Hi everyone,

Thanks for looking at our page. We heard about the PDSA doing a SANTA RUN to raise money for pets in need of vets and due to the below story your about to read about our Larry and the kind generosity we have received by others we have been inspired to help other less fortunate animals so that they too can be as lucky as Larry has been.

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Here's our Larry's story

Larry is 4.5 month old Labrador puppy. He was bought from a pet shop aged 8 weeks and become ill @ 10 weeks old. The owner sought treatment at a vets, but then returned the puppy back to the breeder as the pup was ill.

The breeder than brought Larry into our veterinary practice for further treatment and after 24 hours of treatment, decided could no longer afford the vets bills and opted for euthanasia. As our boss was not happy with euthansing the puppy, the breeder gave him to us.

Unfortunately the to and fro-ing from different vets, meant that Larry did not get a diagnosis of tetanus until the day after he come to us, by which point this was 5- 7 days post first symptoms. We think that the bacteria has entered through his umbilicus. The late diagnosis also meant the poor puppy was very late in getting anti tetanus toxin, which is ideally given as soon as the bacteria enters the body.

Tetanus is quite rare in dogs, especially in this country, which means there is not a lot of literature about it, but from what I have read, prognosis is poor and for those that do recover, there is a 6 – 8 week recovery period, and progress is slow.

Our boss has been really good in that he has been supplying all of Larry's medication free of charge. Larry is on three different types of antibiotics, a muscle relaxant, a probiotic, a anti -inflammatory and a liver protectant.

Larry's story has been posted on a website by a friend who heard of Larry's terrible start in life and complete strangers have been kind enough to donate money, their time and knowledge to help Larry carry on fighting and live a normal happy puppy's life.

Money has been raised to pay for Larry's hydrotherapy and a wheelchair has been donated to get him mobile for the 1 time.

A holistic vet has donated some drops which he gets daily.


Larry has made some progress, he no longer has lock jaw, he can sit up by himself, his hind leg muscles are less rigid, one leg is slightly better than the other and he is able to pull himself up into a squat for a few seconds. Larry can now get about a little better by doing worm like movements, but also has learn't to cry and then look at what he wants. He has also been able to take his first steps with the help of his wheelchair. His progress is all due to the overwhelming generosity of others.

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