We've a bit of a way still to go to reach our target, but we'd like to thank each and everyone of you who have sent us your heartfelt good wishes & very generous donations. There is still time to donate & help Gru.
8 month old Basset Hound Puppy Gru was rushed to the intensive care unit at The Animal Health Trust Newmarket with Liver & Kidney Failure, after contracting Leptospirosis & it was later discovered an Intussusception in the intestine, they didn't hold out much hope that she'd survive. Gru battled through a major Op for the intussusception and thanks to the dedication of the staff in the ICU and against all the odds made a great recovery from both the surgery & the Leptospirosis, only then to be struck down with a nasty urinary track infection. After 3 long weeks in the ICU Gru was finally allowed home.
We do not normally ask for help or hand outs, it's not our style, we'd rather find a way or sell something, but we have used every penny of our savings (£6,500) on her treatment so far, the bill is now over £10,000 and as Gru's care is still ongoing the bill is still rising. We have nothing left in the bank or to sell and are at our wits end, especially now, with Simon being signed off of work for the next 6 weeks after breaking his arm in a car crash.
We have helped & advised many with their Basset Related Problems, helped financially, physically & emotionally, taken in unwanted hounds for a variety of reasons & at our own expense, never judging why, helped other breeders to get established when no-one else would, watching from the sidelines as their show careers flourished. We have done all these things out of the kindness of our hearts, and for the the welfare of the breed, expecting & wanting nothing in return, we would help anyone who truly needed it without a thought for ourselves or any hardships it might put on us. But now we ourselves desperately need your help and hope that you will show us the same kindness to help us & Gru in our hour of need.