$14,000 vet bill to save Charlie from rare double condition

CHARLIE may have cost her owner, Clifton Tonissen, thousands of dollars in vet bills to save her life, but the three-year-old kelpie has made a “remarkable recovery” and is now back to working around the farm. Photo: LAUREN HAY.
Mark Rabich

WHAT began as an inconveniently-timed Boxing Day trip to the vet for their cherished three year-old kelpie, Charlie, ended up costing owners, Clifton and Rose Tonissen, far more than they could ever have anticipated.

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