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Please help Champ!

May 6, 2008 : 9:06 PM
Champ is a seven year old, very needy German Shepherd, who has a TERRIBLE skin condition on his face and body. “Skin condition” may not sound like much, but this poor dog has been suffering.

The owner of the www.nola.com website has also set up a link on their Nola Pet Scoop Blog to help Champ, whose mom, (one of the nola.com pet forum contributors), loves him very much but is financially-challenged and not able to afford to get him the help he desperately needs to survive.

After giving up on her local vets, and totally out of money, Champ’s mom was finally able to get him an appointment with the skin specialists, where a public donation-fund was set up to pay for his care.

Recently, it was discovered that Champ has a bad case of a rare but curable skin disorder called Pemphigus, which will require continued care and an expensive medication to get him back on his feet.

The sad part is that Champ is responding to the medication, but after this initial one-month dose, unless we get more donations, Champ’s mom will be unable to continue his treatment. The medication is $350 a month for the first three months, after which it will be $150 per month, until this is cleared up. This treatment is literally life or death for Champ and there is no more money in the fund to continue his treatment.

What you can do

Donate to Champ's Vet Fund and pass his story along to fellow animal lovers!

To donate to Champ's medication and to see additional photo's of Champ, please visit Champ's Angel Network. WARNING- the pics are very graphic and tough to look at.

Pictured above: Champ
This photo was chosen as it was the least disturbing

Image courtesy of Champ's Angel Network
Reprinted with permission
Posted by Nicole, PA Team Leader


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May 21, 2008 at 6:45 AM
posted by: babygrass
Please contact this organization Brown Dog Foundation--I think you are the perfect candidate for their program. Blessings and healing to that beautiful dog.

http://www.browndogfoundation.org/home
  
May 21, 2008 at 1:14 AM
posted by: lindagjanssen
I want to do something tomorrow I will send a donation it want be much as I wish it could be cause me and my husband foster unwated puppies and get them homes or sent to nokill shelters to be adopted 14 hr drive away from us so we stay broke. I can't stand the thoughts of this poor dog who's owner loves him so much she doesnt want him to be put to sleep. I have 4 I feel that way about. Couldn't Imagine my life with out them. I think I would die like I lost a child or something.
God please help Champ
Janssen
  
May 16, 2008 at 2:46 PM
posted by: dwevers
Please click on link to find out where donations should be sent. Champ has a new vet and no dontions will be accepted at the University of Tennesee
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