Last Saturday as usual I was working, so AJ decided to take the maniacs out running. He said when he got to our area he saw a dog standing there, he looked a little beaten up, having a hard time walking but he came over to AJ, so AJ gave him so water and picked him up and put him in the truck to ride around while the other dogs were out running around. AJ said as he was continuing down our normal path when he came upon another dog, however the other dog was already dead. Well AJ being AJ, and I can't blame him because I would've done the same, decided to bring the dog home with him. He couldn't just leave him out there with nothing, and he didn't know what else to do. So we talked about it, and decided that we would see how he does at our place, make sure he had food and water to eat and wait until Monday and have him checked out by our Vet. We knew that we could take him to the Humane Society, but I also knew that they would put him down, which yes that is kinder than leaving him out in the desert, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to do that. So we have a new member in our family, and we decided that an appropriate name for him would be Lucky. Because come on, seriously if I come back as a dog in my next life, I want to live with people like AJ and I :)
As you can see here he's a little beat up, we have no idea how he got the wounds on him, we can only speculate. Our Vet said the wound on his eye and the side of his face looks like he may have fallen off a truck bed and landed on that side. So we are putting some ointment on it that the vet gave to us, and it seems to be helping.
It's hard to see in this picture but just above his front shoulder he has another wound, and on the other side of him there is a similar wound, our best guess is that he was shot and the bullet went straight through. That would explain why Lucky cannot feel anything in three of his legs. However he can walk, and gets around pretty good for a cripple :) Lauretta (our vet) said that we could spend 2 grand on an MRI to find out why he doesn't have any feeling in three of his legs. You know that's alot of money, I don't know if I would spend that kind of money on myself or AJ :)
See he can walk, he has a difficult time walking on our hardwood floors and the linoleum (sp) he slips and slides around quite a bit, so we have placed rugs strategically around the house so he can get around better. And then we are borrowing the baby gate from my mother in law Cass to help keep him contained in a carpeted area, if need be. I don't think we really need it anymore though.
Look at him!! How can you not love that face! (or is it a face only a mother could love? :) ) So Lauretta (vet) gave us a couple options, one was to put him down, two is take him to the humane society, where they will put him down, or three we can try and nurse him back to health. So we've decided to nurse him back to health. He is currently taking an antibiotic twice a day, and a steriod along with some ointment for his wounds. I have to say that we have the best vet around, the visit along with the medications for him cost us less than $60. And to have a dog that is so loving, and grateful is the best. Lauretta did say if he does not improve in a week then she recommends that we put him down, and that it will be even more difficult for us if we have to do that. I just couldn't have him put to sleep without trying something. It's my nature, I'm a Medical Assistant, this is what I do. Granted it's with people, but trust me I prefer dogs over most people, not all (yes should've been a vet instead).
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It sounds like Lucky is very fortunate to have AJ find him. I hope that he gets better soon.
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