Reba was brought to All Wags from Donna Norcross with Lucky Labs Rescue. Donna was in Stanly County and Reba was brought into Animal Control. She was so sick and malnourished that they were just going to put her to sleep. Well, Donna knew about how much Karen loves Bloodhounds, so she called her up and you all know what happened next, Reba came to All Wags. The poor thing was skin and bones and was about 30 lbs underweight. We immediately took her to Pressly Animal Hospital and Dr. Pressly told us we had a lot of work ahead of us and he couldn’t really tell us if she would survive. She tested positive for heartworms, was underweight, had an ear infection, and had probably already had 3 liters of puppies even though she was only about 1 ½ years old. He said the people who had her had probably just bred her from the first time she had gone in heat, gotten money from the puppies, and now didn’t need her anymore so they just put her out. Dr. Pressly immediately spayed her, started her heartworm treatments, got her started on ear medication and we brought her back to All Wags to recover. We fed her rotisserie chicken for weeks just to get weight on her. We had to clean her ears 3 times a day and just keep her quiet to let the heartworm treatment work. Every single employee at All Wags took her under their wing and between us all we nursed her back to health. She was cleared from Dr. Pressly and now we needed to get her adopted but the problem was we were all so much in love with her (Karen especially) that we never even put a sign up that she was available.
This past weekend Jake Gerhard, one of our pups that was with us from the old building and moved to Virginia, came to board with us. Anytime Jake’s parents travel they drive him to All Wags to stay with his old friends. Well, when Niki, Jake's mom walked in she saw Reba up front and wanted to know who she belonged to. Reba came out and worked her magic with Niki and after about 1 minute she was in love. Niki left and talked to her husband Chris and they called me Friday night saying that they wanted to adopt Reba. On Sunday morning we packed up her belongings , including a new collar, leash and bed, and off she went with her new family. We have gotten reports every day and Reba is one very lucky girl. She is being treated like the princess she is and deserves to be. She is sleeping on the sofa, going on long walks, has a fenced in back yard and now she has a new puppy brother and a new human brother Brooks who is 3 years old. Reba is being really good with Brooks and lets him climb all over her. Her and Jake are becoming best friends and sleep together every night on Reba’s bed. She has a true family that she is now a part of!
Niki and Chris promise to bring her back often to stay with her All Wags Family!!
No comments:
Post a Comment