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Campaign for Cricket: My Dual-Certified Allergen Alert and Psychiatric Service Dog
I'm reaching out for support to raise the final $7,252.52 ($6952.52 still owed for Cricket and $300 for her annual allergen recertification). Cricket's original total cost was just over $47,000.
My journey with Cricket began in 2019 after my life was shattered after I was violated by a medical professional in a hospital in Mexico in 2018. I was there for a much-needed surgery that had a long waitlist in Canada. After this traumatic experience, gone was the vivacious entrepreneur and lover of life, in her place was an empty shell whose life had suddenly come to a complete stop. My psychiatrist recommended getting a service dog. Unfortunately, funding for service dogs in British Columbia is only available to a select few, and I didn't qualify.
To afford Cricket, I sold my small catering business and went through the extensive paperwork to be paired with her. Cricket was 10 months old when our pairing began, and she spent the next two years being trained by VIK9 on Vancouver Island. Her training included both PTSD support and scent work for my acute shellfish allergy. I traveled back and forth to Vancouver Island for bonding and training sessions with Cricket until she came home with me full-time in the summer of 2021.
Within the first 24 hours of being with me, Cricket alerted to minute shellfish contamination in my entrée at a restaurant, and she has alerted me many times since. Cricket is my lifeline to the outside world. With her help, I have been able to live my life again, bringing me out of the darkness that trauma caused and into a productive life filled with light.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to pay the remaining balance on Cricket due to my long-time partner falling critically ill with influenza and COVID-19 simultaneously and needing a life-saving lung transplant in February 2022. This has put a significant financial strain on us.
Any support to help us reach the final $7,252.52 would be immensely appreciated. Thank you for helping me keep Cricket by my side.
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