12-05-2025
I didn't think twice about paying £17k to save my dog
Jo Sellers freely admits that her best friend is her nine-year-old cocker spaniel bichon frisé, Reba. So when a freak accident in October left the dog fighting for her life, Sellers, 55, did not think twice about raiding her life savings to help pay the £20,000 vet bill.
Reba broke her neck running into a cherry tree in the garden when she went out for her toilet break one Sunday evening. 'I found her lying at the base of the tree, struggling to breathe and purple in the face,' said Sellers, from Surrey.
Sellers, a dog trainer who specialises in separation anxiety, rushed Reba to the emergency vets, where they gave her painkillers and took x-rays. She was admitted to a nearby referral centre for
