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If Mr. Bill noticed an "uneventful" day on the forum today, it's because the "Problem Child" was busy (for once!) trying to be kind to animals!
This is "Freckles".
His owner didn't care enough about him to take him to the vet 3 weeks ago when he got hit by a car. He almost died and has spent weeks in severe pain. Today we caught him and took him to the vet, who said it's too late to fix the badly broken leg and hip, and possibly pelvis. I got his shots and brought him home with a lot of medicine for pain and inflammation. He's my dog now. I made him comfy in the house and went to Wal-Mart and spent another fortune on dog food, dog toys, collar, leash, treats, more toys, flea stuff, bed, doggie t-shirt, toys, more treats, brush, bowls, and more toys.
Awhile ago he bit me while I was trying to cut the mats out of his fur. So, tomorrow he goes to the groomer and he can bite HER!
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If I happened to meet someone who would treat (abandon) his injured dog that way, your "guru" would become HIS worst nightmare!!!! Thank you for watching out for Freckles... he is very scared or he never would have bit you and someday he will know enough to thank you himself!
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Freckles looks soooo sweet . Can she walk and get around? I can't stand people that don't take care of their animals . Both of my dogs were abused and abandoned and I have a handicapped parakeet. Its amazing what a "little bit" of love will do. I am so glad that you adopted Freckles and that he has a good home now.
quote: he is very scared or he never would have bit you
I hope that's all it is. I've always thought Cocker Spaniels were rather ill-tempered dogs, and it kind of scares me.
I just went to the door to take him out to use that bathroom and there are two skunks out there! One is laying on the door step (A new one! It's a baby!) Can't go out the back, because it's a big deck about 15 feet off the ground (with a trillion steps that Freckles can't walk down) to the yard.
Ellie Mae is trapped!
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I just tried! I started out the door with the camera and didn't realize Freckles was right behind me! We made a commotion because he fell down the ONE step, and the skunk strolled over to the hummingbird garden. He didn't seem at all interested in it, thank God! That's all I need...a crippled, biting dog with skunk spray!
He can walk around if he wants to, but it hurts. He falls if he tries to go up or down the step going outside, so I pick him up.
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Aw, You are so kind. I can't believe you would invest so much into a stray Do you know how old the dog is ; she/he's awefully cute. Do you think that maybe his "family" couldn't afford to take him to the vet? Do you know who the "family" is? Do they know where the dog is now and how much you care for it ? I hate when people who can't afford an animal have a million cats (wild) living around their house all mangy and starving, but if they just have one pet because it's important to have animals we should help them take care of it .Spay programs are very important. If the dog really does have fleas don't bother with the powders from Walmart, you need something like Advantix or Frontline to kill the whole flea cycle which you can get from vet or 1800petmeds.com . Good luck with your new pet and I hope he gets along with the bird and the skunks!
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Cindy ~ we always knew how kind-hearted you are, and this just goes to prove it! Thanks so much for looking after a poor injured and terrified animal.
That said...
quote: I've always thought Cocker Spaniels were rather ill-tempered dogs, and it kind of scares me
When I was 5 years old there was a cocker spaniel living in a house at the end of our street, who would wander around a bit - we lived on a dead end. Being 5, I only thought he was cute and didn't think of any dangers of animals, so despite my mother's warning not to pet him, I did. Well... he jumped up and bit me in the stomach. Being only 5 and thinking I was so smart, I started to spin around thinking that he would fall off of me, but instead he dug in deeper and held on. The adults around had to hit him off of me. I had to get rabies shots because I was the 4th person he had bitten badly that year. Shortly after that, he bit one more person, and they "put him down". (supposedly in those days, if a dog bit 5 people it "had" to be put down. That's why they waited so long. Don't ask me why - I don't get it either.) Of course I was too young to really know what was going on, but it left me terrified when dogs open their mouths. Don't get me wrong, I love all animals (not the deer lately, as they've come back to eat new plants again!!! ), but am really really scared when they open their mouths near me.
