MyHavana
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This is the story of my dog Havana
My dog Havana was the softest most loving dog you could have. She has had life long skin allergies, ear infections and dry eyes which were all managed
Havana has been under many vets and specialists over the years and has had around 21 thousand pounds in treatments. Nothing worked that the vets prescribed, so I started an elimination diet and tried 22 different kinds of foods till I ruled out every ingredient she was allergic to. Along with this I started importing in prescription strength shampoos and ear flushes from America after researching for hours at a time. I tried over 10 shampoos and 6 ear flushes until I found the shampoo and ear flush she responded to. For the first time in years she was ear and skin infection free
In 2023 I suffered with ill health and my balance was affected. I was having work done on my house and some patio doors fitted and didn’t want the brick dust to irritate her dry eyes and skin, so I arranged for Havana to go and stay at my sisters in October of 2023, the work was completed and was due to have her back home on the 3rd of November, but fireworks were going off and my sisters is rural and as Havana is scared of the fireworks I asked could she stay until after bonfire night
In November my sister was raided for suspected dog breeding, no puppies were found, but they seized Havana on the bases she had not been to the vets in 11 months and because it was over the counter medication that was used
I explained when I found out how she has many allergies and can only eat the food that my sister sent them away with, and begged them to please not put her in kennels. They said they would put her in foster care until I had my interview
I had my interview in December and I kept enquiring about her and I kept getting told a decision will be made soon. In April I got a letter I was being charged with 1 count of neglect and I had to appear at court where I entered a not guilty plea. I was given a trial date of May 2025, I asked could I have Havana back until the trial and was told no, so explained by then it will be 18 months she has not seen me for and explained she was nearly 9 and it’s beyond evil what they are doing
In May I got a call her allergies are bad can they put her to sleep, I said no and I want an independent vet to see her. I then got a dog specialist solicitor from Leeds, the RSPCA said her skin was getting better
In June they rang me to say she had parvo and was in organ failure and dying and asked to put her to sleep. I said no I want Havanas vet to see her. They said it would need to be an independent vet. I rang a vet and explained, they said they could see her but she’ll need to wait in the car park and the RSPCA ring them as it’s highly contagious and they’ll let her go in through the back. I explained to the RSPCA what they had said, the RSPCA said they would ring and confirm what I said, the RSPCA rang me back and said they won’t see Havana because she is parvo positive, I rang the vet up and they said sorry we didn’t know she had parvo. I explained they told me that because she had parvo she would need to wait in the car park, they said sorry we got mixed up. This happened with many vets, all the same story until a vet receptionist said the RSPCA was saying to them that their vet confirmed she has parvo are they going to go against the RSPCA vet and she explained to me that no vet will go against the RSPCA
I rang about 50 different vets until Longridge vets in Preston agreed to see her. The RSPCA tried so hard to make them cancel the appointment and they cancelled. I rang them and begged them to see her, the vet there agreed to see her and turned down the RSPCA every attempt to get them not to see her. The vet said she does not have organ failure and doesn’t even have parvo she passed a stool in the waiting room and it was solid and she was in good health
I put a complaint in and I got told it was a false positive parvo test and they apologised. I said but you told me she was in organ failure which they hung up the phone and wouldn’t acknowledge any of my emails
In July I got a call telling me she had ear infections, her ear drums have ruptured, she can’t stand up and has facial paralysis and that her skin was bad because they’d not bathed her for weeks incase it got in her ears
They refused to take her to Longridge vets, so the vet at longridge did a video appointment and confirmed she was in an outdoor kennel falling all over unable to walk. He made a referral that day to willows specialists in Birmingham. The RSPCA refused to take her. I spent many thousands on solicitor fees, barrister fees going to court to try get my sister temporary ownership of Havana which the court dates kept getting adjourned
Last week after 13 weeks the RSPCA finally took Havana to a specialist at knutsford in Cheshire, she is deaf in both ears, blind in one eye, has neurological damage and had 70 percent fur loss, had long overgrown dirty nails and dried feaces on her the vet report said. The vet said she needed total ear canal ablation surgery and to start on oral cyclosporine
That day the vet at Longridge put in a referral for ear canal ablation surgery at Chester Gate and North west veterinary specialists for the fasted appointment. The RSPCA refused to take her.
