One Cotswolds dog owner’s life was turned upside down when she took her adorable family pet Cookie to the veterinarian’s after unexpectedly ending up being extremely ill. There she received all however the worst news – if she wished to save Cookie’s life, she was going to need to pay a substantial expense of a minimum of £10,000.
As anybody with a canine companion understands, you can’t put a cost on the life of man’s friend. But, when Paula Watson’s Cocker Spaniel maxed out her family pet insurance coverage with simply some preliminary treatment and a £2,000 complete body CT scan, she understood she would require some help to save her dog’s life.
With pet insurance no longer of any usage, Paula and partner Chris raked £6,740 into treatment for seven-year-old Cookie, however discovered that there was still thousands delegated discover to repair their furry friend. That’s when the South Cerney homeowner relied on the compassion of complete strangers and was overwhelmed by the public reaction.
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In a matter of days, Paula had actually raised more than £1,000 towards the eye-watering veterinarian expense handed to her to save Cookie’s life. Paula said to her donators: “Anyone who’s ever liked a dog like we like her will comprehend – she’s not an animal, she’s family – my dogs are my whatever.
“She deserves every cent and I can’t even begin to thank you enough for assisting to bring her home to me where she belongs.”
A day later on, with Cookie under the veterinarian’s scalpel, this number broke £3,000 as more than a hundred individuals broke in to save the much-loved family pet – simply a couple of hundred quid except the rest of the veterinarian expense.
But regardless of the general public profusion of assistance for the stricken dog owner and the thousands invested in Cookie’s treatment, in the day after her surgical treatment she experienced problems that suggested she was dripping fluid and air. This suggests a longer remain in medical facility and potentially even further surgical treatment to repair the issue – with every additional day of treatment costing her owners another £1,000.
You can discover the GoFundMe page for Cookie the crazy cocker here.
