I am like many of you here who love thier dogs...yesterday I lost my pup Tatum.....heartbreaking. I will let this letter I wrote to the animal rescue tell the story...
I am writing this letter on behalf of my family in hopes that someone somewhere gets it and forwards it to the appropriate people within your organization.
My name is Joe Haber, father of Tatum, a 9 month old blond golden. Tatum (or bubby as I called him) was a wonderful dog with energy to spare and endless love to give. He was smart as a whip and was as sweet and gentle as any dog I have ever know.
Tatum was an “eater”, he ate socks, underwear and anything else he could fit down his throat. He also had a heart murmur so we had a feeling that Tatum’s time with us might be short. We had to have a surgery performed not long ago to remove a bowel obstruction from which he recovered fully. We brought him home and made every effort to curb this behavior but it appears as though it was not enough. He got into something and ended up with yet another obstruction. We could not afford the cost of the operation and with only $1500 available from Care Credit I had few options. I decided to get a second opinion from my regular vet and I also made a desperate call to your organization. It was not long before I received a return call.
DJ was the first to contact me and soon after I spoke with Scotty (Chief Scotty). They were truly wonderful and they did everything they could to help me so that we could either keep Tatum or turn him over so that at the very least, he could live. Scotty came to the vet and sat with us, her concern for our Tatum was obvious from the start. She coordinated for some time with DJ and we hatched a plan to take him to a vet they could deal with, get him his care and then figure out where he was going to go afterwards. Unfortunately during transportation back to the first clinic Tatum took a turn of the worse and due to complications from the obstruction Tatum would never fully recover. He would never come home with me to see his family again, play with his big sister Brandi nor would he be able to be enjoyed and loved by another family. I had to have him put down to end his suffering. It was heartbreaking as I am sure many of you know. I also have to mention that Scotty stayed with me until the end…not something that I expected from a stranger who did not know us from Adam.
The lengths that you all went to yesterday really warmed my hear. Your kindness, generosity and understanding will never be forgotten. I am a mechanic in the USAF, and words like this do not come easy for a guy like me. Actions like yours are not the “norm” today, total strangers working to save someone’s pet, sitting with them, sharing their pain and grief…you all are good people. I hope that you all understand that your organization provides an amazing service to animal lovers of this state and I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for the time and love you gave to my family and our Tatum yesterday
Thank you, and god bless
Sincerely,
Joe, Carmen, Kali, Joey, Jason and Brandi Haber.
Tucson Az.
I am writing this letter on behalf of my family in hopes that someone somewhere gets it and forwards it to the appropriate people within your organization.
My name is Joe Haber, father of Tatum, a 9 month old blond golden. Tatum (or bubby as I called him) was a wonderful dog with energy to spare and endless love to give. He was smart as a whip and was as sweet and gentle as any dog I have ever know.
Tatum was an “eater”, he ate socks, underwear and anything else he could fit down his throat. He also had a heart murmur so we had a feeling that Tatum’s time with us might be short. We had to have a surgery performed not long ago to remove a bowel obstruction from which he recovered fully. We brought him home and made every effort to curb this behavior but it appears as though it was not enough. He got into something and ended up with yet another obstruction. We could not afford the cost of the operation and with only $1500 available from Care Credit I had few options. I decided to get a second opinion from my regular vet and I also made a desperate call to your organization. It was not long before I received a return call.
DJ was the first to contact me and soon after I spoke with Scotty (Chief Scotty). They were truly wonderful and they did everything they could to help me so that we could either keep Tatum or turn him over so that at the very least, he could live. Scotty came to the vet and sat with us, her concern for our Tatum was obvious from the start. She coordinated for some time with DJ and we hatched a plan to take him to a vet they could deal with, get him his care and then figure out where he was going to go afterwards. Unfortunately during transportation back to the first clinic Tatum took a turn of the worse and due to complications from the obstruction Tatum would never fully recover. He would never come home with me to see his family again, play with his big sister Brandi nor would he be able to be enjoyed and loved by another family. I had to have him put down to end his suffering. It was heartbreaking as I am sure many of you know. I also have to mention that Scotty stayed with me until the end…not something that I expected from a stranger who did not know us from Adam.
The lengths that you all went to yesterday really warmed my hear. Your kindness, generosity and understanding will never be forgotten. I am a mechanic in the USAF, and words like this do not come easy for a guy like me. Actions like yours are not the “norm” today, total strangers working to save someone’s pet, sitting with them, sharing their pain and grief…you all are good people. I hope that you all understand that your organization provides an amazing service to animal lovers of this state and I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for the time and love you gave to my family and our Tatum yesterday
Thank you, and god bless
Sincerely,
Joe, Carmen, Kali, Joey, Jason and Brandi Haber.
Tucson Az.
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