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    RESCUE FUND

 The Fox Terrier Network does not do actual Fox Terrier Rescue, but we do support the work done by those that do and hope that you will too. We have a Rescue Committee that administrates our Rescue Fund and is available to all Fox Terrier Rescue groups, all breed rescue groups and animal shelters, private and public.  Any of these groups can apply for help with a rescue fox terrier that has medical needs above their ability to handle.

Our Rescue Fund has helped with eye surgeries in cases where the fox terrier was blind and surgery corrected it. We have paid for certain testing and other procedures also. This Fund is available only for purebred fox terriers in the above mentioned organizations and is not for the general public.  Please see our Daisy Fund for those fox terriers in private homes that have been adopted from a shelter or rescue group. The Rescue Fund is only for the homeless fox terriers that have no one else to help them. If you would like to learn more about the Rescue Fund or the Rescue Committee, or for general questions regarding rescue, you can contact Pam Bishop at: rescue@foxterrier.com

The FTN Rescue Fund is administrated by a five member committee chaired by Cheryl Collins.  You can contact her at:  rescuefund@foxterrier.com  We have the Funds Guidelines below and you can contact Cheryl for the application forms. 

Rescue Fund Donations

To make a donation to the Fox Terrier Network, Rescue Fund please send it to:

Please make your check out to:  Fox Terrier Network, Inc.  and let us know if you need a receipt and we’ll be happy to send you one.  Thanks!!

Send to:

Fox Terrier Network, Inc.

P.O. Box 1159

St. Johns, AZ  85936-1159

 Eligibility Guidelines for FTN’s Rescue Fund

This Fund is open only to purebred Wire Fox Terriers and Smooth Fox Terriers.

Only spayed/neutered Fox Terriers.  No exceptions.  A copy of the spay/neuter certificate must accompany each application for funds. (Cases where  emergency treatment work was performed prior to the spay/neuter will be considered; however,  proof of spay /neuter must be received before any funds will be dispersed.)    

Parts 1 and 2 of the FTN Rescue Fund Application Forms MUST BE COMPLETED and returned to the FTN Rescue committee before the committee votes and any funds are dispersed.  Applications are available by contacting Chairperson Cheryl Collins at:  rescuefund@foxterrier.com 

Steps for application are as follows:

Complete Part 1.  For all requests regarding veterinary cost reimbursements, please have your veterinarian complete Part 2 of the application. NOTE: This includes treatments yet to be done as well as treatments that have already been done.   

  • As per directions on Part 2, your vet needs to attach a cost estimate breakdown.  This should be on the vet’s letterhead or stationary.  For services already rendered, the itemized bill/invoice can be attached in place of a cost estimate.

The Rescue committee will do its very best to contact the applicants with our decision within five working days after receipt of all required paperwork from the applicant and their veterinarian.  Each application is decided upon based on its own merits.  If the procedure has not yet been performed, then the check will be sent directly to the treating veterinarian.  If the procedure is completed and paid for, and a copy of the receipt of payment is received by this committee, then the check will be sent directly to the Fox Terrier rescuer/group or shelter.

The dog must currently be in rescue/foster care or a shelter.  Fox Terriers with groups doing referral only are not considered “rescue” and will not be eligible for this Fund.  Cases where there is a pre-existing condition, and it  becomes evident only after re-homing, are referred to our Daisy Fund.

Covered items: veterinary costs for heartworm treatment, veterinary costs for necessary dental work and cleaning, veterinary costs for surgery or treatments necessary to make the dog adoptable and some instances of transportation and boarding costs.  Examples of more common surgeries or treatments are fractured bone repairs, intestinal foreign body removal, cataract removal, accidental poisonings, hit by car injuries, and epilepsy control.    Examples of boarding and transportation costs include large volume rescues exceeding a rescuer’s ability to provide foster care at home and cases where great distances must be covered to get the dog into available foster care.)   

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Routine veterinary costs and routine costs incurred during foster care such as vaccinations, spay/neuters, flea/tick treatments, flea/tick prevention products, internal intestinal parasite treatments (intestinal de-worming), heartworm exams, heartworm prevention products, fecal exams, basic health check-up exams, grooming costs, food, crates, toys, leashes, collars, etc are not eligible for reimbursement from the FTN Rescue Fund.  This is because typically the adoption fee for each dog re-homed should approximately equal the cost of routine expenses for that dog while it was in foster care.