08/30/2026
🚨 BARC’S RESCUE NEEDS YOU. $5 CAN HELP. 🚨
Update: So far we have $1,355 donated in such a short time. Let’s keep this groove going as we are still a long ways away from our goal.
We are currently sitting on $24,594.21 in veterinary bills.
Yes. $24,594.21.
And we need to bring that number DOWN. ⬇️
So today, we’re launching the BARC’s Rescue $5 Challenge. ❤️
If everyone who follows us donated just $5, imagine what we could do.
Because behind that $24,594.21 are dogs like Conway, who we tragically lost to parvo. 💔
Dogs like Mandy, who came to us limping and appears to have survived a gunshot wound.
Larry, who arrived with severe mange.
Paisley, who is currently battling puppy strangles and needs ongoing medical care.
Dogs requiring dentals and other medical care that we haven’t even had a chance to introduce to you yet.
And then there is Maeve. 🥺❤️
This tiny Husky girl arrived so severely matted that we had to shave her just to see what was happening.
She was constantly squatting, desperately trying to p*e — but nothing was coming out.
We rushed her to FenVet Beltline, where they discovered that her bladder was massively distended. They placed a catheter and drained more than a litre of urine from her bladder.
She had likely been suffering for days.
For the past week and a half, Maeve has spent her days at FenVet Beltline or FenVet Airdrie, receiving medications, monitoring and testing while everyone tried to figure out why she couldn’t properly urinate.
At night, she went home with her foster.
And her foster, Maddie, and her husband would get up every 30–45 minutes ALL NIGHT LONG to take Maeve outside, collect her urine and measure it.
Over.
And over.
And over.
For days.
At one point, Maeve had a catheter and diaper and required constant monitoring.
And every morning, when Maddie dropped her back at the vet, we honestly didn’t know what that day would bring.
Would Maeve block again?
Would she be able to p*e?
Would we have to make the heartbreaking decision to let her go?
For about a week, that was our reality.
And then, two days ago… Maeve started p*eing on her own. ❤️
Approximately 600 mL a day.
She’s finally past what we believe was the most critical point.
And we are SO incredibly grateful.
To Maddie and her husband for sacrificing sleep and giving this little girl absolutely everything.
To the teams at FenVet Beltline and FenVet Airdrie, who have spent day after day caring for Maeve, falling in love with her and doing everything they could to help her — including working with us to keep her costs as low as possible.
THIS is rescue.
It’s not always puppies and adoption photos.
Sometimes it’s parvo.
Sometimes it’s gunshot wounds.
Sometimes it’s mange.
Sometimes it’s puppy strangles.
Sometimes it’s a catheter, a diaper and getting up every 30 minutes all night.
Sometimes it’s sitting at the vet wondering if today is the day you have to say goodbye.
And sometimes…
you get to watch a little Husky girl finally p*e on her own. ❤️
That’s why we keep saying YES.
But we can’t keep saying YES without your help.
🐾 THE $5 CHALLENGE 🐾
Can you give $5 today?
$5.
That’s it.
If you can give more, amazing.
If you can only give $5, that is amazing too.
And if you can’t donate right now, PLEASE SHARE THIS POST.
Because your share could reach the person who can give $5.
Or $50.
Or $500.
Every dollar gets us closer to paying down $24,594.21 in veterinary bills and gives us the ability to help the next dog who desperately needs us.
❤️ WAYS TO DONATE:
💰 E-transfer: [email protected]
🐾 Donate online:
https://linkbio.co/DonateBarcsrescue
Let’s see what our BARC’s family can do.
$5. For Maeve. For Conway. For Mandy. For Larry. For Paisley. For the dogs we haven’t even introduced yet.
$5 so we can keep saying YES. 🐾❤️
