Meet Atlanta Lab Rescue dog Ben from Channel 2 Action News!
We met with Channel 2 Action News today at Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital to share the story of Ben, one of our ALR rescue dogs who is recovering at the clinic. We found Ben last week on the Fulton County Animal Shelter Facebook page and immediately took action to get him care. Ben’s wounds likely came from being drug across the road, and the vet at Peachtree Hills told us that the deep wound on his face is from road burn that scrapped off the skin to the bone.
Ben is doing well and receiving a lot of love and care at the vet, however he will need to have his face scraped daily and future surgeries, much like a burn victim, to help him heal. The cost can be in the thousands of dollars. Atlanta Lab Rescue is going to make sure the Ben receives all the care that he needs, and his spirit and the love that he has for everyone around him makes what we do, even when it is hard and the funds are low, worth every effort. Our dogs are so resilient, and as you can tell from the news clip he sure has a happy tail regardless of what he has been through!
If you would like to contribute toward Ben’s care and to help ALR please donate to Atlanta Lab Rescue here:
http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/medical-bills-mount-for-dog-hit-by-car-and-dragged/vCSRm4/
Donations can also be mailed to:
Atlanta Lab Rescue
P.O. Box 250206
Atlanta, GA 30325
Will Ben be available for adoption? I live in Eatonton. I have a female English Bulldog.
Julia Owens
Ben will be available for adoption. The first step toward adopting from ALR is filling out the adoption application on our site. Thank you!
Hi. The donate button sends me to the paypal home page. Please post a good link ASAP, as well as details on how to adopt.. Many people on FB want to donate & adopt, but don’t know how. THANK YOU.
The link should now work. You can also click on the Donate button (red dog) in the right hand column, under “Help by Donating”. This will also take you the the Paypal page for Atlanta Lab Rescue.
The donation link above is not taking me to a related donation page within PayPal. Do you have another link?
-M
The link should now work. You can also click on the Donate button (red dog) in the right hand column, under “Help by Donating”. This will also take you the the Paypal page for Atlanta Lab Rescue.
how does one designate their donation to go toward Ben’s medical bills as opposed to the generic ALR fund, and how does one know that’s what it is going towards?
Once you enter the amount/login, you will be given the opportunity to “Add special instructions to seller”. You can ask that it go towards Ben’s treatment. ALR will keep everyone posted on Ben’s progress and recovery here on our website. So far he is keeping his spirits up but still has a ways to go. We appreciate everyone’s support!
Hi
I just donated, but did not use pay pal, used a credit card instead and there was no option to leave a note so that the donation would go for Ben’s care. Please put my donation toward Ben’s care
Dana
Thank you so much for your donation. We will put it towards Ben’s vet bills.
Alana, I am mailing you a check to help with, “Ben” care, it is small, however, I am going to try to make it part of my budget, please make sure when he is ready for adoption, he goes home to a loving, friendly family, he does ever need any more trauma in his life.
All of us at ALR and especially Ben thank you so much Yolanda!