We are thrilled to share the journey of Snowball, a stunning five-year-old male cat whose life was transformed thanks to your generous support. Surrendered to a local shelter a year ago with a promise from his previous owner to return for him — a promise that was never fulfilled — Snowball struggled to adapt to the shelter environment. Recognizing his distress, one of the Animal Control Officers urgently reached out to our organization for assistance. With the aid of the grant funds, we were able to confidently welcome Snowball into our care, ensuring that his medical needs, including the management of his previously unregulated diabetes, were met. In our loving environment, Snowball’s affectionate and playful nature flourished, and we discovered his delightful fondness for Halloween costumes. 

Today, Snowball is thriving in foster while waiting for his forever home, all thanks to the support provided by the Marion and Richard Graham Foundation. We are immensely grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in Snowball’s life and are proud to report this success story as a testament to the positive impact of your funding.

Bernard was such an extreme case that the funds were dedicated solely to his care. And what a gift that was. We met Bernard at the SEAACA shelter because he was out on a walk at the shelter we were at to rescue 4 other dogs. He was in bad shape, lots of mucus discharge from his nostrils, eyes, and clear trouble breathing. But still, his tail wagged and he was so happy to meet us. We knew it would be an undertaking to get him through his medical issues, but it was a challenge we were able to take on because of this grant.

He was taken to Veterinary Care Center where he got around the clock care that he so desperately needed as he could hardly breathe. We did every test and every procedure we could to determine the root cause of his respiratory infection which ended up being lymphoplasmacytic rhinits and pneumonia. He ultimately went home with a vet tech from the Veterinary Care Center who adopted him!

Thanks to the grant funds, we were able to provide Shiloh with a much needed dental and extractions which was the only thing needed to get her ready to be adoptable. We are so thankful for your assistance in helping us keep our promise of quality veterinary care to our much deserving senior dogs!

Hamburger Patty joined us at 14 months old after living in a cage her whole life, discarded by backyard breeders because she had spina bifida leaving her partially incontinent. She was significantly overweight and had no muscle tone, had a painful cherry eye and a horrible UTI caused by her spina bifida when she arrived. Patty has gone from 52 lbs to an active and thriving 39lb delight in her 4 months with at PMRS. She has been spayed, had her cherry eye fixed and elongated palate shortened to improve her breathing and activity. Daily cleansing and care have minimized her UTI issues. Patty now lives an active and enriching life where she is loved and included in all that life has to offer. Hamburger Patty is fully vetted and recovered from all medical conditions she arrived with. She is perfectly squishy, joyful, adoptable and looking for her perfect forever family.

Peach Blossom was passed from a breeder to two different people in the first few weeks of her life before landing safely at PMRS at only 5 weeks old with a ruptured left eye and suspected hydrocephalus. Her eye healed in the physical sense with care from our ophthalmologist but she never regained any sight. As she developed and was nurtured, we assessed that Peach was neurologically typical but did had genetic malformations to the left side of her face that impacted her eye and teeth. Being the adventurer that she is, Peach injured her non-seeing eye twice in the first 6 months of her life. In November we chose to remove the blind eye at the time she was spayed to take away risk of possible rupture or infection in the future. We followed up with addressing her dental needs in December where she had a broken canine root extracted from the left side that had been giving her ongoing challenges. Peach blossom has made a full recovery from all her procedures just in time to be adopted before Christmas. She now has a beautiful "furever" family and is living her best life with her IVDD wheelchair Frenchie sister Pixie!

Luca underwent a dental procedure, as well as some serious grooming! Like many of the doodles, Luca was severely under-socialized and had pretty extreme anxiety with humans. He was able to get the behavioral care he needed in our care and spent his time decompressing in a patient foster home. He was also a happy foster fail.

Curly Sue was rescued as a puppy from the breeding mill in Mexico. While the rest of her litter looked relatively healthy, we noticed Curly Sue wasn't doing well. Many of the puppies rescued ended up testing positive for parvo, so we feared that for her. After consults, it was determined she needed emergency heart surgery. She was luckily placed in a medical foster home while she underwent several procedures. She was home for good, because they ended up foster failing her!

Betty Boop's rescue journey is well underway! Thanks to the help from MRGF, she's feeling a whole heck of a lot better now than she was a few weeks ago. Betty was found by a stray in Wildomar, CA and brought to the shelter. She had ulcerated masses extending the length of her abdomen, but her tail was still wagging. Betty was able to leave her cold kennel and was welcomed into a warm foster home as a Live Love Dog! She had surgery to remove the mammary masses, be spayed and will have a dental cleaning in a few months once she is fully recovered. Thank you MRGF!!!

