Help Heal K9 Ruby's Pain
Ruby is our beautiful 5 year old black lab cross rescue who has torn her cruciate ligament and needs your help!
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Ruby is our beautiful 5 year old black lab cross rescue from the SPCA who acts as a real grounding force for my daughter who has ADHD.
Ruby is a lovely active dog and unfortunately that active lifestyle has caught up with her at the worst time for us, she's torn her cruciate ligament (knee ligament) which causes her immense pain and approximately 80% of dogs that suffer this type of injury suffer the same thing in the opposite leg.
As I've recently become a solo father of my two girls & Ruby, and now our car has been damaged in the recent Napier flooding funding her surgery is way out of budget :(
The vet estimates approximately $1,300 for the surgery excluding required x-ray costs & then there's post surgery medication/possible rehabilitation costs too coming to an estimated total of around $2,000.
So now our family is asking for your help to help Ruby.
Matthew Hailwood's involvement (page creator)
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All funds will go to our account with Carlyle Vet Clinic to help pay for the required surgery and care.
Any additional funds will stay with the vet as a start in anticipation of the second knee tearing.
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She's Home! 7 January 2021
Ruby's surgery went well.
The surgeon was impressed she was weight bearing the same day as the surgery!
She was booked in to get the knee she'd torn the ligament in sorted, but turns out over the christmas break she managed to tear the other one! So we got them both done at the same time.
She's had the MMP surgery which means she'll be back at it much sooner than other options. I've added a great (2 minute) video on what the surgery entails if anyone is curious!
She's definitely feeling sorry for herself but she's got a fentanyl patch (pain relief similar to morphine) attached to her leg so won't be feeling too much pain.
Looking forward to letting her out of the crate again properly (she does fit better than this photo shows, she's just decided to lie width wise instead of length wise 😂) and joining in the pack walks again.
Her schedule for the next six weeks will be pretty controlled, and then after 12 weeks she'll be ready to fully join again!
Weeks 1-2: 5-10 minute slow walks 6-8 times a day, constrained to crate or on a leash otherwise.
Weeks 3-4: Gradually increase the length and decrease the quantity of walks towards the weeks 5-6 goal
Weeks 5-6: She should be capable of doing a couple of 30 minute walks each day, she should have an x-ray here to determine how well she's healing.
Weeks 6+: Introduce off leash walking, 5 minutes for the first day off least and then gradually increase the amount of time.
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Week 12: Should be back to unrestricted activity!
So hopefully we'll start joining in on the pack walks again (at least for part) from the 5 week mark!
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