Dying pit bull: a sad story with a happy ending

• Dying pit bull: a sad story with a happy ending

The problem of stray animals are concerned, many countries, and if all the dogs and cats in the central and northern European countries, either attach, or are in specialized centers, then to America to see the abandoned pets on the street - are still common. The heroine of this story, a pit bull, found on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The dog was in such terrible condition that veterinarians did not believe that she will survive. However, look what happened to her afterwards.

The first two days the vets were not sure if it will survive in the Spirit.

When found Spirit Golden Heart (Spirit Golden Heart) - it is so called pit bull because of the eager dogs survive and red spots in the form of heart on the side - she weighed only 11, 5 kg, that this breed for an adult dog is not lawful few. The dog suffered from numerous tick bites, she had worms, she was extremely exhausted - you could not just count all its ribs, but seemed to see through the skin, even the outline of the internal organs. The dog was extremely weak, she could not move.

When the special police unit has delivered the poor animal to the vets, doctors were extremely skeptical about its chances of survival. Pitbull give a maximum of 48 hours. "And 48 hours later she was still alive - says Tammy Bowman, one of the organizers of the special police unit dealing with stray animals -. She was a little happier, a little better look, but her health problems was still more than enough . "

"When we found the Spirit, it is separated from death just a few hours. On it sat a lot of fatty mites, and open wounds on the skin is already crawling worms. It was clear that the dog is given up and just waiting for his death. We could not understand why no it did not help, how long people just passed her Fortunately, someone called us, and we took her to the hospital, where doctors did everything they could, and the rest is dependent on the animal itself -. to want fight or not, but we believed in it -. and that is why on the first day it was named spirit ( "spirit "," Courage ")."

The difference in 5 months. Photo: GRFF.

Significant improvements occurred only 10 days after the Spirit was in the hospital - on the day the dog is finally able to stand on their own. It turned out that the dog is accustomed to living in a house - being able to get up on their feet, it is the first thing asked to the street to go to the toilet. However, it was only one of the good days - and in front of a dog waiting for both improvements and new health problems. It turned out that the Spirit suffers arthritis, and it hurt her to move, and the pain was so strong that the dog refused to eat anything, and weakened even more.

Dog Recovery was long and hard: repeated blood transfusions, multiple injections, a special mode. This dog is incredibly lucky - she found people who cared. They made every effort to save her life and try to return the animal lost health. And now, after 5 months of Spirit I have weighed 18, 5 kg.

Spirit Golden Heart got its name for its desire to survive and red spot in the shape of a heart on the side.

Now the pit bull weighs about 20 kg

Now Golden Heart Spirit lives in the family. After months, maybe even years, in the street, after so many people passed by her when she was on the verge of life, it is now Spirit is finally surrounded by love and care. Her owner affectionately calls the Spirit "chubby couch potatoes." Stray dogs - it is not necessarily equivalent to the danger. Sometimes it's just lonely animals who dream of his home, his family, friends, with whom they will be fine.