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Dewey the rescue Griffon's surgery fund

$2,936 of $9,000 goal
Given by 47 generous donors in 8 weeks

Dewey is almost 1 and was yet to find a home because of his disabled legs. He is now in a loving foster home and we are fundraising for his

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I first heard wind of Dewey around 6 months ago and tried to find a home for him. Unfortunately no one wants to adopt a disabled dog who needs surgery, so I decided to rescue him myself and fundraise for his surgery so he can get the perfect home! He is in Auckland now in foster care with a vet nurse Alicia. He has the most severe patella luxation that the specialist has seen. He said the surgery was reasonably urgent to improve Dewey's quality of life; that we have an ethical obligation to fix him up or put him down. Euthanasia will not be happening under any circumstances, so we are raising the $10-12k needed for his surgeries (and maybe more in the future). Follow his progress on FB www.facebook.com/deweythegriffon. xx

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Update for 31/10/2014  31 October 2014

Sorry we haven't updated in so long. Dewey's first surgery went very well. He has had his 2 week review and everything is healing as well as we can expect :) He's back to physio and hydrotherapy this week and he will be reviewed every 2 weeks. Unfortunately because his surgery was worse than any other that the surgeon had performed, we can't fully predict the outcome. Everything is looking good so far though! We still need $3k for his second surgery (all of these funds go to his surgery, his rehab is being paid for privately).

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Heidi Becker
Heidi Becker on 14 Nov 2014
Thanks Laura! Please hug Dewey for us. Heidi, Harvey and Lulu
$108
Basil
Basil on 13 Nov 2014
Thank you for looking after me Ludo, Pica and Laura. Love Basil
$20
Basil
Basil on 11 Nov 2014
Thanks for having me, from Basil
$20
Emilia
Emilia on 11 Nov 2014
If there was only a way to fly him out to the United States, I would apply for and adopt him right away so he could have brothers and a yard of his own. The very least I can do is spread the word, and I hope he gets more donations! Best of luck! XOXO (@Emiliaphilia on Instagram)
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Layla and Harley Casserley
Layla and Harley Casserley on 10 Nov 2014
For raffle tickets x
$40

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This campaign started on 16 Sep 2014 and ended on 15 Nov 2014.