Wish - UPDATE
This is from the Akita Rescue of West NY. Poor wish. Such a heartbreaking tale.
It started with an email from a very caring ACO who had found a stray Akita in DEPLORABLE condition! well honestly we get these emails so often I thought maybe it really wasn't that bad. But when I viewed the pictures, I realized this was indeed a case of BEYOND DEPLORABLE condition.
This poor female is only 46 pounds and was severely dehydrated -- needing 5 bags of fluids! She was in the ACO's estimation starving and probably running loose for several years. Luckily this caring ACO found her! The ACO and the staff named her WISH because they felt she had been wishing for someone to care enough to help and she must be wishing for a better life because her will to live is STRONG!
The ACO did some investigation and found -- YES AGAIN -- this dog was microchipped to the Hunte Corporation who sells MANY, MANY, MANY Akita puppies to pet stores in our area among others. When the ACO contacted Hunte Corp., they offered the date of birth and color of the Akita found! Well my thoughts here are for another day and another fight. Right now we need to focus on Wish and her rehab.
Turns out Wish is 8.5 years of age. The ACO uses a local Vet office for stray holds and Wish was in good hands. Further tests found she had sarcoptic mange, was lymes positive, but luckily HW negative and fecal negative. Wish needs hand feeding for the moment but she is hanging on. As soon as she is well enough to travel -- hopefully another week from 1/9/09 -- she will be taken to a vet in Massachusetts who is a wonderful supporter of ARWNY's rescue efforts. His vet tech, Cassi, is a volunteer with ARWNY and has fostered special need dogs in the past. Wish will be taken there for her rehab and her recovery. Then she will need a forever, permanent, loving home where she will never fear for food or safety.
This wonderful dog needs us now and ARWNY begs you will reach deep and send whatever you can to help cover vet expenses, recovery, and rehab for Wish. Please help us to save this deserving soul -- Wish needs you now more than ever!!
Help ARWNY to not let her down!
Akita Rescue of WNY
It started with an email from a very caring ACO who had found a stray Akita in DEPLORABLE condition! well honestly we get these emails so often I thought maybe it really wasn't that bad. But when I viewed the pictures, I realized this was indeed a case of BEYOND DEPLORABLE condition.
This poor female is only 46 pounds and was severely dehydrated -- needing 5 bags of fluids! She was in the ACO's estimation starving and probably running loose for several years. Luckily this caring ACO found her! The ACO and the staff named her WISH because they felt she had been wishing for someone to care enough to help and she must be wishing for a better life because her will to live is STRONG!
The ACO did some investigation and found -- YES AGAIN -- this dog was microchipped to the Hunte Corporation who sells MANY, MANY, MANY Akita puppies to pet stores in our area among others. When the ACO contacted Hunte Corp., they offered the date of birth and color of the Akita found! Well my thoughts here are for another day and another fight. Right now we need to focus on Wish and her rehab.
Turns out Wish is 8.5 years of age. The ACO uses a local Vet office for stray holds and Wish was in good hands. Further tests found she had sarcoptic mange, was lymes positive, but luckily HW negative and fecal negative. Wish needs hand feeding for the moment but she is hanging on. As soon as she is well enough to travel -- hopefully another week from 1/9/09 -- she will be taken to a vet in Massachusetts who is a wonderful supporter of ARWNY's rescue efforts. His vet tech, Cassi, is a volunteer with ARWNY and has fostered special need dogs in the past. Wish will be taken there for her rehab and her recovery. Then she will need a forever, permanent, loving home where she will never fear for food or safety.
This wonderful dog needs us now and ARWNY begs you will reach deep and send whatever you can to help cover vet expenses, recovery, and rehab for Wish. Please help us to save this deserving soul -- Wish needs you now more than ever!!
Help ARWNY to not let her down!
Akita Rescue of WNY
Comments
I hope she fully recovers and has not used too much of her reserves damaging vital organs. That she made it this far is quite a miracle! I have seen two shibas similar to this and they did survive so I always say where there is life there is hope. Recovery time will take a while since it needs to happen slowly. Big kudos to the shelter worker and rescue folks who were willing to help her.
Snf
Juju in NYC Shelter (This was a REALLY heartbreaking case):
Here's Juju after all-breed group fostering:
ARWNY has taken on the care of a very sad neglect case. More will be posted, along with pictures, on our website but the gist of it is this: JuJu was given up when his owner lost his housing in NYC. He was taken to a shelter & pulled out by an all-breed group right before ARWNY's rep got there to take him out. This group then put him into foster care (after several bad placements first) while he was healthy and weighed 85 lbs. 2 months later, he was rushed to the vet clinic in NYC weighing only 42 lbs, emaciated, dehydrated, unable to walk without falling, and certainly on the brink of death.
Juju Today:
Many of you have asked to be updated on our Juju that was starved down to 40 pounds and left to die in CT,
when ARWNY stepped in to save this beautiful fellow.
Right now Juju is a whooping 87 pounds! Looking buff and has really come around. Juju has had a few ups and downs medically, however, it does not stop him from enjoying a good time with his foster family in the snow and a toy! ARWNY thanks Joann and Matt and Max and Arizona for providing the love to get JuJu physically healthy -- emotionally he will need more time to trust again.
I have heard many good things about ARWNY so I am glad they were there to help bring him back to his former glory!
Juju is really a beautiful dog! Thanks for sharing his turn around.
Snf
Please post any updates you get on Wish.
I'll post updates as I get them.
From ARWNY website:
As our welcome page shows, Wish has a sad story to tell. Wish was found hiding under some boards in a barn trying to keep her bones warm. At the time, she was only 42 pounds, and was almost bald due to mange. In the dead of winter in rural NH, our Wish was still trying desperately to hang on to the little bit of life she had left within her body. That was then and this is now!! With intensive care, lots of love, time, and devotion, Wish is now whole again! She plays, eats, and is enjoying her life. Wish is an 8.5 year old spayed female Akita who is excellent in the home, is very well behaved with children over 10, and aims to please. Wish is tolerant of cats, and can live happily with a nice male dog. Wish is heartworm negative, lymes positive and being treated, up to date on shots, spayed, and fecal clear. This beautiful gal has been through so much and is now ready for her new home.
Best of luck to her and many thanks to ARWNY!
I've been in a bad mood today but this really is an uplifting story that I'm glad I read.
Jesse
hope she will find her warm forever home soon!
gambate wish!
I wish Wish and her family the best luck in the World!