ATTN Bex - Surgery paid for by charities

[Autopilot]

I was wondering if anybody could offer any advice...well ok, reading between the lines a bit with the subject line, this is slightly targeted, but would appreciate any help anyone can offer.

We lost our female Dobermann recently and had decided that while we should wait a while, we will probably get another female of some sort to keep our Male Dobe company as he's such a social creature.

So, to cut to the chase, Dobermann Rescue UK/Europe contacted us and said they had just rescued a female Dobermann in Serbia and will be bringing her to the UK and would we be interested. She looks a little bit like an RSPCA advert at the moment, very emaciated, she has a broken leg and somebody has cut one of her ears off, not in an attempt to Crop her, but they've literally just cut her whole ear off.

Because the Rescue place don't want her to go in to kennels, we've agreed to take her on. As per a thread I started about a month ago regarding blood work, we insisted on having bloodwork done. They've done it and while her glucose was a little high, there's nothing of any real concern so have agreed to take her on.

The rescue place will foot all the bills for her treatment but will of course need to carry on doing fundraising and wanted to know if Vet Practices take on charity cases at 'charity prices' and are charities required to settle the bill at the time the work is undertaken?

The broken leg looks like it's fused badly so will require re-breaking and setting. I have no idea how much these things costs, but the referral place we used recently, the bill for the emergency septic peritonitis and attempts at resus when she went in to cardiac arrest was just shy of £6k. I appreciate this was a specialist unit, but not having had that much info from the charity, I'm not sure what the deal is!

Thank you!

[moorx]

Hi
I don't work for a vet, but I should imagine that it's very much a case by case basis - in that some vets will charge less to rescues and allow them to pay over time, others will not.

I've certainly heard of rescues having this type of relationship with local vets but I imagine that sometimes takes a while to build and isn't automatic.

Edited by moorx on Monday 26th September 18:16

[Autopilot]

Thank you, I genuinely had no idea how it works. Because of the condition of the dog, she can't really go in to kennels so will be arriving on Saturday fresh off the boat so to speak.

I have to say, I'm quite overwhelmed by the support the charity have been given to get this girl a home! They set up a YouCaring page yesterday afternoon to raise £2k to pay for her treatment and having checked progress this morning, they've nearly hit the target already! I'm astounded at peoples generosity, but I guess when 'dog people' see a worthy cause, they just go for it.

We've contacted a few vets to get some indicative quotes on fixing her leg, so this should cover it.

Thanks

David

[FlyingMeeces]

David, give us a link to her fundraiser page?

[Autopilot]

Here's the link to the fundraiser page -

https://www.youcaring.com/dobermann-rescue-uk-euro...

I'm genuinely overwhelmed the amount of support this dog is getting!! The target has been hit already and people are still donating! We've spoken to a couple of vets and it sounds like there is a fracture by the femoral head which has some new boney growth over it (callus formation) and it doesn't sit completely in the socket. There are a couple of options, but looks like referral to a specialist orthopaedic unit would be best. and could cost between £2k - £3k at a rough and probably conservative estimate.

Fingers crossed she can fixed up!

She arrives on Saturday and will have her first consultation with the vet the following week. I think it's going to be a hard but hopefully rewarding experience. She needs to be introduced to our male Dobe, settle in to a new home, be operated on, recover, be house trained, be obedience trained... this is going to be hard work

Edited by Autopilot on Wednesday 28th September 09:18