We are currently on the tail of a few organizations that will help us get a therapy dog for our daughter. We are thrilled with the news, but also know that we’re not going to be able to afford a dog from any of these organizations without reaching out for help.
Around the house, we’ve been calling this whole thing “A Buddy for Bella” or “Bella’s Buddy Fund”. So, I guess that’s what we’ll call it. It fits and pretty much explains it all.
We are currently in the VERY early stages of planning a benefit that will help with the costs of acquiring the dog, the training of the dog and the travel expenses involved with actually bringing the dog home. Currently, we have two choices:
Find a suitable dog that fits the criteria and send him out to have him trained with basic and advanced therapy training. It’s cheaper than option two, but still quite pricey.
Option two is to get approved through an organization that supplies the dog and the training. After getting approved, signing all the paperwork and making our “donation” (payment), the puppy will be picked out and trained by their people and we will be kept updated. This process could take up to a year to complete.
We are highly considering option one simply because it’s cheaper and it doesn’t take quite as long, however, the training will be more specific to Bella’s needs if we went with option two.
We’re currently in the process of playing email tag with a select group of therapy dog organizations.
Our idea right now is find people who would like to contribute something that can be raffled off, or sold. Just to get an idea of what we have to work with in the future.
Again, this entire thing is in the very early stages, but we are looking for ideas. So feel free to leave a comment here, email me at a_buddy_for_bella@yahoo.com or message me on Facebook.
Thank you all so much.
