UPDATE: Fundraiser Raises Money to Send Local Dog to Police Program

UPDATE:

After just a few days of fundraising, the Southampton Animal Shelter raised enough money to help one of their dogs, 5-year-old Cowboy, achieve his dream of becoming a police dog.

In just five days, the GoFundMe page raised $3,010 out of the $3,000 goal.

The total price of the program at the Universal K9 in Texas is $6,000, but the shelter found a sponsor who will match every dollar raised.

“Thank you! This is so amazing,” Kate McEntee, chairperson of the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation’s junior committee who created the campaign on GoFundMe wrote. “We appreciate everyone’s support!”

Cowboy will be starting his program within the next few weeks.

Congratulations to Cowboy!

ORIGINAL STORY:

The Southampton Animal Shelter recently started a fundraising campaign onGoFundMe in order to help one of their dogs, Cowboy, get the chance to become a police dog.

Cowboy, who is 5-years-old, he has spent the last three years living at the shelter.

“He is living the life of a prisoner,” the GoFundMe page, created by Kate McEntee, chairperson of the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation’s junior committee and a member of the advisory board, reads.

However recently, Cowboy was offered the chance to become a police dog.

His program will consist of cross training in which he will learn the skills and gain the confidence to become a member of the K9 police force as well as train in narcotics detection and tracking.

The total cost of the program is $6,000, but the shelter found a sponsor who will match every dollar raised up to $3,000.

The money has to be raised by Sunday in order for Cowboy to start the program.

Since the page was created on Thursday, a total of $2,700 has been raised.

“Cowboy needs $3,000 to change his life and achieve his dreams,” the page reads.

To donate, visit his GoFundMe page here.