DetroitStyle
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Despite some people's attempts to label me as an ignorant pitbull hater... I thought I would share this with you
from another board:
from another board:
11/03/2011
How do you start your day I work? This morning I settled in at my desk, and started the day. Check the emails, drink some coffee, had a little chat with coworkers about our silly dogs.
And then the day changed.
Last night a maintenance worker at an apartment complex in Flint found a pit bull. He was severely injured and very under weight. Thankfully Dave had it in his heart to get the dog to a safe place for the evening and figure out who could help the next morning.
Dave contacted a co-worker on mine, who made the call to me.
I jumped in my car and crossed town not knowing what to expect. A few rushed phone calls to let folks know we may need help with a dog.....
When I walked in to the room where Thor was being kept, the first thing I noticed was the smell. Infection, rot, nasty... whatever you may want to call it, it sticks with you once you’ve smelled it. In the corner of the room was this ball of skin and bones, curled up. It was obvious Thor had been in a serious dog fight and was extremely under weight. Honestly, the first moment I saw him, I was sure I would be putting a dog to sleep today.
You see pictures and videos on TV or the net, it is NOTHING like seeing and smelling it in person.
Action time! Phone calls, figure it out.
We loaded the dog in to the car and I drove as fast as I could to the vet office........
Thor has extensive puncture wounds ALL OVER his face and legs. He has holes at the top of each ear, a hole in his lip, an ear almost torn off, eye pouring blood all over my back seat. But I got him there without crashing the car because I was crying so hard!
A quick heart worm test revealed that Thor does indeed have heart worms. But as we all sat around talking about this sweet dog, it became very clear. No one in the room wanted to have him put down. He is just to sweet, too gentle
SOOOOO
We cleaned all out his wounds. Thor got a serious bath and all of the dead tissue cut away. Lots of ointment, bandages, eye drops, pain meds and some antibiotics
And he is home now. We have converted our back room into a “hospital” for the time being.
Thor will need daily bandage changes and lots of wound care. We need to feed him and get some meat on his bones. Once he is strong enough we will work on the heartworm issue.
As I write this, he is sleeping in his new cage, He is no longer scared or in pain.
NOV 3rd DAY 1
November 4th - Day 2
NOV 5th - Day 3
November 6th - Day 4
November 7th - Day 5
November 8th - Day 6
He's rolling over for belly rubs!
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poor puppy. I don't see how some people cannot have a heart.
