A Lab needs our help
I just saw this in the paper today, too bad I was not around yesterday, this was just down the street from me.
Good luck girls!
'We must help this dog'
Girls fundraise to help get Webber a new hip
By Emily Bowers
The Daily News
In unison, the 10-year-old voices chime out: "Do you wanna buy a cookie?"
If you've been around Quinpool Road during rush hour this week, you've probably seen - and maybe given few quarters to - six Grade 5 girls who are raising money for a dog who needs hip surgery.
"We thought that we must help this dog," said Catherine Rutledge, as the girls offered Fudgeos and chocolate chip cookies in front of the House of Dogs store.
The girls heard about the plight of Webber, a year-old black Labrador Retriever, on their regular visits to House of Dogs.
They set up a table, selling cookies and pop, and figured they've raised about $150 so far.
The selling is great some days; others, not so much.
"Some of (the buyers) are animal lovers and they give us a really huge tip," said Sophie Kinley, citing a $10 bonus given to them by one kind heart Thursday.
Trish Pittman, founder of the Labrador Rescue of Nova Scotia, said she's amazed by the girls' efforts.
"It was heartbreaking, I thought that was the best thing in the world," she said.
Pittman took Webber, who was at the Cape Breton SPCA, into her home a few months ago.
He was recently adopted by a family in the Annapolis Valley, but the group agreed to pay for surgery for the pup.
It's a defect from birth caused by bad breeding, Pittman said. It's not known how Webber came to be at the Cape Breton shelter.
Webber will have surgery on his right hip on Wednesday, which has bone-on-bone contact and causes the dog severe pain. His left hip is less serious, but will need surgery later.
The total cost is estimated between $4,000 and $5,000.
And the girls, students at Sir Charles Tupper School, say they love knowing they're helping Webber.
Even though after-school activities are starting up and the girls say they'll have to start going to things like peer helper and hockey, they'll still be out with their cookies and pop on Saturdays.
And their next goodwill target? The plight of disappearing polar bears.
ebowers@hfxßnews.ca
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