long shot,, possible fundraising idea for pet ilness??

[moredoor]

hello people,

I will try and make my story short.

my name is philip and my partner has small jack russell dog which is just over 12 months old now. with in the first 6 months she realised the dog had a health issue.

Its issues particularly started to be noticed back in summer of this year when in the warmer weather the dog became to hot and/or to excited and his muscles would twitch and spasm and potentially into a seizure. we have taken the dog to the vets and the dog has been put on some temporary calms and steroids etc

As the next step the dog would require an "MRI" scan in able to diagnose the issue,

my partner has spoke to the vets and she has had quotations of excess £1000.

The problem lies in the case of lack of funds due to my partner being a student, so it has become my thoughts that it could be an idea of coming up with a fundraising idea?



IT isnt something i have done before so any ideas/opinions please put forward.

Thank you for reading.

regards philip

 

[ethical PR]

Luckily Christmas is coming up with long holidays for students, so your partner might be better getting a Christmas job where it should be relatively easy for her to earn £1000 over the holiday period.

If not there are vet hospitals that provide low cost services for those on low incomes that she could take her pet to.

If she asks her vet they will be able to point her in the right direction.

 

[Newchodge]

Fundraising among business owners tends to require a return on investment. I can't see any return on investment here - people contribute to the dog's vet bills; the dog gets better; what benefit is there for the investors? other than a feeling of immense well being? I think you need to look at charities, not businesses.

 

[ethical PR]

As I mentioned there are vet hospitals run by charities that offer free/reduced cost care for those on low income. Here's one https://www.pdsa.org.uk/vet-services

 

[nickmarsh]

Crowd funding. Google it.

 

[roydmoorian]

PDSA or replace it with a healthy one. The £1000 MRI scan will be just the beginning. You really cannot explain to a dog why you are putting it through general anaesthetics etc. It will not understand that you are causeing it much pain & suffering but it MIGHT get better in the long run.

I do not mean to sound callous but it is a pet not a human being.

 

[epat]

PDSA or replace it with a healthy one. The £1000 MRI scan will be just the beginning. You really cannot explain to a dog why you are putting it through general anaesthetics etc. It will not understand that you are causeing it much pain & suffering but it MIGHT get better in the long run.

I do not mean to sound callous but it is a pet not a human being.

PDSA is an option if they are in receipt of housing benefit or council tax support.
A dog to many is not just a pet, it is a part of the family and just as important as any human in the family.
Great aunt Hilda may not understand why she is being put through operations etc if she has dementia, but if you love that person, you will do what you can to save them from an illness like cancer or whatever etc.
Plus dogs are often much nicer,loving, forgiving and compassionate than the majority of humans I have come across. In some cases, probably more intelligent also.

 

[BustersDogs]

RSPCA also has low cost vets, but they'd have to refer you (as would the PDSA) to a specialist so probably the cost wouldn't change. Sorry to hear about your JRT. You could contact the Tailwaggers Trust, but you would still need to raise most of the money yourself. I would also try another vet for a second opinion, as some vets do refer for expensive treatment when it's possibly not really at that stage yet.

You could set up a page on Facebook and crowdfund for people to help out. There are people who will do that, even though I'm long of the opinion that if you can't afford vet treatment you should have insurance, and if you can't afford insurance you shouldn't have a pet.

Hopefully you can pick up extra work to help pay the bill for your dog. Good luck.

 

[epat]

hello people,

I will try and make my story short.

my name is philip and my partner has small jack russell dog which is just over 12 months old now. with in the first 6 months she realised the dog had a health issue.

Its issues particularly started to be noticed back in summer of this year when in the warmer weather the dog became to hot and/or to excited and his muscles would twitch and spasm and potentially into a seizure. we have taken the dog to the vets and the dog has been put on some temporary calms and steroids etc

As the next step the dog would require an "MRI" scan in able to diagnose the issue,

my partner has spoke to the vets and she has had quotations of excess £1000.

The problem lies in the case of lack of funds due to my partner being a student, so it has become my thoughts that it could be an idea of coming up with a fundraising idea?



IT isnt something i have done before so any ideas/opinions please put forward.

Thank you for reading.

regards philip

Out of interest, why are you only including your partners circumstances, are you your self in a position to financially help her?
You only talk about her costs and her income...
Not being nosy, just wondering if you are in a position where you could help her out yourself?

 

[ethical PR]

The OP hasn't come back since he first posted to acknowledge any of the help or ideas offered here or let us know if they were useful, so I don't think he's likely to respond to your post epat.

 

[Livai]

A very strange story, it seems that this is not such a big amount, I would have borrowed from someone knew.