Fiona and Jemmy were adopted together by Jennifer Williamson. She is a teacher at Canton Middle School. She is a wonderful lady. Along with the two new FUR babies she has 2 dogs which have been around cats all their lives. Jemmy was excited to go to her new home as she jumped right into the carrier to go to her forever home.

Nutmeg was adopted by Gail and Robert Miller. They recently lost their FUR baby after 15 wonderful years which left a hole in their hearts so they wanted to adopt an adult cat. As they were going from room to room looking at some of our 1-2 year olds, Robert came upon Nutmeg who instantly started rubbing against his leg. It took all but about 15 seconds and he was instantly in love.

All three cats are doing great in their new homes!

Dade was found in Miami in front of a warehouse with severe burns to his body at just 3 weeks old and 3lbs. We didn’t think he would survive. He was hospitalized for 3 weeks. We did fundraise for most of his vetting but this grant allowed us to provide him with life saving hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment. Dade is now a happy and healthy 8 week old little boy who is thriving.

Our first grant recipient was for a dog we had in foster care named Acorn. We had rescued her in October 2022 where she was supposed to have been vaccinated, but when she went to a new foster home where a puppy was there who had just been treated for parvo and she caught the virus and had to be hospitalized. We wanted to make sure she survived so we added on an additional treatment of plasma, which cured her in just 2 days. She was back to her normal self when we picked up her from the hospital.

Another one of our lucky recipients was Patti. She is also a long time senior of ours who at 15 started to show signs of weight loss back in September 2022. We thought was due to her age, but her gait changed and she had a heart mumur that started to become significantly worse. We took her in for bloodwork in early January and found out she had kidney disease. We started treatment on that right away and only a few weeks later she was having breathing issues so we took her to our vet ASAP only to find out she was in heart failure. She spent the day in oxygen and had a echocardiogram and was put on a critical care heart medical treatment for the day. She luckily became stable enough to go home where she continued with the heart meds every 8 hrs. She spent the next day on observation as the hospital and was given a good, but guarded prognosis since she was fighting two severe medical issues. The great news is she is doing MAGNIFICENTLY and is eating and back to her happy adorable self.

Another grant recipient was for one our seniors in forever foster care named Elvis. He is a 13 yr old adorable Chihuahua who had had an oral fistula that was causing issues in his sinus cavity. He received a much needed dental with extractions and a surgical flap to close the fistula. He is now back to his happy self with no more sinus issues.

Milton was a 4 month old anatolian shepherd mix that we pulled from a high kill shelter in rural western Texas along with his sister Morgan. He was brought here to Colorado and placed into foster care. This pup was neutered, tested for heartworm, dewormed, microchipped and vaccinated and adopted three weeks later by a lovely couple who was ready to add a new family member to their family!

Princess Fiona was 5 year old english mastiff that was found abandoned on a deserted highway in La Junta, Colorado. She was brought into the animal control holding facility where owners have 7 days to reclaim. If unclaimed after 7 days, the dog is euthanized. We pulled Princess Fiona in to our rescue and got her into see a vet for routine spay and testing and treatment for a raging urinary tract infection. She also needed two large masses aspirated to ensure they were not mast cell tumors, which they weren't. Princess Fiona was about 15 pounds underweight as well. Once we got her medical needs met and some weight put back on her, she was adopted by a wonderful family with a middle school aged daughter and a male English mastiff in the home. Princess Fiona and the family bonded quickly and her and her new canine brother quickly became friends.

Rupi is a 3 year old Mastiff (best guess) mix who is friendly with all. In order help her live her best possible life she needed a big surgery (CCL TPLO). She is now recovered and doing well!

Bailey Icelynn was relinquished to Roadogs as she had ectopic ureters. What we didn't know was that she also previously had multiple rectal prolapses. Sadly, it is not that uncommon for surrendering parties to leave out important information. In our care, she had three incidences of rectal prolapse until we were finally able to get her parasites under control and then completely treated. This poor girl was struggling with parasites and ended up additionally having multiple bladder/urinary infections. We wer able to find a specialist at UC Davis where she was able to receive ureter corrective surgery. She is currently on the road to recovery but we are so excited to see her have a second chance!

Roadogs Rescue was approached about Oriana and Phoenix, as they were sick with parvo. We facilitated their treatment and found a foster home for them together. Soon after arriving in our care, both needed to be hospitalized for supportive care (Oriana for coccidia and Phoenix for giardia). They then came back to their foster home and have flourished. They have grown tremendously, receiving vaccines and each being spayed. Oriana also had her cherry eye addressed and Phoenix had a hernia repaired. Their personalities have also come out- both love to play ball, but Oriana then likes to chill on the couch while Phoenix continues to play with her other foster siblings. Both have potential adopters identified and will be adopted once they are medically cleared.