Leonardo is my beautiful standard dachshund. On October 1st, he was attacked in a public garden from an unleashed and unmuzzled pit bull mixed. During the attack the dog’s owner was impassible and just stared at the dogs. I was desperate and tried to pull the pit bull’s head away from Leo, putting myself at risk of being bitten. Eventually, the pit bull let Leo go but as a consequence he has two broken vertebrae and a disc extrusion. After spending 18 days in two different vet clinics, Leonardo is now back home but is in need of a lot of physiotherapy to recover from this attack.

I am asking for help in paying Leonardo’s vet bills as the insurance will not cover approximately £1100 due to the 20% + £99.00 excess applied on each bill. Furthermore, the insurance will not pay for Leo’s physio, which comes between £60 and £70 per session.

I am a student with a part-time job and am struggling to pay my bills. This horrible attack came really unexpected and am very worried about Leo, I want him to be back to his happy, healthy self.

Thanks for ensuring that Leonardo makes a full recovery.