Please be careful with your new friend. Hopefully it is just scared, and will come around with your nurturing.
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quote: Do you think that maybe his "family" couldn't afford to take him to the vet?
No, his "family" had plenty of money to take him to the vet. The surgery would have been hundreds of dollars, which they weren't willing to pay. I told the vet yesterday that if he could fix the dog, it didn't matter how much it cost. But, he said the bone in the top of his leg was already healed too much, and that scar tissue was already forming in the hip break, etc. and it was just too late to "fix", no matter what. I have spent so much money on animals, you wouldn't believe it. I am such a sucker when it comes to something that can't speak for itself (children and animals). I spent almost $4,000. on my elkhound to try to cure blastomycosis, but he died. I did not regret spending the money, but did regret putting the dog through the treatments. But, every time we went to the vet for treatments, he knew he got to go to the McDonald's drive-thru on the way home and get a plain quarter pounder with cheese for the road!
I am just so worried about having this dog around Brennan (he's 5). I'm going to be VERY cautious where Brennan is concerned. And LOLA! You know, Cockers ARE bird dogs!
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What a lovely Picture to come back to, he is so handsome, and you are a lovely person for caring so much. Cocker spaniel's are not known for their bad behaviour over here? My sister has one and he lick's everyone to bit's. As l alway's say there are no bad dog's only bad owner's. lt is how they are treated as a pup which makes them how they are, but with a lot of love and care they can be turned round. Cindy is he in a lot of pain?, can he walk on his leg? hopefully when the scarring heal's it will be less painful for him, and he will just be handicapped, which he will adjust to, as so many animal's and albeit human's do. lt is a pity there are not more of your ilk in this world, it would be a better place to live in.
Doreen.
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quote: lt is a pity there are not more of your ilk in this world, it would be a better place to live in.
Man, that made me feel good! Thank you!
Well, update on the dog (I call him "Hell Hound" now) is not pretty!
If I go outside I have to take him with me or he will DESTROY the house.
If I put him outside, he will destroy the DOOR until he gets back in.
If I go somewhere, I have been locking him in an EMPTY room in the basement until I get back. Today he would NOT go in that room (duh!), so I locked him in Andy's garage. I got back to find the garage DESTROYED! It is a big garage, for heavy equipment. The doors are 24 feet wide. Hell Hound ripped the insulation off the bottom 3 feet of the entire door. It is ALL OVER the garage! (I'm trying to pack and get out of here before Andy gets home!) And, it's that real itchy thick insulation, which is now all over Hell Hound, whom I had groomed day before yesterday at a whopping cost of $85.00, plus $20.00 to the veterinarian that had to SEDATE him for the groomer!
So far, this dog has made very short work out of way over $400., not to mention the damage he did to the garage today.
And did I mention that he BITES???
Out of the clear blue, the psycho will become very possessive over something. Last night it was the spot under the coffee table. If anyone got within 2 feet of it, they were history! I tried to give him his medication last night while he was in this "mode" and he nailed me pretty good on the hand, not to mention he destroyed the syringe I was using to give him the medicine. Right now he is guarding a bag of pretzels I bought awhile ago (I unfortunately left them laying in the floor when I came in!).
Cindy
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Was that dog abused/or abandoned in a small room by the previous owner? Or is he biting out of pure pain from the injury? Or is he just a plain ol' naughty dog? I sure wouldn't have him around the grandson. Around here if the dog is mean....using that plastic hand test with food... they put them down....not safe for anyone. Are you really sure you want to go through all this?
I know you are trying your best and I give you all the credit in the world for taking him under your wing!
I know what that insulation is....when I was a young kid my parents were building their house and I got into that stuff....oh my god it hurt....parents gave me a quick shower....nasty stuff!
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quote: Was that dog abused/or abandoned in a small room by the previous owner?
