http://wingrace.com/

Their dog ate a piece of his toy and got super sick! They're nearly $6,000.00 in the hole after borrowing money to pay for some very high vet bills because the dog needed surgery. They've raised over $1,700.00 so far. Maybe you like dogs, and maybe you like being charitable.

More information at the link above.

6/18/2009 4:48:49 PM

You forgot to RT @Lutra

6/18/2009 4:49:29 PM

This isn't Chit Chat. I'm respecting the sanctity of the Lounge!

6/18/2009 4:49:50 PM

*points to the lounge tab in the top left bar*

6/18/2009 4:51:36 PM

I can't offer any money, but I'll make it rain with rubber band wads of prayers

6/18/2009 4:52:38 PM

6/18/2009 4:53:23 PM

WHY DID THIS GET MOVED TO CHIT CHAT

6/18/2009 6:25:34 PM

I donated.

And Oz expects the rest of you fools to donate.



[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 6:30 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2009 6:26:43 PM

depending on the breed, they could stop now and save money on full dog replacement.

6/18/2009 6:26:47 PM

^^^i'm assuming under the duplicate thread policy

6/18/2009 6:27:14 PM

If it was because of the worthwhile duplicate thread policy, OmarBadu should have respected my superior thread: accurate subject line, concise summary, helpful link, actual results (thanks, Kitty B!), and notable lack of Chance being a drama queen.

6/18/2009 6:39:23 PM

I've got many better reasons to give my money to someone else. Most of those aren't a dead end*, **.

I mean, I love my cat (and my old dog...RIP Bubs ), and she's my baby. I'm her bitch, and everybody knows it - including her

But something about common decency, priorities in life, and common sense keep me from supporting begging campaigns like this.

Yes, it can be easily argued that animals > humans, but last I checked, the primary value that pets add to their owner's life is happiness. Since that's something without a price, quit begging for money.

*Your pet will die, no matter what. No amount of money stops old age. If you can't afford to keep it alive now, let it go. This is a possibility you accept when you become a pet owner.
**: almost all of the donations I've made to individuals are an extra thank you for a service they have already provided, or when there's a reasonable expectation of future contributions/value/service from them, once they're past whatever hiccup in life that has them needing money. Some don't ever even ask for money.

And statements like this?

Quote :

"This is not for us---it's for Winston. If we didn't love him so much we would not swallow our pride and ask for assistance. It breaks our hearts, but seeing him suffer breaks our hearts even more. We have exhausted all of our savings and borrowed all the money we can. "

Stop lying. It is for you.

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM. Reason : also, that website sucks ass, and they're UNC fans :gross:]

6/18/2009 7:02:37 PM

fuck pet people.

6/18/2009 8:37:56 PM

Quote :

"And Oz expects the rest of you fools to donate."

Oz is going to be extremely disappointed

6/18/2009 8:40:22 PM

more liek fuck fat people ^^, amirite? hu? anyone>?

6/18/2009 9:00:55 PM

Quote :

"This is not for us---it's for Winston"

yeah thats a pretty stupid statement...its for them.

6/18/2009 10:36:10 PM

Better call Saul.

6/18/2009 10:47:52 PM

a .22 in the brainpan would fix all of winstons issues.

6/19/2009 7:10:55 AM

should have put it down and raised $6000 for a more worthy cause

6/19/2009 7:28:48 AM

anyone who donates to this is a fucking dumbass

if you want to give away money to help a dog, donate to the SPCA or something (though the SPCA gets on my nerves, as well)...funding two purebred pieces of shit, as well as funding the absolute morons who own them and can't manage to save enough money to support what they should have known was going to be an expensive set of pets, makes you more of an idiot than the owners (in fact, at least the owners realized they could milk morons for cash...so maybe they're not so stupid after all)

6/19/2009 7:46:06 AM

This reminds me. I need to dig up a few more Russian Blue pictures for my sick cat scam.

But seriously, I feel bad for those guys (if it's legit). I had to put a pet down about 5 years ago.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 8:16 AM. Reason : -]

6/19/2009 7:59:04 AM

hahahah

my family used to have a russian blue, but he got run over by an asian woman a few years ago

6/19/2009 8:02:39 AM

should have put it down and raised $6000 for a more worthy cause

6/19/2009 8:21:00 AM

I gotta agree with ambrosia1231 and quagmire02 here.

6/19/2009 9:02:55 AM

Perhaps they should ask Obama for a bulldog bailout.

6/19/2009 9:10:04 AM

smells like a scam.

6/19/2009 9:10:35 AM

What a creepy couple.

Quote :

"He is a happy, bouncy baby boy who loves playing with his "tenny" ball and knocking around his basketball with his paws."

Quote :

"Since we didn't get to celebrate Easter (one of Winston's favorite foods are eggs) or Gracie's 9th birthday (April 27th) because of all that Winston has been going through, we decided we would do it today. Each bullie got their very own Loofah toy (the ones in the Petsmart commercials) and they love them. Winston decided he wanted the pink one while the other two got lavender ones."

Quote :

"The dogs are so happy with their "Lu Lu's" as we call them. Winston seemed to especially enjoy his. It's so nice to see him getting back to his old self. He even smiled for the camera."

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM. Reason : l]

6/19/2009 9:15:17 AM

The poor thing looks really sick, too.

