Canine lovers eat at Clancey’s

Yves is a 5-year-old miniature poodle who has been diagnosed with juvenile cataracts and needs your help to get the costly operation.

Clancey’s Restaurant in south Fort Myers is giving patrons a chance to uncloud his sight and eventually find him a home.

“Anybody that comes in can ask for a cash register receipt and we will donate 10 percent to the organization,” said Bill Walker, the owner of Clancey’s, about the donation that will go to Pekes and Pals Canine Rescue, Inc. in Bonita Springs. “We adopted a dog and we do these fundraisers all the time.”

Pekes and Pals rescued Yves from an animal shelter in Miami where he was in line to be put down because of his condition.

“He is a sweet, loving little guy and is very affectionate but he needs surgery,” said Kelly Chasnov, a volunteer with Pekes and Pals. “Depending on the degree of the cataracts he could be almost blind but everything can get clear, and he will have much better vision.”

Chasnov said Yves, who currently has trouble moving around and is likely to bump into things, unless he gets surgery and is then adopted by a loving family.

“He is a great pet and very smart because he is a poodle,” said Chasnov adding that Yves is great with kids.

The surgery will cost approximately $2,800 but the rescue center is hoping an ophthamologist will help them with the surgery.

“We wanted to help them in this fashion because we had a good experience when we adopted our dog,” said Walker, about Seusette, a 11⁄2-year-old pomeranian mix who was also rescued from the streets of Miami. “We had Harley, our other dog, but she passed away, we think, from a buffo toad.”

That’s why they wanted to allow people to collect money for Yves and help her.

“We understand because we missed the pitter patter of little feet,” said Walker adding that all receipts must be taken to Pekes and Pals and they will be returned by the organization to him in exchange for a donation.