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A RESCUE IS PUT DOWN – A SAD DAY WITH HOPE

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

yesterday, one of my Facebook fans sent me a message asking that I call to get information on a Cavalier that needed help. He had gotten out, been involved in a dog fight, and sustained quite a few injuries. (some speculation on exactly what happen) The owners didn’t have the money to help with medical bills, and weren’t doing anything, hoping that the dog would get better. In the meantime, infection had set in. After reaching the owners, and negotiating with them (the man wanted money for help, but didn’t want to give the dog to rescue, the lady wanted to give the dog to rescue-NOTE-rescue never gives money, they require that any dog needing help be given to rescue) In the meantime, the dog was in bad shape, and deteriorating. After a few calls, they agreed to give the dog to rescue, and a foster(not me) picked the Cavalier up. He was in much worse shape than expected, and was taken immediately to the emergency vet. Following are the comments, some number of hours later, from the rescue coordinator.

Im devastated..we had to put the dog down. .he was in much worse shape than the owner told us..broken ribs sternum and was going to lose his leg. The infection was killing him. Vet said would cost about 25 thousand to try and save him and probably wouldn’t make it. Yes the er vet just called me and said we did the right thing.he was suffering greatly One of my fosters picked him up tonight..she’s also devastated

The hope is that rescue really does work. This dog was rescued, and put out of his misery, and what was surely going to be a miserable slow death.

Thanks to my Facebook friend, Tammy, for letting me know about the situation.

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Bentley Is About Ready for Adoption

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Bentley is just about ready for adoption. We’ve had him some number of weeks now, and he is about ready to go.

Bentley is a male ruby, about 1.5 years old, but acts much older. He is VERY sweet, and not jumpy like an 18 month old puppy. He is 90% housebroken, and as you can see in the pictures, he sits real pretty. He has already learned to eat ONLY when I say go, and he eats and interacts well with the other dogs. He also knows not to sit in the driver seat of the car, and only exit on the passenger side. He goes everywhere with us. He likes to play with Lance, who is about his age, but otherwise he just chills and stays close to his foster daddy. He has a beautiful coat, and weighs about 18 pounds, and I dont expect him to get much if any bigger, so he’s about normal in weight and size. When we got him, he was diagnosed with heartworms, but has had his first treatment, and will have his second treatment July 5. We will know for sure shortly thereafter if he is heartworm negative, i.e., no heartworms. He was spayed a few weeks ago, that went well. He gets a bath every Friday along with the rest of the babies. I am his foster, to adopt him please visit the Cavalier rescue site and fill out a rescue application. he is excited to begin parent interviews and meet you, and we will miss him, but then we can save another Cavalier. Dont forget you can click the images to download full size pictures. You will find more pictures of Bentley here, just type "Bentley" in the search field, and you will also find pictures of him on our Spoiled Cavaliers Facebook page, where we have over 1,000 fans. We hope you will become a fan too, and post pictures of your Cavaliers.

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