By Kim Miller | President
Hello Las Lomas Supporters!
Cayenne was once a scared, timid, and very feral dog. We fed her, and a few others, for two full years before we were finally able to trap them and bring them to the rescue. They had never had any contact with humans and were terrified of everyone. Upon arriving to the shelter, we had to literally carry the traps inside the kennels and set them free inside the shelter.
Cayenne is slowly coming around. She still spends most of her time inside the dog house when humans are around but she does come to the front and sniff my legs while I am cleaning. If I am not looking at her directly, she will even come out of the dog house and stand beside me. One day, I caught her on top of the dog house and noticed she had a tumor.
She went to the vet, had all her blood work done and also x-rays to make sure the cancer wasn't in her lung. Fortunately, it wasn't. All of her blood work was good. So the next day she had surgery to remove the tumor. Pathology reports verified it was cancer. We are hopeful we caught it soon enough and the vet is confident he was able to remove all of it.
Cayenne had all of her shots updated as well. During this recovery time, we had a lot of thunderstorms and the weather was cold. Being that she is not good with other dogs, I couldn't bring her inside the house. We do have a roof on the shelter but when the wind is blowing strong the concrete sometimes still gets wet. We needed to keep her dry so she spent the past 11 days at the vet recovering from her surgery.
She is now back at the shelter and is as happy as she can be. Your donations helped to pay for this surgery and save her life. We took out a small loan to pay the remained of her bill.
We are very thankful to all of you for your support. We couldn't do what we do if it weren't for all of you. Any help you can give, no matter how big or how small, makes a difference in the lives of these animals. Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Kim, Cayenne and all the dogs of Las Lomas
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