07/08/2025
To our Incredible community of followers. We have had the most overwhelming outpouring of love and kindness to Archie's family.
I had a chat to Fourways Vet hospital and they have said that Archie is doing so much better. He is sitting up, his wounds are looking so much better. He is trying to stand and wanting more love and cuddles.
Dr Caron Styles is the treating vet and she has asked for us to please change the donations to go directly to Kayla. With the amount of donations coming in it is a big challenge to manage the logistics.
Dr Caron is happy to speak to anyone to verify the story. You can call Fourways vet Hospital on 011 705 3411
🐾 Help Us Save Archie – A Brave Boy Fighting for His Life 🐾
Archie, a beautiful 7-year-old black Labrador, went missing from his home and endured something no animal ever should.
Just a short distance from where his heartbroken family was desperately searching for him, Archie had fallen head-first into an open sewage drain. The drain was narrow and deep—he was trapped there for six long days, suspended, alone, in the cold and the dark, without food or water.
By the time he was found, Archie was barely clinging to life—hypothermic, severely dehydrated, and near starvation. He is now in critical but stable condition at Fourways Vet Hospital.
Archie has a broken foot, severe bruising, and a dangerous infection. He is receiving the best care possible, and will be seen by a specialist on 8 August 2025—but the road to recovery is going to be long, and the vet costs are overwhelming for his family.
Archie isn’t just a dog. He’s family. He’s loyal, loving, and incredibly brave. And right now, he needs all of us.
We are reaching out to our community to help raise the funds needed to give Archie the fighting chance he deserves. Every donation—no matter how small—brings hope.
Because every drop fills the bucket.
If you’re able to help, in any way, please do. You’ll be part of saving a life, and giving a beloved boy the chance to go home again.
💔 Thank you for your compassion.
UPDATE 8 AUGUST 2025.
*ARCHIE UPDATE*
The surgeons have checked Archie’s leg in which the infection has spread to. They have been treating his leg with a lot of pain medication and medicine. They will be washing it 4 times a day to get it as clean as they can.
He has an abscess in one of his other legs that they are taking care of.
They are focused on controlling his pain mainly and making sure they are controlling his fluids and they are feeding him through a tube.
He is on two different antibiotics to control infection.
He’s on 5mg of Fentanyl for the pain.
There are NO Breaks in his bones, his front legs are strong but he can’t stand on his back legs either from pain or nerve damage.
There is puss coming out of his legs because of the infection.
The news is looking better and thanks to you guys and your prayers and donations have really overwhelmed me and I don’t even know how to thank each and every one of you. From the bottom of my heart, Archie and I say thank you. ❤️
He knows all about all of you, I was telling him