1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: We understand that a family pet in Bachelor has been 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: slashed by what vets say was a machete or a 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: sharp blade. He's undergone extensive surgery for serious injuries, and 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: the community vet who did the procedure joins me on 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: the line right now from Pau's Darwin community vet, Sarah 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: van der Selt. Good morning to you, Sarah. 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you doing or not too bad? 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: What state was this poor dog in when he was 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: presented to you? 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: Look when I saw him, it was the day after 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 2: he had arrived at the clinic. So initially the wounds 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: were very clean because it was such a sharp blade 13 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: that had been used to cut him. But by the 14 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 2: time I was doing his surgery, unfortunately, because so many 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: blood vessels had been servered, a lot of that tissue 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: had died, had broken down. So it was a pretty 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: horrific surgery to try and save enough skin to be 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: able to hopefully close that wound. 19 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: Oh goodness me, Sarah. What makes you think that those 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: wounds were from a machete or from a sharp blade? 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, unfortunately, I've seen many different types of wounds, 22 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 2: from wounds on fences, pigs, other dogs, and they they 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: always just looked ragged and dirty, but this was clean. 24 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: And it was so long and deep that I can 25 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 2: only think it was some an actual blade, a blade 26 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: that was designed to cut flesh. Oh my goodness, at 27 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 2: the size of it, I can only think a machete 28 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: or something about side far out. 29 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: How did the surgery go? How's the dog going at 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: the moment? 31 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: Well, the dog is back with his owners. It was 32 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: so cute when they came to pick your page. Loves 33 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: them so much. But he does have he's got big 34 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: drain in his wound. We had to make some extra 35 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: incisions to release the tension to close to close the wound. 36 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: So he is most likely going to have to have 37 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 2: some some future surgeries as well. So we'll we'll reassess, 38 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: assess the wound, see whether any more tissue has died, 39 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 2: and then you know, figure out whether whether we need 40 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 2: to take out any more more tissue there. 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: What type of dog was it is he? 42 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 2: What type of dog is this little one? Oh, he's 43 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: a large Darwin Special would call him. But yeah, look 44 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: he's a sweet dog, sweet owners. And you know the 45 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,399 Speaker 2: most beautiful thing is when we put the thing on Facebook. 46 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 2: We've had a lot of community donations, and it's actually 47 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 2: covered the surgery, of the initial surgery. And when we 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: were able to tell these people, because were planning to 49 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 2: pay it off through center pay and all of this, 50 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 2: to tell them that it was covered. 51 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: It was just, yeah, oh, how wonderful because I would 52 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,839 Speaker 1: imagine that, you know, like, it is quite a hefty bill. 53 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: And I know that you guys do so much for 54 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: the community. 55 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: Pause do do concession rate. We do do concession rate, 56 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: but this was I mean, this was a three hour surgery. 57 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 2: This was a big, a big surgery. So there still 58 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 2: was a bill for them. And yeah, that that has 59 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: been beautifully covered by some lovely members of the community. 60 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: Well, that is really nice to hear, Sarah. Is there 61 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: still going to be quite a bit of aftercare for 62 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: that dog? 63 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: There is even everything going as well as we could imagine, 64 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: It's still going to be quite a long healing process 65 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 2: for him, and like I said, quite likely that there'll 66 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: be future surgeries as well for him. 67 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: And look, I know that you have got to post 68 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: up on the Pause Darwin facebook page. Sarah, does his 69 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: family have any idea what has happened, like how he's 70 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: ended up with this massive word. 71 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: I know they just found him like that in the morning. 72 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: I don't really know the backstory there, but I mean, 73 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: you can only imagine waking up to find your dog 74 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 2: in that in that situation would be pretty traumatic. 75 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: Oh, it is absolutely horrendous, so horrendous. But it sounds 76 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: as though is. 77 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 2: His name Bear? 78 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds like Bear has received some great treatment 79 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: and is obviously being well cared for. If people do 80 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: want to find out a bit more info, they are 81 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: able to jump on the pause Facebook page. But Sarah, 82 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: have you ever seen anything like that in your time 83 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: as a vent. 84 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, I have been cases where people have abused animals 85 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 2: in of them, but this is certainly probably the worst 86 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 2: or one of the worst that I've seen. That the wound. 87 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: I don't think the pictures on Facebook do justice to 88 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: how huge and deep this this this wound was. 89 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: Was he lucky to survive? 90 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 2: Oh, very lucky, very lucky. And I think it's only 91 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,799 Speaker 2: because he had a little bit of extra padding that 92 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 2: that didn't go like either into his spine or into 93 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: his abdomen, in which case he probably wouldn't have survived. 94 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: Oh, how absolutely horrendous. Sarah, Thank you so very much 95 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: for your time. Thank you for making us aware of 96 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: you know of what has gone on. And like I say, 97 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: if you know, if anybody wants to jump online, if 98 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: they do want to make a donation for beers Bear's treatment, 99 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: they can jump online head to the Pause Darwin Community 100 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: vet page. Thank you so much for having a chat 101 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: with us this morning. 102 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: No worries. Can I just say, Katie, we have a 103 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: radio on in surgery that we have tuned into me 104 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: the time we listen to your I love it. I 105 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 2: don't know it will be very excited. 106 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: I don't know whether my dulcet tones would help you 107 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: during surgery or not. 108 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: There Sarah, but I love that. That is really nice 109 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 2: to hear. Thank you, Thank you so much. 110 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: I have a great day. Thanks so much for your 111 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:27,799 Speaker 1: time this morning.