We spotted an appeal on the Carlow/Kilkenny Dog Shelter page asking for rescue space for a little lurcher girl they had picked up with a badly broken leg and ripped pads. Despite our current vet bills we could see that this little one was still waiting for a rescue to take her out of the pound and have her leg fixed so we gave her a lifeline. She arrived to our sanctuary and we named her Teapot.
Two days later Teapot was admitted to the specalist team at All Paws Veterinary, Limerick, under the care of Vet Tim, so he could operate on her smashed leg. It was, in his words, a 'challenging" operation but he was happy with the result. Teapot is now 8 days post op and proving to be a great little patient (though she did attempt to do spins on her lead at morning kennels today). She faces 6 to 8 weeks of rehabilitation and will have further Xrays at 6 weeks, post op. She will slowly build up towards the day she will be able to run free once again on all 4 legs.
Teapots operation cost €1200, which is a lot of money to any rescue, but we couldn't ignore her plight when we saw her sweet face peering out at us on a Facebook post. To help towards Teapots veterinary bill we are running a Raffle for two lovely hampers.
*Hamper 1* is a real treat of a basket filled with some delicious goodies for the lucky human winner and some goodies for the dog in your life too.
*Hamper 2* is the ideal hamper, as we approach the festive period, filled with toys and games for the littler humans in your life.
Tickets are available to buy via the link below or lines can be bought in any of our 4 shops across Galway:- Briarhill, Loughrea, Athenry and Ballinasloe. Tickets are €3 a ticket/line or €10 for 4 tickets/lines.
Closing date for the raffle will be November 30th and Little Teapot will pick and announce the lucky winners on that date.
If you would like to help Teapot on her road to recovery and possibly win either of these fantastic prizes along the way ,then please support our raffle.