Ozzy is our 4 year old, gentle giant of a dog, who is our beloved family companion and is in desperate need of an mri scan and life saving spinal surgery.

He was bought as a birthday present for my autistic son Jordan, as a way of alleviating some of his severe anxieties. Ozzy has been an absolute god send in Jordan’s life and they are the best of friends.

Sadly, whilst out in the garden this morning (5th October), Ozzy let out an almighty howl and collapsed on to the floor. Following on from this, he has completely lost all use and feeling in his back legs and can no longer walk or feel touch to the lower part of his body. Due to his size, he is unable to move himself around and is now reliant on us to help him to move.

After rushing him to the vets, we are devastated to have found out that he will need an mri scan that costs £4,000 followed by surgery that can be in excess of £15,000. This is money that we just do not have.

In a desperate bid to save our gorgeous boy and to keep my son Jordan from having to go through the awful trauma of saying goodbye to Ozzy, this page has been set up to give us hope that we do not have to put him to sleep.

He is an integral part of our family and to have to put him to sleep due to not having enough money for surgery, would leave us with broken hearts. He is still trying to nibble our fingers when being fussed, has tried to eat a tissue that was dropped on the floor in front of him and is desperately trying to wag his tail, with little to no movement. He is still the playful pooch that we know he is but is now stuck in this awful situation.

Please, please help us to save our beautiful boy as we cannot face ending his life yet.