CJ was found by a young family in Kidderminster on 3rd May 2008. The family actually rang for advise but on listening to the symptoms, I decided to collect him for a closer inspection. His breathing was noisy and laboured and his eyes were in a terrible state. He was also very de-hydrated. On our return, we began treating him straight away. In all honesty, we didn't expect him to make it through the night and were very surprised to find him still alive the next morning. After a couple of days his one eye was looking better, but the other was still not good. We took him to the vets who admitted him for an examination. The Vet contacted us to say that his eye was extremely infected and would need to be removed. The operation was scheduled for the following day. Unfortunately, when the vet tried to anaesthetise him, his lungs were full of fluid caused by lungworm. Sadly, it was agreed that the kindest solution was for poor old CJ to be put to sleep. He would have had a slow death if he hadn't been found. He was such a fighter. You could tell by the pigment in his feet and nose that CJ was quite an old boy, so he had obviously survived quite a long life.