"Fittingly, a XLMTM (caninie) carrier named Elvira born at Halloween not only tricked us, but she has given us a great treat...

 

Elvirawas recently bred to "Rocky", our XLMTM affected dog who received gene therapy. Rocky has amazed everyone by not only surviving beyond the expected age of 18 weeks, but by surviving to over a year old, due to the gene therapy we have developed, supported by your donations...

 

From this breeding, Elvira gave us a gift of five pups: one male and four females. To our surprise, Elvira tricked us by passing on an affected X chromosome to all of the pups in the litter... Then came our treat: Against the odds...this process has created the first known XLMTM Affected Female Dogs.  These results are nothing short of miraculous. 

With the realization of these female affected dogs, we have potentially more than doubled the speed of the research." 

 

WE GET TO START SAVING LIVES DOUBLE TIME!

THE ASK: What we need is the donation of your American Express points that we can use to 'buy' flights for 4 members of our team to fly these dogs to Seattle.  These pups are too fragile and valuable to risk shipping in the baggage compartment, so we will personally handle these pups on the plane.  You can transfer your american express points, or if you choose to give a monetary donation through our website, just put 'dog colony' in the memo and we will apply it directly to this project.  We will be transporting these pups on March 3rd, so we need your points or donation as soon as you are able to coordinate.  

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!