Frosted Funding

Frosted Funding is a program to assist families with financial hardship in our community to keep their pets safe and healthy.

We primarily provide veterinary care that is required to maintain and enhance the quality of life for senior animals.  We can also help with food, supplies, training, grooming, pet deposits, fence repairs, and impound fees.

Our hope is that Frosted Funding will empower families to keep their pets instead of relinquishing them to the shelter or resorting to economical euthanasia. Additionally, we love to incentivize senior pet adoption!

Donations made in honor of a pet or person are designated to fund this program and are memorialized on this site and on our social media.  To donate to Frosted Funding to help to keep senior pets with their owners and encourage adopters to choose a senior, please to go our Memorial and Honor Donation page. 

Millie

8 year old Millie has a broken leg that was fixed a long time ago and it is no longer functional. A caregiver of Millie's mom reached out to us for help to get Millie the care she needs to be more comfortable.

After consulting with the vet, amputation is now the reasonable course of action and we will be investing $2,400.00 toward this procedure.

Bella

Bella is a 7 year old rescue pit with a painful torn ACL. Her mom is unemployed receiving unemployment, rental assistance, and food stamps making it nearly impossible to make Bella a financial priority. One thing Bella's mom CAN do is resourcefully seek funding for this necessary surgery as an advocate for Bella's comfort.

We have committed to contribute $2,700.00 to repair Bella's ACL thanks to your incoming Honor & Memorial Donations.

Butters

10 year old Butters had a cancerous mass on his toe that was painful and destroying the bone. His parents had just been evicted from their home and his mom had lost her second job leaving her only part time work. What do you do when times get tough? Hold your dog more tightly and advocate for him if he needs it.

That's where Frosted Funding and Butters' awesome parents come in. They reached out to Frosted Faces Foundation when they learned of this sad diagnosis that couldn't have come at a worse time. Frosted Funding covered Butters' toe amputation last week and we had the privilege of watching him walk out of College Animal Hospital on a more comfortable foot (even after surgery) than witnessed before surgery!

His mom reports, "Frosted Faces, you guys have been awesome helping me with Butters! Butters has been doing so much better since his surgery! We went back in today to get his bandages off! Dr. Rose wants his stitches to breathe so he will not be having anymore bandages. He is still Mr. Conehead and has to take his antibiotics and pain meds, but overall he's doing so well! Thank you soo much!"

Whiskey

On February 24th, 2017 we were able to help our first Frosted Funding applicant, and what a neat story it is!

We actually were working to rescue 10 year old "Don Juan" an owner surrendered dog at Baldwin Park Shelter, but all of our open FFF Families declined. Days later we learned he was privately adopted, a burden gratefully lifted from our shoulders, and we moved on. Just weeks later we received a Frosted Funding application with a dog's photo attached who looked awfully familiar!

That's right! Don Juan, newly named "Whiskey" (because nothing ages better than whiskey) was adopted by a family who loved him to pieces and he has a large mass in a bad place. Frosted Funding is a grant program to advocate for the adoption of senior dogs and help keep senior dogs with their families. We fund major necessary surgeries and 6 month terms of life-saving medication. Applicants are low income families or families that adopt a senior dog who reach out within 60 days of adoption.

Whiskey's family did bloodwork which looked good and a biopsy of the mass that proved he had an 8x10cm spindle cell sarcoma mass on the right side of his anus. We scheduled them a consult with a surgeon at San Diego Bay Animal Hospital to evaluate whether surgery was sensible. We did x-rays to determine if the cancer had metastasized and it had not. The family was warned that it was a very aggressive cancer and without surgery they would lose Whiskey very soon. They were also advised that with surgery, they may not be able to take large enough margins, Whiskey may become incontinent, and it may grow back. Whiskey's family was also advised that everything could go very well and we could add many months to his life.

Whiskey's family graciously trusted our decision either way, and we agreed that if Whiskey were a Frosted Face, we would go for it. Today Whiskey and his family drove back down from Los Angeles for the big surgery, they even stopped at the ocean and Dexter's Deli to buy one of our fundraising shirts, and hoped for the best. Surgery went fantastic and they think they were able to remove the entire mass without any nerve damage so he will still be continent, and he also got neutered!

