Mollie - Tailends 11.9.07 - 19.7.10

Mollie arrived on Tuesday 11 September  2007 at 7am after the long trip from Ireland. She had been found wandering blind and emaciated in a pub carpark in Ireland.  Our good friend Ronnie Callegari drove all the way to Bristol and met the pet transporter in a layby at 3am to collect Mollie, then drove her to Tailends.

Mollie had very low blood sugar - only 2 and quite dangerous and Angela gave her some biscuits to try and increase it until she could be seen by the vet.    It took a long time to completely stabilise Mollie's diabetes after which she could be spayed.  Mollie wore a badge to say she was diabetic in case of emergency.  A specialist opthalmic vet in Exmouth advised that Mollie's sight could be restored and quoted us £2,000 to operate to remove the cataracts from both eyes and Angela held a special appeal via the website to raise the necessary funds. Normally we accept that elderly dogs often lose their sight and adapt very well, but Mollie's condition was different and her sight could be totally restored. Our vet said her sight probably went very suddenly and bearing in mind this dog was wandering as a stray and having to find her own food, it must have been terrifying for her. Under the circumstances Angela thought Mollie deserved a chance.   Mollie was very happy and loved it Tailends and the restoration of her sight gave her a completely new lease of life.

George took Mollie to the vet on Monday 19 July 2010 as she was becoming disorientated on her walks over the weekend, and on Sunday night she would not settle at bedtime.  George got up at 2am to check on her when she went in the garden then fell sleep on one of the memory beds.  George took her to our vet at 8.30am Monday morning thinking it may be a problem with her insulin levels but he received a call from the vet at midday to say Mollie had a cardiac problem and fluid had had to be drained from her lungs to make her more comfortable.  After a discussion with the vet about Mollie's generally deteriorating health and in view of her age, it was decided the kindest thing was to let her go