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Ok guys this is a strange one for me, Last Saturday Jordan one of our beaters, on our little self run shoot had a real disaster Zero his Spaniel was doing his thing in the rhodedendrums when we heard an awful yelp, his story is below in the email he sent to a the guys and girls on the shoot. Now I don't have dogs unfortunately but we all thought the dog would be put down, but Jordan is a young lad who's best friend is ZERO his dog, despite having little or no money he decided he couldn't say goodbye to him, and I understand this, he now is faced with the daunting bills from the vet, but he is determined to raise the money somehow, if anybody feels they want to help however small he will be grateful. When I received this I immediately thought of the amazing generosity of PW, thanks for reading and helping if you feel you can Doc Hi everyone, Jordan here - as you may or may not know Zero has had to undergo specialist Orthopaedic surgery to pin his elbow after he fractured it on the shoot last Saturday. Unfortunately for Zero this fracture was very serious and the bone was completely shattered, he spent 5 hours in surgery today and now has 2 plates and pins holding his leg together! It's going to be a long road to recovery with 3months in his crate and physiotherapy to follow but at least they were able to save my best friend. I think its important for you all to know why the fractured occurred because it may be relevant to all of you with Springers and Cockers - He has a very common genetic fault known as INCOMPLETE OSSIFICATION OF THE HUMERAL CONDYLE (IOHC) It is a weakness in the joint that often leads to the bone fracturing and can easily happen when a dog jumps off the sofa or out of the car (so you can imagine the possibilities when out on the shoot) The link to a website with more information is .... http://englishspringer.org/page35.php I would strongly urge you to speak to your vets about having your dogs checked especially if they exhibit any of the symptoms. It has been a very stressful ordeal and unfortunately we had not yet organised insurance for Zero so we now are left with a £4500 vet bill. In order to help pay the veterinary expenses to get Zero back on his feet we have set up a fundraising page for him and would really, really appreciate any donations however little or large if possible please. The link to his fundraising page is ... http://www.gofundme.com/ks1esc Thank you so much for reading and helping if you can Jordan and Zero