Mandurah's K9 Rescue Group to receive ongoing donation from The RealEstate Co

From dog food and vet bills to the much needed renovations on some of their facilties, the team of volunteers rely heavily on donations. 

Which is why when the K9 Rescue Group president Carol Carter was so overwhelmed when she found out that local real estate agent and The RealEstate Co director Marcus Blake wanted to give 10 percent of his gross commission for the foreseeable future.

“It was so out of the blue,” she said. 

“We are desperately needing to do something with our old kennel block. 

“We keep doing repairs but we have to do something major.”

In it’s current state, the kennel is in need of constant repairs and last year heavy rains meant the dogs needed to be evacuated from their enclosures. 

“They were knee-deep in water,” Ms Carter said. 

“We have a pump but it just couldn’t take that volume of water.

“So along with building repairs, we need to deal with the drainage as well.” 

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For Mr Blake, K9 Rescue Group’s work is a cause close to his heart. 

Both he and his assistant Zoe Meadows have adopted their dogs from the Nambeelup dog rescue. 

“There are a lot of charities around Mandurah but this one particularly touched us,” Mr Blake said. 

“So we thought: why not? We earn a fair amount of money doing what we do and 10 percent of it is relatively minimal in the grand scheme of things but to these guys it’s quite a lot. 

“There's no time limit on it – if it works out great forever than we’ll keep doing it forever.

“Hopefully it will be more the merrier and the more business we get, the more money these guys get.”

Ms Carter said she didn’t know how much it would cost for the much-needed kennel renovations, but the donations from The RealEstate Co would go a long way in getting them there.

She added if K9 Rescue Group had applied for a project grant, they would have needed to supply a third of the total cost themselves which in this case would “wiped us out on all fronts”. 

“I don't know how much the project will cost but it will be tens of thousands,” Ms Carter said. 

“I mean even if it costs $5000 per kennel, that’s $50,000 right there, plus the work we need to do on the drainage. 

“But the more supplies we can get donated the better – that will bring our cost down.

“We have people here who are qualified to do the work, we just need the materials.”

The donation news comes a week after K9 Rescue Group’s successful Adoption Day. 

The January 20 event saw about $4500 raised and nine dogs find their forever homes.