dog-lover-goes-948401

Blanche at DWR. A devoted dog owner has gone above and beyond to save the life of her best friend – by flying her poorly chihuahua 7,000 miles for surgery. See SWNS story SWMRdog. Hannah Robinson, 30, dipped into her savings to pay for her beloved pooch Blanche to undergo life-saving treatment. They tiny two-year-old pup was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2021, which can be deadly without surgery. Hannah, from Kansas in the USA, frantically searched for a vet willing to operate on Blanche who was given just 12 months to live. The only vets who specialise in animal heart surgery were in the UK and the Far East. Hannah contacted Dick White Referrals (DWR) in Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire who agreed to help. In May last year Hannah and Blanche boarded a plane to England for the surgery.