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AWLQ Operation Get Arlo Walking

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This is Arlo and she needs your help.

Three weeks ago this super cute blue female English staffy pup was brought to us at Animal Welfare League Queensland in a laundry basket. Her back legs weren’t working.

Our AWLQ Community Vet Clinic and Shelter Vet Clinic teams examined the nine week old pup to see if her legs were broken, if there were any issues with her spine and whether she had feeling in her feet.

While the test results pointed to possible Neosporosis they were inconclusive. An external Specialist has also examined her and blood work also failed to determine what causes her leg failure.

What we do know is that Arlo has a love of life and a desire to live life to the absolute fullest. When Arlo first came into AWLQ’s care her ‘walking’ involved dragging her back legs behind her. In just three short weeks Arlo now is now standing, walking and running on wobbly legs for short periods of time.

Her ambition is to be like the big dogs she is fostered with. This combined with hydrotherapy, massage, manipulation, a daily exercise regime and a potentially lifesaving course of antibiotics, have all made an incredible difference.

We’ve now taken the next step to ensure we know exactly what is going on and the only way was to undertake an expensive, but necessary, spinal tap. Armed with these results the Doctors can prescribe the best course of treatment.

Arlo never ceases to amaze us and with each day her hind legs are getting stronger and her balance and coordination is improving too. Arlo’s personality is just bursting out of her little puppy body and her positivity is contagious.

Arlo isn’t that pup that you look at and feel sorry for because her hind legs don’t work properly. Instead she inspires everyone who meets her. As much as her progress fills us with hope, we do know that Arlo still has a long road ahead of her filled with rehabilitation, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and massage.

With your help we can repay the cost of the spinal tap ($1,200), fund her rehab, physio, hydrotherapy, a life vest for Arlo to feel confident in the water and cost of medication. We are setting a goal of $3,000 and if, through the incredible generosity of the community we surpass that goal, these donations would go towards other animals in our care at AWLQ who also need intensive treatment or diagnostics.

AWLQ would like to say a big Thank You to everyone who takes the time to read Arlo’s story, watches her amazing progress and love of life on the video, shares it and donates to help Arlo on her journey. Our ambition is that Arlo will get to play with the big dogs forever.
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  • chanty & Jude Loulanting
    • $25 
    • 7 yrs
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South Stradbroke QLD

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