Very Good Dogs

Posted on | 2 years, 10 months ago, in the evening | 1 Comment

As many of you know first hand, a guide or helper dog can be a life-changing kind of companion — and the institutions that train these fine canines (and subsequently pair them off with the people who need them) are doing truly exceptional work. One in particular is the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation.


In fact, in December of 2007 one of my long-time readers was partnered with a new guide dog from this very school. Cyndy and “Yara” got along quite smashingly and all was well, until Yara began mysteriously losing weight. It turned out that Yara was suffering from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency — a genetic disorder that prevents the poor pooch from producing the proper enzymes required to digest food.

On the upshot, this is a very easily treated condition. On the downshot, it was very expensive. But on the upshot again, Fidelco agreed to pay for the medication (a dietary supplement that’s worth its weight in platinum) for the rest of Yara’s life — at no cost to Cyndy. Huzzah!

So now Cyndy wants to help return the favor via the Walk for Fidelco, a fundraising event held at the Manchester Community College campus in Manchester, Connecticut. It is her goal to match the money that Fidelco is pouring into Yara’s medication — $2500 (this year alone) — in order to thank them for their generosity.

If this sounds like a good cause to you, and you’d like to sponsor Cyndy or read more about her statement on the matter, just click here to visit her FirstGiving page. It’s a great cause benefiting a damn fine organization, and every little bit helps.

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  1. Cyndy Otty
    May 15th, 2009 @ 4:22 am

    Wanted to say a very big thank you for this. The Walk is tomorrow and we’re all pretty excited. I also wanted to let you know that thanks to everyone’s help, including yours, we raised just about $1200. :)

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