In memory of

Mace Kent

2005 - 2018

Mace Kent

My name is Billy and I am raising money for the Brighton PDSA in memory of my beloved dog Mace.

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I would like to thank the PDSA for their continued support throughout this difficult time. You have been there for my family and I ever since we lost our beloved dog Mace- from allowing us to visit your grounds, to getting a bench put there for us to sit and remember him. We cannot thank you enough.

Added by Mr B Kent on 24/09/2019

Throughout my life, I was never a lover of dogs. Back in 2005, I met a 4 week old puppy who was living in very poor conditions. I was asked to meet these litter of puppies, and when I did I bent down on my knees and one special puppy came over to me and put his head on my knee. Little did I know, that I was going to fall in love with him, took him home and we called him Mace. Due to him only being 4 weeks old, we were advised by the local vets to bottle feed him and give him fresh food such as chicken and beef mince- which he loved! A few months on, when he started teething, it was clear that he was in pain, so to help relieve this, we fed him ice cream of of a spoon. In 2006, my daughter left the door open allowing Mace to get out of the house, and Mace had gone missing. For 3 long days, I did all it took to get my Mace back, and he was finally found 8 miles away from home, and had been taken to battersea dogs and and home. Mace was so excited to see us, and he had unfortunately had a traumatic few days due to some vile men. I was over the moon when Mace was eventually able to come home with me. In 2009, my family and I moved from London to Brighton, where we had 9 wonderful years with Mace, where he loved being in places such as Dukes Mound, Stammer Park, Devils Dyke and Preston Park. Unfortunately, in 2018, Mace became unwell, and had not been eating which was very unlike him, so we took him to our local vet- Acorn Vets, Hove- where they explained that Mace had an infection and gave him a course of steroids. When his test results were returned a few days later, and when I mentioned that Maces condition had not improved, I was advised to continue Maces treatment and monitor his condition. Because Mace had not yet improved, I was advised by a friend to take him to Brighton PDSA. There, they ran some tests and sadly informed me that Mace has cancer of the liver, and advised me it might be time to say my goodbyes to him. At that time, I was not ready to say goodbye, so they gave Mace more steriods to keep him going. Two days later, we decided it was time to say goodbye, but as a last attempt to get him up, I offered him something to eat. After not eating for 9 days, Mace managed to eat all of his food, was looking for more, so we even took him to McDonalds for a double cheeseburger as a treat. The following day, I took Mace back to the PDSA, and advised them that I was taking him to the specialist North Down vets in Bletchingley. I arranged an appointment at the the specialist vet (which was a £250 consultation appointment), and very quickly got me an appointment for 11th September. Through talking to the specialists there, it was determined that Mace was going to have blood tests and a biopsy taken, and among many other tests, he was there for 4 hours. When we went to collect him, I was overwhelmed when I was told that through their experience, Mace did not have cancer, and could just do with losing a little bit of weight. Due to this, I was so angry with the PDSA, as I felt I had been lied to. Although they explained that steroids can often cover up cancer. The next day, Mace started experiencing nose bleeds, so I called the Northdown specialist vets who informed me that this may be a side effect of having tubes up his nose, and that there would be nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, the PDSA were still convinced that Mace was still very unwell. A few days had passed, and Mace tragically has a nosebleed that lasted for many hours. We decided to give the PDSA a call, who advised us that the best thing to do would be to put Mace to sleep. Although it broke our hearts, we knew it was best for him that we took him, and tragically said our last goodbye to Mace on 18th September at 01:21am, a week after his 13th birthday.

Added by Mr B Kent on 18/09/2019

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