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TAP Dogs Needing Special Assistance

With our rescue focusing on dogs that wouldn’t have a chance elsewhere, your sponsorship will help us give ‘your’ sponsored dog not just the basic vetting, spay & neuter, and daily care that he/she needs, but also extended care for those with special medical challenges or special life needs. By sponsoring a dog for even just a small monthly amount, you are giving them the hope they need and the realization that there is good in a world that has wronged them. We already have so many success stories that have been made possible by our sponsors, who are the reason we can continue to save lives. You can see our many transformations on Instagram and Facebook.

Special Dogs Needing Sponsorship

  • Special Needs: Blind. Eating Hills Prescription Diet Gastrointestinal Biome Digestive/Fiber Care 27.5lb Bag (~$132.00 based on market value and where purchased). Taking Carprofen (~$20.00 for a months supply. Price depends on market value and where purchased) to help manage pain and taking Dasuquin joint supplement (~$42.00 for 3 months supply, price varies on market value and where purchased) to help joint pain.

    Sponsorship Needs: Dante's special dietary and medication needs help him live his life to its fullest extent. In particular, donations assisting this playful older adult with his medication needs will help TAP, his fosters, and his forever adopter ensure Dante lives a pain-free life. $15/month provides his Dasuquin, $20/month provides his Carprofen, while $35/month provides for them both.

  • Special Needs: Skin allergies,. Taking Apoquel (~$93.00 for a months supply. Price will vary on market value and depends on where purchased) Required medicated baths with MiconaHex + Triz Shampoo (~$25 for a bottle) Mometavet ear ointment for ears is ~$11.00 per tube (price depends on where purchased and market value) Currently requires frequent baths / ear medication

    Sponsorship Needs: Gizmo is recovering from skin problems from before he was rescued, and in the short term needs some special help. His medicines both help his skin and fur to recover, and help with itchiness during that recovery. $11 gets him the ear ointment for several weeks, while $25 gets him medicated baths during that time. $100 keeps him from scratching and re-damaging his skin for a month.

Many TAP rescues have severe medical issues and need medical care long before their fostering and adoption. The images are difficult to look at. But our Care Team and Vetting Team volunteers provide medical treatments, special diets, and emotional comfort to numerous dogs that stay at our Headquarters Facility while they heal. These dogs need extraordinary care, and unfortunately that comes with larger costs to us for their care. Below are some of the dogs that we are currently caring for that we need help in footing their cost of care. You can click on them and read their stories. And please consider a monthly donation to assist us in providing them truly lifesaving care.

Urgent Medical Dogs Needing Sponsorship

We currently have no animals with these extraordinary needs.

If you know one of our adoptable or fosterable dogs or cats, and would like to make a donation specifically for that animal, please choose their name from the list below and click on the Sponsor Me button.


Sponsor Me

Give the gift that saves lives!

Sponsor a TAP dog to provide them with urgent medical care, or a lifetime of meeting their special needs!

You can donate or fundraise for a one-time sponsorship of a specific dog or cat. Or you can donate weekly or monthly for sustained long-term care for the specific dog or cat that you have chosen (and automatically join our TAP PACK). If you would like to get in touch directly, please email: donations@theanimalpad.com

And you can also honor someone special in your life, and designate the sponsorship in someone else’s name. When completing your sponsorship, be sure to include the honored recipient’s name and email you wish a certificate to be sent (it can be yourself).