Having been taken from a kill shelter in Turkey, Barney took a road trip to the UK alongside six other pups, where he was placed in a foster home in Kent.
00:00From suffering to Sevenoaks, Barney the Golden Retriever is one of six dogs to make the 2,000 mile journey from Turkey to the UK just before Christmas.
00:09He's ended up here in Kent in the good hands of Foster Nicola and her daughter Lily May.
00:14I saw him on Facebook, it was a post that Angels for Animals put up and we absolutely love Golden Retrievers, we've been obsessed with them for about a year.
00:25And I saw him and I don't know why, they asked for a medical foster and I thought I could do this because of my experience.
00:32So I applied and I had a video call with the charity and a couple of weeks later here he is.
00:39We think that at some point he was owned in Turkey, so he comes from Turkey, and that he was born with hip dysplasia.
00:49And it looks like from his x-rays that he has been probably hit by a car.
00:54He's also got, one of his canine teeth is snapped off as well.
00:59So they did some x-rays in Turkey.
01:02And you can see with this x-ray, both hips aren't good, but one particularly, you know, the bone looks like it's come away.
01:09It's not where it should be.
01:11In order to live a life without pain, Barney needs a double hip replacement, a surgery costing £10,000.
01:18Hopefully, yeah, we can get it done as soon as possible because he is clearly in pain.
01:23And I think if you see his x-rays, you'd know that he's going to be in pain with those sorts of injuries.
01:30So seeing, like, a little one like that in so much pain and knowing that he should have all this energy and he should be able to run around and go on long walks, it's so heartbreaking.
01:41And so being able to get this money for him to get these surgeries done, it will just give him a complete piece of life.
01:48We've had this year, I think, well, last year, I should say, actually, now, I think we would have had five broken hips that we've needed to be fixed.
01:58And they're very expensive.
01:59We've still got one dog over in Turkey that we're looking for a medical foster for, just because it's very hard to find homes that we've been able to find for Barney.
02:08So we're incredibly grateful that he's been able to make this great trip and we're able to fundraise.
02:13Now he's here and he's able to get that good veterinary care.
02:16Seeing these dogs that we are able to get out, save, rehab and to bring over, it just means everything to see them live in, like, a truly kind of free, happy life.
02:29Nicola has created a Just Giving page to help raise the money for the surgery.
02:33She hopes it will help Barney finally live a pain-free life here.
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