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Facebook friends rescue ‘Miracle’ the dog

Beth-Andy Kohn Gresham’s photos, shared on Facebook, along with her callout for help, generated a huge response.

By Suzanne Choney

“PLASTIC CONTAINER IS STUCK OVER THIS BABY’S HEAD !!!! NEEDS IMMEDIATE HELP !!!!!!” read a frantic Facebook posting last Friday by Beth-Andy Kohn Gresham, rescuer of homeless and needy animals.

That container was only one part of Miracle’s miseries, Gresham would find out later. The young dog — estimated to be between 6 and 8 months old — had previously been hit by a car and also shot in her right ear, likely with a BB gun, according to a vet who is now treating Miracle.

Gresham, of Memphis, Tennessee, has a Facebook page filled with the photos of animals rescued and those needing homes. When Tracee Burton spotted the thin dog with its head trapped in the container, wandering in a wooded area off of Interstate 40, she stopped and tried to help it, but the frightened creature ran into the woods.

Burton called Gresham, who managed to get within 20 feet of the dog before it ran off again. on a work lunch break, Gresham came back to the site again. she reported on Facebook that she was:

… able to get this pic (it has been zoomed in) I am leaving jobsite now and going back by. Hoping it will be laying in same place and traffic noise will help me sneak up !! THIS BABY CAN NOT EAT OR DRINK with this container stuck !!! VERY THIN can see ribs !! Must be getting some air or would not have lasted this long today !! If ANYONE CAN HELP please let me know ASAP!!!

Hundreds of people responded with offers of help after Gresham posted the photo. “The animal loving community pulled together quickly,” she said on Facebook. “By early afternoon, the search began. we were disappointed that we were not able to locate her that night.” a Facebook effort was made to get a search group together for Saturday.

“Again we searched and searched and NOTHING,” Gresham said on Facebook. “We were ALL so SCARED for this poor baby, but no one would give up !!”

But the effort and word-of-mouth-via-Facebook paid off. even TV station WREG covered the story. Miracle was spotted — lured and trapped by animal rescue volunteer Chester Burns who, with the help of other volunteers, got the container off the dog. Gresham shared this 47-second video on Facebook right after that.

They took Miracle to Shelby Center Hospital for Animals where she was “bathed, ticks galore removed, given fluids, weighed in at 28 lbs., (should be around 40-45 lbs.),” treated for fleas and worms, “then went home” with a foster dog parent, Gresham wrote on Facebook:

This sweet girl has had a ROUGH life so far! Full body x-rays were taken and it was determined she has recently been hit by a car. there was a fracture to her left pelvis and her lower jaw bone. It will be determined later, once she gains some weight and gets her strength back if it will bother her, and if surgery will needed. she also has a shallow socket where the head of the femur connects to her hip in the right pelvis area which appears to be a birth defect. they also discovered that she had been shot with a BB gun, a BB was removed from right ear … she is on antibiotics and pain meds for the procedure today to remove the BB and the pain for her hips.

Miracle will be fostered until the Memphis Humane Society “has room for her or until she is adopted,” Gresham says on Facebook. The dog, is an “amazing soul. she has endured more in her short life and she is still a SWEET, LOVING and a TRUSTING girl!”

Gresham urges those who want to help to contact the Humane Society to make donations in Miracle’s name:

“We didn’t fail her when she was in the woods alone, so let’s not fail her now, at a time she really needs us to heal and recover from this nightmare she has been living,” she wrote.

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Facebook friends rescue ‘Miracle’ the dog

Pup chews over meal of toy cow and frog

Chester with owners Neale Clark and Marion Stribling. Inset, the toys he had swallowed.

A Labrador pup was recovering yesterday after surgery to remove the latest plastic dog toy he had swallowed whole.

One-year-old Chester wolfed down the toy  after grabbing it from a stranger’s dog in Jubilee Park, Huntingdon.

Vets were stunned when they took an X-ray of his stomach and found a goggly-eyed plastic frog staring back at them.

Just six weeks later the young mutt was back at the vet’s when X-rays showed this time he had swallowed a plastic cow whole.

