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Hello fellow ship modelers,
We are Bernice and Stephan, and we are raising money for our beloved dog Beauty. She is a 9-year-old girl. She means everything to us, and we love her very much. She is a real cuddler who is always by our side.
She helped us through a difficult time in the past when we were going through hard times. Her presence helped us keep our spirits up. That made our bond even stronger. But now that she turned 9 in September, we noticed that something was wrong with her. She hadn't been herself for a while, didn't feel like playing, slept a lot, drank a lot (greedily) and urinated frequently. During our last visit to the vet, it turned out to be more serious than we had expected. Beauty has type 2 diabetes. That was a shock. Because Beauty now has to have daily insulin injections and special food for dogs with diabetes. She has been receiving this since November 11, 2025, and now, almost two weeks later, we notice that she has improved enormously from the daily injections and the special food. She is playing again, and her excessive drinking and urination are back to normal levels. Fortunately, she likes the special food. And according to the vet, she can live to a normal old age if we give her daily injections and pay close attention to her diet. Of course we want that for her, especially now that we can see the effect and benefits.
We already get a small discount at the Belgian vet we go to. (We live next to the Belgian border, which is an advantage over Dutch vets.) A consultation with urine and blood tests costs €100, which is much less than at a vet in the Netherlands. A visit to the vet two to three times a year is definitely necessary for the first year. After that, check-ups are every six months, provided there are no serious complications. Because anything can go wrong when administering insulin.
Medication costs €380 per year if no other issues arise (this amount could easily double if, during our next visit to the vet, she needs to be injected twice a day). The special diet food costs around €700 to €800 per year. That's more than double what we used to spend on food for her. On an annual basis, Beauty's healthcare costs for medication are €380, veterinary costs are at least €300, and the extra cost of the more expensive special food is €400, for a total of €1,080. It may not seem like much on an annual basis, but given our income and budget, this is not affordable for us. We do not have that much money available. In addition, the recent vet bills already exceeded €175. That is why we are asking for your help to extend Beauty's life and make it more pleasant, so that we can enjoy her company and care for her for a few more years. And so that we don't have to worry about this anymore in the coming years.
Feel free to donate or not. I don't want to force anyone to do so. But what I would like to ask is that you at least share the crowdfunding campaign with your contacts and on your social media. The greater the reach, the sooner we will achieve our goal of keeping Beauty with us for longer in reasonably good health.
Thanks for your support.
Stephan and Bernice
gofund.me
We are Bernice and Stephan, and we are raising money for our beloved dog Beauty. She is a 9-year-old girl. She means everything to us, and we love her very much. She is a real cuddler who is always by our side.
She helped us through a difficult time in the past when we were going through hard times. Her presence helped us keep our spirits up. That made our bond even stronger. But now that she turned 9 in September, we noticed that something was wrong with her. She hadn't been herself for a while, didn't feel like playing, slept a lot, drank a lot (greedily) and urinated frequently. During our last visit to the vet, it turned out to be more serious than we had expected. Beauty has type 2 diabetes. That was a shock. Because Beauty now has to have daily insulin injections and special food for dogs with diabetes. She has been receiving this since November 11, 2025, and now, almost two weeks later, we notice that she has improved enormously from the daily injections and the special food. She is playing again, and her excessive drinking and urination are back to normal levels. Fortunately, she likes the special food. And according to the vet, she can live to a normal old age if we give her daily injections and pay close attention to her diet. Of course we want that for her, especially now that we can see the effect and benefits.
We already get a small discount at the Belgian vet we go to. (We live next to the Belgian border, which is an advantage over Dutch vets.) A consultation with urine and blood tests costs €100, which is much less than at a vet in the Netherlands. A visit to the vet two to three times a year is definitely necessary for the first year. After that, check-ups are every six months, provided there are no serious complications. Because anything can go wrong when administering insulin.
Medication costs €380 per year if no other issues arise (this amount could easily double if, during our next visit to the vet, she needs to be injected twice a day). The special diet food costs around €700 to €800 per year. That's more than double what we used to spend on food for her. On an annual basis, Beauty's healthcare costs for medication are €380, veterinary costs are at least €300, and the extra cost of the more expensive special food is €400, for a total of €1,080. It may not seem like much on an annual basis, but given our income and budget, this is not affordable for us. We do not have that much money available. In addition, the recent vet bills already exceeded €175. That is why we are asking for your help to extend Beauty's life and make it more pleasant, so that we can enjoy her company and care for her for a few more years. And so that we don't have to worry about this anymore in the coming years.
Feel free to donate or not. I don't want to force anyone to do so. But what I would like to ask is that you at least share the crowdfunding campaign with your contacts and on your social media. The greater the reach, the sooner we will achieve our goal of keeping Beauty with us for longer in reasonably good health.
Thanks for your support.
Stephan and Bernice
Help ons Beauty met onder controle houden van haar Diabetes, organized by Bernice Leijendeckers
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