Later in the day we learned that surgery would require an overnight recovery at the hospital, so his family planned to head back to LA and drive back to San Diego in the morning. Then an angel, Paul Anderson, donated some Marriott points to get Whiskey's family a free hotel stay so that we could keep Whiskey's family in San Diego for the evening and they could visit him tonight after surgery and pick him up easily in the morning.

Our hearts are gushing with all of the love of senior dogs that made this procedure, and hopefully a longer life, for Whiskey possible.

Papi

Last week we received a call from San Diego Animal Control - Bonita to let us know they had a woman sitting in their lobby very upset and crying. Maria had arrived at their shelter to euthanize her 12 year old Papi whose mouth seemed very painful. She knew she could not afford the dental care he needed in order to eat and she did not want to see him uncomfortable. Staff made note that Maria showed them multiple photos in her phone of Papi's day to day life snuggling with grand kids and appearing very loved.

Maria and her family applied and qualified for Frosted Funding that very same day. We set them up with a consult at San Diego Bay Animal Hospital where aside from much needed dental care, he had ear infections and a skin infection. Now we are not a "one stop shop," but what's the point of making Papi comfortable via a dental surgery without also treating his other conditions that would also cost money and go untreated?

We agreed to pursue dental surgery with pre-anesthetic bloodwork, provide an ear cleaning, ear medication, and antibiotocs for Papi's skin on one condition. Papi was also not neutered, and we asked Maria to cover the $85.00 neuter fee in order to execute the donated care, for both his health and to prevent him contributing to pet overpopulation. She agreed!

Yesterday Papi had every single tooth extracted and his mom was so so happy to have him home and on the road to recovery to live a much longer comfortable life.

Many thanks to San Diego Bay Animal Hospital for working with us to help dogs like Papi and families like Maria. Thank you the Frosted Funding donors who in turn for memorializing your beloved pets, help others in need.

Bandit

16 year old Bandit and his family were referred to the Frosted Funding program by the OC SPCA needing help with the cost of euthanasia. We owe thanks to Ann McKay for spending time with Bandit to be sure euthanasia was the only treatment option. During the interview it was clear how much Bandit meant to his family and that this loss would be devastating.

Today as part of the Frosted Funding program we helped Joe and his family give their beloved pet, Bandit, a dignified farewell at Family Animal Hospital. We are also covering the cost of a private cremation and paw print to be returned to the family.

Candy

A family reached out to us whose 13 year old dog, Candy, had an ulcerated mammary mass that was concerning. Their vet was recommending it be removed but the cost of the surgery was daunting while they were experiencing financial hardship. Through Frosted Funding we agreed to cover the entire cost once they provided bloodwork and x-rays. Their vet declined to spay Candy at the time of surgery, but due to Candy's age and the fact that her not being spayed was the cause for the mammary masses, we wanted to get this all done in one procedure.

We transferred the case to College Animal Hospital where they started Candy on antibiotics to prep her for surgery. Last week Thursday, Candy had her big surgery with Dr. Rose. Rose removed the ulcerated mammary mass, she also removed another smaller mammary mass, and we spayed Candy. While in the care of College Animal Hospital Candy was diagnosed with dry eye, so we covered drops for her eyes, as well as the pain medication and antibiotics to go home.

We are privileged to be able to help with these cases thanks to your Memorial and Honor Donations that support the Frosted Funding budget. It is even more special when helping someone's beloved dog is life changing and met with gratefulness. :

"I’m contacting you guys to let you know that we’re both so appreciative about you guys funding Candy’s surgery! She’s been there for us for so many years and we were so frightened to see her grow a tumor so big in so little time and we wanted to act fast. Thank goodness you guys reached back quickly! Now she’s up and running like nothing happened, she’s also back to barking at our other dog when he doesn’t do anything to her!"

Ting Ting

Yesterday we were able to help 8 year old Ting Ting get the dental care she needed as part of our Frosted Funding program.

