🐾💔 Supporting Taco's Journey 💔🐾

We desperately need your help! Meet Taco, our adorable 8 month old Bull Arab x pup who captured our hearts from the moment he came into our care as a stray from a rural pound. Taco is an absolute bundle of joy - happy, cheeky, and incredibly affectionate. However, his journey has been far from easy.

Upon arrival, it was evident that Taco faced some unique physical challenges due to poor breeding. Sadly, further examinations revealed that his genetic conditions were more severe than anticipated. Recently, Taco was rushed to the Emergency Vet,  where he spent two nights being monitored until a cardiologist was able to assess him and conduct an echocardiogram, only to discover that our beloved pup is battling severe congenital heart failure 💔

Despite his unfortunate prognosis, Taco's spirit remains unwavering. He has since been discharged from Emergency with a regimen of costly heart medication and diuretics. However, we refuse to give up on him. Taco deserves every chance to experience love and happiness in whatever time he has left.

We are reaching out to our community in search of a special palliative foster home for Taco. We need a place where he can be the centre of attention, with no other pets around, in a calm environment conducive to his restricted exercise. A home where someone is present more often than not to provide him with the companionship he craves.

Taco is still your typical, playful pup who loves to greet everyone he meets with a wiggly butt and sweet smile. He appears to be housetrained, he is a total snuggler and adores human company.

We aren't sure how much time he has, we will be letting him and his condition guide us. We aren't saying it will be easy, there will be heartache. But we are saying, is that we promise Taco will repay you in a lifetime's worth of special moments and memories 💝

Additionally, we are launching this fundraiser to help cover Taco's mounting medical expenses. These include his emergency hospital stay, specialist consultations and diagnostics, ongoing medication, and vet appointments. Your generosity can make a world of difference in Taco's life.

Please consider donating whatever you can and sharing Taco's story far and wide. Together, we can give him the love and care he deserves in his time of need ❤️‍🩹

If you think you could be the special foster home Taco needs, please email dogs@apswa.asn.au 🙏💌