Jack was adopted in late October of 2007. He was a starving stray from the Burns Lake Pound. He was brought into our veterinarians to be euthanized but our vets thought he had lots of potential to be a good family pet – he had an awesome temperament. He was neutered and vaccinated two weeks later and came into Turtle Gardens. He was to go to Bully Buddies but while we worked with the Sheriff dogs he was seen by his prospective family from Prince George. He went home to PG and started his new life as a family companion. He had a slight limp while here but it worsened as time went by. He was x-rayed last week and now he needs extensive surgery on his hip. The All mobile Vet Clinic will do his surgery at a cost of less than half the regular fee. But Jack needs your help too. His family is unable to pay for his very needed surgery. Turtle Gardens is also not able to fund his surgery either – too many dogs not enough funding. Donations can be sent directly to the All Mobile Veterinary Clinic in Prince George. His veterinarian is Dr Kim Swift. His case # is 25998 Thank you in advance for helping Jack stay with his family.

Hi Yvette;

I wanted to let you know what we found out at the vets when we took Jack for his x-ray on Tuesday. We had the x-rays done and they revealed that the femoral head on his affected leg is absent and that there are
significant arthritic changes. The most likely cause is Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (This is what Dr. Swift feels is Jack’s problem. Our vet Dr. Kye has been in close contact with Dr. Swift to see how best we can help Jack)or avascular necrosis of the femoral head as a result of an old injury.

Surgery is required to remove what is left of the femoral head and the vet feels that with this surgery Jack should recover fairly well. Although he will never walk properly the surgery will reduce his pain. If the surgery is not completed, the vet feels that Jack will probably need to be euthanized within a couple of years as his pain will be
unmanageable.

We certainly believe that Jack should have this surgery and at such a young age he deserves to be given a chance at a good life. When we adopted Jack, we were of the understanding that his health was good and that his leg was no longer a concern and therefore we did not budget for this veterinary expense. We are looking for financial assistance from Turtle Gardens for the costs of the surgery and that of the x-rays performed on Tuesday.

I have a written estimate for the costs of the surgery as well as I have the invoice for the x-ray that was performed. The x-rays were $126.00 and the surgery is estimated at $631.19 (This is very reasonable – less than half the regular cost of this surgery). If you would like me to scan these and email them to you I am willing to do so. The estimate for the surgery is only valid for a limited amount of time so we would appreciate an immediate response.

Thank you,

Jennifer Ferguson
Our vet is Dr. Kim Swift - All Mobile Vet
250 564-1315 Our account number is 25998.

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Practising his sit learned at obedience classes

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