Help pay Kaisers vet bills ♡

Im going to try and make a quick summary of why I am making this fundraiser, but I will also post the FULL story below. Its a mouthful though, there is a lot of things to cover but I tried my best. I hope it isn't too chaotic, honestly it was really difficult to put this whole experience into words.

This fundraiser will help cover Kaisers vet bills for the following health problems:
- General malnutrition and neglect. ( Severely underweight, fleas, fur issues.) 
- Severe Patella Lux on both legs. ( Deformities/softness in knee cap) 
- Examination/conclusion of botched neutering and hernia.
- Future surgery to correct removed un descended testicle. 
- Ultrasound of my female dog Kida after fear of pregnancy.
- Severe hyperextension of both tarsocrurale joints (hock/ankle). 

Further explanation and pictures of all of this problems/conditions will be found in the full story below. 
See link for the official statement made by my vet confirming this all, aswell as some of my vet bills.

Attached Documents 

Thank you all so much for the support, I don't know what I would do without you ♡

Lots of love 
Kaiser, Kida & Adeline ❄


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On July 11th I picked up Kaiser (6 months old) in Frankfurt airport. 

When I first saw him I was honestly at a loss of words. Kaiser was in incredibly bad physical shape. He was extremely underweight, his coat was matted, and he was full of fleas.  Emotionally he was even worse, fearful of literally everything. At first I thought it was the stress of the trip, but I later learned that was not the case. 

After arriving back home I came to the realisation that Kaiser probably had never really been inside before, or had normal human interactions. He was terrified of me, and everything in the house. Kept running into windows and mirrors. Couldn't really walk on the hardwood floors. The best thing I could compare it to, was if you caught a wild fox and brought it inside a house. It was insane. 

I feel like I have a pretty big knowledge base when it comes to animals and specifically dogs, having my degree in the field and having worked in kennels in the past. And I just had such a bad feeling right from the start. Especially about the way he moved. He walked so awkwardly, at first I thought it was just the stress or him being underweight. But there was just soooo many red flags and concerns with him and I had only had him for a few days. I talked to my vet already on the second day but because of his stress they recommended we waited a week before they saw him. 

My heart broke for him and I was very upset that the breeder had not disclosed his lack of socialisation and his living conditions. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to acclimate him properly and that he would forever live a stressed and fearful life. 

Luckily my other dog Kida was a huge help, and me living from home being able to be with him 24/7 was also a key factor. I consulted my vet who was also nervous, and we immediately started him on some anti-anxiety meds to help make his transition a bit more smooth. 


After a week or so it was time for my vet to see him. I was nervous because of his poor physical and emotional condition, so felt it was important for my vet to see him as soon as possible. My vet of course agreed with his poor condition, and then also concluded that he had severe Patella Lux (kneecap disease) on BOTH legs. I was absolutely gutted as this is a serious problem and something that would require very invasive and expensive surgeries in the future. Obviously I had expected I was sold a healthy puppy, but Patella Lux being mainly genetic, there was just no way it could have happened to him in the week that he was in my care. 

I was heartbroken but quickly decided that if it came to it I would just have to bite the bullet and get the surgery. I talked to the breeder and she was surprised and claimed to have no knowledge of this issue. 

As time passed he started to slowly settle in a bit more, but especially Kida and him grew very close. But then they started growing... A bit too close. Kida surprisingly started her heat earlier than expected. But I decided this wouldn't be an issue as Kaiser had been neutered prior to me receiving him. Despite this he was VERY interested in Kida. In ways that a 6 month old neutered puppy should not be, so I started questioning if he was actually neutered. This started out as a joke as he had no visible testicles in his scrotum, but after talking to my vet again I started getting nervous. 


But then one day about a week later I caught Kaiser and Kida doing the nasty, and it kinda sealed the deal for me. This was DEFINITELY not normal. I then had to separate them as I was freaking out. Kida not being sterilised I was now worried if he could still impregnate her somehow. IT WAS A MESS. 

