Help Dogey recover, hit by car and needs support ❤️

Hey friends and family.

on Wednesday June 11th at 8:30am my boy Dogey was hit by a car. He has been fighting for his life in the ICU at OVC here at the University of Guelph.

A little on what happened.

Unfortunately he got out of the house while the kids went to school and got onto our busy intersection. A car was going 50km+ through the intersection hit our boy and he flew to the side of the road. Thank goodness there were people around and the cross guard came by to assist Dogey. There were multiple people there to help him keep stable. My neighbours called me asap about the situation and I came to him and was in tears because he was not moving, and blood was coming out of his nose. We thought he wasn’t going to make it due to his very slow breathing. I kept looking at him in the eyes since it was the only thing I see moving and kept saying to hang on, we’re all here and everything will be okay (it’s very tough to talk about this). The Humane society ambulance came quickly and rushed him to our vet. I’m thankful for everyone at that time because I don’t think he would have made it alone.

When he got to our vet they treated him with everything they had to keep him stable and going. Our vet (HWY 24 Animal Clinic) had to transfer him to an ICU where they specialize in emergency care for all animals. At this time he was in critical condition after they rushed him in for a scan. The vet told us he has internal bleeding in the stomach and head as well as a broken tail dislocated from his spine. At this point he had a 50% chance of surviving and they vet gave us options. I believe in my boy so we wanted him to keep fighting. Throughout the evening he beat all odds and pulse, blood pressure became more stable with the assist of IV’s + blood transfusion. The vet and team was with him all day and night. We are truly grateful for a professional team welcoming Dogey in with open arms to have him treated.

Dogeys next 24 hours was a critical moment for him. The next morning I got a call from the vet saying everything is looking positive and the internal bleeding has stopped. At that moment he was slowly recovering and wasn’t of the woods just yet as they will be going through diagnostics. During that time he’s getting as much rest as he can. When I came to see him that morning he looked up and popped his head and it made me cry. He fought through this and I just hope he’s going to be okay going forward.

I’m sorry for the long story but wanted to share my experience with everyone to please keep an eye on your pets and love them for as long as you can together.

So now we’re looking for some love and support.

Anything would mean a lot for Dogey and I. A little will go a long way for his full recovery going forward. Anything in excess will be donated to the Humane Society for everything they have provided and supported me through this process.

There are many people I’d love to give credit to and it’s to all the wonderful neighbours, bystanders who assisted Dogey at the time of accident. To my friends for being there the whole way when I needed help for sharing posts like this and helping locate the driver. To my family helping with the care to me and the direction for Dogey. To everyone who has read our story, sent wishes during the rollercoaster of the past few days, I thank you from the bottom of my heart as it helped me a lot emotionally to keep it together with Dogey. He is a fighter!

Lastly to the Reddit community, thank you for coming together to show us your support as well.

Read more about our journey and updates on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/shiba/s/sfRZfWmig1