YES...locked in a building for days, sometimes over a week, at a time.
quote: Or is he biting out of pure pain from the injury? Or is he just a plain ol' naughty dog?
I think it has a lot to do with pain, but obviously he has some loose screws. (He ought to be right at home here, huh?)
quote: You're gonna need a lot of patience and help (and booze) for this one.
Right now, it's Chardonnay..... Andy got home awhile ago and is down in the garage surveying the damage as we speak. So, I imagine I will be switching to Jim Beam in a little while! He has already blamed me for it (he is the one who decided to adopt this dog, not afgrey!), and I'm sure things will get UGLY when he gets back to the house!
quote: Do you have a good psychologist in the area?
Actually, I used to have the best psychologist in the world! Unfortunately, she retired and moved to Alabama...(might be where I re-locate!)
Cindy
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Can you wrap his pain med in a piece of meat or mix with his food? ....sure hope it isn't an injectable med! Be careful with birdy around Freckles....one bite and it is all over with! Hopefully getting his pain level controlled will help reduce the nasty behavior and you can start working on the trust issue with him. Sure hope Andy is dealing with this in a cool calm manner!
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He is OBSESSED with Lola! This has made me a nervous wreck constantly. That's a big reason I can't ever leave him in the house...even in her cage, he could kill her. Her cage is HUGE, (it takes up 1/2 a room), and there's no way to block him from getting near it. If he got her upset and she started flying around in it, she'd end up killing herself.
quote: Sure hope Andy is dealing with this in a cool calm manner!
Unfortunately, he doesn't deal with anything in a calm manner.
SO...with that said.....I have "Ballroom Blitz" blasting out of my trillion watt mega speakers, waiting for him to come back up from the garage!
Cindy
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Cindy, I had seen this post come back up and I was going to post how the puppy was, but, now that I read your post, I guess, there's my answer!!
OMG!! I know that route!!!
When I first started working someone had a German Shepard dog and they had him there all the time, (kept in the basement in the liquor room~howling for hours on end) and I asked why they had gotten thier friends' dog here at the restaurant all the time now, and they said he was a bad boy and bit someone, and the next time I talked to the owner I asked about the dog and the guy pleaded with me to take the dog and give it a good home, he was a good dog and it was just a mean neighbor bitching about the dog, so I took it home and wellllllllllllllll, I found out it wasn't the mean neighbor it was the dog.... He loved me, and my family, it was anyone who came to the door, walked the road, drove a car, or called on the phone ....It drove him nuts He did end up nipping my neighbor, who luckily didn't sue me... and I ended up having to walk him with a leash and muzzle..... He would not stop going after people and cars, he'd get away from me alot, I couldn't hold him back, he was a very strong Shepard and BIG!! Welllllllllllll, the last time he pulled away from me, he went chasing after a set of wheels on a car and the dog caught one, well, two actually! I felt so bad, but what a relief to have that dog stop doing all the antics that he was doing......
Good luck in your adventures with Freckles!!!
Weezie
Hey, maybe the freckles would like a Beam and Coke! Whaddya think?????????
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Oh, Cindy, I am so sorry to hear about "all" of it. I had started that post earlier and just finished writing it up... I agree, dog's do nip from pain, actually that dog had nipped me when I tried to pull him off the road so no other car would get him while he layed there in pain....
But, they dan be territorial too!!!
I hope you can work things out with the puppy and the big guy there.... Hopefully something will turn out to the good!!!
Weezie
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Well on Andy! Does hell hound go after Andy? Can you imagine what that dog is going to do to his house when your gone and he leaves him in the house alone while he is at work!
Does Freckles just pop out and bite or does he give you a warning growl first?
Your neighbors are going to miss all the excitement you bring them and the property value will go down.....hmmmm how are you going to move all your skunk friends????
