Chumley

We received a call from a man who needed medical help for his ten-year-old dog. His neighborhood vet was closed because of COVID and they advised him to contact us. He had discovered a growth on Chumley’s back and it was getting bigger every day. The owner couldn’t manage him on a bus and he didn’t have money to take a taxi. By the time he was able to get to us, the growth had enlarged enormously and was bleeding. For traveling, he put one of his tee-shirts on him to act as a bandage. As part of our medical work-up, we found that Chumley could barely walk because of the condition of his nails. They were so overgrown they were curling over and piercing into his foot pads. He calmly let us examine him and never put up a fuss.

We performed surgery on the good-natured basset hound and removed the entire tumor. Thankfully, all of the biopsies came back as benign. Now back at home, his owner reports that Chumley is active and playful again, and thanked us for helping him during this challenging time.

It’s important that pet owners have a place that they can trust and turn to. We understand that animals are their family, maybe their only family and it is important to everyone to keep your family well. The pets are their joy, their pleasure, and very often their support system. Their animal is depending on them, and they are depending on us.