People often ask what we use donations for. Here is one example about Albie’s story.
Albie was rehomed by Lab Rescue to a lovely young couple in July 2017. He was not vaccinated and the couple made an appointment with the vets to get him checked over and vaccinated. As soon as that was done they were going to insure him.
Albie appeared to be a normal friendly dog so we were shocked by the vet’s report. Both his back hocks were in a very bad condition and he also appeared to have bad hips. X -rays were arranged and they showed bits floating about in one hock, the other worn away and hip dysplasia in his left hip.
Our immediate reaction was that Lab Rescue would take Albie back, but the family had fallen in love with him and wanted to keep him. They were prepared to do whatever was necessary to make him more comfortable and as pain free as possible. We offered our help and support, as this was going to be a long and expensive process. Lab Rescue paid for his X-rays and Albie is now having a course of hydrotherapy. He is on medication and this will increase over time. His owners have been fantastic, they will go to any length to ensure he has the best possible life.
Albie’s condition will not get better, but we can ease his pain and make his life more comfortable by medication and hydrotherapy. He loves life and to look at him you would think nothing was wrong, it is only on closer examination you can see his problems.
Albie will continue to need treatment and may need surgery to improve his quality of life, but we hope that will be in the very far future.
Albie is only one of several dogs that we are helping financially to improve their quality of life. In a perfect world, all our rescue dogs would be healthy, but sadly that is not the case, but rest assured that Lab Rescue will be there to help with whatever treatment is necessary, both for Albie and his friends.
So, please give whatever you can afford to help support our continuing work.