We have such a wonderful story to tell; it happened a few weeks ago. A client of ours, Amanda, was driving down the road on Gordon Avenue in Albany. She saw what she thought was a white stuffed animal on the side of the road and decided to turn around and investigate. Turns out it was not stuffed; it was alive! A small white dog was stretched out on his side perfectly still in the tall grass. Amanda said the dog did not even move as she approached him. She reached down and picked him up and he never even seemed to be the least bit apprehensive; he never offered to bite or even shy at her hand or touch. It was as though help had finally arrived. She brought him to the clinic for us to look over and do a good physical examination. The poor guy was emaciated and just so low on energy. His hair was matted up into one large rug covering his whole body except around his neck where it looked as though he had been shaved. His total body weight was 3.6 pounds.
We pulled blood for a heartworm test and, amazingly, it was negative. We shaved him and underneath all that matted up hair found a moderate sized hole on his back leg that looked to be an old abscess which had ruptured and was draining. During the time he was being shaved, we fed him treats from our treat jar which he ate with a ravenous appetite. He obviously had been several days without a meal.
Amanda decided to name him Elvis and I am sure he is living in Graceland now. We can't wait for him to come back and see how far along he has come.
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