Rex Is Running Out of Time. You Can Change That.
He served America for five years. An 82-year-old rescuer named Prudence found him starving at his former handler's grave, a tumor growing on his chest, and took him in like she has done for every dog nobody wanted these past 18 years. Now Rex needs emergency surgery to survive, and a care package is how you help pay for it. Every dollar goes straight to his food, his medical care, and the operation that saves his life.
Or meet him firstMeet Rex
Read his story. Every care package you choose helps pay for his food, his care, and the surgery he needs.
Choose a Care Package
Every package goes straight to Rex's food, his medical care, and the emergency surgery he needs to survive. Pick the one that feels right.
- A week of warm meals for Rex
- Fresh water bowl & blanket
- Basic first-aid supplies
- A full month of dog food
- Cozy blanket & warm bed
- Comfort toys to keep him calm
- Grooming & flea treatment
- Everything in Lifesaver
- Vet exam & bloodwork
- Scan for the tumor on his chest
- Pain relief medication
- Everything in Hero
- Emergency surgery fund
- Post-op recovery care
- Antibiotics & aftercare
- Everything in Guardian
- Rex's full surgery, start to finish
- Complete recovery, rehab & aftercare
- Helps save the next dog in crisis too
He Served America for Five Years. Then We Found Him at His Handler's Grave.
For five years, Rex worked as a military working dog. He went where the soldiers went. He trusted them with his life, and they trusted him with theirs.
When his service ended, Rex did not get the quiet retirement he earned. Somehow he ended up on the streets. Homeless and hungry, with a tumor growing on his chest that got a little bigger every day.
It was Prudence who found him, kneeling at his former handler's grave site. Severely malnourished. No collar. No handler. No one looking for him. She is 82 years old and has spent 18 years taking in the dogs nobody else would, so she did what she always does. She brought him home.
The vet who examined him did not sugarcoat it. Rex is dangerously underweight, and the tumor on his chest needs to come off. Without emergency surgery, he is running out of time.
And time is exactly what he does not have. Prudence's shelter has lost its funding and been ordered to close, and when it does, the council seizes the dogs and puts down any they judge "too sick to rehome." Because of his tumor, Rex is first on that list. Funding his surgery is the only thing that takes him off it.
He gave everything he had for five years. Now, for the first time, he is the one who needs saving.
That is exactly what your care package does. Every dollar goes straight to the food, the medical care, and the emergency surgery that gives Rex a real chance. It also helps keep Prudence's shelter running, because if her doors close, Rex and the dogs beside him have nowhere left to go.
When you help Rex today, we will send you updates on his recovery and every step of his journey back to a real life.
Every dollar counts. Every day counts. Rex is running out of both.
How Your Package Gets to the Dog
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Read their story and pick the care package that feels right for them.
We Ship It Direct
We send your package straight to their shelter, usually within 48 hours — so it gets to them fast.
The Dog Gets Help
The shelter receives your package with your name on it, so the dog gets exactly what you sent.
Prudence founded Saving The Pups, and for 18 years she's run it out of her own pocket. What started with one starving dog has grown into three vans and a small team of volunteers who help her reach the dogs nobody else will. Here's one of our vans, with some of our gorgeous volunteers.
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100% Goes to Rex
Every dollar goes straight to Rex's food, his care, and the emergency surgery he needs.
Straight to His Surgery
Your care package goes directly to Prudence and her shelter to get Rex into the operating room in time.
Every Dollar Tracked
We account for every dollar from your order to Rex's care. Full transparency.