Another of our handicap pups whos at the vet still. Manuella is the limping pup we managed to catch from the creek side that rainy day a few months ago. Shes still at the vet and has done 2 or 3 so far operations on her knees so she can sit as you see her and stand like the 3rd photo. If you zoom the photos, you can see the stitches on her legs. You see Manuella doesnt have knees. If we realised it correctly, she has the bones to formulate a knee but the bones were never placed correctly so she doesn’t “have” any knees. Thats why she was dragging her back legs from the day she was born.

Manuella or Manu as we call her for short, is a pointer mix, shes a small size crossbreed hound pup around 10 kilos. She must be around 9-10 months old now which means shes still a puppy. A baby living in pain from the day she was born and not cause of her fault. Her owner prefer to dump her without caring what will happen of her cause shes not in a position to hunt for food or protect herself. Shes very lucky she was seen and we caught her.

Our sweet little girl whos now much more sociable than the terrified pup she was, will stay at the vet for a couple of months more. The 2 orthopedic vets the clinic has, are reconstructing in a way her knees so she will be able to walk and have quality of life. We are very grateful to them cause the easy solution would be to amputate her and have her on a wheel chair for dogs. But they are trying their best for her and we are very grateful to them.

So far we know the operations cost over a thousand euros. To be honest, we didnt ask how much cause we ‘ll probably have a heart attack when we hear the cost. No matter the amount, we wouldnt let her in pain. Shes not the only dog we ‘ve taken care with orthopedic issues and most probably she wont be the last. If anyone is interested in helping with her vet cost, our paypal is paws4homes_foundation@hotmail.com and we have revolut as well. If you ‘re local, Manuella is at V3ts clinic in Larnaca and you can go see her and donate towards her bill. The staff there loves her and take very good care of her. If you can help, we would be grateful for any amount cause we owe the vets a few thousands.

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