A stray dog came here three days ago, a beautiful medium-sized black and white colored long-haired dog. She would not let me close to her all the first day. She was so skinny and dirty! I put some food out and watched her eat after I went back into the house.
The next day she hid in the garage and I showed her the food I had for her and gave it to her. By evening she let me pet her. She got even more trusting the next day. She started following me all over the yard. As I petted her I noticed a huge infected growth around her female parts. It was awful looking! Well, I started calling everyone around here to try to see if anyone had lost a dog of her description. But no one had. I posted a sign at the vet's office also. I wanted to find the owners so they could get her to the vet's office right away. And I was falling in love with this sweet-natured dog.
I fixed her a nice clean bed in a a dog house and we brought it close to the house. She seemed to have the need to be near us. She went in it and laid down in her fresh clean bed.
Oh, I hope no one comes for her. She has already got me hooked!
(day 3)
I decided to name the stray dog "Pandy" after a panda bear. I took Pandy to the vet today. We weighed her and she weighed 30 pounds (after eating ravenously for three days). She is still just skin, bones, and fur. The vet told me that she has a breast tumor. He says that she has had it for awhile. He wanted to know if I would want to spend a lot on her for surgery or just have him put her to sleep. He offered me a discount price since she is a stray. It would cost over $300 dollars to cut the tumor off. He said because the tumor had been let go so long that she would die without surgery (it is the size of a baseball and draining from infection.) I said that I could not have her put to sleep. He gave me some antibiotics and sent us home. The surgery is to be done Monday. He also said I could bathe her.
I took her home and gave her a warm bath. She was loaded with fleas and ticks. I combed out all the tangles and lumps that were left from the infection, and from being lost so long. I think I cried the whole time I was cleaning her! Thinking.... how could someone have treated her so badly?
She already knows how to heel and she has had leash training sometime in her life. She sits when I tell her to. She is a really good dog. Anyway it was a pretty depressing day.
The vet thinks someone may have dumped her because of the large smelly draining tumor. He is going to write me out some papers on the bad condition we found her in. Just in case her owners come and try to claim her, he says they will have to reimburse us for the cost of treatment.
My Saturday has been filled with trying to care for Pandy. Please wish Pandy good luck! I will post pictures as soon as they are developed and scanned.
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Poor Pandy, people are so cruel!
Lilith Cherry
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