My poor
little puppy, his mother is 14 yrs old, and he was born with a crooked snout,
his tendons were not formed properly so he cannot stand up properly. He slips
all over the place. His hind limbs criss cross when he tries to stand. He limps
because his left knee hurts.
My daughter
in law brought him home one day, but little did she know how sick he was. I
ended up taking care of him. A week later, he had epileptic seizures. However,
he is so sweet and lovable even if he’s not perfect.
We are now
giving him some medications for his epileptic seizures and he has been fine for
a few months. He is now 8 months old. We hope he doesn’t have any other fits it’s
horrible to assist and not be able to do anything besides hold him as still as
possible until he gets over it.
Next
Wednesday we are going for X-rays to see exactly what is wrong with his hind
legs besides the kneecap. We are also integrating his diet with vitamins and integrators
for his tendons. We have to pick him up when we bring him downstairs seeing he
cannot walk up or down the stairs. Thank goodness, he has stopped growing, he is
11 kg. I hope he stays that way.
He misses
his companion. It was a male kitten a few months older then Blacky. They use to
run after each other and sleep together on the couch. Unfortunately, in Italy
the hunters drop poisoned bait in the woods in the spring. Oreste our kitten
was poisoned; we had an autopsy done by the veterinarian and he confirmed the
poison was pesticide.
Oreste
hardly ever went out, but one evening he stayed out all night and the next
morning I found him lying dead under a tree. The authorities said that they had
more important things to take care of than go searching for whom were
responsible for the pesticide poisoning. Imagine that.
I have two
other cats besides Willy and Giant, one is called Walter and the other
“Macchia” which would be spot in English. Well Macchia disappeared, I hope he
has found a new home and hasn’t been poisoned like Oreste. Walter disappeared
but came back after two weeks, starving to death. I called them Ying and Yang
because they were always together. Here’s a picture of them in their basket.
Do you have
any similar problems with your dogs? Would you operate your dog if he had the
same problems Blacky has? I would love
to see Blacky run as other dogs in the park but I am afraid to put him through
surgery.
It makes me
realize how lucky I have been with my children. They are healthy, I was
thinking imagine if I had a child with a handicap as Blacky has, it mustn’t be
easy for parents whom have children that have handicaps.
Here are a
few links to websites in Italian about poisoned bait. As I mentioned the
authorities are doing nothing about it. It is very sad. The problem everyone
seems to have is, not having enough time to be able to organize a task force
and get something done.
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