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GoFundMe set up to help cover extensive vet bills for Kelowna puppy hit by truck

Over recent months, the Okanagan Bernese & Meet-Up group has been making waves across the Okanagan.

Featured on KelownaNow a number of times, the group organizes adorable dog walks and raises funds to support local service and therapy dog organizations.

Now, they’re rallying behind one of their own.

<who>Photo Credit: GoFundMe

Group founders Dalton and Michelle Goodwin’s dog, Maizie, was hit by a truck on Friday, Nov. 9 and suffered severe injuries ranging from a broken pelvis and legs to a dislocated shoulder.

The Goodwins went ahead and paid the $16,700 in vet bills to give the eight-and-a-half month old Bernese mountain dog a new lease on life and the community is now rallying together to help them recoup some of those costs.

A GoFundMe was set up by Carley Tollefson, a fellow Bernese owner, with a goal of covering around half of those costs, $8,000, as Maizie starts her long recovery and rehab.

So far, nearly $5,000 has been raised in just two days, which includes a generous $1,000 from Vancouver Canucks’ defenseman Troy Stecher.


The Richmond native is the owner of a Bernese mountain dog himself, named Phoebe, who became a bit of a social media star thanks to social media posts from Stecher and teammate Brock Boeser.

You can view the fundraiser and donate yourself, if you’d like, by clicking this link.



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