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This gave us a dilemma. We now couldn’t But would it be preferable for him to spend
put him into the foster home and risk the either the rest of his life in unmanageable

additional physical activity and potential pain or to be on such high levels of pain
injury that this could easily bring, and we relief that he wouldn’t be able to function
struggled ethically with keeping him on the as a normal dog and do normal dog stuff?

greatly increased pain meds for the rest of
These decisions are most definitely not easy
his life (he was only 3 years old). Also, if this
to make, but sometimes they have to be
had happened with no real explanation
made and at the end of the day we must
what else might he easily do? The and do always have the dog’s best interests

hypermobility cannot be ‘fixed’. He would
at heart.
never be able to lead a normal doggie life –
RIP Percy – we miss you but know that you
which would be absolutely and completely

unfair for a young dog. are now out of pain and at peace.

After lengthy heart to heart discussions with

his orthopaedic consultant and his vet and
physio, his care team felt that the only fair
and kind decision was to let him go, to

ensure he would be out of long-term pain or
at risk of doing more damage and being in
even more pain. The decision was not made
lightly or individually, his whole care team

(including his vets and physio) were
involved.

It has been a devastating time for his carers
and the whole of the BTRF team. We know

that some of our followers have felt that we
simply gave up on him – which in itself was
hurtful to his medical team and all those

involved in his care, who have tried
everything and more to help him.

Over the time that he was with us he has
become a much-loved foster dog, and we

can assure you that at no point did we
simply ‘give up on him’ – even the thought
that this would be the case was very
distressing to all those responsible for his

care.

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