Our 2 year old Boxer, who we rescued from a shelter last September, has had to undergo recent eye surgery. Last Thursday, April 24th, I let Copper out before bed, unaware of a lurking cat. The cat was spooked, took one swipe and scratched Copper's eye. We took him to the vet on Friday who gave us the heartbreaking news that Copper's eye injury was severe and his eye would have to be removed. The Vet then referred us to an eye specialist for a second opinion who we took him to the following day (Saturday). By Saturday morning, Copper's eye had ruptured on it's own and for sure could not be saved. The Vet and eye specialist bills have been costly and not to mention all the pain and suffering that Copper has gone through and will go through the next little while. Also the fact that Copper will only have one eye for the rest of his life. We asked the neighbor's who own the cat to pay half of the cost, but they really just don't have any money and they are expecting a new baby anyway, so here we are stuck with all the suffering as well as the entire cost of damages for simply letting our dog out into our own back yard. We have decided to hold a fundraiser yard sale on Saturday, May 9th to help compensate for costs. If there is anything that you would like to donate to our fundraiser, we would forever indebted and forever grateful to you!!
NOTE: For some reason the picture doesn't pop up to a new screen when it is clicked on, so I'm posting this on my photo blog too and I'm sure you'll get a better view of it over there.