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Love this freckles He certainly keeps you busy, and as for Andy Skunks? What skunk's l know nothing Keep posting, l think freckles should have his own forum, his antic's could fill a page or ten
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Andy took him with him to look at some jobs the other day. He loves to ride in the truck. He does NOT like to be LEFT in the truck.
Andy had to talk to some people at the job site, and didn't let Freckles out of the truck because he was afraid he'd bite someone. (Freckles or Andy?)
Freckles DESTROYED the interior of a new Toyota Tundra in a matter of a few minutes. The little leather panel thingy on the door alone costs almost $400. Not to mention the seats......
Do ya think Freckles might have gotten his point across this time?
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So sorry about your poor little dog. The little guy's obviously been through so much, I don't know if you'll ever get him over it. My parents have a dog that was abused by a previous owner. The guy also apparently hit his wife, because to this day, you can't raise your hand within 5 feet of my mom without the dog snarling and throwing himself in front of her. He still does it, and my folks have had him for about 10 years.
Maybe you could find someone with a farm who would take him, so he'd have plenty of room to roam? BTW, Spaniels as a breed are anything BUT mean, but they are very excitable dogs.
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Well, we've found out a little more about the dog's "history" recently.
He has had two previous owners...the first owners beat him really bad, hence the aggressive behavior. The last owners locked him up for days at a time with no food or water. Their neighbors told us that a few months ago...in the heat of the summer...the dog was locked in an outbuilding. They were out of town. Freckles cried and barked for 3 days straight, and they could hear him clawing at the door trying to get out. Finally on the 4th day, they went over and shot the padlock off the outside of the door and let him out. I imagine THIS has something to do with him not wanting to be confined! This was the same owners that let him lay for 3 weeks after getting hit by a car, in terrible pain from a broken leg, hip and pelvis, which he is still recovering from.
Cindy
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how can humans be so sadistic.l feel so sorry for Freckles and thousands like him, at least Freckles has a chance with you, and maybe some day will come to trust people. You are a real Diamond person to take him on. l would like to take on his previous owners Do you have the RSPCA. over there, and couldn,t they have been prosecuted for cruelty to animals.
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I agree with you whole~heartedly, Doreen.. You two both deserve cudo's for helping the doggie and not getting toooooooooo mad at him... Keep up the good work!!!
Weezie
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I live in a county in Eastern Kentucky where chicken fights are common. Dog fights go on here and no one seems to want to do anything about that, either.....even though it is reported time and time again. I wasn't born or raised here, and it astounds me that this place is so out of touch with the real world on a lot of things, not just animal rights. (We have to drive 120 miles round trip to buy a beer.....unless we want to pay the local "bootlegger" almost $30. a case.)
When I took Freckles to the groomer, who is a friend of mine, she told me about a dog that was brought into the vet clinic I used to work at. She said the owner had him tied to the tailgate of his truck, and was dragging him down the road. A car behind him kept blowing the horn, thinking the man didn't know his dog was tied to the bumper. The guy finally stopped the truck and got out. The people in the car behind him stopped and said "You must have forgotten that your dog was tied to your truck!" (The dog was near death at this point.) The owner untied the dog and threw it in the ditch and said, "No, I didn't forget that the %#*&@# dog was tied to the truck!" Then, got in his truck and drove away.
If I took Freckles to the (so-called) "Dog Pound" here, he would be shot. That's how they kill the dogs here. Not that I would even think about getting rid of him. He's had two families already that mistreated him. I'm not giving up. He's a sweet dog most of the time. He follows me every step that I take. He sleeps in the floor beside wherever I am sleeping. He's laying at my feet right now.
He's been a royal pain in the a$$, but I love him. It's about time SOMEBODY did!
I just wish I could save them all.
Cindy
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You have good nights you have bad nights. Well this is a bad night, but also a good night. l have cried so many tears for Freckles tonight, but also cried tears that there are wonderful caring people like you around. You deserve a medal
Doreen
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