One of our volunteers met a lovely little staffy dog last weekend who had gone from being a poundie to a PAT dog - heres her story: This was the write up for Sunny when Safe and Sound first pulled her from the pound. She was in a very high kill Lincolnshire pound and on her last day. If they hadn’t pulled her out into emergency boarding she would undoubtedly have become another statistic. Another euthanized dog that no one knew and no one cared about. “Peggy, SBT female, 18 months to 2 years. Very friendly girl who has been in the wars. Peggy has extremely bad demodexmange. Has now seen a vet, had an Aludex bath and is on tablets. She is completely hairless in some parts and her eyes are sore and weeping; she has weeping, bleeding sores from scratching so much. Despite all the pain & discomfort, she is delightful lady who enjoys a fuss. She was very good at vets, waited till she got to the grass to toilet and does not seem toworried by other dogs. DW thinks she may even be ok with cats but would need further assessment.” I met her from the transport run. She had very little hair, excessively long nails and weeping sores on her muzzle and neck. She would sit in her cage whilst all the other dogs were going ballistic around her, quiet, not quite sure what was going on but always with this air of hope around her. She oozes optimism. I learn from her every day. She developed kennel cough fairly rapidly and I fostered her and took her home a week after her arrival at the rescue. Due to her low immune system the kennel cough had developed into a nasty infection so she went onto antibiotics to clear that up and had many, many aludex baths to cure her demodecticmange. Obviously I adopted her. She wasn’t going anywhere and certainly not back there. I have 2 other dogs who are not the most accepting of some other dogs but they took Sunny under their wing. It was as if they knew she was no threat and they knew she needed looking after. Over the months Sunny recovered well physically. She had no idea how to play with toys, she had no basic training and was terrified of metal poles and loud mental sounds. But her character and personality shone through every single day. She started doing Agility and thrived. She has no fear of the apparatus and loves every minute of it. We noticed how much she loved other dogs and people too and how she would adapt her behaviour around children or those who were more elderly or frail. She became far more gentle and less boisterous. We decided to put her forward as a PAT dog because of this and started ball rolling by applying for an application pack. Looking at what she was required to do made us realise she had a bit of work to do but she learned so quickly, always looking up with that expectant little face asking “is this right?” She passed her PAT dog assessment in August 2014 and she was officially accepted as a PAT dog in September. Yes Sunny, you got it right. This little dog is just like many other little dogs sitting in pounds and rescues across the country. She is just like the thousands of little dogs killed each year in pounds across the country.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000
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