I cannot afford my 12th St. Bernard’s veterinarian accounts because it is so great – his cancer treatment costs £ 8,000 and it would be much cheaper for a chihuahua

A deeply sad family has revealed how they cannot afford to afford their gigantic 12-stone dogs cancer Treatment – Because his enormous size makes the bills so expensive.

Katie Bridge, 33, from Bristol, was first worried about her St. Bernard Hercules when he started to suffer with a stomach complaints and later lost weight.

When the 11th 7LBS dog then refused to eat, Katie rushed to the vet.

The six-year-old Pooch was eventually diagnosed with lymphoma and now has to take no fewer than 13 steroid tablets a day and undergo weekly chemotherapy to fight his cancer.

The family is now fundraising to help pay for the £ 8,000 treatment of Hercules in an attempt to save his life.

Hercules achieved the headlines in 2021 because he was so blissful of his enormous size that he is still trying to be a ‘lapdog’ – crushing people under his great weight.

The family must warn guests to be careful when they sit or they can get stuck under the soft giant.

Katie said, “Each of the veterinarian appointments was a few hundred pounds and in the specialized hospital everything cost more, so we had exhausted our insurance.

Katie Bridge, 33, from Bristol, was first worried about her St. Bernard Hercules when he started to suffer with a stomach complaints, and later lost

Six-year-old Pooch was eventually diagnosed with lymphoma and now has to take no fewer than 13 steroid tablets a day and undergo weekly chemotherapy to fight his cancer

‘It was as if we try to raise some money and trust the goodwill of other people or we took him to death to say it.

‘It’s more expensive for him because he is such a big dog. If we went through the full treatment of treatment, this would be £ 8,000 on top of the biopsy and other agreements he had to have.

“He is a huge part of our family and we will do what is needed to raise the money.”

Katie explained that the Hercules veterinarian accounts would be much smaller if he was a chihuahua.

“Everything is enlarged because of its size,” she said.

Hercules made the headlines in 2021 because he was so blissful of his enormous size that he is still trying to be a ‘lapdog’ – crushing people under his great weight

Displayed: Katie Bridge with Hercules as an eight -week -old puppy

Katie explained that Hercules’ veterinarian accounts would be much smaller if he was a chihuahua

Although his cancer cannot be cured, the NHS employee hopes that he will introduce remission after a few months of treatment, so that he can live for at least two years.

Katie said: ‘If it works, it will give him a good quality of life and he will be able to live for another 18 months to two years. That would be the ultimate dream. ‘

Hercules is a loving, family dog ​​and Katie says that he is seen as a ‘celebrity’ in their local environment.

Katie said: ‘HE is here a mini -gave birth, because you don’t see a St. Bernard dog every day.

‘Until now we have been so overwhelmed by the reaction of the local community and even people who have never met him.

“He has a supporter on Instagram of about 11, 500 followers and we also collapsed donations from them.”

Although his cancer is not healable, the NHS employee hopes that after a few months of treatment he will introduce remission with which he can live for at least two years