BrunoBruno is a  German Shepherd who had undergone a successful emergency procedure at a surgical facility to reverse torsion and remove his damaged spleen. His surgery was completed at 3:00 a.m. and his owners were to pick him up at 7:30 a.m. that same day.With a snowstorm forecast for Hendersonville, Bruno’s owners were worried about being able to transport him back and forth between his regular veterinarian each morning and the surgical facility each evening for the professional monitoring and care he needed. In a bad storm, it was possible that Bruno would end up unattended in a closed veterinarian office or at the owner’s isolated mountaintop home, where they felt unprepared to handle post-surgical care following such a traumatic procedure.

Then a friend told Bruno’s owners about Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital & Veterinary Emergency Hospital and he was brought to us for round-the-clock care. That gave his owners peace of mind that Bruno would have the professional care he needed, night or day. Equally important to them, they were welcome to come visit him during his stay.

“That was a crucial and welcome plus for us,” Bruno’s “dad” said. “Bruno has now had six surgeries in his life and, after each one, I have intuitively sensed that being with him in recovery would help him get over the hump. Any German Shepherd is bonded to his humans very closely and, in a way that only dog people can grasp, we reciprocate. So it makes sense that our being with him would relieve energy-draining separation anxiety and help give him the wherewithal to recover. I have little doubt that your willingness to have the humans share in the recoveries of the canines made a critical difference for our guy. It’s the first time a veterinarian hospital has let us be there. So we are grateful to WCRAH & VEH for being there with all the needed resources and for your service to all of us.”

German Shepherd, Bruno with Dad

Dad stayed with Bruno in Recovery