Our friend Elizabeth needs our help. 

Elizabeth runs Gunn Dogs Rescue in Arkansas and has rescued hundreds of shelter dogs in the past. She has rescued puppy mill dogs, dogs found abandoned on the highway and even dogs someone was selling out of a box in a parking lot. 

Elizabeth was promised help by another "Rescue," and agreed to rescue eight doodle pups and a couple other dogs from a back yard breeder and found abandoned in Arkansas. These dogs were sick, some had been eating rat poison and all needed medical attention and socializing. Some didn't survive. 

Elizabeth has done a wonderful job and found homes for most of them. But because she was promised help and that help didn't come, Elizabeth now finds herself struggling to make ends meet. One of the dogs, Grant needs to have surgery tomorrow. Here's the story in Elizabeth's words:





Grant had been hit by a car on the highway where I picked him up. And we don't know about the rat poison - someone whose yard he wandered up into, I imagine. Poor thing has really had a rough time of it. Almost all of the original 13 or so Doodles I got in that week have been adopted - I still have one of the Mad Scientist puppies - Nash - who is growing like a weed! And Grant is still here, of course, along with his mother Sophie, the Standard Poodle. We think she is his mother, anyway - they were wandering together, along with a third Doodle pup that we never recovered. Rumor about town is that they belonged to a local backyard breeder, but he denied it when the Sheriff questioned him. Small towns in Arkansas can be rough for dogs. A witness saw Sophie and Grant (we assume it was Grant) get hit by cars after they were literally dumped in the middle of a four-lane highway - we are assuming that the third Doodle pup was killed, but we never located his body. It was horrible. One redneck (excuse me, I can't help it) - even admitted to shooting at them to get them out of his yard. No one fed them or gave them any water, and it was late July with temperatures in the 100's. The guy, we think who dumped them, is the ex-husband of the woman the Mad Scientist pups came from. Two of them had died before I got them. I need to take a road trip back to that area and make sure there aren't more Doodles wandering around down there.

A lot of people tried to help with donations, but, as you know, most of the money was - ah - "diverted" by another rescue and never made it to the Arkansas Doodles. But what goes around comes around, you know? I still owe a huge vet bill, but my wonderful friends at the vet are very understanding and trying to help raise donations to put towards the bill. I am blessed to have so many awesome friends out there!

Here's some of the original story for those of you who didn't follow it:

Eight 10-week-old labradoodle puppies were taken in by Elizabeth Gunn of Gunn Dogs Rescue in Arkansas. There were 3 chocolate girls and 5 boys, chocolate and black.

These babies were severely malnourished, flea and worm infested, had various skin conditions, eye and ear infections, diarrhea, and giardia. They had never seen a vet.

These puppies were starving, dehydrated and lethargic when they arrived. Initial vetting indicated that they are Parvo free but they need to be closely monitored for symptoms over the first few weeks and fecal tests had to be repeated with or without presentation of symptoms. They all required sub-cutaneous fluids and they were treated for all the various infections along with the worms and giardia. Elizabeth also provided them with electrolyte supplements and high calorie puppy food.

11/3 Update on Grant - 

I am terribly worried about Grant - he is continuing to vomit a lot, and has lost what little weight he has gained. I am afraid I may feel a mass now in his abdomen, so he will be seeing the vet on Monday. Please send prayers to Grant - he has had such a rough time. If anyone would like to help out with his vet bills, you can call my vet directly - Park Hill Pet Hospital - 501-758-7387. They know me well there - oh, too well - LOL! My bill with them each month probably pays their rent, and I have gotten behind - argh! I am so embarrassed that I was not able to pay my bill after over $2000.00 was taken from the Arkansas Doodle Project by "that other rescue", that I have avoided taking Grant to the vet because of it. Anyway, after the fiasco with the misappropriated donations, I am loathe to even ask - so thought maybe if people knew they could send a donation directly to my vet, that might help assure everyone that the Arkansas Doodles will actually get the donations this time!
Anyway, paws crossed that Grant will be ok...I gave him some Zantac earlier tonight before his dinner, and so far no vomiting - but he seems to do it in the night mostly. I have tried everything I can think of and am out of ideas on what might be wrong, and now with feeling the mass I'm really worried. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me. My home number is 501-888-8516, my email address is gunndogs@yahoo.com (also my Paypal account address). Thanks for all the kind words of welcome from everyone!

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/16977351

11/8 Update on Grant - 

Grant is at the vet's - he does have a very large mass in his abdomen - it doesn't look good at all. They are going to to exploratory surgery either this afternoon or tomorrow. I am cashing in my IRA to pay for his surgery. I feel so bad that I waited at all to take him to the vet - but once I found the mass, I got him right in. I have a terrible feeling about this, and have been crying all morning. Sometimes rescue is so heartbreaking. Please continue to send prayers for Grant and while you're at it, ask God to please help me get through this. My heart is breaking.


If anyone would like to help out with Grant's vet bills, you can call his vet directly - Park Hill Pet Hospital - 501-758-7387.

