Balooja's Foundation

Hi all, Bootsie was dropped by her breeder on her neck. The breeder never sought medical attention and now she’s paralyzed. She’s currently at Two Hands Four Paws getting aqua therapy and was fitted for a wheelchair that fits her body. Once she loses weight she will get another wheelchair that fits her slim body. ... We are doing right by her. We desperately need funds to keep her in rehab. This wasn’t a rescue we planned on, but we didn’t want this special girl to be euthanized without trying. If you can PLEASE donate to help Bootsie out. PayPal- [email protected] Mark family and friends Reason - Bootsie Venmo - Baloojas-foundation Hard mail Balooja’s Foundation 154 A. West Foothill Blvd. STE 348 Upland, CA 91786 We are all she has left in the world. Please be part of her team. #TeamBootsie

Garfield Our friends Hope For Paws Loreta Eldad rescued Garfield from a terrible situation. He was abandoned in a homeless camp. His owner left him and disappeared. Thankfully Hope For Paws answered the call to help him. Once he was rescued he went directly to the vet hospital where all of his medical needs were addressed. ... After his medical care was complete he joined Balooja’s Foundation, and we placed him in a foster home with an experienced foster who specializes with dogs who have trust issues. Cheryl Gullstrand worked with him helping him trust. Not an easy task, but she did amazing. After months of medical care, rehabbing this little guy went into his foster to adopt home. DRUMROLL PLEASE- Garfield has officially been adopted his adoption was completed today. His mom is over the moon in love and if you look at the pictures you will see this once broken dog In complete peace. Thank you- Deanna for giving him a loving home. May you share many loving memories together. Thank you Hope For Paws, Loreta and Eldad for all you did for him. We love working with you guys. Thank you Cheryl for all you did for him. Rebuilding trust isn’t always easy, you being so patient and reassuring was the key to his success. Thank you to his medical team for addressing all his needs. You guys are exceptional people and we are blessed to work with you. To all the people involved in his transformation & who donated to all his needs - thank you. We are so grateful to each of you. #Rescued #Fostered #Adopted Please watch the video of his rescue. It will put things in perspective. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR--KhEOX8M

Sweet angel from - Barstow Humane Society

For the past year we have been blessed to be working with Hope For Paws, Eldad and Loreta We have been able to help animals few can because of the complexity of the cases the multiple specialists they need to be the best they can be. We’ve given blind dogs their sight back, broken dogs reconstructed bones, cancer dogs more time, the list goes on and on. Dogs who shouldn’t be alive due to severe injuries new leases on life. ... We’ve also learned so much from them. The lessons learned gives us the ability to do so much more. I just really wanted to express our sincerest appreciation to Hope For Paws. The work they do is beyond belief. We have learned so much from them. Here’s to many more years of team work. Yesterday a dog who’s time was limited, had a major surgery to give her more time with her mom. Because of the surgery she has many more days to be loved and cherished. I love this little girl so much. She was rescued from Coachella, CA. The vet team is amazing, dedicated and compassionate people. They’ve cried with me as we lost dogs and cheered with me as our most critical dogs find new homes. Rescue is a crazy journey. Surround yourself by people you trust and can learn from.

When people work together you accomplish so much good. Garfield is a special little boy. Life wasn’t always kind to him. Thank you Loreta Eldad and the absolute best Hope For Paws rescue. We are so grateful for what you do every single day.

Operation Goldie brought to you by Balooja’s Foundation, INC in Partnership with Debbie Bloom 2020 has definitely been a year for the record books on MANY levels.... This year we’ve had record heat waves across the Southern, CA. Shelter animals many of which are in outdoor kennels endure the blistering heat. Shelter staff reached out asking how we were able to facilitate AC units in 2018. We had planned on getting AC units for two of LA counties highest intake shelters, Baldwin Park and Downey ACC. This is where our partnership with DBF comes into play. Deb rallied her amazing amazing amzing crew many donated individual coolers to help this life saving program. Andddd because of this many people getting involved we didn’t stop at just the two shelters see below Redlands animal shelter Victor valley shelter Barstow Humane Society Lancaster ACC Castaic ACC Carson ACC Baldwin Park ACC Downey ACC Harbor Shelter East Valley Shelter South LA Shelter PENDING SHELTERS KERN COUNTY, WE ARE FINALIZING THE ORDER. How does one say thank you to so many kind hearted people? We are so grateful to each of you. Many of you have been long time supporters of this mission. Thank you Deb, your heart, passion and dedication is inspirational. I’ve never seen someone work so hard to help so many. You rock my friend. Thank you to PortAcool for working with us and giving us great prices and products to help our beautiful dogs of CA. Kim Lapin, Barb Berkowitz, Daphne Lingon, James De Givenchy, and Ivy Walls, you made such a HUGE impact on this mission. Thank you doesn’t seem like enough. Grateful to each of you. Thank you Jessica Brooklyn for helping get these units to all the shelters. The Diesel is definitely one for the record books. Thank you Jaa Bailey, for helping me unload and upload all these units, that was difficult to say the least. Thank you for being so dependable. These drives to help shelters are made possible because of the people who get involved. Nothing better in life than to help the innocent. 2020 has been tough, but even with all its complexities generosity still shines bright. On behalf of our team, THANK YOU!!!

