Rebel
After arriving at TLC in 2022, being adopted & returned, countless tests & scans, and undergoing life-saving surgery, Rebel finally found the furever home he so deserves! Rebel is the happiest, sweetest, loving dog who would have been euthanized without a committed foster and the dedicated care he required. This is why we do what we do! This young pup now has a long, healthy life ahead of him with his new family, and we couldn’t be happier!
Rebel arrived at TLC in May of this year as a sweet, mellow pup with a lot of adoption interest! Being in high demand, Rebel was quickly adopted by a local family after only about 1 week in a TLC foster home. Unbeknownst to us, Rebel was not just mellow, but he wasn’t feeling well and the adopter’s vet diagnosed him with a possible liver shunt. While TLC was fully prepared to help Rebel and his new family, his family decided to return him to TLC after 2 weeks due to the potential cost of vet bills and the thought of their children not being able to interact with a sick puppy. Once safely back in a TLC foster home, we continued testing and running blood work to confirm that Rebel was suffering from a liver shunt, a congenital condition in which the veins that should carry blood to the liver bypass the liver through an abnormal vessel - essentially bypassing the liver’s filtration process releasing toxins and waste into the blood. A liver shunt can vary tremendously from one minor shunt that may heal on its own, to multiple shunts that can cause death. Fortunately, most liver shunts can be fixed surgically and managed with prescription food.
Our friends at VRC Malvern referred us to an internal radiologist at Redbank Vet in New Jersey. After all of the tests, bloodwork, scans, consultations & referrals, Rebel finally had surgery on October 11th at Redbank Vet in New Jersey, who specialize in this type of surgery. Rebel is now expected to make a full recovery and will live a long, healthy life in a loving home with his new family.
We cannot thank all of you enough for your support, love, prayers, and donations to help support Rebel & our organization! We promised a new and better tomorrow for all of our pups, and we will do whatever we can to keep that promise. Rebel’s vet bills totaled around $15,000 after the surgery, bloodwork, scans, and specialist appointments.
We’d like to send a HUGE thank you to Red Bank Vet for saving Rebel's life and being a wonderful organization to work with.
