Last week, Monday the 16th, while I was walking our little poodle I saw a group of little boys by the community garbage drop. They were pulling on a black rope. I walked over and saw a horrible little dog, still alive, covered with flies and dirt. It was still alive. I rushed back home to get water, food and Ted. The little dog was too weak to eat or drink and we picked it up and took it to the vet. The dog is a five month old puppy, mostly starved and with a skin infection. It spent the night and next day getting IV's of fluid, antibiotics and shots for ticks, heartworn and anything else the vet could do.
We brought the little thing home on Tue and began the process of feeding. I pulled at least 300 ticks off, not counting the big ones the vet had removed. It was still covered with fleas. By Thursday it was well enough for a bath to remove the matts at the vets.
Today it is running around, not quite up to playing with our dog but playing a bit with the cat, who is a very gentle animal. I will post pictures on our webshots account.
We cannot understand how someone can throw a puppy, still alive, away on the garbage heap. We can understand how someone might not have the money to take it to a vet. However, this puppy had not been feed in many days. It boggles the mind to think how well this family takes care of it own offspring.
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