Following a walk in a new area Bracken began to get soars on his legs, thinking they were nothing more than a graze we began to clean them on a daily basis to help them heal.
A number of days later I posted to a facebook page to ask for some advice on his wounds to which a number of people mentioned it looked like a very rare disease known as "Albama rot".
Bracken was booked into the vets the following day, he recieved blood tests, swabs and pictures of his wounds were taken and sent to a specilist in London. We then took Bracken home to wait for resuts.
I called the vets again a hour later as Bracken seemed to deteriate and became lethargic. When I rang the vets I was told I needed to bring him back through as the london specialist had confirmed this was another case of Albama rot. To prevent his Kidneys from failing Bracken was hooked up to a IV line and rushed to a specilist hospital in Northumberland where he could recieve around the clock care.
The very same evening Brackens brother Cael another Lurcher began to show sign of this horrible disease with what was believed to be the same kind of soar on his front leg. Cael was taken to the same vet hospital as Bracken to be checked over,. The vet belived that the soar on Cael's leg was nothing more than a graze but to be on the safe side bloods where taken from Cael. His Kidneys were still maintaining a normal function however we are still monitoring this and our Labrador Alfie who also attended the same walk we believe this disease was picked up from.
The estimate quote for the hospital treatment is £1500-£2000 per dog per 48 hours. Currently we only have Bracken in for 48 hours but worst case senario all three may end up having to be admitted which would cost us a lot of money which we currently dont have to hand.
We are looking to raise £3000 to help cover the cost, any money if not require will be donated to a dog based charity.

Please help us pull our boys through.
Albama rot has a 85% fatality rate.