HI – MY NAME IS MEG, I AM A BLACK AND WHITE BORDER COLLIE AND I LIVE WITH MY OWNERS IN CUMBRIA. THEY ADOPTED ME THREE YEARS AGO FROM A RSPCA RESCUE CENTRE NEAR KENDAL. I WAS FOUND WANDERING THE STREETS AND MY COAT WAS IN A VERY BAD WAY, THE PEOPLE THERE TREATED MY COAT WITH DAILY BATHS AND SPECIAL SHAMPOO.

IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR I WAS OUT FOR A WALK AND I COLLAPSED AND HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE VETS, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT I HAD RUPTURED THE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT IN MY KNEE, THIS WAS OPERATED ON AND PAID FOR BY INSURANCE THAT MY MISTRESS HAD AND IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS NOW ALL GOOD. SHORTLY AFTER THAT I STARTED TO COLLAPSE WHEN I WAS JUMPING OUT OF THE CAR, MY OWNERS THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS TO DO WITH MY KNEE, BUT IT WASN’T. AFTER ANOTHER VISIT TO AN ORTHOPAEDIC VETINARY SURGEON IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT I HAD INTERVERTERBRAL DISC DISEASE, THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE FOUR DISCS IN MY SPINE THAT ARE SWOLLEN, CAUSING ME NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL MY BACK LEGS. I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE ME TO SEE A SURGEON WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME, THIS WOULD BE EITHER PROFESSOR NOEL FITZPATRICK (THE SUPERVET) IN SURREY OR PROFESSOR JACQUES PENDERIS IN STIRLING, SCOTLAND IF THEY COULD, WHO HOPEFULLY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET ME WALKING PROPERLY AGAIN. THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS TREATMENT COULD COST AROUND EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS AND BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW BOTH RETIRED THIS COULD PROVE DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

THEY READ AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT A FAMILY WHO RAISED MONEY FOR THEIR DOG TO HAVE A HEART OPERATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT AN APPEAL TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ME TO HAVE THIS TREATMENT.

THANKING EVERYONE IN ADVANCE IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS TREATMENT AND MAKE MY MASTER AND MISTRESS HAPPY AGAIN., BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ONLY OPTION THAT THEY MAY HAVE LEFT!

LOVE MEG