Disabled Dog Needs An Expensive Surgery, But What This Couple Did Instead Will Warm Your Heart

When Benny the dog ran into some mobility issues, this California man built a creative solution. Benny is lucky to have such a guy in his life.

A couple of days ago Benny started acting very weird and skittish. The following morning he woke up dragging his hind legs. This scared everyone and my girlfriend’s mom ended up taking him to the animal hospital. They informed her that the surgery would cost beyond $8,000.

James Stewart Paniagua, 22, told this to Victor Valley News  recently. Paniagua is the boyfriend of Briana Ibarra, whose dog Benny has lost his ability to walk properly.

After that initial vet visit, the family also learned the unfortunate news that a wheelchair for Benny could cost upwards of $1,000. Unable to pay these kinds of expenses but unwilling to let the dog be crippled, Paniagua came up with a useful solution: he decided to make the dog a wheelchair himself.

“I started off by Google searching ‘dog do-it-yourself wheelchair.’ I said, ‘you know, that looks simple enough and you only need a couple pieces to it so why not? Let’s try it out,'” he said.

In the end, Pangiagua only spent $40:

I had a ton of trouble finding wheels and ended up just buying a $20 scooter from Wal-Mart and salvaging the wheels,” he said. “$5 on Velcro straps, less than $5 on nuts and bolts and close to $8 on PVC pipes, joints and PVC cement.

Fortunately, Benny has since become more mobile and a happier pooch:

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Disabled Dog Needs An Expensive Surgery, But What This Couple Did Instead Will Warm Your Heart is an article from: LifeDaily