Help Anna-Lena Get her New Service dog Prospect
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Hi, My name is Annalena; I am 16 years old and fundraising to be able to afford a new service dog prospect.
I have a rare syndrome called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; this affects my mobility, causes pain and affects the things I can do in daily life; this can also affect my heart rate, causing things like pre-syncope and intense muscle fatigue. I also have CMAD and SPD, which is Chronic Mixed Anxiety Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder. In addition, I get migraines that make me go visually impaired enough that it's not safe for me to be out and about alone. A couple of years ago, I lost hope due to my mental and physical health, and the thing that saved me was my service dog in training, daisy. (See picture { me and daisy}) Daisy did tasks for me that helped manage my physical and mental disabilities. Some of those tasks included picking up items off the floor, taking me to the nearest exit, deep pressure therapy (to lower heart rate), Behavior interruptions (to stop me from hurting myself during a medical episode), and many more.
Unfortunately, after we started going out after Covid, Daisy began to show severe anxiety due to not being around large masses of people. We were able to work through some of it, but not all. We were making fantastic progress, and I had high hopes until one day, my best friend and I were out, with daisy, of course, at the movies. We walked out of the movies and were ambushed by a group of teenage boys who surrounded me and daisy and began hitting her. They ran off before any of us could react. This incident put daisy all the way back to square one. We kept trying for about eight months after that incident, trying different methods of training, different trainers, and breaks. Nothing seemed to work. Unfortunately, it got to a point where it was not safe for me to go out with daisy anymore because she would shut down around people, and I would then shut down or have a medical episode as well. So I had to make the tough decision to wash her. With that decision, we knew I would need another Service dog. I am going to college soon, and I was going to have to leave daisy's home, and that's not fair to her to live in a kennel, so we found her an amazing home with a lady who loves her very much, and she is thriving in that new home. Now that daisy is happy and safe, I can focus on myself. My new service dog prospect will do everything daisy did and much more that daisy couldn't do (size-wise and scent-wise). My new prospect is an 11-month-old lab named ducky. Ducky has all her basic training, and she will be doing service dog training work with my trainer. This new Service dog will give me my independence back; she will be going to school with me and everywhere else. I am so thankful for this opportunity, and no matter how sad I am about losing Daisy, I know she sent Ducky to me. The ducky is 600$...I am asking 1000$ to help with her final training, the drive to pick her up, and for Ducky herself. Any amount you could donate would be greatly appreciated, and if you can, please share my story and go fund me with your family, friends, and social media. It would mean the world to my angel daisy has sent and me.
Organizer and beneficiary
Anna-Lena Scarberry
Organizer
Roseville, CA
Bill Scarberry
Beneficiary