Meet Angelita While returning from Dr. Fernando’s office in Uvita with a D.A.W.G. rescue that I am fostering that had contracted erlichea (tick disease, see Dominical Days D.A.W.G. article, October 2010), I noticed a small black object on the side of the road near the entrance to Poza Azul. Fearing it was yet another abandoned animal, I turned around to investigate. When I approached the lump in the grass, it did not move. When I reached it, I discovered a small, totally emaciated, blind female puppy. The puppy was surrounded by flies and maggots had hatched on her tiny body; her non-seeing eyes were blue with ulcers. She flinched and struggled when I lifted her into a box and then quickly curled up and went to sleep. I rushed back to Fernando’s and Roman and I bathed away the maggots and filth so she could be examined. Fernando treated her eyes immediately for ulcers although we were unsure how much if any sight she would regain. We fed her immediately and she was able to eat so we were able to avoid putting her on an i.v. After she was bedded down for the night, I resumed my journey home, alternately crying and screaming with rage against the perpetrators of this horror. I have been visiting Angel every few days since her rescue. A mere three days afterwards, she began to react to movement with one eye; on the second visit, she sat up. A few days later, she wagged her tail when I said her name, and the next time she showed me her belly. When I left after the next visit with two of my other dogs in stitches, she spoke. She is out of her Elizabethan collar now and when I lifted her out of the cage to cuddle her, I got my first kiss. Someday when she is well enough, she will find a good home as have over 75 D.A.W.G. rescues in the last 18 months. I saw Angel and did not turn a blind eye; Angel was blind and now she can see.
neuter their animals. Report abuse or neglect to me. Can you foster an animal while we provide food and medicine? Can you work at the library a couple hours a week or month to help us raise funds? Can you ask your veterinarian in your home country to contribute? Please send a note to dawgfostermom@gmail.com or call me at 88507477 if you would like to assist us or receive our periodic e-newsletter and notices of adoptees. Healthy animals up for adoption can be seen at the D.A.W.G. Tales Lending Library at the Feria in Uvita every Saturday. Also stop by Fernando’s for animals dropped on his doorstop. Thank you for your continued support and donations, We DAWG-on appreciate it!
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La Revista Original de Costa Ballena The Original Costa Ballena Magazine
There is no excuse for blindness to this cause. You can help by helping others to see. I know times are tough; I am funding D.A.W.G. out of my own pocket. Maybe it is a bit more charitable to give when it is more difficult. But if you can’t give money, you can help us educate. There is no excuse for throwing away a bag of puppies or drowning them or wringing the necks of kittens. We are here to help but we need your help. Make your neighbors aware that there is an alternative to this behavior. Encourage and help them to spay and Dominical Days 43