If you have been following my blog for a while you may remember one of my first foster dogs, Chika!She was later adopted to a wonderful home on the island where she is loved and adored by her mom and dad and by her young human sister too! They named her Izzy!
The link to that update of her first day home is here: http://juliafostertg.blogspot.ca/2012/03/chikanow-izzys-update.html
They love her so much and it was a very sad day when I recieved an e-mail from them...
It was not good tiding... Izzy had been limping and they took her to the vet, where they got x-rays done.
Her x rays showed the ball of both hips where ground down to an almost point and that were not in the socket. Both of her hips are in really really bad shape - especially for her age, Izzy is only 10 MONTHS old! She has hip dysplaisia. And many of you will know how devastating that can be! That is NOT a minor issue with dogs.
They were given two options: Get her hips replaced ($10,000 +) or restrict her activity and keep her quiet to hopefully prevent her from blowing out her hips. Which means no playing with other dogs, no running etc... But if she blows out her hips... well I think we all know whats next....
Needless to say this family loves her with all their heart! And they are going to try their very best to raise enough money to help Izzy get new hips!
So this is me reaching out to all of you readers for help!
Even if it's only $5 or anything, Izzy really needs our help! I am donating to help her, and I hope many of you will too! I get approximately 70 hits per day. That is probably abuot 50 people - if each of those people donated $20 that would be $1000!!! That would be a huge help towards her surgery! And think about it - it's only $20 to each of you - that is maybe one less pizza night, or an hour or two of work - but all together that could equal new hips for this pup!
Lets show Izzy and her family what can happen when those of the dog community come together to support one another! LETS GET IZZY HER NEW HIPS!
To donate visit this page!
http://www.giveforward.com/izzysnewhips
You can view the Turtle Gardens Blog Post Here: http://www.turtlegardens.org/blog/?p=31670
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