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Originally Posted by red98vett  That white dog obsessed me till I got the call that he was surrendered and being treated...
The little Poodle they had out there for almost 3 day so FAR has been inside. |
GOOD news, my dear vigilantess!
I hear you about being obsessed. I'll try to make this short: years ago, there was this black chow in my neighborhood - probably 9 mths. old, very shy, slow, scared - I'd see him sleeping under cars, against the curb. I KNEW something was wrong, I could literally feel it in my soul - that I MUST capture this dog. He smelled putrid and I knew something was not right. But he'd run every time.
Finally, one day I saw him - I grabbed a leash and chased him for 45 minutes. He ran into a yard, I cornered him, and looped a leash around his neck. I tried to pull, he would thrash his head around - and I could SEE something was not right w/ his neck - but I didn't know what else I could do to get him home other than to basically PULL and DRAG him (more later on this heartbreak). I get him home, give water/food, I gag when I go near him bc he smells like rotting/dead flesh - he is BROKEN, I tell you.
We take him to Human Ass'n - we drive w/ windows down bc the stench is going to make us vomit. They take him in, I tell them something is wrong w/ his neck - we wait.
They come out and say: "This dog is probably near death, someone turned him out when he was a puppy,
LEFT HIS COLLAR ON AND THE FLESH HAD TO OPEN UP TO ACCOMMODATE HIS COLLAR AS HE GREW. His neck is an open wound all the way around, he is probably filled w/ maggots and most likely will be put down." .....I almost collapsed w/ sadness and rage...
Went home, cried all night at how cruel the world can be to innocent creatures. Called the Ass'n next day, they said: "We can't believe it, there is not a maggot in site. We removed the collar in surgery, closed him up, put him on antibiotics and he's healing". We went to see him that day - he looked better, but seemed so broken - laying in the corner of his cage, just withdrawn.
They said probably an Ass'n employee would adopt him bc of his story - and I told them if not, call me.
Anyway, sorry for the long story - but this HAUNTS me to this day. It tortures me for the dog. It also tortures me bc I'm sure I caused unbearable pain when I had to "drag/pull" him back to my home by the leash around his neck. THAT is what kills me - I know it wasn't intentional, but I can't bear that I caused him more pain. I could almost vomit right now thinking about it.
In any case, it so simple, really, to help these fellow creatures - we never really know how bad off they may really be until we get involved.
Sorry for the thread hijack!