On Tuesday we was at court to try for my sister to temporary ownership of Havana. There the RSPCA offered to drop my charges if I put Havana to sleep. I refused. Then an RSPCA vet said to the judge that what the specialist said was wrong nothing can be done. The judge turned down the temporary ownership request as he said round the clock care at the RSPCA was in Havana best interest
On Wednesday I got told that if I don’t appeal it they will drop the charges and not pursue me for 20 thousand pound in kennel fees. I refused their requests and appealed
Today they put my girl to sleep. Iv gone through 11 months of unimaginable hell, the pain and worry of what they’ve done to her. I know she was punished for me not agreeing to put her to sleep when they lied she had parvo. They wouldn’t even let me be there whilst they put her to sleep
Taking the only thing I loved and had in life. I have included pictures from the week she was taken by them and pictures the vet took at knutsford vets last week
My dog Havana was the softest most loving dog you could have. She has had life long skin allergies, ear infections and dry eyes which were all managed
Havana has been under many vets and specialists over the years and has had around 21 thousand pounds in treatments. Nothing worked that the vets prescribed, so I started an elimination diet and tried 22 different kinds of foods till I ruled out every ingredient she was allergic to. Along with this I started importing in prescription strength shampoos and ear flushes from America after researching for hours at a time. I tried over 10 shampoos and 6 ear flushes until I found the shampoo and ear flush she responded to. For the first time in years she was ear and skin infection free
In 2023 I suffered with ill health and my balance was affected. I was having work done on my house and some patio doors fitted and didn’t want the brick dust to irritate her dry eyes and skin, so I arranged for Havana to go and stay at my sisters in October of 2023, the work was completed and was due to have her back home on the 3rd of November, but fireworks were going off and my sisters is rural and as Havana is scared of the fireworks I asked could she stay until after bonfire night
In November my sister was raided for suspected dog breeding, no puppies were found, but they seized Havana on the bases she had not been to the vets in 11 months and because it was over the counter medication that was used
I explained when I found out how she has many allergies and can only eat the food that my sister sent them away with, and begged them to please not put her in kennels. They said they would put her in foster care until I had my interview
I had my interview in December and I kept enquiring about her and I kept getting told a decision will be made soon. In April I got a letter I was being charged with 1 count of neglect and I had to appear at court where I entered a not guilty plea. I was given a trial date of May 2025, I asked could I have Havana back until the trial and was told no, so explained by then it will be 18 months she has not seen me for and explained she was nearly 9 and it’s beyond evil what they are doing
In May I got a call her allergies are bad can they put her to sleep, I said no and I want an independent vet to see her. I then got a dog specialist solicitor from Leeds, the RSPCA said her skin was getting better
In June they rang me to say she had parvo and was in organ failure and dying and asked to put her to sleep. I said no I want Havanas vet to see her. They said it would need to be an independent vet. I rang a vet and explained, they said they could see her but she’ll need to wait in the car park and the RSPCA ring them as it’s highly contagious and they’ll let her go in through the back. I explained to the RSPCA what they had said, the RSPCA said they would ring and confirm what I said, the RSPCA rang me back and said they won’t see Havana because she is parvo positive, I rang the vet up and they said sorry we didn’t know she had parvo. I explained they told me that because she had parvo she would need to wait in the car park, they said sorry we got mixed up. This happened with many vets, all the same story until a vet receptionist said the RSPCA was saying to them that their vet confirmed she has parvo are they going to go against the RSPCA vet and she explained to me that no vet will go against the RSPCA
I rang about 50 different vets until Longridge vets in Preston agreed to see her. The RSPCA tried so hard to make them cancel the appointment and they cancelled. I rang them and begged them to see her, the vet there agreed to see her and turned down the RSPCA every attempt to get them not to see her. The vet said she does not have organ failure and doesn’t even have parvo she passed a stool in the waiting room and it was solid and she was in good health
I put a complaint in and I got told it was a false positive parvo test and they apologised. I said but you told me she was in organ failure which they hung up the phone and wouldn’t acknowledge any of my emails
In July I got a call telling me she had ear infections, her ear drums have ruptured, she can’t stand up and has facial paralysis and that her skin was bad because they’d not bathed her for weeks incase it got in her ears
They refused to take her to Longridge vets, so the vet at longridge did a video appointment and confirmed she was in an outdoor kennel falling all over unable to walk. He made a referral that day to willows specialists in Birmingham. The RSPCA refused to take her. I spent many thousands on solicitor fees, barrister fees going to court to try get my sister temporary ownership of Havana which the court dates kept getting adjourned
Last week after 13 weeks the RSPCA finally took Havana to a specialist at knutsford in Cheshire, she is deaf in both ears, blind in one eye, has neurological damage and had 70 percent fur loss, had long overgrown dirty nails and dried feaces on her the vet report said. The vet said she needed total ear canal ablation surgery and to start on oral cyclosporine
That day the vet at Longridge put in a referral for ear canal ablation surgery at Chester Gate and North west veterinary specialists for the fasted appointment. The RSPCA refused to take her.
On Tuesday we was at court to try for my sister to temporary ownership of Havana. There the RSPCA offered to drop my charges if I put Havana to sleep. I refused. Then an RSPCA vet said to the judge that what the specialist said was wrong nothing can be done. The judge turned down the temporary ownership request as he said round the clock care at the RSPCA was in Havana best interest
On Wednesday I got told that if I don’t appeal it they will drop the charges and not pursue me for 20 thousand pound in kennel fees. I refused their requests and appealed
Today they put my girl to sleep. Iv gone through 11 months of unimaginable hell, the pain and worry of what they’ve done to her. I know she was punished for me not agreeing to put her to sleep when they lied she had parvo. They wouldn’t even let me be there whilst they put her to sleep
Taking the only thing I loved and had in life. I have included pictures from the week she was taken by them and pictures the vet took at knutsford vets last week
