To honor my remaining senior boy and girl, and all who have gone before them, we will be doing the following: First, hiring the best investment/money management firm to insure that our money keeps growing for the future.
Jesse and PoPo will find that inground pool, shady and soft cabana, the finest geriatric care out there for really big, older pups and, finally, 24/7 help for mom to insure her time can be absolutely dedicated to making their golden years happy and fullfilled while working on helping alleviate as much suffering as humanly possible.
I've learned it really does take a village to save the dogs. We're building a nonprofit foundation whose sole purpose is to financially assist organizations involved in animal welfare: Independent wealth will allow us to put all our time and energy into helping build and reinforce the matrix required to stop the daily domestic animal death rate due to euth - everything from spay/neuter programs to early childhood education programs. However, a large slice of the pie will be directed to those organizations/rescues which provide assistance to people/pets in domestic violence situations second only to senior rehoming rescues after the loss/death of an owner. Another slice will go to prison training programs for shelter dogs (and probably cats) and to programs which rescue, train, and enable shelter dogs to find humans needing service animals.
We will, via our foundation, reinforce financially our favorite GSD rescues nationwide during these most difficult times when the struggle is greater than ever with an eye to the future and to hopefully see, in our lifetime, a bridging spirit of cooperation that saves even more lives. After all, there really is no limit to what can be accomplished if it does not matter who gets the credit.
We will, via our foundation, lend financial support to the research/development of an alarm system that would insure anyone transporting K9 units (military/police/private) an early warning alarm or device that would activate in the event of unplanned engine shut-off - top priority would be availability to police departments to protect K9 units in idling vehicles. Plans are to also provide a particular Mid-Atlantic state with funding for at least 3 more K9 units that are desperately needed in law/drug enforcement, along with providing funds for those neat gizmos that let law enforcement pick up heat signatures from helicopters to help identify dog fighting organizations.
By this time, the seniors and I plan to be very, very tired, and in need of treats, cuddling, and serious snoozing, followed by discussions about adding to the family or remaining fairly mobile and going where we can help the most. Graced with more time, we'll make sure to give thanks every day for being so privileged.
