Grant

This darling Punkin’head Bear-looking German Shepherd pup is our latest project! Not yet ready for adoption, we are featuring him and will be updating his progress. And yes folks, we are going to help him not only get better, but to find him a home when he is ready! Named Flipper before he came to us (!), we started by giving him a STRONG name with dignity to grow into as a goal. This pup has not had an easy life. Why do his feet look like that and can he be made a normal-walking dog again? YES!! We have had our vets plus Dr Plante of DMV assess him, all agree he will get better by GOOD FOOD (he was malnourished) and proper rehabilitative exercise. Simple to do. He likely was put in a small cage, grew, and the cage didn’t! He could only lay down with front paws extended and back ones folded up under him—he could never STAND UP! So he had no strength there to stand properly when he was finally freed from the cage. Likely when THAT was seen, he was turned loose on the street, as he was found by people and they kept him on their balcony for a couple of days before dropping him off at the SPCA. Likely wanted to care for him after found but couldn’t because of his problem. He then contracted bad kennel cough. Gerdy’s took him over, had the kennel cough treated, and a stool sample showed coxidea—for which he is just finishing treatment under Gerdy’s as well. In a wonderful foster home to recover from his kennel cough, he will soon be able to be cared for by a volunteer who will foster him while tending to his required exercises to strengthen his legs so he stands tall like a dog should! We don’t know where this darling boy came from, but we will be sure he never knows neglect again when he is ready for adoption. He is one happy boy, cute as a button, everyone loves him, and he loves the world. We have to ask ourselves the question—HOW can a dog POSSIBLY not have emotional scars from all this? We think because they are far more forgiving, and only want to please, no matter how terrible their treatment—dogs always think something good is around the corner—they have HOPE.