Denise's Delightful Dookers Ferret Rescue in Auburn, Washington is in
NEED of help in paying a vet bill. Due to overwhelming health issues
of recent surrendered ferrets the vet and our finances have had quite a
work out.
Right now the shelter has 45 ferts, 1 volunteer/4hrs/one day a week, 1
volunteer/1 hr/one day a week and myself taking care of all this precious
cargo (my hubby helps as much as he can). I do all the paper work,
computer entries, and whatever else needs to be done. I am up at 0'dark
thirty in the morning to make sure the ferts have running time before I
go to work. In the evenings, I have people coming over to buy cages,
wanting to adopt a ferret(s), needing help, lots of phone calls. I hold
Educational Adoptathons at several Petco stores in the area 3 Saturdays a
month and this has been a blessing because precious families have adopted
ferrets. I am also learning how to do my web site....but when do I have
time? (My house is suffering a bit....hehehe...my daughter and hubby
have to most of the cleaning and lawn mowing...yeaaa)
I work as a church secretary 32 hours a week, have a teenager at home and
a husband with congestive heart failure and is also an amputee and
doesn't work or drive. My hubby feels the same way I do, that if we
weren't doing the rescue/shelter these some of these little guys would
not have a safe place to stay until they're adopted and uneducated humans
would not have the opportunity to LEARN about taking care of ferrets.....
that's why I am doing this. I am learning FAST that I can't pay for
everything and have been out beating the bushes for donations. (My
friend said that I have to realize this is not a pride issue and start
asking for funds--and this is very hard for me to do). I am not a
non-profit, yet, but am under the Support Our Shelters umbrella if people
need tax receipts.
My vet is Dr. Walls, Dr. Reed @ Covington Veterinary Hospital
27045-174th Place SE, Covington, WA 98042 253-631-8616. My Client ID #
is 9277, under the name Denise Cummings (Denise's Delightful Dookers).
When you donate, please send the $$ to Covington Vet Hospital (not to me)
and use my client ID # so they get it put in the right account. I really
appreciate any help and thank you so much in advance.
[FML has been such an encouragement....yes I read it all the time...
but just haven't written in it but a couple of times...I enjoy Muldoone
because it encourages my heart that people care that much for the
dookers. I lost Gypsy Lee who was 7 years old to cancer three weeks
ago ..she was a small motherly cinnamon that irritated the heck out
of some of her cage mates, and yet when she was having trouble, they
"squished" her in so she was protected. I lost Farley Girl (4years old)
to cancer this last Saturday....she was a loner and a very, very shy
sweetheart that loved to be hugged and kissed and returned kisses all
the time....and she didn't ferret walk...she pranced...as if to say, I'm
beautiful and she was.] It doesn't matter if the dookers are my personal
ones or the shelters...they are very much loved and cried over....
sometimes I wish tears didn't come so easily....oh well.
God Bless!!
www.washingtonferret.com e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Shelter Address: 1810 K St. SE, Auburn, WA 98002
Shelter phone 253-797-9115
Fax 253-735-9324
[Posted in FML issue 5267]
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