Beautiful Max

It is with a very sad heart that we have to tell you Max had to be put to sleep today.

His fosterer took him for his operation this morning, and he was SO pleased to meet all those friendly people who just wanted to fuss and cuddle him. 

She got a phone call in the morning, to say they had found some more lumps – and could/should they operate – so we said yes.  Then later on, they found some more and had a scan taken. 

Max was full of tumours and his spleen was one large tumour.  So under the vets advise, we took the agonising decision to have him put to sleep whilst he was still under the anesthetic.  The recovery post these operations would be very traumatic for such a big bouncy boy, and they didn’t expect him to live very long even if he did pull through.

I can’t tell you how sad we all are.

Max was one happy smiling dog.  Who had been treated very badly by someone dumping him when he was obviously poorly and thin.  We expect he has lost so much weight due to these tumours.  Surely someone must have known.  They dumped him and left him to his fate.  Surely they could have taken him to their own vets or the PDSA?  Nobody needs to abandoned pets because they can’t afford the treatment.

We can only smile tonight in the knowledge that Max had a fantastic last week with his fosterer.  He sat and organised through the Maltby Pony Club Open show and wagged and greeted everyone that came in.  He has romped and played in the fields every day and met lots of new friends.  He has spent the last week having a bath, been flead and wormed and fed toast and chicken. 

Max had a lovely final week, and he died peacefully and with dignity and there have been many that have cried over his sad loss.

To think – he was just one of the dogs dumped in a pound – there are many many more tonight who aren’t that lucky.

Nite Nite Max – we will miss you so much.