By Danielle Barnes | Project Leader
Dixie is a 4-year-old English Mastiff that is the sweetest and calmest girl you could ever met. She was originally brought in as a stray when a good Samaritan found her wandering about in a neighborhood. After a few short days the owner was located due to a microchip. The owner felt like it was better for Dixie to be signed over as she didn't have the money to care for her properly.
Sadly, Dixie had already suffered way too long in her poor condition. First her skin was a "hot mess". It was thin and even nonexistent in some areas, while being red, itchy and smelly. She was underweight at 83 pounds but you could tell was hungry all the time. She also visibly had trouble walking and her back legs bowed out. She acted like she wanted to jump up to greet you but just couldn’t. She was so sweet and would just wag her tail all the time. Even that caused her problems and she had to be moved to a different area because she got "happy tail". This is a condition that dogs kept in a kennel can develop from wagging their tails so much against the side of the kennel they bleed. POOR GIRL!
Warrick Animal Guardians took her to the vet to see how bad she really was and if there was anything, we could do to help her. It was not good news...she was heartworm positive, had a flea allergy and itching herself raw in spots. Even worse both hips were in bad shape and both of her knees were shot! She had to go on medications to help give her some pain relief. She got a bath every few days and strict instructions to not allow us to let her over do things while we tried to find her a rescue or home!
About 5 days later we noticed Dixie had even more trouble walking. After inspection a large mass and swelling was seen on her right front elbow. Warrick Animal Guardians took her back to the vet! She had a large abscess and the clinic put her under to drain the abscess and got her on even more meds. Dixie has been at the vet now for 6 days so she can get round the clock care. We are hoping she heals well enough to get her heartworm treatment so we can move forward with finding her a new home.
Warrick Animal Guardians pays for 100% of the medical care for any animals entering Warrick County Animal Control. The county doesn't even have a cat food or dog food budget much less any type of funding for medical care for animals in need. Your donations directly affect the lives of these animals. Thank you for caring about them and supporting us in helping make their lives better and much less painful in Dixies case!
By Danielle Barnes | Project Leader
By Danielle Barnes | Project Leader
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