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Below is the story of Patrick
and how he touched allof us. Patrick Memorial Fund: A special way you can
Honor Your Pet
Had
a message on my machine today 3/17/2004 from a gal in Greenwood.
Called her back and she starts telling me about her neighbor who
has a dal and has been evicted - is moving out and leaving the dal
there. It gets worse. Seems this dal (a male named Spot) is so emaciated
that every bone is sticking out on his body - she said she thinks
he couldn't weigh more than 20 lbs. and is having trouble standing.
She has been feeding him for the past couple of days, plus giving
him water and also gave him some wormer. She has two dogs and cannot
take him, She said the guy says he has been feeding Spot and can't
understand why he is so skinny. How many times have we heard that
one? She has never seen any food there - or water. She said the
guy brought Spot with him when he moved in about 4 years ago. He
said that he had no place to take him, and he just might take him
to the spca and say he found him so they wouldn't charge him with
anything. If he did that the spca would probably put him down immediately
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Hey
everyone - the Greenwood dal is now in Dave's loving care 3/18/2004
- he is getting him to his vet right now. This boy is very very bad
- I wanted to get him to my vet yesterday so that he didn't have to
spend one more day at the shelter, but that didn't work out. But he
needs to be hospitalized. He is beyond emaciated, and has been chewing
on his tail and it looks really bad. We have taken Irene's suggestion
and his name is now Patrick! Thanks Irene - we think it suits him.
The "owner" turned himself in yesterday and pled guilty, so he has already been charged and sentenced. He kept insisting that he fed him - sure he did - but I am sure that Jerry from the spca told him that if he pleaded not guity and it went to trial he would be looking at jail time, plus he is moving to MD - and he would not be allowed to leave the state until after the trial. He received an $800 fine, one year's probation and of course the old "can't own an animal for 5 years" Should be never! He does have HW's and probably Lymes. However the shelter did say it was a mild case. This boy is super sweet!!! The ACO who picked him up did not put him in the back of the truck - he put him up front with him, and Patrick rode with his head on the ACO's lap the whole trip. I have a pic of the ACO with him - his name is Steve. As you can imagine he is super attached to him and asked for lots of pictures. I had put loads of comforters in the back of the Jeep for him so he would be super comfortable. But - once I got in the Jeep he crawled up and laid on the console with his head in my lap. He has to be touching you all the time - he is so starved for affection. So I pulled over - took all the boxes I had in the passenger seat and put them in the back. Put a comforter in the passenger seat and laid him on top of it. He did stay there but stretched across the console so I could pet him the entire trip. Patrick is 5 years old and not a large dal - but a very handsome one. | ||
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Update 3/18/2004- The vet saw Patrick and didn't think he needed to be hospitalized. He has a very bad case of whipworms (treated him with strongid) and is anemic. He is HW poss and has Lymes. The vet thinks he'll come around with water and food given on a regular basis. Dave is cooking him chicken and rice with an immodium chaser. The vet said he'll see him again in a week or two. Wants him to gain 10 lbs before he worms him for any other parasites and does any more treatments. Update 3/23/2004- Patrick is doing real good and gets along well with my other dogs. He is house trained and a real mush, loves attention!! 3-30-2004 - Patrick had a minor set back. He has kennel cough,
most likely from his brief shelter stay. He lost his appetite and
was eating very little. The vet changed his antibiotics and he's eating
again and doing well. He has gained three pounds. He continues to
be a sweetie, getting along with everyone he meets. He's sleeping
in Dave's bed and loving life.
Hello everyone, I was just preparing an update for you when Dave called me this morning. We have some sad news. Patrick died last night. He was doing so well and was scheduled to see the vet this afternoon for a check up. Dave, his foster dad was feeding small, frequent meals and his appetite was picking up again. Patrick was gaining weight. He had his last treatment for hookworms/parasites a few days ago. He was still battling kennel cough but responding to the change in antibiotics and doing well. We were waiting for him to gain strength and recover from his malnutrition so we could start heartworm treatments in a few weeks. We are all in tears. Dave is devastated. He tried so hard to help Patrick survive. He gave him a safe warm place to stay, a comfortable bed to lay on, good food and lots of love. Dave did a wonderful job with him and gave him the best. Patrick was blessed to have fallen into such great hands. I do not understand how people can be so heartless and cruel to animals. I am grateful, and thank God, for creating loving, kind people like you all. Thank you for your prayers and donations to help Patrick. Your support made a difference in his life and made our job so much easier. Patrick was one of the kindest, most gentle souls we've met. We'd like to keep his memory alive and if it's ok with you we would like to use the remainder of your donations to help another dog in need, possibly another heartworm positive dog. Attached is a picture taken yesterday of Patrick on Dave's bed. Oh, how I wish my news was better. Thank you again for your kindness and generosity. Warm regards, Robbie Willing Hearts Dalmatian Rescue, Inc From Dave, Patrick's foster dad: I want to thank everyone who sponsored Patrick and everyone that has prayed for him. Patrick was the sweetest dog I ever had in my home and I had some sweet ones. Patrick wanted to be by me so much that he would look for me while I was sleeping He found my room and laid next to the bed too week to jump up but by the third day he was up on the bed and under the covers.He never stopped wagging his tail . He knew he was going to be taken care of . Thank you all again. There wasnt a dry eye in the vets office .He touched a lot of people.
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