Sanctuary grounds, which total about 2.5 to 3 acres of yard to mow.

If anyone in the OKC metro or within a 70ish mile radius of Prague, OK has any connections on inexpensive mowers they could share or if you have an older but reliable mower you might be willing to make a Tax deductible donation of we will pick it up and provide you a charitable donation receipt and a Pug Hollow Calendar when they come out in October.
The Wrinkle is that we need electric start on a gas mower. I am not able to pull start a mower due to the injury to my upper back and shoulder. :(

If you want to contribute funds... donations can be made via paypal gift to pughollow@gmail.com or mailed to Pug Hollow Sanctuary, PO Box 244, Prague OK 74864.  
We will not under any circumstance touch donations that have been or will be made to our medical fund to replace the lawnmower, so please be sure to let us know it's mower money.

Pug Hollow Photo Contest

Join Pug Hollow for a photo contest!

 Photos will be uploaded daily to the website, and featured in the gallery for the contest.

Submissions will be accepted from February 15th through March 15th. Voting will begin on March 16th and run through April 16th. The top 12 submissions in each category will be featured in Pug Hollow's 2015 photo calendars.

The top three submissions will be able to choose their month in the calendar, as well as receiving a free copy of the calendar, winner's t-shirt and mouse pad.

There are two categories:

Turn your dog into the next canine Drag Superstar. Dress your dog up in his or her best makeup free drag, and submit the photo to pughollow@gmail.com. Be sure to tell us your dog's real AND their drag name.

Keep the photos clean.

Do the paparazzi hound your pooch? Dress your dog up in his or her best Celebrity Impersonation, and submit the photo to pughollow@gmail.com. Be sure to tell us your dog's name and who they are impersonating.

Keep the photos clean.

 

Update on Sweetie's cancer treatment

Sweetie is doing a bit better. She takes her pain pill in the evening but still doesn't want it in the morning.
As one would expect from a grand old lady pug, she rocks the pink sweater and blue soft cone, but from the pictures I would estimate that she's probably got more than 15 inches of incisions. That's a lot of stitches!
If you can please donate a dollar or two. Our top donors will be eligible to receive a Pug Hollow 2014 wall calendar. 
Donations can be made one of three ways... You can donate directly to the veterinarian:

Colleyville Animal Clinic

RE:Sweetie Casaretto's Cancer Treatment

701 Glade Road

Colleyville, TX 76034

817-281-3449

Donate to Pug Hollow and we will forward the money on:

Pug Hollow Sanctuary

RE: Sweetie's Cancer Treatment

PO Box 244

Prague, OK 74864

or

via paypal to pughollow@gmail.com

Or you can donate via our Go Fund Me campaign: