13/11/2025
Caramel needs your help 😭
Most of you will remember the 7 newborn puppies found dumped outside a closed, local vet clinic on kings birthday weekend.
The amount of blood, sweat and tears that went into bottle feeding and keeping these babies alive was incredible, and they all made it. A huge feat considering they were only about 6 hours old when found and we had no idea if they had even had a feed from mum.
6 of the pups went into the care of another awesome rescue, with the 7th staying at HQ a little longer than expected.
Fast forward to yesterday, where, after treatment for a UTI which resolved then a couple of months of there being just "something not right".... we got somewhat of an answer. Kidney disease 😭😭😭
We're absolutely gutted.
He's only 5 months old 😭😭😭
For now, he is on a strict renal diet and then next week, we head back to the vet for further tests.
We're looking at testing for addisons disease...
Addison's disease in puppies is an endocrine disorder where the adrenal glands fail to produce enough essential hormones, primarily cortisol and aldosterone. The disease is not typically preventable and requires lifelong medical management, but with treatment, affected dogs can have a good prognosis.
This test alone is not cheap. But honestly, we're hoping for addisons disease because the alternative means we have a foster for life pup that is in kidney failure. A pup that had a s**t chance from day one and has every chance of not even living to see the age of 2.
We want to give him the best chance at an amazing life, regardless of what that looks like right now, but we need your help to cover the costs to find out where that life might lead....
Please help us, help Caramel.
If you would like to donate towards his diagnostics and treatment, our account details are:
FUR PAWS SAKE NZ
12-3653-0042543-00
Using Caramel as the reference.
Every little bit helps.
If you cant donate, then please share.
Caramel deserves a chance at a long, happy life. Will you help him to get there?