Please help us help our "little man" Milo

Our beautiful yorkie Milo has been diagnosed with extremely large bladder stones which may have caused stage three kidney disease at the very young age of 7.

He is the sweetest dog who loves endless cuddles and playing at the beach with his best friend Millie.

A month ago Milo starting vomiting and losing a lot of weight. We took him to our vet for what everyone thought was a tummy bug and he was given some medication to help with the nausea until it passed. Since then he has completely gone off his food and lost even more weight.

Blood tests initally indicated stage three kidney disease with off the charts readings. With further X-ray and ultrasound testing our vets have picked up multiple very large bladder stones which he needs immediate surgery for to avoid a blockage and further complications.

At this stage our vets are still unsure if the bladder stones could have caused the possible kidney disease. Further testing is required.

Milo will be at the vets for another few days on fluid therapy before he will be stable enough for surgery to remove his bladder stones.

So far the costs have come to $1650.00 for vet visits, tests, fluid therapy and hospital stay with a further $1700.00 to be paid for his surgery. We also have an estimate of another $1500.00+ for further testing, ongoing regular fluids and blood tests.

Ordinarily we wouldn't ask for help and we would spend every dollar we had on either of our dogs to give them all the care they needed. Unfortunately this time we can't, we have just had our first baby, Ryder, who is 4 months old and so with a baby to provide for we really need help to give Milo a fighting chance.

Milo has given us so much joy and he still has so much life to live, we want nothing more than for our son to grow up with both of his dogs.

Every little bit will help and we are so grateful for any help.