All Memory and Honor Donations are designated for Frosted Funding, a program in place to fund lifesaving monthly medications and major procedures for senior dogs of low income families AND newly adopted senior dogs within 60 days.

Ting Ting was newly adopted by her family from the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility on October 23rd, 2017. It is so nice to hear when a senior dog is adopted from the shelter system, because it's one less animal weighing on our hearts in need of exit. We are happy to help with immediate necessary medical no matter one's financial status as a means of thanks.

Dr. Lantrip of San Diego Bay Animal Hospital worked with Ting Ting's owner, Cristina, to develop a treatment plan. While Cristina helped with the exam fee, preanesthetic bloodwork, and biopsy, we were able to cover the dental procedure and mass removal.

Candy

Candy's mom called us sobbing this week. She said she hated to be a person who begged, but she had been vetting her girl down in Tijuana, exhausted all of her funds, and still Candy was sick with no diagnosis.

We referred her to College Animal Hospital through our Frosted Funding program. Candy presented completely lateral and pale. We covered bloodwork, x-rays, and a 4DX test to rule out a tick borne disease. Sweet Candy had a giant liver mass and her bloodwork reflected the very poor condition she was in. Candy's mom was devastated to say the least. She had been prepared to hear that her girl had a treatable condition because the vet in TJ suspected some kind of bite brought on the symptoms.

I had the pleasure of meeting Candy's mom following the diagnosis and she cradled little Candy so tightly against her chest crying into her furry little head. She told me about how she had just lost her human best friend and how she could not lose her dog now too. She said she felt like it was her fault and she had let Candy down. I tried to comfort her and let her know what a good thing she did by seeking help through Frosted Funding, and that for all the senior animals we see abandoned in the shelters, it was a privilege to be part of their last day together. We hugged with Candy between us and her wet cheeks pressed into mine.

She didn't want to let her go and we learned that it was partly because she didn't have the funds yet to get Candy's ashes back so she wanted to wait. Dr. Rose explained that Candy was looking neurologic and assured Candy's mom that it was the right thing to do. Frosted Faces Foundation covered the cost of euthanasia and a private cremation for Candy's mom as well.

Auggie

This week we helped cover the cost of dental surgery for 12 year old Auggie whose mom is on disability and needed support to make him comfortable.

Auggie had 21 teeth extracted and is at home healing nicely!

Kayisi

Kayisi is 12 years old and was adopted from the El Cajon Shelter 10 years ago. His owner is disabled and on social security, so when Kayisi had a growing mass in his eyelid that continued to get infected and obstruct his vision, she reached out to Frosted Faces Foundation.

On Sunday, March 17th Bonita Pet Care Veterinary Hospital performed the surgery and FFF covered the entire expense. Kayisi is now recovering at home in the care of his devoted mom.

Bailey

We don't talk about our Frosted Funding program nearly enough! After all, helping people from the front end of trials is the most effective way to keep pets with their families, instead of rescuing dogs from the shelter system who have been left behind in hopes of a veterinary care or a "better" family coming along.

13 year old Bailey had a mass on his leg that needed to be removed to keep him comfortable. His mom let us know that she is a single mother of two kids working on a business licensure to increase her income, but right now the money wasn't there to get the care Bailey needed.

We helped to cover the cost of Bailey's mass removal and he is doing well!

Smokey

Meet 9 year old Smokey who has a mast cell tumor on her leg that needs to be removed. Nancy's son passed away recently, and she took ownership of his dog. Nancy relayed, "I really wanted her to be safe. Smokey has been a great comfort to me during my grief over my son. She’s laid right next to me and licked my face during the terrible night he died. She has been great company for me during this isolation from family and friends during the pandemic. I just want to make sure that this sweet girl gets all the medical help she needs. "We agreed to help cover the cost of her surgery and made a $1,000 donation at the veterinary clinic for Smokey and Nancy.

In response, Nancy shared, "I’m crying right now! Thanks so much for your goodness. I’ve been pretty much hoping and praying to come up with this money. This dog has been such a friend to me during this time, and I want her to get the surgery as soon as possible. Bless you all!"