Support Riley's TPLO Surgery for a Healthy Life

Hello everyone! This is Riley he is a 1 year 3 month old Labrador. We've had him since he was 14 weeks old and honestly he is just the best dog, I know every pet parent says that but he is just such a great boy.

Unfortunately Riley has (suspected by the vet although they don't know for sure until the operation) cruciate ligament disease the curent treatment plan we're doing is, scheduling him for TPLO surgery ASAP, we've been assured that it is a simple operation with high success rate however with a high cost.

Here is a video of what will be done during the surgery. We hate to see him in so much pain limping every 4-6 weeks since he was 4 months old. We took him to a pervious vet who said his limping was due to a sprain. However I wasn't satisfied with that answer and we changed vets and are getting somewhere now. Its just a shame it wasnt found earlier.

He is currently at Stage 1 however the vet says it will only get worse the longer it is left, or turn into arthritis, and we just want what is best for our boy at this moment in time.

Breakdown of costs:

We've been told roughly the cost break down will be- £3000 per leg for the surgery, doing one leg at a time. For this first leg we have £2500 left on pet insurance but this price doesn't include more xrays, realignment of his knee if needed (wont know until they're there) This also doesn't include his hock if that needs fixing if this surgery doesn't work.

I've estimated roughly £1000 but it could be more it could be less.

Any more money raised will go towards his next leg operation roughly 3 months after this one.

We've not scheduled his operation just yet as we want to make sure we can gain the funds in excess of our pet insurance.

He's such a young healthy energetic boy in himself and at only 1 year 3 months old already having these issues. We're greatful for any answers regardless of the cost for our boy and want to do anything that will ensure he has a happy and healthy life with us.

Riley says Thank you so much! And of course thank you so much from Sophie and Kieran, Rileys parents too. :)