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So you know how from time to time, little ones make their way to our door who aren't dachshunds and rescue involves a lot of emotions and sometimes we don't have it in us to say "No we can't help"...
Well, today is one of those times.
Meet Chester......
We usually have some sort of creative way to spin things but we are just going to put our cards on the table on this one as we got nothin' on this one. We are rescuing a little kittty.
Chester was found in the middle of the street after being hit by a car and suffering a degloving injury on the lower half of his tail after being hit by a car (a degloving injury is what happens when a large piece of skin and the layer of soft tissue right under it partially or completely rip from your body....thank you WebMD).
His story made it to us and we saw how cute this little nugget is and we melted. We couldn't say no.
Shelters are rough places for dogs and they are even worse for cats. For every dog that is euthanized in municipal shelters the cats who end up there fair many, many multiple times worse in their chances of making it out. A shelter is no place to be if you are a kitty and it sure as heck isn't a place to be if you are in injured kitty.
And so, for as far as we are concerned, Chester has become a Dachshund.
We got no spin on this one other than to say that after our intake team receives the lists of all the dogs and cats who are going to be put down down each night after the shelter closes for space, or injury, or whatever reason it is, that takes a real toll on you.
And sometimes when that toll gets too great, you have to have a win to keep going, to have to fortitude to be able to fight another day and when that happens, kittens with degloving injuries become Dachshunds, because you have to feel like you made a difference.
We couldn't let this little nugget get run over by a car, literally have a big 'ole chunk of skin ripped off his tail and then sit in a shelter for days and then ultimately be euthanized.
Sadly, we know this story plays out every day in shelters across the country and as bad as we have it trying to save the dogs, we know our Rescue Community who works with Cats fights that much more of a losing battle. We can't save them all, but we can save Chester.
We totally get it if you aren't with us on this one, as we are Dachshund People and this is a Dachshund Community but we have committed to providing Chester the same care we would any Dachshund and he is under the care of Dr. Hughes at Pet Medical Center of Boca. If you think he is worth the same chance to have a wonderful life as any of our dachshund we welcome any donations to help us offset the cost of his care.
Thank you....
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