We don't know about all you two-leggeds, but we four-leggeds are pretty stressed out these days. It's been a rough couple of months, you know. Every time we turn on the TV, people are talking about the economy, unemployment, the oil spill, healthcare, bailouts, mud slides, plane crashes and some girl named Lindsay Lohan. It's just downright depressing, especially when you consider the fact that so many of our Boxer brothers and sisters have fallen on hard times, too. Can you believe there have been over 50 Boxers in California and Texas shelters within the last month alone? Our people have done their best to save as many as they could (almost 30 at last count!), but now they're all stressed out about how they're going to pay for all of our vet bills. We thought for sure that money just magically appeared in the bank just like food and water magically appear in our bowls, but apparently that isn't the case. Who knew?!

 

Well anyway, that revelation peaked our curiosity so we started asking some questions about money and finances and where we could buy a big, fat money tree. So they started telling us all about the special needs dogs they've saved that have required major surgeries and about how each one of us costs more to care for than our adoption fee provides and about how they had to pull so many dogs so quickly because the shelters were just flat out overflowing that they've managed to get themselves upside down again. And then they started talking about things like negative cash flow, accounts payable, number of days in foster care, debt load, fundraising and how they've paid nearly $60,000 in veterinary care alone this year and still owe another $9,900! Bowowsers – that's like $489,300 in doggie dollars! And THEN they told us that money trees DON'T exist!! Can you believe it?! Well, we didn't either at first, but it's true.

 

So by now we're sure you can understand the gravity of our situation and why we're even more stressed now than we were from watching the news. And stress isn't good for dogs, you know. It makes us jittery and give us the runs, and sometimes we even lose our hair, expel green colored gas and snore. Loud. All of this, in turn, stresses our people out, too. Thus, we feel that it is of the utmost importance and in everyone's best interest to get some immediate relief from our burdens. How, you ask? Well, for starters, you can help us blow off some steam by pampering us with our favorite summertime activities. There is a wide variety to choose from, so by all means, please feel free to spoil us in whichever way you like. It's easy to do…just pick one (or ten) of us from the pictures shown below and then decide what fun thing you'd like to donate, click on it and complete your transaction. Oh, and please be sure to list which of us you'd like to de-stress so our people can list you as our sponsor.

 

We've set a goal of 7,500 tax deductible people dollars worth of stress-free summertime fun – can you help us reach it? Pretty please with a Liverberry Snowcone on top?

 

 

Believe us when we say it's the best liverberry flavored shaved ice you'll ever lick!

We'll enjoy a day on the lake skiing and Boxerboarding. Includes lunch, sunscreen and 3 naps. Lifevest provided.

All we can say is, "Yuuuuummmmy!"

Wouldn't it be fun to teach Bo how to Box?!
Cats and Dogs - The Revenge of Kitty Galore
 looks pretty good, don't you think?

Barney could use some work on his left jab, too!

 
It IS sandal season, after all!

Need we say more??

Cela nous rendrait très heureux, mon amour!

 

Not interested in any of these activities? Then how about simply Giving a Boxer a Buck?

 

Every Buck You Donate Really Does Help a Boxer in Need!

 

THANK YOU!!

P.S. You know all of this is pretend, right?
Well, except for the money part. That's real.