Gus's vet $$ from pitbull attack
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Gus, our flame point Siamese, was attacked by a pit bull Thursday afternoon February 16. Gus followed John down to the garage. Gus likes to follow John, my husband, everywhere. So it wasn’t unusual that Gus followed John down to the street to our garage. Gus is almost exclusively an indoor cat, but he likes to sit in the sun and pee on plants. Gus had meandered across the street and was standing behind a car. A man was being walked by his pit bull, on a ten foot long leash. The dog saw Gus and lunged for him. John grabbed the dog by the ears and shook him screaming (and kicking) to let go, the man held on to the leash... I heard the commotion and saw Gus in the mouth of the dog and I started screaming, running downstairs to help. John was able to get Gus out of the dog's mouth. Gus immediately retreated under the car. John was able to pull him out by the tail. I grabbed the pet carrier and drove Gus immediately to the vet who said his injuries were too extensive for them to handle. They were able to tell us that Gus' right arm was crushed below his elbow a bone was dislocated and the tendon severed. Additionally half of his right rear foot was mangled. John met me at the vet’s and we drove Gus 30 miles to the emergency animal hospital in Tustin. The amazing vets there performed a two hour surgery Friday night. The Doctor is happy with the outcome, but said time will tell.
The dog’s owner initially said he would pay for the vet bills, and gave us contact info, but after learning that the bills would be between $4500 and $5800, has stopped answering our calls.
We are currently pursuing all the avenues a responsible pet owner would do to convince the irresponsible dog owner to step/grow/own up. We have reached out to him through phone calls, texts and a letter, to no avail.
In the mean time we need any and all help with the bills now. The hospital asked for half down. . We were able to use the $2000 on my care credit but we had to come up with the $3400 balance to bail Gus out and now we need a bit of bailing out ourselves! Any amount of help is appreciated. We can trade cat hair in great quantities...
Thank you all.
The dog’s owner initially said he would pay for the vet bills, and gave us contact info, but after learning that the bills would be between $4500 and $5800, has stopped answering our calls.
We are currently pursuing all the avenues a responsible pet owner would do to convince the irresponsible dog owner to step/grow/own up. We have reached out to him through phone calls, texts and a letter, to no avail.
In the mean time we need any and all help with the bills now. The hospital asked for half down. . We were able to use the $2000 on my care credit but we had to come up with the $3400 balance to bail Gus out and now we need a bit of bailing out ourselves! Any amount of help is appreciated. We can trade cat hair in great quantities...
Thank you all.
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Donna L. Hollander
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Whittier, CA