The luckiest little dog!
Twas the day before Christmas………..and we were absolutely BANANAS busy! In rushed concerned parents with their little pupper, Snoopy. Poor little Snoop had been frolicking in the park and was attacked by a large dog.
She was in shock, bleeding heavily and had a several puncture wounds to her abdomen.
The team launched into action……IV fluids, pain relief, and antibiotics to stabilise her while Dr Bek assessed her injuries and planned the best course of action.
Whilst poor Snoopy had only a couple of puncture wounds, dog bites are often misleading. Beneath the couple of small holes, there was horrific damage………she had multiple lacerations to her diaphragm, a small tear near her groin into which most of her intestines had herniated into and a large tear to her abdominal wall just behind her ribs through which her kidney had been avulsed and torn away from it’s blood supply.
Little Snoopy needed some immediate and very serious emergency surgery! 🤞😳
That afternoon, Dr Bek performed a nephrectomy (removal of the damaged kidney), patched the diaphragmatic damage using a flap of muscle from the abdominal wall, sutured several ribs together, repaired a tear in the spleen, and closed both tears in Snoopy’s abdominal wall.
It was a long, arduous process, but Snoopy handled it like a pro! She woke with very little pain and by the next day, she was almost back to her usual self.
Two weeks later, all the sutures were out and Snoopy hasn’t looked back. 🥰
Animals will never cease to amaze me with their recuperative powers. ❤
Great job guys. 🙏👏 Tough Snoopy. Hope the offending dog got a fine
Oh my this makes me so upset!!! what an absolutely horrific event... much love and hugs to the owners and to poor Snoopy who will be very traumatised as will they!!!! I hope that they are able to gain some healing and confidence to go outside again. When I was 17 I had a similar thing happen when I was walking one of my dogs. Thankfully the damage done was no where as severe as poor snoopy as I got into the fight myself and people nearby all helped by trying to get the big dog off my boy. To this day I’m terrified of wolfhounds. I do hope the big dog’s owners were located and authorities notified. One of my biggest regrets as a timid 17year old was not reporting as the owners in tears begged me not to. I found out later the same dog had killed two other male dogs and attacked every male dog it saw. My dog would have been it’s last straw and would have been put to sleep which is why they were so scared... It cleared a 6ft fence 5doors up and bolted to my boy and shook him like a rag doll 😔 Causing this damage is not acceptable 😭
Wonderful outcome💕🐾
Absolutely wonderful
Poor little darling I hope that dog owner payed your vet bill, people that have aggressive dogs in parks off lead should be wearing a muzzle.
Way to go Bek xx
Clever Lady, Dr Bek. I hope the owner of the big dog realises what damage was done.
Amazing work Dr Bek and team we are so lucky to have you 🐾🐕😍
Love your work Dr Bek 👍
Way to go Snoopy and Dr Bek! 😍😍
Thankyou for being the best veterinary surgery around!
Oh my! Poor Snoopy! 😓 But thank God for having such a wonderful vet in our local area ❤️ I'm glad Snoopy is all patched up and has healed quickly!
Oh my goodness! 😨 This re-affirms what I’ve always thought, which is that Vet teams are really angels sent to care for the most precious animals: the ones who love us humans (and all our faults) unconditionally. What a story, what a team. I’m so glad Snoopy has recovered so well 🙏 😇
In big news today.........Dr Rachael officially starts her rounds tomorrow!
I hope she finds as much joy and warmth in this little community as I do.
There is plenty of love in the neighbourhood. It’s a great place if you love critters and stand up for animals
Welcome to the area Dr Racheal
Welcome Dr Racheal..will see you soon no doubt and Dr Bek may get some time off now!!!
Welcome Dr Rachael - Abby and I will meet you tomorrow! You’ll love it here.
Welcome to the neighbourhood Dr Rachael .
Welcome to the extended family we sure in great had with the team at alpine 🌟
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