Local paper looking for donations towards £20k vets bills. . . .

???

Also is it right to put an older dog through so much surgery?

There was a similar story here recently, people crowdfunding to pay for expensive heart operations for their dog. Don't take on responsibilities if you can't afford the cost, I'd say.

I'm afraid I took a bit of a dim view of that, likewise of a family of someone I 'know' on an internet chat room, who were crowdfunding for a relative's funeral. As far as I could see, they owned their own homes, had cars and the usual trappings of modern life so why would you ask strangers to fund a funeral? It seems very odd to me.

Crowd funding indicates the possibility of a return of some sort. This is just money raising

Sorry that sounded a bit terse, I shouldn't watch tennis at the same time

Poor old dog. Prob kindest thing to do would be gently put him to sleep.

That's shocking about the relative's funeral. How on earth can they justify begging for hand-outs for such a thing?

It's all part of what I call the Diana syndrome and also a good hook for the local paper's sales.,

Time for the poor thing to be put to sleep, especially at that age.All this crowd funding is just a nicer name for begging.

Who is the "they" Newquay? The ones who found the dog?

Or the local paper?

Ridiculous sentimentality. Put the dog down and end it's suffering without delay.

Sometimes Crowdfunding can be an excellent thing but not in this case, or for the funeral expenses and its misuse would put people off giving to a worthwhile cause.

JessM and Katek - you've said it for me. I am a massive dog lover - and I truly feel some people have totally lost the plot. Poor animals- let them go quickly and painlessly.

Yes, I agree, it's begging.

I feel animals should live as natural life as possible that's does not mean breeding faults into them, dressing them up, making them walk on the back feet for our amusement or keeping them alive when it s clear their time is up Disgraceful we have also had go funding for people's dogs ,.... May sound harsh but don't have animals or children that you can't afford

Hello Obieone-it was the dog rescue charity it seems. Who feel that after intensive treatment this poor dog can be rehomed!

No not acceptable. It has a tumour and is partially paralysed. My immediate thought is could this be a scam.

The dog charity has lost the plot. They should consider less costly measures which would improve the lives of more dogs.
What charity is it?

Anyone can start a crowdfund, its just a posh way of begging! I have looked at the site in question and some of the requests for money are quite bizzare?!

Re the abandoned dog sad as it is should not have that money spent on it.

I have a neighbour who works for a major dog charity. Recently she was caring for a rather elderly dog at home that could barely walk, was breathless and appeared exhausted. She walked it up and down outside my house every day and the poor thing was getting weaker and weaker. He didn't seem happy, didn't wag his tale or hold his head up. Eventually the dog disappeared but we did have to question why it was looking as though it was suffering. If it was our dog we would have asked the vet to give him a painless and peaceful end- perhaps that's not how people think now.

How cruel to keep an animal alive when it's suffering. One of our cats developed a massive tumour, picked up by x-ray, and even though he wasn't in pain at that stage our vet advised having him put to sleep before he did, as it would have been sudden and agonising. Not an easy decision for us, but kinder for him. If a charity is behind this it's not one I would want to support.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

The poor dog should be put out of its misery swiftly and kindly.

I agree that the dog charity has lost the plot. The newspaper does not sound far behind.

Jalima