Posted on September 30 at 11:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

ConTribuTor......in case you missed the second to the last sentence in the story.......it says that they are not related. Just bad coincidence is all.

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Posted on June 13 at 1:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

no lies. I was saying the four wheeler was not donated. It was purchased by someone we know and will be gettin reimbursed off the ticket sales. We do not expect people to pay our vet bills. This is not the first time we have ever had to bring an animal to the vet. We have paid for many of own vet bills. So this is no scam, the evidence is very obvious as weel as the outcome for those who care to attend. And there has been many obstacles in life that we have taken responsibilty for, so we are not self centered or lazy!! Nobody owes us anything! We work fulltime and provide for our kids and animals. But we do live paycheck to paycheck like many people in this world, that doesn't make us bad people. So there is no scam, we are not a con artists, only way to be a believer and a supporter is to show up otherwise keep adding comments and making your own assumptions like you really know how it is!!

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Posted on June 12 at 9:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We did not purchase the four wheeler, had we been able to purchase a four wheeler we would have paid the bill. Had we been able to get approved for a loan we would have done that. And had our dog had her four puppies not the six, eight or twelve like you think, sooner, before this bill is owed we may have done that. But what ever money is received from our income on the side, the puppies, believe me there are plenty of bills that could go too. As the dog has many more visits to Ames! Thank you!!!

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Posted on June 11 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We are not living above our means we are living. And like I've said even the wealthy can't provide a large sum of money for an unexpected accident at the last second anyways. So if a person loses their home or car because of these fincial hardtimes, do you want to tell them they shouuldn't live above their means, you shouldn't of put your family in a hardship like this, tough times are ahead for many in this economy. I just hope you never have to be faced with a situation in which you can't provide financialy, because people help those who help you. And we are being responsible, and if the community wants to help they can, their choice. And the less than fifty dollars that is spent in food is a small trade off for the support that the community will show. And yes the puppies are going to be sold. Why wouldn't we. Calves are born...do people let them go? What about pigs, horses, chickens, goats, sheep.......people raise animals all the time and sell their offspring. Quit criticising us or dogbreeeders in general. You guys can argue this all you want, but we have support from many and criticiszm from a few. But thats okay, everyone is there own person and has their own opinion. But to say we are tacky and irresponsible that we are not! As many people have already proven that with their overwhelming support and donations.

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Posted on June 10 at 9:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

After reading all of the comments posted we feel we need to defend our story. When having our story put in the paper, we assumed there would be people that were skeptical about our benefit. But never dreamed people in the community would be negative and heartless about it. Although Sara did a great job on the story, things were misunderstood. We wish we knew who charlie55 was as he claims to know us, but he too has some incorrect info, but thanks for defending our story. We are not 'dog breeders' per say. We do have two bloodhounds one male who is neutered and one female, two shiztus that are males. There are no plans to breed these breeds either. And yes we do have puppies due to be born, but this is our first litter and we have not given any thought as far as contiuing to breed. But even if we do contnue, why does that make us bad people. Dog breedings not illegal, many people breed dogs, are they too looked down upon? And if so why dog breeders, people raise many different types of animals, they are not looked at negatively. And for the comment of this benefit being tacky....we never looked at it that way. We have paid for the benefit, the food, the four wheeler and the bake sale items, so we did not expect people just to give us money. But those who are interested and supportive will be attending and if people want to donate or help they can, but we are not asking people to 'pay our bill' like that one comment implied. And yes we do have a payment plan set up with the veterinary hospital. The bill needs to be paid by end of June, they do not have many options there for payment plans. So yes we have a payment plan set up, but it still needs to be paid. In todays economy we are not able to provide a large amount of money in times like this. And I am sure many people would agree that they wouldn't be able to either. And I don't mean just for a dog, but what if a furnace needs to be replaced, what if you need to replace your well, a sewer, your appliances....or even worse what if a tornado or flood affects you. You would like the communities support at times like this and I am sure you would support a benefit for one of these causes. So if you don't approve of this benefit that is okay, but to say we are being tacky or irresponsible, that just doesn't sit well with us as we believe we are being responsible, because we seeked medical treatment for our beloved pet, when there are others in the world that would just abandon their pet. And too add one more thing this story was posted in Iowa paper and we recieved such warming and accepting letters and donations from people we don't even know. So it is nice to know we have moved to a supporting community.

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