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Generous donor helps elderly arthritic dog walk and wag his tail again: An update on John and Schoep

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Story Update September 25, 2012:

Thanks to the generosity of strangers, John Unger and his 19-year-old dog Schoep will have more time together. The aged dog was suffering from severe arthritis but after a photo of the pair went viral on the web along with their story, donations began to pour in to help Schoep.

When John realized he had received more money than would be reasonably spent on Schoep's care, the Schoep Legacy Foundation was formed. John, his veterinarian Dr. Haukass and Hanna Stonehouse Hudson, the professional photographer who captured the heartfelt moment, decided to create the foundation together to help low-income families care for their aging dogs. The foundation has raised more than $25,000 thanks to donations received from people as far away as Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Haukass told Mail Online, "The idea is to pay it forward; give it to other organizations, to help out other animals in the area and use the money in the spirit it was given."

The money could help 30 or 40 "Schoeps".

For John, he's both honored and touched. "It's incredible to be in a position to help others," he said. Letters have poured in from all over the world. Many people have written John telling them of the difficulties they are going through and how the photo of him cradling Schoep in a lake has helped them feel better.

John knows first-hand how Schoep helped him. He and his ex-fiancée adopted Schoep 19 years ago, but when the relationship ended, he became suicidal.

"To be honest with you, I don’t think I’d be here if I didn’t have Schoep with me (that night). He just snapped me out of it. I don’t know how to explain it. He just snapped me out of it. I just want to do whatever I can for this dog because he basically saved my ass,' he said.

Now funds in the new Schoep Foundation will be used in a variety of ways to care for the pets of families with financial hardship in the community where Schoep lives.

That Shoep link comes up as "suspicious"  on the WOT....?

Hmm Bee , that is suspicious. I have the WOT program also and I clicked on all the above links and everything was fine.............

Very weird, now I click it and I don't get the warning....  I don't know what that means... except the WOT emblem had a question mark, but I actually went right to the site...can't remember if I was on the Mac or the PC, so maybe that makes a difference for some strange computer reason?

It is different, so I learn something new everyday... the PC gives a screen saying this might not be the site you are looking for... and the Mac just brings it to the site. So I don't know what to make of it!