Bear's poorly ears

Hi everyone. I figured it was time to swallow my pride and ask for help for my beautiful miniature Golden Doodle called Bear.

It's a long one... but I hope you have the time to spare to read our story.

Bear is the most loving, affectionate and sweet-natured boy and is currently having a lot of bad luck with a problematic antibiotic resistant bacteria infection in both his ears called Psudemonas. ☹️

It has been super difficult, lengthy and most importantly, extremely costly to try and treat and it's become an ongoing battle that is painful and irritating to Bear and hard for everyone who knows and loves Bear to sit back and witness.

I'm currently trying to raise a minimum fund of £1000 to pay for the vet treatment so Bear can be sedated and have his ears flushed and more antibiotic treatment in the hope that this helps it work and get rid of it for good, as home treatment and in-ear cleaners and antibiotics alone haven't been able to cure him yet.

'Why can't you just pay for it through insurance?' I suggest some of you will ask... Well... The reasons why have been sensitive and I've been embarassed to share why up until now.

This year I became a victim of a sexual assault. It has been a mentally difficult year and after the incident I had to take some time off work to try and process it all. I soon realised that standard sick pay wasn't paying my bills and I was struggling to put food on the table for my child and falling behind, my priority bills and my pet insurance defaulted as a result. I was forced back to work before I was ready to but I was already in debt to bills I owed.

I then tried to get a better job and had a start date lined up for a smooth transition from one job to another, however when I left my job hoping to start the next, my start date was delayed for over 2 months due to a backlog in DBS checks which left me in even more financial difficulty, all the while, Bears ear treatment had to cease as I couldn't afford to continue with it.

When I tried to reinstate Bears insurance claim, they wouldn't cover treatment for his ears as they classed it as a 'pre-existing' condition.

I have tried to seek help from charities, dogs trust and directly from the vets themselves but there is no organisations in my area that help at all with this and the vets require the money up-front for any treatment.

Bear would need to be have been free for 3 years of treatment before they'd cover it, leaving me to try and find the money out my own pocket for his vet bills for any ear issues.

I'm now at the point where citizens advice are trying to help me with my financial difficulty after an unfortunate year, but I have no savings or ways to help get Bear the help he needs.

It breaks my heart to see him so sad and in pain, and if it means I have to publicise my story to ask for help, then I will swallow my pride and be brave to do this for him.

I'm not sure anyone will be able to help, but I thought it may be worth an ask because Bear is my world, and he's gotten me through some dark times. I just want to be able to see him happy and pain free again.

Even if you can't donate, I'd really appreciate if you could give this a share to anyone who might be able to help, or who loves animals.

All donations will strictly go towards vet bills and documentation of such visits and treatments would be provided in due course.

Thanks for reading x