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Is this a dumb idea?
Sooooooo my mom's 7 year old golden retriever, who she calls "[her] heart" has cancer. They thought it was a fatty tumor, but it turned out not to be, and surgery wasn't able to remove it all. It hasn't spread, luckily, and radiation in similar cases has been 90% effective at giving a full cure. Radiation, though, isn't cheap, and my dad has been out of steady work for years and been doing construction work with his brother, and there's no work there right now either. So less than ideal.
I had an idea to do pet photoshoots as a type of fundraiser for them... Take a few weekend days and do like 15-20min sessions with dogs (cats too, I guess!) for something relatively cheap -- $25? $30? They'd get a free 5x7 and a full size image (or a few images) via email to print as they wanted. I'd be up-front about where the money was going. I'd do a few free sessions to get photos to make some sort of promotional flyer, so that they could see what type of images they could expect..
Pet-lovers and non.... dumb idea? Potentially worth it? Do you think ppl would be interested? I wouldn't think it was a waste of my time even if it didn't make buckets of money... I know everything will help.
Re: Is this a dumb idea?
So sorry to hear this, Jen. =( Having pets is hard...their lives are so much shorter than ours.
I think it's a great idea and worth trying.
Thanks guys. I think part of my concern is that it would look like "yeah, I'm making money to give to my mom"... Although it's not like I'm asking for donations -- I'm still providing a service..
I'll probably be back to bug you guys about this again when I figure out how I'm going to do it a bit more clearly..
First of all, so sorry about your mom's dog.
Second, I think that is a wonderful idea. I think people would jump on it. I don't think people would frown at the reason why you're doing it. I feel like most pet lovers would understand and think it's a wonderful thing to do. I wish I could get my cats to cooperate (fat chance) because I'd totally jump on having some cute professional photos of them.
I'm so sorry to hear about your mom's dog
I think its a good idea. Let me know if you do decide to do it.. Cosmo & Kayne would love to have their picture taken!
I'm sorry about your parent's dog!
I think you have a great idea!
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C
uuuuugh they just got a test back and it's spread to his nearest lymph node and possibly into his abdomen. If I know my mom, she won't go through a more-aggressive treatment.
Suckville.
Noooooo
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C
I'm sorry to hear that!
I don't think it's dumb at all, I love the idea and think it's a nice and generous thought.