07/04/2025
I am usually a very positive person but the last few years have really been bringing us down! It just seems like things are not getting better. We were recently audited by the IRS because you know...we make so much money here that they decided we needed scrutinizing. What a joke! Our friendly, caring, hometown vet clinic was bought out by a money hungry corporation who only cares about the bottom line. Not only are they always (seemingly)to be breathing down our necks to be paid while constantly wanting to "suspend" our services but they also are constantly raising their prices making vetting these dogs much harder. We used to be able to vet 5 dogs for what we can vet 2 for. I get prices are up everywhere but we aren't some big city area with the big bucks flowing. Don't get me wrong, I love my vets and the staff...just not a big fan of the lack of compassion by the uppity ups. They will end up preventing us from doing anymore. Maybe thats their goal..to be rid of us. After 21 years of serving our community and the dogs in it, we are being pushed out by greed and the lack of community support. We have made several posts recently asking for the community to step up and help us. After all, we have been there for you for decades and have seldom asked for any help doing it. It's become financially out of reach for us to do this ourselves anymore..we just can't. But sadly, the response to our pleas have mainly fallen on deaf ears. Everybody wants our help (the calls, texts, messages never stop to take on more) but very few want to help us do that. To those who do...THANK YOU for being there for us and without you, I'm sure we would have folded long ago. The funny thing is that most of the people who do contribute have never asked for our help. They just have big hearts..like us. To those of you we have helped and you have ignored our recent needs, shame on you. What is community if not to help one another while in need? We want to keep helping you but if we continue down the current path, we will have to be done. We have bills too, we don't want to become homeless either, we also have several mouths to feed...not just dogs but our family too. We can no longer be the sacrificial lambs so others can sleep better at night when we take their problems off of their hands. We had big dreams for the animals here and if anything, things have only gotten worse for them. Our dreams failed because support waned (or never really existed) and we never won the lottery. I don't know what will happen to all of these animals when we are gone. There aren't many of us left to take them on in our area and the few that are still here are generally full and maybe don't receive support either. I don't know why animals have become so disposable or why those who claim to care never step up to help but I do know the prognosis isn't good. So many suffer now and it will only get worse unless more people help! And yes, that means financially! Rescues don't magically get funded. Most of us do this out of pocket or with a few regular donors help but it's a huge problem that a few people can't fix alone. The costs are astronomical to feed and vet the animals. I'm sure most know that since most don't get their animals vetted and sometimes don't feed them either. We see it a lot with the dogs who come to us. Rescue isn't cheap but the full burden of it should not be all put on the rescue to fund either. Please help! Be a part of the solution and a better life for the animals of our area. We(the community) are their only hope!
I apologize for the long winded post. I generally don't like to put it out there but it is what it is.
ANY amount makes a difference and is greatly appreciated! Paying this down is our biggest priority right now! Our vet, Chiefland Animal Hospital, will accept payments to our account either by phone at 352-493-2000 or in person (just tell them you want to apply to the Paws & Claws account). It doesn't take long to rack up these types of bills because we always have dogs coming in who usually have had absolutely zero vetting or who have issues that haven't been addressed. We know this is a HUGE ask and that we aren't the only ones asking but believe me, if we were able to do this on our own, we wouldn't ask. We understand times are tough for everyone but if everyone on our page could donate $1, we would have over $4,000. That would help ALOT of dogs! If everyone could do that every month, we would be able to do so much more for those pups who aren't able to help themselves. Please consider donating to our special group of pups who are still waiting for their special someone or share our post so maybe someone else can. Below, please find the links to the many ways you can help:
If anyone can help, we would greatly appreciate it! We have a wishlist on Chewy and the link to that is here:
https://www.chewy.com/g/paws-claws-pet-rescue-inc_b125665170 -list
And we also have an Amazon wishlist which is here:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1PWV9EPXEF3LB?ref_=list_d_wl_ys_list_2&filter=all&sort=default&viewType=list -settings_1725896485143
You can donate at any time to help the dogs by going to these links. If you prefer to send a donation to assist with our neverending vet bills, you can send to our
cash app:
$pawsandclawspups
Venmo:
PayPal:
Directly to our vet to be applied to our account:
Chiefland Animal Hospital
352-493-2000
Mailed:
7550 NW 50th St Chiefland, FL 32626
Or click on the FB link in this post.
Don't forget that liking, sharing, commenting on our page/posts also raises money for the rescue and doesn't cost you anything except a minute of your time!
Remember that currently, our BIGGEST need is getting our vet bill down and ANY amount helps, food donations help, anything dog related helps! Money applied to our vet bill helps! It takes alot to care for so many dogs who aren't even our own but with your help, they can flourish and find loving, permanent homes and the life they always deserved!
Note** this is our most recent bill. It has cost over $1,100 to vet 3 of the poodles and one has not gotten his vaccinations yet and another still is not spayed or vaccinated because of the severity of their skin issues from matting. This amount was incurred in just 2 days. We still have 2 more to vet and several of our long timers who need yearly vetting. It is constant and it is expensive. .
