Downtown Dog Rescue paid to have all 6 dogs spayed/neutered, vaccinated and micro chipped.
The photos of the pups were taken just after surgery. “Jolly and Molly” are two of the four puppies that we hope to find homes for by this weekend. The pups are now 5 months old and need homes. Unlike most Compton dog owners, Erica did not want the puppies to go to just anyone and was prepared to “do the right thing”, spay/neuter, vaccinate and microchip before adopting the dogs out, not selling but adopting. Like most of the Compton dog owners, they did not want their dogs to have a litter of puppies but could not afford to get them fixed. Three months ago, she and her daughter brought their papa and mama dogs to be fixed. To my great surprise, Erica came back again on Sunday with more puppies. Regardless, puppy will be spayed at our next clinic on October 9th. I offered to take her into our rescue and they told me that they would think about it and I believe that they will. When the couple came back to pick her up, they brought one of her puppies, a wonderful 12 week old female. Unlike some of the other dogs, Solara was the model dog, walking up the stairs, wagging her tail. As we waited for Solara’s turn to go aboard the mobile clinic, I watched the interaction between the two, Solara was very connected to him and he was very gentle with her. He told me that she slept in the bed with him and was more of a house dog than a yard dog but they had no fence and for now, the chain was his only option. When she was done, I asked him about how long she spent on the chain everyday and he replied, “Only when I go to work”. I remained silent as the poodle lady became more vocal. I didn’t get a chance to inquire about the chain, when someone else in line, holding her very well groomed poodle began to tell Solara’s owner how bad it was to chain her. I was more concerned with the chain around her neck. In fact, those two ladies hate each other so we just keep them separate. There are some dogs that we do not put her out with, Freeway is the number one “bad match” but I get that. Several months later, she is out with most all of our dogs every morning and every evening. It was love at first sight! If there ever were two dogs that loved each other in our rescue, this was the pair. This went on until one day we put her in the yard with Clancy. She never showed any aggressions but also didn’t show any interest in playing. We took things really slow with her and I estimated that she might be the type of dog that would do best in a home with no other dogs. Billy and I were extremely cautious about introducing her to dogs because she had a lot of scars, was missing one of her toes and had tears on her ears that sure looked like the result of a lot of fighting. She had no connection to me or any of the dogs. He treated all of her open sores, fed her well and won her trust until she was strong enough to come and live at our kennel. Precious went to live with Dog Man for about a month. I was supposed to take her back but of course, we did not. He was really mad, telling me that if I planned on taking the dog back he would definitely report the owner. Covered in fleas and ticks, she cowered in the corner of the vet’s office as we waited for Dr. Shipps Animal Hospital run by the Amanda Foundation. She weighed about twenty pounds the day we walked into Dr. I went over to pick her up and what I found was poor Precious, with a huge pad lock chain around her neck, about 3 feet of heavy duty chain, attached to a tree trunk, no shelter, no water and apparently no food. We had received a call from her owner, asking for help getting his dog spayed. It’s been almost a year, coming up next month, that I rescued Precious from her chain in a back yard in South Central Los Angeles.
Working with a dog like Precious, reminds me that every new dog needs time to adjust, get healthy and settle into our rescue before I make a judgment call about what each dog will be or not be.