Dog squashed by horse
Please help raise funds to help for orthopedic surgery on our dog who was hurt by our horse
Wakefield, Tasman
Our poor little Pomeranian “Gucci” was sadly ran down by my horse in his paddock and squashed.
Gucci is a 9 year old fluffy, fit & energetic Pomeranian who has been raised with our 2 daughters who are 9 & 7 years old. Gucci has been raised from a young pup with our eldest daughter having a super close bond. They sleep together each night and spend lots of time out and about together. Our girls are beside themselves and want their special little doggy home with hopefully a few more years of life left in her.
Guccis pelvis has been shattered/compressed by our horse into many pieces and has two very big clean breaks splitting one side of her pelvis bone away from inside the main pelvis bone. She hasn’t been able to toilet as of yet but we are being kept updated on this from our vets at Town & Country Richmond (Nelson). It is sounding like she will be needing orthopedic surgery which is starting at 4k+ There will be a lot more expenses on top for scans, her medication, emergency after hour vet costs.
We are unsure if her body will be able to function as normal as it did previously to this accident due to being in the area of the bladder and surrounding area or if too much damage has occurred.
If Gucci is sadly too damaged after surgery internally and won’t be able to return to a normal life without suffering the funds will be used to cover the already outstanding amount or donated towards another families pet who is needing help with vet costs ❤️
Use of funds
Vet costs, I will update this page with our local Town & Country Vets bank account for Gucci which funds can be sent straight to with a reference for her and her orthopedic surgery.
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Sad news of losing our girl Gucci 4 December 2023
It breaks my heart to share the devastating news of Gucci sadly being put to sleep on the 29th of November 2023.
Our little darling Gucci was doing fantastic, her surgery all went amazing, she was home happy & resting, able to go to the toilet, learning to walk and weight bare weight very lightly etc! She had her weekly vet check just days before passing with flying colours. Great movement and progress. She was over all so happy to be home with us! When on the 28th late evening she was sleeping and went into major pain yelping out of nowhere, we managed to get her through the night and took her into the vets the following morning for X-rays and sedation as I knew something wasn’t quite right with her. We received some horrible and devastating news. 2 of the screws in the plate putting her pelvis back together had snapped. Yes two solid screws inside of her had snapped! She was in such restricted crate rest, pelvis support going toilet and doing amazing at home. There was no explanation as to why two of the longest screws had snapped in two totally different places. There was no way two screws inside of her should just give way and snap when she was fast asleep! She was in so much pain, so much worse than the injury when it first happened with the horse squashing her. There wasn’t much of an option to do surgery again with very little bone left to put screws into. Having these screws fail costed our special dogs life. She fought so hard and we wish we had a better outcome.
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Thanks for your message which doesn’t really have anything to do with our dog herself. Always happens to be one person like you right. But yes my daughters Christmas present so I can communicate with her while she’s away for many weeks over the summer holidays with her dad. I don’t get to see my two girls for Christmas this year so I’d love to be able communicate with them which the phone was also her Christmas present. Perks of paying phones off on interest free contracts and having children you’d love to keep in contact with, more cost affordable to pay off than buy outright. Vets don’t allow you to pay off very large vet bills (Guccis had to be all paid for at the time of surgery other wise it wasn’t able to go ahead which I loaned from my family. All her vet bills had been paid but she has a small amount remaining with our vets from when she had extra emergency xrays, sedation & was then put to sleep. Please have some decency & respect on what to comment on and when to just keep things to yourself.
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