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Jay - The Spicy Jacket Potato

Meet Jay, he is a spicy little potato, a Westie in disguise, complete with a true Westie temperament - a real character indeed!

Jay has been well cared for from being a puppy (we have full medical history) but has had skin and allergy issues his whole life (hence having no fur); unfortunately a common problem with the breed. Sadly, his elderly owners suddenly became ill and could not take care of him anymore. He is currently under the care of RSPCA Macclesfield, SE Cheshire & Buxton Branch and has been in his lovely foster home for over a year now.

Jay (10 years old) needed veterinary care upon arrival and continues to do so. He has ongoing allergies, and therefore needs a lot of daily medication - which is proving to be very expensive indeed. He has eye drops for dry eye which is permanent, a cream massaged into his skin daily, Apoquel, Melaseb medicated shampoo - and recently has had some bad ear infections, for which he is receiving treatment and is under regular vet review until we can get them under control. For this reason, we have put Jay's quest to find his forever home on hold - it would be unfair to uproot him until we know the outcome of his ear problems.

The outgoing for Jay's medical care have mounted up over the last year, and in the last 3 months alone, have cost us £848.72! He is on a RAW food diet too, which is working well for his skin, but is also quite pricey.

We know it is going to be a struggle to find a home that will tick all of Jay's boxes, and before he was put on hold for his ear problems, we had tried a few times with potential adopters, but sadly they didn't work out. Mostly due to the cost of his ongoing care and that he needs to be an only dog. But we won't give up on Jay - he is a spicy character, who is a cheeky chappie with heaps of charm and who has expensive taste - but being that cute doesn't come cheap! It takes a lot of work to look as good as he does - he deserves the very best!

These last couple of years have been a challenge for everyone, but sadly the worst is yet to come for us. After 2 years of not being able to fundraise in our usual ways, we are hitting very hard financial times. We do not have a centre or office, we are not paid as our branch is ran entirely by volunteers - we just do the best we can to help as many animals as possible within our capabilities. But we can't do it without your help, this fundraiser is to help cover Jay's ever mounting vet costs*, so we can continue to care for him and our other branch animals, any help would make a huge difference for us. 

Please help us help them xx

*Any excess funds beyond Jay's costs will be used for our other animals within RSPCA Macclesfield, SE Cheshire & Buxton's care

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Rae Black
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England
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animal Macclesfield, SE Cheshire & Buxton Branch
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