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Saturday, October 18, 2014

'Bait Dog' Lucky To Be Alive: 3-Month-Old Faces Tough Recovery


It is a miracle this puppy is still alive.

Veterinarians suspect he was used as a "bait dog" for dog fighting, because of the severity of his injuries to his head and neck.

Fortunately Home at Last Dog Rescue saved this little guy from a Philadelphia high kill shelter where he'd been dropped off.

The puppy was rushed to a Norristown Veterinary hospital, where it was touch and go with the dog clinging to life.

It's hard to believe anyone could hurt this sweet little puppy. At just 3-months old, he's got a face that melts your heart.

"It's amazing that he's alive. The injuries to the top of his head have taken the muscle off all the way down to his skull so his skull is visible right now," said Dr. Tim Schwab of VMD Metropolitan Veterinary Associates.

His wounds are too graphic to show, the bandages hiding the horror of dog fighting.

Surgeon Tim Schwab suspects he was used as a bait dog.

"He was attacked by a dog that could open his mouth at least this wide because it looks to be one major bite if not two in the same area, so it was definitely a big dog with a lot of jaw power," said Schwab.

Chrissy Cutulli of Home at Last Dog Rescue is part of the team that saved this pup from a high kill shelter, Sunday night. The dog was near death.

"It was a hard 24 hours to know what was gonna happen," said Chrissy, "He's probably the worst case we've ever seen."

Chrissy is fostering the puppy, who they've name Max, until he is well enough to be adopted.

Sadly that could take months and multiple surgeries.

"It breaks my heart. Totally breaks my heart to see him in that much pain and that he's you know only three months old, somebody could do that to him." Said Chrissy.

This dog lover and life saver, brings Max to the vet every day to have his bandages changed and his meds checked, so his wounds can continue to heal.

"It's a labor of love," said Chrissy.

And the payoff is priceless for all those involved in giving this little guy a second chance at life.

"I see him being a happy family dog," she said.

"He's a beautiful dog and he has a great personality. I mean to have such severe wounds," said Schwab, "He is just happy and sits and wags his tail, licks your face, and is just happy to be alive."

Max's medical expenses are expected to run well over $10,000

Home at Last Dog Rescue, is completely volunteer and runs totally on donations.

The rescue has set up a go fund me account to cover max's veterinary care. If you would like to help out, or get involved with the organization visit the links below.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/maxhomeatlastdogrescue
http://www.homeatlastdogrescue.com/









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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Fundraiser to Save Sick Pit Bull Was Derailed by Fake Online Donations - Fraudulent Donations Have Been Removed and Account is Now Being Monitored



Felines & Canines, a no-kill animal shelter based in Chicago, decided to take in Sheba, a 3-year-old pit bull from a local intake facility, they thought the sick dog had a mild case of kennel cough. But after examination, the shelter discovered that Sheba was stricken with the potentially deadly virus Parvo.

The dog was given a blood transfusion and monitored closely by a veterinary technician at the Animal Care Center of Chicago. But with some complications, Sheba's medical care quickly became too extensive for Felines & Canines to afford on their own. So the shelter started a GoFundMe campaign to try to raise money to help cover the costs.

And according to a report from NBC Chicago, the money began to pour in. But many of the donations-some of $550 or more-turned out to be fraudulent. Scammers who were testing out stolen credit cards on the crowdfunding site likely caused the phony donations.

The shelter was immediately disheartened and worried that donors would lose faith in the validity of the fundraising effort.

GoFundMe said in a statement that they caught the fraudulent donations early and were able to remove them from the campaign. The website team has also promised to monitor the campaign closely to make sure scammers do not keep inflating the total.

Sheba remains in critical care at the Animal Care Center of Chicago, but an update on the campaign website explains that is making baby steps towards recovery. The team is taking it "hour-by-hour and day-by-day." Any donations received that exceed the cost of Sheba's medical care will go directly to helping other animals in need.

Currently the donations on Sheba's GoFundMe page are just shy of $16,000-a huge excess of the original $1,500 that was asked for by the shelter. Hopefully all of those donations are real and this amazing pit bull gets the highest quality medical care.




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