Ginger was a rescue. She was in a home with a young couple that had 2 very small children. They didn't know anything about dogs and were frustrated with her and were bringing her to the local shelter. I intercepted. She was very ill, never been to a vet, on a poor diet (they were feeding her that nasty food that looks like hamburger meat in plastic baggies) Her belly was so swollen from worms-she looked like an Ethiopian child!
The vet said the worms should have killed her and it took 7 treatments to get rid of them!
The people had been keeping her locked in a bathroom with no paper-so she had no clue she wasn't supposed to go poddie on the floor. I'm still having a hard time teaching her to go outside. They obviously had been beating her - she was scared of everything!!
They told me she kept hurting the baby, so they had to keep yelling at her and locking her up. (god knows what "the baby" did to her-because she still is terrified of small children!)
It took months to get her over her fears and it took months to get her healthy, she had complications when she got spayed. She just wouldn't heal. The vet said we probably should have waited a little longer-cause she hadn't built up enough strength yet and her imunity system still hadn't recovered enough.
Well, she made it thru. She is doing better now. She is a very hyper pup, which I didn't realize at first-she was so sick and unhealthy she didn't have the energy. She does now!!!
She and Tyr get along great and he needed a playmate-so she'll probably be staying with us.