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Boy dying from cancer forced to give up dogs
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POSTED AT 6:39 PM Tuesday, August 21

A Calgary boy who has terminal cancer is being forced to give up his two dogs.

Parker, who is dying from high-risk neuroblastoma, was given the two dogs by good samaritans.

Rudy and Cooper have been living with Parker and his mother for about a month in Calgary housing.

Parker’s mother says the dogs are a huge joy to her son, but Calgary Housing has a no-pet rule.

This means the family has to give up the two dogs or face losing their home.

They were given seven days to decide what they would do, and their time is up on Thursday.

Parker’s mother is hoping someone will consider taking both dogs into their homes as foster dogs.

All she asks is that Parker be allowed to take them to the park whenever possible.

Rudy is a 2-year-old Great Dane, and Cooper is a 6-month-old Hungarian Vizsla and Labrador cross.

Parker’s mother says both dogs are in perfect health, have papers and are house-trained.

For more information about fostering the dogs, send an email to: simplyme24u*AT*msn*DOT*com

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Dying boy gets to keep dogs
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POSTED AT 12:06 PM Wednesday, August 22

A 6-year-old boy dying from cancer may not have to give up his two dogs.

A spokesperson for the Calgary Housing Company, Dale Stamm, says his staff are doing everything they can to assist Parker Anderson and his family.

Anderson and his mother Alex live in a Calgary housing unit and accepted the dogs as a gift even though their complex has a no-pet policy.

Stamm says Calgary housing has some units were pets are allowed and the company is trying to help the family find a space so they can keep the two dogs.

“When Mrs. Anderson advised the Calgary Housing Company that she needed her dogs for therapeutic reasons, the company immediately started to work with her on a long-term plan to preserve her tenancy,” says Stamm.

The plan may also include finding a housing unit that is close to the Alberta Children’s Hospital for Parker’s treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma.

That would be so great if he could keep his dogs! With so much going wrong in that poor boys life I'm sure his dogs make him feel better every day about the situation. Dogs just have a way of making you laugh when your crying or comforting you when you feel down. I can't imagine being without mine in a time of need like that.