Don Perro

January 11th, 2012 - January 26th, 2021
Breed: Bichon Havanese
Age: 9
Owner: Justin Radulescu
Hometown: Romania

I chose the name for my dog, Don Perro on the spot. We had an allocation reserved for another dog at the breeder, but I felt like Perro was meant to be my little brother.

Ever since then he has been with me absolutely everywhere, daily. He loved being in the car and traveling. I took him skiing, I took him to the seaside, he flew around Europe. We were inseparable. He slept on the pillow by my side every night. He was the most intelligent, loving being. He loved kisses and cuddles and lived a happy life. Everybody loved him and he loved everybody. He was very affectionate and well behaved, saluting people at the office and waiting for his water at restaurants. He enjoyed everything around him.

On the 15th of September 2020 he was diagnosed with MVD at a routine control. We heard him coughing that day. I started searching ways of treating this disease and the only permanent fix that I found was the mitral valve repair surgery. Japan was too long of a wait time for me considering the fast progression of the disease Don Perro was experiencing, so I decided to go with the Hopia Clinique in France.

His operation date was the on 26th of January 2021. I stayed there for most of the surgery. At around 4PM Dr. Sabine Bozon came to me saying that the operation was successful. Although it was quite difficult, the reparation was perfect, and everything needed was done. The heart had restarted, the respiration was good.

At around 5PM, half an hour later (during wake-up), I started hearing some agitation. At 7:30PM Dr. Sabine and Jean-Luc Bozon came downstairs with some bad news: a blood clot in the pulmonary artery ended my little brother’s life after 2h of resuscitation.

I wish every dog with this disease all the good and best health.

Perro will forever be in my heart