To pay by Credit Card by Paypal the email is gunndogs@yahoo.com

Any amount will be appreciated.


REST IN PEACE AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, GRANT.

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Grant and Sophie the night I picked them up off the highway. I thought they were going to die that first night, they were in such bad shape.


Look how good Sophie looks after a groom the next day! She didn't want to get out of the car when we got home - it was her "safe haven"! She bounced back quickly - and is now actually too fat! She had also been hit by a car and it took several weeks for her leg to heal, but she is just fine now. We discovered multiple bite wounds all over her when we shaved her down. All have healed up, and she now sports a nice Poodle hairdo, complete with a pompom tail! Sophie is looking for a home where can lose some weight! I will post some new pics of her soon - she has one of those "happy" faces, very expressive eyes, listens intently when being talked to.
I will donate something although I am not sure how much I can give right at this moment. My question is this: Is there a tax exempt status group or rescue I can give through? I do not quite understand the stolen money event as I was not part of any discussion about it at that time and I have no direct knowledge of the circumstances surrounding this problem but I am guessing this means funds donated for these pups were misappropriated by another sector of doodle rescue? Is that correct ? Terrible in any case, that these pups were left hanging when the $$ was needed and given for them. I'm sorry you had that experience, Elizabeth. I would like to donate through a tax exempt fund so I can claim it honestly on my taxes. Is this venue available to me? Thanks so much for taking in these poor babies, Elizabeth. I will foster for you if I can arrange transportation to NJ.
Best wishes with all you have undertaken! mp
Thanks, Mary Pat. You can donate directly to the vet if you want. There was not a discussion about the "fraud" and I do not know who else knows or doesn't. Eliz has been doing what she had to for all 13 doodles, plus other dogs in her rescue, all alone.

It is and was very sad and this group was a tax exempt organization, that did this. I do not believe the money was stolen, but it was not sent to Eliz, who the money was raised for.
While I feel for these dogs and only want the best for them. This entire discussion does not sit well with me. It seems asking for money, while discussing another how another rescue has stolen makes me uneasy about the whole thing. Before I would even consider donating money to this cause...I want to know exactly what you are talking about and what rescue took these funds from these dogs. And quite frankly would want proof of where my funds went. At least with nonprofit status group, I would have some proof of where my funds were being spent. I am new to this site and have just been browsing around for a few days, but these types of discussion are a turnoff to the whole rescue business. This is just my two cents for what it is worth...
I am sorry you are put off Lori. My intention is not and was not to discuss another "rescue" and what they did or didn't do. It was to only help someone who rescues dogs.
this is very confusing.
My husband said that Ms. Gunn's site does not say that donations are tax deductible, he is a stickler for this kind of thing, sorry.
I have to reassure him that his donation to Grant's surgery will be tax deductible - help me help Grant!
There is no confusion. Just trying to help a sick doodle. Thank you for thinking about Grant, Marlene.
Would my donation be tax deductible? You didn't say Lynne
No, Eliz is not a Non-profit and since that is your main interest, I am sure you would rather donate to a rescue that is. Of course, the one that raised $3000 that they never sent was a 501c3, but as long as people's donation is tax deductible, I guess that is all that matters. Grant won't know the difference, I suppose.
Please contact your own accountant regarding this. Lynne is not one and she can only give you what she has knowledge of.
I would bet if you called and discussed with the vet office and checked the better business bureau and the chamber of commerce for that town It would fulfill the information you are wanting. It is the safest way for any donation here or anywhere. :-)

Hope that helps.
Thank you Krista. I am sorry that some people are more concerned about their tax deductible few dollars than the life of this poor dog. Maybe they didn't understand the need. Either way, I can only keep doing my best and moving on. Maybe these detractors will one day look in a mirror. I just hope Grant has his surgery and is fine after this. BTW, I donated.
Hello Lynn and thanks for answering the question I posed re: tax exemption status. I did not intend to open any wounds regarding another rescue nor did I want to start a gossip thread so please forgive any implications of such in my statements/questions concerning the unavailable funds earmarked for gundog and the 13 doodle babies. It was an innocent question, really, as I am new at sending money via internet, etc. I never had any to send prior to now, LOL!

I think this woman taking in all these poor babies is doing an awesome, heartwrenching thing and every bit of her care and love will not be wasted. These are some very lucky labradoodles to have this kindly guardian angel save them from certain death on the road.

Thank you, Lynn for alerting me to the puppies' need. I am actually awaiting /hoping for my reimbursement from paying out of pocket for 3 rescues I took care of this past summer, 2 out of the three requiring surgery , etc... so when I get that $$ I'm hoping to redirect it to gundog and Grant. Keep a good thing going, so to speak. : )

Most importantly, any news on Grant today? Did he have the surgery or was it delayed until Tuesday? Updates please when you get them? Thanks so much for caring about the poor dogs everyone. This is our goal, to help needy dogs, so here it is being fulfilled right in front of us and it gives us a chance to help out, too. Together, we can make a difference.
~~mary pat

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