BABY HETTY GOES HOME
"This darling little girl is a miracle, to be where she is today took courage, love, long journeys and buckets of care.....
The full story can be read at:
This was a very special re-homing as it was done at our vets with Alistair and some of the crew that has given so much help and love to make this happen.
Mum, Sally is so proud to at last be holding her bundle of joy in her arms. Darling Hetty is around 9 weeks old, and now she is at home where she belongs.
Alistair looks on with pride and so he should be proud, he has been amazing in what he has done with Hetty. All the staff at Pilgrim Vets have been amazing too, Hetty was given a right royal send off.
Hetty has settled in so well in her new home, she's scoffed all her tea down, snoozes on Sally's sons lap........... she'll want for nothing now."
Hetty and her new big brother Willam.
Dawn Nichols
28.09.09
EDITH'S STORY
"We received a phone call on a Friday morning from Edith's worried owners, they said their dog had been sick for several days but they had no money to take her to the vets.
Kevin & I went to collect her that afternoon. When I entered the kitchen I saw her laying on the floor. I thought at first that she was already dead. I scooped her up in my arms and took her out to the car.
When we got to Alistair he was horrified at the state of Edith. We set up an IV (fluid therapy) and started antibiotics, it was Parvovirus.
Alistair didn't expect Edith to make it through the first night and perhaps he would have suggested euthanasia but he knew better than to say that word to me! I took Edith home and sat with her for several days and nights, getting as much IV fluid in as I could to compensate for the blood and fluid loss from the bowels.
The Interferon drug needed for a Great Dane the size of Edith costs £200 a day, on top of the other three IV antibiotics she was on.
After about five days I knew we were out of the woods and Edith was walking out into the garden, eating and drinking again.
She has recently been spayed, had a full course of vaccinations, and has been on the street collection in Peterborough to help raise much needed funds for our other less fortunate Danes. Edith will soon be looking for a new home, a few tears will be shed the day this special lady leaves our care."
Joy Ledingham 18.06.09
As a side note Pilgrim Vets would like to point out the importance of vaccinating your dogs', fortunately this sad story had a happy ending, with Parvovirus this isn't always the case.