Both times the pet had to go under the surgeon’s knife to have the dog toys removed.

His owners, Marion Stribling, 42, and Neale Clark, 51, said they were relieved to have insurance, otherwise the 99p toys could have cost them £1,000 for each operation.

Neale said: “Chester is doing well, he was a bit wobbly and sorry for himself the day after the operation but he is recovering very quickly now.

“We take the dogs to play in a park near our house, a lot of other dogs go there and they run and play together.

“Both the toys Chester swallowed belonged to the same woman and the same dog.

“he just loves to run around with toys in his mouth, he doesn’t want anybody else to get them and then he ends up swallowing them.”

Neale added: “We adopted both Chester and his brother Benson from a rescue centre – they didn’t want to separate them so we took them both.

“We don’t have any kids, Chester and Benson are our children.”

Marion, who owns a greetings card franchise, and Neale, who is retired, spotted there was something wrong with their pet after seeing him wrestle an object from a strange dog in the park.

They took Chester straight to the vet’s, where medics decided to operate, the week before Christmas.

The shocked couple could barely believe it when they saw Chester swallow an almost identical toy just six weeks later, and he ended up back on the operating table.

Vet David Fennell at Cromwell Vets in Huntingdon said: “Swallowing toys is quite normal for young dogs but I haven’t seen one swallow toys so regularly as Chester.

“at least with this type of toy, they are rounded and soft and so unlikely to do too much damage if it’s caught quickly. if they were smaller and had gone into the intestine it could have been much more dangerous.”

Pup chews over meal of toy cow and frog

Petplan notes rise in plastic surgery for animals

Posted on 23/08/2011 in Animal Health Supplier News

Petplan had claimed there is a growing demand among pet owners to enhance the looks of their animals.according to the firm, plastic surgery is on the rise in the animal world and pet owners are forking out for everything from dental work to facelifts for their cats and dogs.The company noted that cosmetic surgery claims for pets reached £1.5 million in 2010 alone.Isabella von Mesterhazy, Petplan's head of marketing, said: "We know that 99 percent of pet owners consider their pets to be an integral member of the family."She added that it is therefore "no surprise" that animal lovers will go to great lengths to ensure their pets look good.Petplan Vet of the Year Brian Faulkner claimed that procedures like facelifts are often needed for breeds of dog that have naturally droopy eyes.Recently, Petplan overhauled its policy range to ensure that its customers have a clear view of what is on offer to them and their animals.

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Dog Surgery? – Yahoo! Answers

So, my dog has surgery today for this eyes. the problem being his eyes are stuck the wrong way and his eye lashes are scratching his eyeball making it hurt. He comes home tonight, but obviously im really worried about him.
Is surgery on a dog safe?

yes one of my dogs had surgery to repair a hole in her stomach..just make sure there is no redness or infection and just follow what the vets tells you about the care of your dog..its scary but they will be fine.

The surgery done on your pet is one that they do alot.
And it is much better to have it done than to let the lashes damage the eye and cause blindness or loss of the eye.
Your pet may need some after care but it is nothing you should not be able to handle. Be sure to ask you vet all the questions you have and get answers that you understand. If not keep asking until you do.
After care is very important and you need to follow the vets instruction carefully. It can make all the difference in a speedy recovery.

Actually it is a very common problem and the surgery is the only option for treating it, if the problem is recurring. If it goes untreated, your dog will develop ulcers in the eye. as far as the surgery, it is a fairly common procedure and very safe. Hope this helps and good luck with your pooch.

Most surgeries are very safe for dogs. yes, there is always a chance a dog will have a bad reaction to the anesthetic.

However, when he comes home, he will probably be "out of it" for a while until the drugs wear off, this is normal.

Make sure to follow the vet's rules, make sure the dog gets the medication they need, and be sure to ask your vet any questions that you have or if anything they tell you doesn't make sense.

Keep an eye on the dog for the next couple of days, but he should be fine. my Boston Terrier has surgery on both eyes (2 different surgeries), and came through both of them fine.

Dog Surgery? – Yahoo! Answers