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| Insurer pays out nearly £10,000 getting dog to walk A pet insurer has paid out nearly £10,000 to allow a three-year-old pet labrador to walk. Lulu was born with deformities in her hip joints and knee muscles and needed four major operations. The chocolate labrador from Cheshire has become the most expensive patient on the books of Petplan. They have paid out £9,840.32 for Lulu's treatment, reports the Manchester Evening News. Lulu had her hips pinned by staff at Langdale veterinary hospital in Heaton Moor and also visited pioneering orthopaedic surgeon Chris May in Birmingham after knee trouble. Her owner, Helen McMurrough, from Bramhall, said: "You can't put a dog's leg in plaster so she had eight metal rods going along her leg and joined to a metal bar which is made to measure in Sheffield for the individual dog. "She was not allowed to jump up on anything so we had all the furniture in our house turned upside down for three months. We lived on duvets, ate sitting on duvets and watched television from duvets." Mrs McMurrough says she's been obsessed with animals ever since her first cat, Timmy, died. "My father always said if you invite an animal into your home you should always treat them like a member of the family,'' she said. Petplan spokesperson Josie Wood said: "It's an amazing amount of money - and the dog's only three." 30th January 2002 |
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