Page 7 - Winter 2022 Newsletter

PERCY POPPET (AKA‘PICKLE PANTS’)

We promised to bring you all up to speed and we still can’t quite pin down the
with Percy’s rescue story before the source. But we have got him feeling a
winter auction starts on 19th February. LOT better. The right diet, supplements,
Percy is up to his eyes approving all the pain medication, physiotherapy, rest,
lovely items that are being listed on the behavioural support … and Percy Pickle
Auction page so he has asked Aunty Lisa Pants is now Percy Poppet (unless he’s
to write his update for you all! up to mischief – as all the best beddies
do!!!)

So here is a quick run down on his story.
Deemed unmanageable in his early But we are starting to see some signs his
months, Mr Percy was a very stressed pain is getting a bit worse and at just
dog when he first arrived in BTRF’s care over 2.5 years old, we need to raise
almost two years ago. some extra funds to get a second MRI
done to see if we can now pinpoint the
He bounced everywhere on his 2 back cause (sometimes the behavioural signs
legs, chewed and ate his way through appear before the clinical ones and
everything he could find, was terrified of we’re hoping that a year on, something
being groomed, hated being separated may now show up to help us get a more
but didn’t really want to be touched, was permanent fix).

unsure about other dogs and had very
few positive experiences to draw on. This beautiful boy has his whole life
ahead of him, thanks to BTRF – and we
He arrived with a ‘clean bill of health’ will support him for the rest of his life to
and was just thought to be a ‘naughty’, ensure he stays happy and well.

out-of-control teenager, but we knew
this was going to be a case for Aunty Lisa The proceeds from the Winter auction
and her Dynamic Dog Practitioner skills. will go towards meeting his fundraising
target so we can have the MRI scan done

We could see straight away all was not to be able to continue his essential care
quite right with his movement and when and see him flourish.
we started a pain-relief trial – and
watched him calm and relax almost PLEASE support the
instantly – we knew we were on the right auction to help Mr P
track … we just didn’t know how continue his ‘Mission
complicated the path would prove to be! Mischief’!

Our gorgeous Mr Percy is quite the
medical mystery. He has clear pain in his
right hind leg, which responds well (but
not fully) to a comprehensive pain BTRF Auction Page | Facebook
management strategy. He has had
x-rays, an MRI, been reviewed by
orthopaedic and neurological specialists

info@bedlingtonrescue.co.uk
www.bedlingtonrescue.co.uk