Unbelievable

Thank you for all of your kind words and prayers for Hope!! I truly appreciate your support! As long as I have been doing rescue work this is the worst I have ever seen and again I am amazed that she is alive as is everyone else. Her progress is slow but she is in good spirits. She is an angel and loves everybody. Eventhough she cannot see you she looks at you and your heart instantly melts. We are working on getting weight put on her and getting her diabetes regulated. She was probably never treated for her diabetes. Now she is in heat-the poor thing was never spayed. Hopefully this will not hinder her recovery. It is awful because she is uncomfortable. It will be a while before she can undergo surgery. We are hoping that in the near future we can take her to an eye specialist to see if her cataracts can be removed and have some or all of her sight restored. I am praying for this to happen as I would love be there when Hope can see the world around her and to know that people love her and she will never be mistreated again! She is still at the veterinary hospital and will be for some time. I visit her every day and walk her and she is such an inspiration to me! When I look at her I realize the problems I think I have are nothing compared to what she has been through. Again, thank you and I will keep you updated on how she is doing.

Bless you, Dogresq!!!!! I pray that Hope makes it through all this. She deserves a better life than what she had. It breaks my heart to know how much she has suffered. How wonderful of you to visit her and try to help her. Please keep us posted on her very difficult road to recovery. Our prayers will be with you every step of the way.

Welcome to the BB. We love to hear successful rescue stories. I pray that Hope will be one, too.

Sue

Thanks for the update on this poor creature. She must be a born fighter to have survived all this. Please keep up posted.

Hey Dogresq!! I'm glad you found the site!! Welcome aboard. You must tell everyone about your brood. They think we're crazy with our 10, you can join the bandwagon with your 8!! Thanks for the update on Hope. And also thank you for calling the other night so that I could post a little bit about her. We all hope a pray for a speedy recovery and I'm hoping for her that her heat period is brief...that has to be miserable. Definitely keep us posted.

Hi, DOGRESQ, & welcome. I am so honoured to know you & that brave dog, Hope. She sounds such a sweet, clever dog despite all that she has suffered.
Please keep us up-to-date. I wish I was a bit closer (like in the same country!) so that I could help in some practical way.
But my thoughts...& loads of admiration...are with you & Hope.

Welcome to Pet Talk, dogresq! Like Angels3 said, it is quite an honor to know someone so caring. Thank you for taking care of sweet Hope. Please keep us updated on her condition, and on the adoption that we all pray will come soon! Give her some kisses for me.

Thanks again for your support! I brought her home today, just for the day, to give her a change of scenery and extra love and attention. She did pretty well. She didn't know what stairs were and had a little trouble going up and down. And very sad, she doesn't know what toys are. I tried to get her to play and she had no idea what I was trying to do. Hopefully I can change that. She got along well with my other 8 dogs and when they tried to play with her she had no idea either what they were doing. I am going to try and bring her home in the evenings and on weekends to get her aclimated to a home environment. She followed me around the whole day-which I didn't mind at all! Thanks for your prayers-they help! I'll let you know how she is progressing!

that is bittersweet...i am so glad you could show this poor creature a loving home...even if just for a little while...it is sad that she obviously has not experienced this before..i hope she finds a forever home soon...but we applaud all your efforts...and a daily prayer for her to be weel,strong and loved....the deli dog :)

That's wonderful. With all your help, I'm sure she will progress. Now she will get a little of the love she deserves!

It is wonderful that you can show Hope what its like to be loved and to play with toys and someday she will be someones loved pet. Praying for her.

I am very Hope-ful about the chances for this precious dog. Thank you, Mugsy, for putting her rescuer in touch with us and to you DOGRESC for keeping us up to date. I don't deal with stories like this very well, but I do care so much.

Thanks for providing the address to send donations.

Logan

How great of you to take her to your house for the day! I was so sad when I heard that she didn't even know how to play... but I am sure with your help, she will learn soon :) All fingers and paws here are still crossed hoping that Hope gets her forever home soon!

Special thanks to Sudilar for posting Hope's story and to Mugsy for posting the information on where to send donations to help Hope. Hope thanks you also!!! :)

No, the thanks goes to you Dogresq, you are actually helping her!!! Hope her life continues to get better and better.

Hope was spayed on Friday and unfortunately there was a mass that looked very suspicious. She has a drain in place where they had to make the large incision. She was very uncomfortable Friday after the surgery and would not eat. As you know it is critical for diabetics to eat so they can have their Insulin. Saturday morning she ate a little canned food so at least she could have her Insulin. When I visited her Saturday afternoon she seemed to be doing better but was not yet herself. The pathology report will not be back until Friday and I pray that it is not cancer. Hope was starting to come around and put on weight. This would be a terrible set back. Regardless of what the pathology report says as soon as she has recovered from this surgery she will be coming home with me. She is a very strong girl and no matter what she comes up against she is a fighter. I will do whatever I can for her to give her the best life. :(