 honors memorials honors memorials admin tue 3042025 59 your donations make this possible we improve the quality of life for dogs living outdoors by building free fences to get dogs off chains providing spay neuter and urgent vet care and running a pet food bank  donate now honors memorials sponsoring a fence is a meaningful way to honor a special person or pet a generous donation changes the lives of dogs and their families while also creating a lasting memory for the donor and their honoree browse our gallery of sponsorships to see the impact they have on our fidos in memory of the best dad ever our cofounder and chair kelly peterson marked father s day 2024 with a special build in memory of her father john snyder on her first father s day without her dad kelly and her closest fido friends freed two young portland dogs from 247 chaining it was a fitting way to honor kelly s father who so fully and proudly supported her work on behalf of animals we captured the memories of that build for ryder and bleu on our facebook page   in honor of ethan and honey chief moody jake ronnie used to spend all their days in crates or on tethers their family desperately tried everything to keep them safely in their yards but these clever tricksters always found a way out a longtime supporter sponsored this build in memory of his son ethan who loved dogs and especially loved his black lab named honey  in memory of helen purdy kunkle luna and sunny had a taste for adventure but their impromptu walkabouts stirred up more trouble than adventure they got tethered to the porch after chasing a neighbor s chickens a donor sponsored this fence in memory of her mother helen saying she loved all of my dogs as the true grandchildren they were sunny and luna and the neighborhood chickens are all thankful that helen s memory inspired this act of kindness in memory of ron reitmeyer this build was sponsored by a longtime donor in memory of her grandfather ron was a loving husband to nancy father of three and grandfather of four he never let a day pass without telling you how beautiful you were how special you were and how loved you were he loved dogs his entire life but as the years passed and he was no longer able to care for a dog of his own spending time with dogs lifted his spirits more than anything else his eyes would light up at the sight of any dog and the work that you do at fences for fido would fill his spirit with love and pride sponsoring a fence in memory of this compassionate doglover made it possible for grumpy and athena to live chainfree and happy  in memory of brad robbins longtime fido volunteer and board member becky robbins chose a great big dog to honor the memory of her father s great big heart for dogs holly wasn t chained but as a gigantic dog who is protective of her house and family she d gotten herself in serious trouble by scaring people now she s safe  as becky said today these dogs family received a muchneeded fence to keep all safe i m proud to be part of the life changing work of fences for fido and i was blessed with the chance to do it in my dad s honor animal lover galore thank you  in memory of bella guinness best friends bella guinness passed away within two days of each other leaving two heartbreaking dogshaped holes in their family a friend honored the family s special bond by sponsoring a fence as a beautiful dedication gus birdie pearl colt rambler got a safe fence to protect them from a neighborhood dispute that presented a grave danger to these curious fidos  