Author: Lea

Last week, we welcomed some extra special visitors from the Jersey Shore Animal Center, bringing with them our newest Sanctuary resident – Beau.

Beau is 15 years old and was returned to the shelter after having lived in the same home since 2013; his owner fell ill and was no longer able to care for him. The shelter reached out to us seeking Sanctuary for him and of course we said yes – he deserves to be loved, cherished and cared for the rest of his life, and we are committed to keeping this promise – he is already loved by all!

This senior sweetheart has a lot going on medically, but he does not let it stop him from enjoying life. Beau’s eyesight and hearing aren’t the best. He has very few teeth left, a good amount of muscle wasting and is slightly underweight. His back legs do slip out from him when he gets tired and he carries most of his weight in his front legs. Beau’s bloodwork showed that he is in the later stages of kidney disease and he is currently eating a prescription diet and taking a phosphate binder supplement as well. 

It goes without saying that we will do our best to make everything better for him so he can enjoy his remaining golden years to the fullest. We need YOUR help to continue to give all of our Sanctuary Residents including our newest resident Beau everything they need and deserve. 

Please open your hearts, dig deep and make a donation – we cannot continue to do this without YOU!

▪️https://www.pawsgivemepurpose.com/donate/

▪️Venmo: @PAWSGIVEMEPURPOSE-INC

▪️PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RKUHNPAA3ND3C

By Mail:
Paws Give Me Purpose Inc.
2 Jade Lane 
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

Directly toward our Vet bills:
House Paws Mobile Veterinary Service 
(856) 234-5230

If you are interested in becoming Beau’s sponsor, please head over to: https://www.pawsgivemepurpose.com/our-sanctuary-residents-1/

Adorable Paco dreams of the day that all the abused, neglected and unwanted animals out there have a place to go where they feel safe and loved just as he does.

For many of the dogs who make Paws Give Me Purpose their home, it is the first time in their lives they feel safe and loved, and we make sure these feelings last forever.

Our promise to these beautiful souls is to provide a safe and loving environment for the rest of their lives. We need your support to continue to provide them with lifetime care.

More than ever, your support is critical to our success.

Monthly donors are our best friends; they help each animal that comes to us with immediate and sometimes life-threatening needs.

When you become a sponsor you will make wishes come true for our Sanctuary dogs. Your gift toward their lifetime care in turn helps save more lives than you can imagine.

Join our community of monthly donors and be a hero for our Sanctuary Residents. Your donations have a direct impact on how many dogs we can save. Only with your help can we say yes to more senior/special needs dogs.

To sponsor a Sanctuary resident, please head over to: https://www.pawsgivemepurpose.com/our-sanctuary-residents-1/

“ANGELS ARE OFTEN DISGUISED AS DOGS”

As much as we hate sharing heartbreaking news, it is with the deepest sadness that we inform you all our handsome Casper has passed away. He left this earth on his own terms, peacefully, in his sleep; he knew nothing but kindness, compassion, love and dignity. 

Casper’s passing was not something that was unexpected, but that did not make it less difficult. He stole the hearts of many the moment he entered our Sanctuary doors and outlived his 6-month life expectancy prognosis for a dog with cancer – he had over 2 very wonderful years here at PGMP Sanctuary. 

Casper entered our Sanctuary doors back in November of 2021. He was deaf and had been surrendered to a shelter in Maryland with a baseball sized mass on the back of his neck; his previous family “didn’t want to deal with cancer”. Once removed, the biopsy unfortunately determined the diagnosis was cancer – but his life mattered and we gave him his best life daily every day that he was with us. 

Casper was truly one of the sweetest dogs to enter our Sanctuary. He was truly an Angel in a dog’s body. He was very well mannered, friendly and all the dogs loved him. There wasn’t a day that went by where he didn’t do a literal little dance. He would get so excited about everything, most especially food and treats, that he would dance around with excitement. We could go on and on about this precious boy’s wonderfulness – he was simply just that special.  

His nicknames here at the Sanctuary were Mr. Polar and Mr. Nuggets. Both terms of endearment that just grew out of his love for us and his love of chicken nuggets. Being a white Pekingese that loved to cuddle and snuggle his people – like a white teddy bear/polar bear earning him the Mr. Polar title. He could feel when we were having a bad, sad, or stressful day and was right there offering hugs and cuddles to make everything better; and believe us, it did. 

Mr. Nuggets came about soon after he arrived, evidently fast food was his only menu and he was extremely overweight. We worked hard at helping him to drop those pounds and he did. In order to transition him to healthy foods, we started out by baking him our own version of chicken nuggets which quickly became his favorite snack. 

And we simply cannot forget to share about how much Casper enjoyed parties! Most especially celebrating Birthdays – Casper celebrated 2 Birthdays here in Sanctuary, and his favorite part… the cupcakes. The happiness on this boy’s face will forever be engraved in our hearts and minds.

Nothing will ever be the same here at Paws Give Me Purpose without Casper, as each dog that comes through our door brings us something special. We are completely shattered by his loss, and know that you all share this devastating loss with us.

You will always live on in our hearts Mr. Polar; you were taken way too soon. We were blessed to have known and been able to love you with our whole hearts!

We would like to acknowledge Casper’s generous sponsor, Christina. Thank you for noticing Casper and becoming his sponsor. Thank you for assisting us with his care, helping give us the ability to provide him with everything he needed and for spoiling him a little bit more during his final months with your beautiful and thoughtful gifts – we can assure you he felt your love too. 

On behalf of Casper, we thank you from the bottom of his heart and all of ours here at the sanctuary. It is supporters like yourself that are the driving force behind what we do. 

Thank you to all of our followers and supporters for caring and for being a support to us during this difficult time.

Casper 
Mr. Polar
Mr. Nuggets
2006-2023