Rachael to the rescue

​Our founder, Rachael, often says “rescue has no boundaries” and this week, during the coronavirus pandemic, Rachael proved that to be true.
 
In a local chat group, we were made aware of a number of dogs being kept is awful conditions in a small back garden.  The weather at the time was really hot, and it was clear to see that these dogs needed help, fast.

Shocking conditions

​​Rachael spent hours on the phone talking to the owner, his relatives and various people in the dog rescue community and finally got agreement, from the owner, that he would willingly hand over the dogs to us.

The team turned up to collect the dogs, a female rottweiler (Skye), a male rottweiler (Zeus) and a bull mastiff cross (Fluffy). The two rotties were super friendly but the bully cross was very, very nervous.  We had been warned that he was aggressive but really only saw a very scared dog.  On top of this, it turned out that Skye was pregnant.

​Rachael had already found experienced rescue accommodation for the dogs so that they could be removed quickly and so the dogs were picked up and taken to their foster homes.

​Once Skye was with her foster mum, the team noticed she was bleeding a bit and so they rushed her to the local vet.  

A very scared Fluffy

The heavily pregnant Skye

Emergency vet appointment

After a scan, the vet said that she could not hear any heartbeats and gave us two options… one, take her home with some antibiotics or two, perform a c-section and see if the puppies were alive.  We felt that the kindest, and safest option for Skye was to go ahead with the operation.  After a few nail-biting minutes, the vet informed us that she had 6 puppies.  Sadly, three had not survived but the other three were healthy, as was their mum.

To say we were delighted was an understatement, and we are so grateful that we were able to get her out of that terrible situation and into a safe loving environment, and more importantly, get her the veterinary care she needed so quickly.  Sadly, some tumours have also been found on Skye's spleen so we will be taking her back for some tests, once she has recovered from her c-section. 

Proud Momma, looking gratefully at her foster mum

Meet Buddy, Cash and Junior

Skye is now back at her foster home and happily feeding her three gorgeous male pups.  Both Zeus and Fluffy were entire (not neutered) and so we were unsure who the Daddy was, but it’s clear from the pictures, that the Daddy is in fact Fluffy, the bully cross. Skye's foster mum had the honour of naming these pups, and she has  called them Cash, Buddy and Junior.

Junior

Buddy

Cash

​Zeus and Fluffy are settling into their foster homes too and we will be giving them time to settle in and be assessed before we decide on the next steps for them but, rest assured, they will be treated like kings and loved to bits.

We need your help

We were not expecting the dogs to have to see a vet so quickly when we rescued them, which s is not to say that we wouldn’t have rescued them had we know,n. It does however mean that we now have a rather large vet bill to cover, as well as the ongoing care of the dogs and the puppies.

We have set up a Go Fund Me page to raise fund for this trio that turned into six! If you are able, please make a donation - no amount is too small. 

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