6/19/2009 9:15:21 AM

that's just sick

6/19/2009 9:16:18 AM

Quote :

"But something about common decency, priorities in life, and common sense keep me from supporting begging campaigns like this. "

this is exactly right. having a pet is a luxury, not a right. this is worse than people who are on welfare and have more kids while already accepting funds. the only difference is a kid can happen by mistake, but owning a pet doesn't. if they really want to do anything to help their dog then they should pick up another set of jobs and work a third or second shift some place. clearly the dog doesn't mean enough to them for that. better yet they could offer services or sell their possessions to people to raise the money instead of asking for hand outs. whatever happened to pride, or, fuck that, whatever happened to decency. this is just a fine example of people who want others to pick up the bill, nothing more and nothing less.

If there is anyone who wants to donate to this perhaps you could also donate some money to me because i would like to go back to israel and see some family and don't have the funds.



*i just now looked at the site and sadly some things were confirmed for me. 1. they're over weight. 2. they're from a really small town. 2.1 they're trashy looking. and i highly suspect that they are 3. republicans and hate blacks on welfare. fucking hypocrites.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 9:24 AM. Reason : *]

6/19/2009 9:20:50 AM

http://www.myspace.com/ozzynlulu

6/19/2009 9:33:12 AM

^^don't forget that they're UNC fans. It ties it all together, and makes it so much worse.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 10:05 AM. Reason : d]

6/19/2009 9:47:56 AM

^^^100% agree. It's not even like $6000 dollars is a ridiculous amount of money. I don't think it's that far fetched to say that any two adults in the US could raise $6000 of "extra" money without begging if they put their minds to it. I can understand these websites asking for money when someone has a dying kid and they're tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt trying to keep them alive, but this is just bullshit. It's a fucking animal, not a person. Sometimes if the animal gets sick you have to decide exactly how much monetarily the animal is worth to you. If you can't pay it without begging then be a responsible pet owner and put the animal down.

Edit: So I just read that the dog is 9 years old, which is about the time the breed usually dies anyway. This is what happens when people treat their pets like humans.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 10:06 AM. Reason : .]

6/19/2009 10:02:22 AM

this is also what happens when youre negligent and don't take away the bone when it gets too small

6/19/2009 10:17:24 AM

This hits close to home for me.

In the last month, we had a cat fall ill suddenly. We took him to the vet and fully expected him to recover, but one night he vomited, had a vagal episode and died.

This was after he'd been in the VSH for a week.

As you can imagine, the bills piled up nightly. And the most frustrating thing was he was showing signs of improvement yet all the money in the world couldn't prevent what amounted to cardiac arrest.

So while this family's pet has pulled through the ordeal just fine, I can sympathize with the vet costs. And it really makes me consider pet insurance for any future animals.

I know not everyone agrees with sinking so much money into an animal, but it's hard for others (including myself) to look at a pet and know that they can pull through something yet tell the doctors to simply "give up" and put the animal to sleep.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 10:22 AM. Reason : Granted we're not asking for money. We realized the consequences of keeping George in 24-hour care.]

6/19/2009 10:20:00 AM

Quote :

"I know not everyone agrees with sinking so much money into an animal, but it's hard for others (including myself) to look at a pet and know that they can pull through something yet tell the doctors to simply "give up" and put the animal to sleep."

The issue isn't the money alone. It's the begging.

6/19/2009 10:20:55 AM

I just amended my post ... I realized I was off base from the discussion

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM. Reason : mmmmmmmmmm]

6/19/2009 10:23:25 AM

My husband has spent at least $5K on three separate surgeries on his dog.
None were really optional.
I didn't agree with his choices, but you know what? He's an adult, it's his money, and it's his dog. Whether or not I agree is irrelevant. (In keeping with your initial response)

He didn't go into debt at an inopportune time to take care of these issues. He didn't agree to the surgeries, knowing he couldn't pay. He didn't ask strangers for money afterwards.

6/19/2009 10:26:48 AM

Quote :

"My husband has spent at least $5K on three separate surgeries on his dog. None were really optional. I didn't agree with his choices, but you know what? He's an adult, it's his money, and it's his dog. Whether or not I agree is irrelevant. (In keeping with your initial response)"

He is not an adult if he pissed away serious cash on a dog.

6/19/2009 12:49:37 PM

oh look a troll

6/19/2009 1:28:11 PM

put it to sleep and buy a pet that's not broken

it's one thing for a pet to have special care requirements, it's another for it to cost retarded thousands of dollars

6/19/2009 2:54:07 PM

Quote :

"put it to sleep and buy adopt a pet that's not broken an inbred piece of shit"

6/19/2009 3:06:12 PM

Quote :

"This is what happens when people treat their pets like humans."

Amen.

6/19/2009 3:58:36 PM

thread sucks

6/19/2009 4:02:24 PM

I'll gladly donate enough carbon monoxide to suffocate the dog.

6/19/2009 5:07:56 PM

Sounds like the surgeon did a horrible job at the surgery

6/19/2009 6:22:52 PM

I like dogs at all, but that $6000 in charity could keep a youth center open, or help pay for surgery on a human, or help set up a source of clean water in a 3rd world country. If a dogs life matters than they would be saving a dogs life by adopting it to replace this one.

6/19/2009 6:51:00 PM

tww is a blog internet is a fucking charity service.

take care of your own pets.

troll thread by FroshKiller?

I can't tell.

6/19/2009 7:15:25 PM

Quote :

"a kid can happen by mistake"

i hate this idea so much.

bull fucking shit.

i can kill mistakenly kill people when i'm drunk driving as well.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 7:17 PM. Reason : ]

6/19/2009 7:17:19 PM

set em up

6/19/2009 7:49:41 PM