I'm reminded of a situation I had over 10 years ago. Don't remember how long ago, memory is fuzzy at times.
Anyway, I had neighbor who had a dog. A cute and friendly mutt. My 3 dogs loved playing and running back and forth with this dog. After this neighbor had been there for a couple of months, her 2 year old dog had puppies. Cute as can be. Casey, the dog, was impregnated by another neighborhood dog. Not mine, mind you. My 2 males were fixed.
So, the neighbor found homes for the puppies. A couple of months went by and Casey had puppies again. The neighbor decided to keep one of the puppies. The other did not make it. During this second litter, my neighbor had a premature baby. Casey and puppy were outdoors at all times, even in the rain and cold.
This was eating me up. I would discuss things with my neighbor and the husband was blamed. I did have reason to believe she may have been abused.
One day I came home from work and 'puppy' was laying in the middle of the yard shivering. It was misting out. I talked my neighbor into letting me take puppy to the emergency vet. Puppy had parvo, an extremely deadly disease for dogs.
When I called my neighbor with the results, she was giving consent to put puppy down. I couldn't stand it. To take a life without giving it a chance at treatment? I was able to convince the neighbor to give it a shot.
Puppy stayed at the emergency vets overnight and I transported her to my lifelong vet. He did not have much hope that puppy would make it.
After a week a the vet's puppy joined me and my family for care. I was able to nurse puppy back to health. I found puppy and Casey a good home with a young couple moving out to the country. They had tons of room to run and play.
I worked very hard to get Casey and puppy out of their situation. I know you win some and you loose some, but I thought I would share the story with everyone.
Anyway, I had neighbor who had a dog. A cute and friendly mutt. My 3 dogs loved playing and running back and forth with this dog. After this neighbor had been there for a couple of months, her 2 year old dog had puppies. Cute as can be. Casey, the dog, was impregnated by another neighborhood dog. Not mine, mind you. My 2 males were fixed.
So, the neighbor found homes for the puppies. A couple of months went by and Casey had puppies again. The neighbor decided to keep one of the puppies. The other did not make it. During this second litter, my neighbor had a premature baby. Casey and puppy were outdoors at all times, even in the rain and cold.
This was eating me up. I would discuss things with my neighbor and the husband was blamed. I did have reason to believe she may have been abused.
One day I came home from work and 'puppy' was laying in the middle of the yard shivering. It was misting out. I talked my neighbor into letting me take puppy to the emergency vet. Puppy had parvo, an extremely deadly disease for dogs.
When I called my neighbor with the results, she was giving consent to put puppy down. I couldn't stand it. To take a life without giving it a chance at treatment? I was able to convince the neighbor to give it a shot.
Puppy stayed at the emergency vets overnight and I transported her to my lifelong vet. He did not have much hope that puppy would make it.
After a week a the vet's puppy joined me and my family for care. I was able to nurse puppy back to health. I found puppy and Casey a good home with a young couple moving out to the country. They had tons of room to run and play.
I worked very hard to get Casey and puppy out of their situation. I know you win some and you loose some, but I thought I would share the story with everyone.
