They continued to care for the pups and waited a week or so and tried the email community again. This time several strangers banded together with the couple and got them to Northgate Animal Hospital.
They are safe, dry and have beed diagnosed with advance demodetic mange. Although not contagious, it must be very painful in this advanced stage. They have been started on antibiotics and will need daily medication for months. Dr Gullett stated they would not have survived another month without treatment. Their prognosis is good, but they have a long row to hoe. It will be winter before they have much hair and be ready for adoption.
Thank you Manny and Elke for helping these abandoned babies. Thank you Gwen for getting me involved. Thank you Janice, Leslie, Taylor and Teresa for your offers to help. Thank you Dr Gullett and staff at Northgate for caring for these castaways.
If you would like to help Hansel, Gretel, Rover{ who skinned his own dead tail, because some idiot put a rubber band on it cutting off all the circulation} or any of our loving abandoned dogs, PLEASE DONATE TODAY! We feel like we are running a Heartworm Hotel with all the heartworm positive dogs waiting on treatment in our care. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
You mentioned the heartworm hotel...if you get heartworm meds for all those dogs, could you get a discount fot the amount of medication required to treat that many dogs & how much money would it take to treat them all? Just asking?
ReplyDeleteMy heart breaks seeing these pictures and thinking of all the dogs in our area who go through heartworm disease, skin problems and worse due to neglect, inability for some owners to pay and the constant need for a spay neuter initiative.
ReplyDeleteBella went through all of this so I know first hand how hard it is on these babies.
Do you know if they have received a dip...I think it's called "something sulfa?".....it's supposed to be good in stopping the itching.
I also used a lot of Benadryl with Bella as well as periodic steroids.
I'll send a donation.
Right now she is not in good enough shape for dips. She is on antihistimmes, antibiotics & pain meds. Plus daily oral ivermictin for the mange mites.
ReplyDeleteWe get a discount at a very good price from Northgate. It is just we have so many, 4 Rottweilers and 2 smalers dogs at my house. Then Lin has Rover and Blackie we know are positive for sure & maybe Josie Jo.
ReplyDeleteI would need to check the price. The addtional meds we can get at Kroger as generics.
I 'll check & get back