I asked my breeder if she could provide any kind of documentation or information on how and when Kaiser had been neutered, but she could not. 

So then I contacted my vet again, talking about wether or not it could be possible he still had a testicle that had not descended correctly. It just didn't make sense to me, what vet would remove only one testicle? At this point the amount of problems I had had was starting to become pretty overwhelming, and with no help from the breeder I obviously had to find out if Kaiser still had a rogue testicle somewhere. Especially to find out if there was a chance he had accidentally made Kida pregnant.

So I visit my vet again, to have an ultrasound performed of Kaisers  abdominal cavity. The ultrasound was not 100% but they found his prostate gland to be the size of an intact male. The vet also did a urine sample, and a very extensive blood test (HCG stimulation test)  to be able to fully conclude wether or not he still had a testicle somewhere. The blood test in combination with his normal sized prostate gland indicates that he does indeed still have a testicle, and was NOT neutered correctly.


My vet recommends I of course get it removed by very invasive surgery. We also learned in this process that he has a minor hernia, that can be fixed in the same surgery. I was so upset that my little boy would have to go through such a surgery, especially with how fragile his mental state was. This would also be incredibly expensive, I  decided to add in some of this cost to the fundraising goal.

Now you can imagine I was starting to get a bit upset. Not only was he in horrible physical and mental condition, but also had awful knees and had somehow not been neutered correctly? Although happy to finally get some conclusion in all of this chaos, I was now worried if Kida had been impregnated. So of course she also needed to go in for an ultrasound..  Luckily this did not indicate any pregnancy. 

At this point I didn't really think it could get any worse. But Im not done yet. 

I had now had him for about a month and a half, and his weird walking had not really improved. At this point I thought it was caused by his awful knees, but after just about everything possible had gone wrong with this dog, you can imagine I was getting pretty paranoid. I decided on examining him a bit further myself, and found his hock joint (ankle) to be extremely soft and seemingly hyper mobile. After realising this I could now see why I felt he had been walking funny all along. He would completely over extend both his hind legs in every step he took. It looked awful. 

Once more I called up my vet, who suggested their orthopaedic specialist to take a look at him as she herself was not qualified enough to look at something so specific. At the appointment it didn't take long for the vet to agree in my assessment. Both his hock joints were like rubber, and he has absolutely no rear angulation. My vet had never seen anything like this and took a bunch of pictures and videos to show other specialists so that they could discuss it. 

(Kaiser on the left over extending his hock joint vs Kida on the right, this is what it is supposed to look like) 


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I have since talked to my orthopaedic vet a few times, and he with the council of other specialists decided that the state of his hock joints is so severe that surgery would likely only worsen it. As none of these vets had really seen this problem to this degree before, and especially affecting both legs, it is hard to tell what Kaiser's future is. 

It is sadly only a matter of time before he will probably not be able to walk without being in pain, or even at all. It is impossible to say how long he has, but there being no known cure or surgery that can reverse this state, he will probably not live a very long life. 

My vet and I discussed wether or not it would be most humane to euthanize him before he is in too much pain. But I have decided to try and give him the best life possible in the time we have together. We will be doing regular checkups with my vets to determine when he might be in too much pain. I am hopeful that by some miracle maybe I will get to keep him for a long and full life. But also have accepted that this probably won't be the case. I love him with all my heart and only want what is best for him. 

This is a horrible position to be put in, I never expected to have to deal with problems of this magnitude just because I decided to get a second puppy. But here we are. As mentioned I am in contact with my breeder about this awful situation, and I am still awaiting her response/solution. 

I would also like to say that in regards to Kaisers mental health, and his acclimation. I have now had him for 2 months and he has made incredible progress. We have really bonded and he is much less fearful of me and being inside. There is still a lot of work to be done, but he has done much better than I could have ever hoped for in this short span of time. He really surpassed all of my expectations. 






Just want to say again a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this, and anyone who may choose to donate. I am so fortunate to have such a strong network and amazing friends. I don't know what I would do without you all ♡