SPCA steps in on injured dog standoff

Good on you Bronson- where should I send my donation to ?

What does the road code say now days about injuring livestock or dogs? When i sat my licence... It stated that if you were the driver of a motor vehicle & injured livestock or a dog You had to take reasonable steps as to notify the owner or report it to the police etc & if you didnt you are liabile. Did this speeding motorist come forward & own up? Probably not & just thought it was funny that they had bowled a dog over. I had a confrontation with a clown that bowled a german shepard over some years ago & after i stopped & picked the dog up, This prized one was more worried about his missing door handle of his triumph sports car! What this person got told was unprintable here. End result the owner got ther dog back & vet bill paid for them, as accidents do happen & pets do wander sometimes despite the best attempts you do to look after them

I am a Veterinarian and pet insurance is not a joke, and yes it would cover that broken leg, at a cost of a cup of coffee a week. Claims are readily agreed too and many lucky pets get the care they deserve because their owners have the foresight to take out insurance. An animal getting hit on the road is a terrible accident but also a reality, it happens all the time and often is no ones fault. Another option if you hate insurance companies is to have a savings account yourself dedicated to your pets care. They are a member of the family and unfortunately veterinary care in this country is NOT subsidised as human health care is. Do not be fooled by the apparent low cos of human care, you are paying for it with your taxes. Just think about that next time you knock vets for their "high prices".

Yes it is fundamental that you love and respect your pet and look after it to the best of your ability, but sometimes the kindest thing you can do is ease their suffering by putting them to sleep. That is what someone who truly loves their pet would do. No it's not an easy decision, no one should ever say it is, but it's the right one if the option is suffering. Remember they don't know why they are suffering, they aren't aware of their owners financial circumstances or moral high ground, they are just suffering. Leaving your beloved pet with a broken leg is not love, it's ignorance.

Is there anywhere here where I can post the details of my Hire Purchse so you guys can pay it off for me?

I wanted the Hire Purchase at the time because.....I just wanted it. Now I dont have the means to pay for it.

.....sound familiar?

Why are all of the commenters talking about the dogs owner like he is a little boy? Hes 18 years old, hes an adult, who should be able to pay his own bills.

I don't care if he is a beneficiary, he can afford to pay back the vet more than $5 a week. Bronson dosen't have any dependents or others relying on him for money, so he needs to scrimp and save for a few weeks or months. If the dogs worth that much to him, surely he can go without a few luxaries to pay for surgery for his precious dog!

How did this dog get hit by a car when under NZ law, a dog owner is required to have their dog under their control? Was he letting the puppy stray? If so, it's his fault it was hit. $2,500 is not unreasonable for internal fixation which requires surgery. It's far less than the govt pays doctors to do the corresponding surgery on humans. I don't believe for one second that this puppy is not in pain if it has a fracture that has not been stabilized. If he can't or won't pay for a least an amputation, then the puppy must be humanely destroyed. Bronson is guilty of animal cruelty and I'll bet he already owes the clinic upwards of $100 for xrays, etc. He's not a hero, and doesn't deserve this irresponsible attention from the media.

I'm surprised at your vet! We are low income & when our epileptic dog required hospital treatment or meds which we could not pay for immediatly, our vet was fine with us paying $10 a week or whatever it took to pay the bill off. Alas, her illness got so bad that we had to put her down in May last year & have only just finished paying the $800 bill in January this year! Our vet has shown nothing but compassion & has been fine with us paying off what we could. What a heartless vet you have! My only plea is to plse don't let your dog suffer untreated pain - find another vet who has more compassion & doesn't just think of the $$ - there must be one in your area.

It's great that so many people want to donate to help. Maybe if the SPCA gets enough money donated for the op and it all goes ahead, Bronson and his father could pay a $5 week donation back to the SPCA to help more animals, lets face it with all the horrible animal cruelty cases happening in NZ at the moment, animals need all the help they can get.

To #get a grip - just wondering if you've ever had the joy of owning a dog or any pet?

Boo Hoo! We have become such a weak nation of idiots. I feel bad for the dog but I also know there are children that are receiving worse environments right now. Stop with all this sense of entitlement and if you can not afford something then do not expect that you are entitled to it.

If anything this should motivate kids to study hard in school, educate yourself and be gainfully employed so a $800 bill is not a show stopper.

To all the people saying "get a job" or "pets, like cars, are a luxury - if you cant afford it you cant have one". A pet is nothing like a car you morons. The fact that youd compare a pet to a car shows that youre less fit to be an owner than Bronson.

If this pair had jobs I would say that $2500 would STILL be out of their price range. Why? Because its a ridiculous amount for a start. If these people didnt care for the dog they would allow it to be put down. Instead they've gone to all this effort because Bronson clearly loves Buck. Thats what matters. I will be donating and I encourage everyone else to help out aswell instead of laying their judging opinions out there. Grow up and have some compassion.