Say Hi to Spike!
Spike's story is as follows. The Petys family has had Spike since he was a puppy
and just can't imagine our life without him. Saturday, March 8th Spike was fine,
eating well, and playing. Sunday they noticed he wouldn't eat and that he was
lifting his leg to pee but nothing was coming out. So Monday, the 10th he was
loaded into the car and off to the vet. The vet did x-rays and came back and
said any chance of saving Spike required surgery fast to remove stones from his
bladder -- no waiting. Please do
what you can to help this sweet boy! We are asking for monetary donations, auction
items, and any other assistance you can offer. If you would like to make a donation
towards Spikes's recovery, you can use the PayPal buttons on this page, or you
can mail us a donation. Also
remember to check our Current Auctions
page to see items we're auctioning off on eBay to raise money for Spike and our
other Dobes with special needs. As always, no donation is too small! Please
oh please don't sit on five dollars because you think it is too small, it isn't!
Thank you! Updates
April 29, 2003 - New Pictures of Spike!
April 26, 2003 - Trip to the Vet! April
18, 2003 - No accident for Spike! March
25, 2003 - Spike Gets His Stitches Out! 3/14/03 - Spike is now recovering:
The Petys have paid $200 of the vet bill so far. They had been saving that money
to get Red's teeth fixed. Red is their other Dobe whom they adopted from the
Collier County Domestic Animal Services in November. He was a rescue dog and
someone had filed down his teeth. You can see in the picture below his teeth are
stubbed and all the scars on his face. Red was very upset while Spike was at the
vets. When Spike got home they put their heads together and kissed each other.
The latest report from Keri, Spikes "mom" is as follows: "They
checked to see his blood levels to see if he was anemic b/c he lost a lot of
blood. His level was at 35% percent and the doc said that is fine.
As soon as we walked out of the office he had a very long pee.
There was still lots of blood in it but the vet said it will be like that for a
couple of more days. I got him home and he had to pee some more.
Since he can't really have a both my daughter and I gave him a little sponge
bath b/c he had a lot of blood on him from the catheter being pulled.
He also ate some chicken breast!!!!!! He hasn't eaten hardly anything!
The doc said to fix chicken (skinless boneless breast) and some rice.
My husband did that but Spike wasn't in the mood to eat. But boy was he
hungry just now ! He has lost 10 pounds since Monday."
