As you may or may not know, Baloo is a really important being in my life. He is my little mate and is my company when the children are not here. I got Baloo 10 years ago, so he has been in my life for a long time now and before my breakup with the children's father.

I just wanted to give you some history, as to why I've created this GoFundMe; Some of you may know that life took a downturn for me 8 years ago and I split from my children's father, this was not an amicable split, and I was left with debt in my name and bad mental health, which prevented me being able to earn enough money to pay the debt off. Since then I've had to take drastic action to clear this debt, which has left me in a position where I cannot have credit cards, loans or any other credit.

Baloo recently had an abscess that ruptured, when I took him to the vet she explained that this will keep reoccurring unless he has some teeth removed. This work she said, would be anything from £400-£1200, and probably more likely to be at the upper end of the amount stated, which is an impossible amount for me to find quickly and obviously, I don't want Baloo to suffer. I have now paid out £100 twice for antibiotics and painkillers, but this is not going to solve the issue, so he needs this dental work doing under anaesthetic ASAP.

Anything that I hope to raise that goes over the amount of the amount required, I will donate to the RSPCA in Bedfordshire, as they have kindly offered me £300 towards the vets bill.