Snoopy The other day we saw a post of a little major medical needs dog. This dog would require specialized care and a foster family able to help address his needs. Not to mention a medical team who can tackle this kind of care. Not an easy task... ... Below is what we read and yeah it’s a lot. This poor senior is blind and cannot walk. He appears to have an old spinal injury/condition causing his inability to move around. He also has a grade III holosystolic heart murmur. He will need further diagnostics to determine if he is a hospice case or if he has quality time left with specialized care and treatment. He is currently still on stray hold for a possible owner, but will need rescue commitment by his retention date which is Sunday 10/4. If you can help this dog, please contact us to set up an appointment to pick him up on Sunday. Special OC Animal Care Notes: Needs rescue commitment by retention date on Sunday 10/4. Possible spinal injury-cannot walk grade III heart murmur blind 09-30-2020 Med Note: PE: BARH, EENT-cataracts OU, limited oral exam under loose leash muzzle, grade 4/4 dental tartar observed. CV-grade 3 holosystolic murmur PMI L apex, L-unremarkable, Abd-not examined, Skin/coat-alopecia with erythema, live fleas at caudal dorsum. MS-not ambulatory in hind end, non-weight bearing L hind when assisted to rise. A: hx HBC, not using hind end. R/O fracture to pelvis, hind legs cataracts--bline marked dental tartar heart murmur fleas P: buprenorphine, xrays. jh Xray findings: Fractured R ischium, diff to assess pubis but does not appear misaligned. Proximal aspect of CD1 fractured, collapsed IVDD space with associated bridging spondylosis at L4-L5, Cardiac silhouette appears plump, no infiltrates. A: fractured pelvis, old collapsed intervertebral disc, fractured first tail vertebra. P: pain control and Rest. We reached out to our rescue partner Hope For Paws, Loreta and asked if they would like to partner on this little guy. They are like us they see medical dogs and they just want to help. Big hearts for the most broken of dogs. They agreed to partner on his rescue. Amazing With his plan ready, amazing foster family, amazing medical team on board we were ready to get him out and directly to the vet hospital. With the help of Cathy Larimer of Great Danes and Friends, Inc. Cathi Perez pulled this little man to safety. He’s got a lot going on, his medical team is ready to help him. This team thinks outside the box and gives these beautiful animals everything they got. They are honest and dedicated, and Snoopy is so lucky to have them on his side. Thank you Angels for Animals Network for your post we never would of known about him. Thank you to everyone who took the time to give him a voice. We are so grateful for the kind hearted people Who believe in helping the special needs animals.

The AC units have arrived a whole diesel truck and one fed Ex truck

Our mission is accomplished. @baloojasfoundation and I want to thank all of you. Anything can be done when a group of people join together for good. FIFTY (50!!!) portable air conditioning units are on their way and will be distributed amongst all the deserving shelters throughout the state. (With a focus on the rural shelters.) We are so grateful. This is going to make such a difference for all the dogs who are stuck in their cement kennels with no escape from the hea...t. A special thanks to everyone that donated and a HUGE thanks to @kim_lapin and her family for being so generous and giving us the rest of the $ we needed to complete this amazing project. We are also grateful for all of you. So until the shelters are empty, we are going to continue to make sure that these dogs have everything they need to keep them as comfortable as possible. #keepthemcool #gnn #nodrama (next project in the works....). Deb Bloom

When our team saw Keeta’s Profile on Saving Carson Shelter Dogs page we knew we wanted to help her. Jessica Brooklyn started working on a plan for her and today with the help of Debbie Betsy, Allison and Cathi Perez we were able to get this girl out of Carson shelter and directly to the vet. First stop was Leave No Paws Behind Veterinary Clinic for a full senior work up. This clinic has been a blessing and has been so accommodating to our dogs needs. Keeta’s medical was pre...tty unremarkable, but she will need a dental and small mass removals. We also started her on anti-inflammatories to help with arthritis in her back legs. She’s only 39lbs so she’s Petite. She’s a special little girl and we promise to make her life going forward fulfilling. She will never be scared again. Debbie - you are seriously the best. You inspire me to do more. All you did for her today gives me hope. Thank you for being the best person. Truly you are my best friend. Welcome to Balooja’s Foundation, Mamacita Our promise to you is to be by your side here on out. We gotcha cutie

I just saw this to help for our transport van. Thank you 96-7 KCAL Rocks! We have closed the campaign, and this was a while ago, but seeing people support our non-profit is the most amazing feeling. ... Thank you for believing in our mission. We are so grateful to everyone who helps us in helping the innocent.

How handsome is Bear? Bear is available for adoption through Balooja’s Foundation. Bear is 8 years old, neutered, UTD on his vaccines, & microchipped. He has dry eyes which will require eye drops for the rest of his life. Balooja’s Foundation will provide eye drops for 3 months post adoption. ... He’s currently in foster care in Los Angeles. We are not currently doing out of state adoptions. Home checks are required for each of our dogs in rescue. https://post.rescueme.org/20-09-19-00012