11/19/2025
Last Thursday, while our team was preparing for a transport from our partners at Bissell Pet Foundation, we got a FaceTime call from Kim from Bissell. That never happens. My heart dropped. She told us the final transport list would be coming soon… but there was a problem. One of the Frenchies had severe medical needs, and Kim was struggling to find a shelter she trusted to take her on. She said she needed someone who would fight for this dog the way she deserved.
She chose us.
Do you know what that feels like? To have someone look at our tiny team and see the heart, the grit, and the relentless compassion we pour into every animal? To be entrusted with the “hard cases,” the ones who need extra love and care to thrive?
With tears in our eyes, we said yes. And then we met her, Squeakers.
Our sweet, itchy, bleeding little gremlin. Seven years old and her body tells the whole story....the litters, the neglect, the pain, the years of surviving instead of living.
On the drive back to BAHS, she scratched herself raw until she bled. It gutted us. She has severe dry eye. Ear infections. Scabs and sores covering her body. She still needs to be spayed. She’ll need nasal surgery just to breathe. And the worst of it, the part that will take the longest, is her skin. We have truly never seen anything like it.
And here I stand in front of you, not as marketing manager, but in my truth — as the girl who has always rooted for the underdog. The girl who once promised a dog like Squeakers that I would never look away. That I would always fight for the ones who need someone to believe in them. And the girl who promised Squeakers that we would do everything for her.
That is my why.
Squeakers will be in our care for at least four weeks. Her skin treatment alone will cost a minimum of $476. That cost doesn't even include her spay surgery, nasal corrective surgery, treatment for dry eye and ear infections, and other medications.
We promised her we would do everything. I promised her. And you can be part of that promise.
I need your help to keep that promise. ❤
