Local story that's had my attention. The BCAA is where we got Baccus, and Jack is at North Star Vet Hospital, that's where we took Odin when we were trying to save him.
His story was featured on the news last night, and it's in the paper this morning. I hope the extra publicity can help with donations. He deserves a chance. Photo at link, I'll try to find the news video later. Still can't figure out why his owners aren't being charged with neglect and cruelty.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/joe_ma ... k.facebookSometimes a dog just needs a miracle.
And after an awful few weeks, Jack certainly needed one.
Ideally, Jack, who doctors believe is about a year old, would be nearly a full-sized mastiff, which would put him at about 100 pounds. Instead, he was turned into Philadelphia Animal Care and Control on Dec. 4 as a 45-pound owner surrender.
The shelter, which deals with hundreds of animals every day, kept Jack for two days before turning him over to the Burlington County Animal Alliance.
And when he got into the hands of Lorraine C. Schrieber, Jack’s miracle got on track.
“He was skin and bones when we got him,” Schrieber said. “He was very sick, so we took him to the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital, where they monitored him. While he was there, he passed a tube sock and we hoped that was what was making him sick. But then the doctors realized it was more than that, so they recommended we get him an ultrasound.”
Two days later, Jack was once again transferred, this time to North Star, an emergency animal hospital in Robbinsville.
There, the ultrasound showed that Jack had consumed quite a bit of laundry, including more socks and underwear.
“We can only assume that he was so hungry, he was trying to eat anything he could,” Schrieber said.
Not only did the clothing give poor Jack no vitamins or nutrition, it also blocked any of the good food from entering his belly.
Essentially, Jack was dying until he underwent a procedure on Saturday afternoon.
“They preformed an endoscopy and pulled out most of the items,” Schrieber said. “There were still some in his intestines, but most of it was out. And then (Tuesday) he had diarrhea and they said that was a great sign.”
Now Jack is on the rebound. He still has a rocky road to recovery ahead. He’s still learning how to eat. He can’t stand or walk because he’s far too weak.
But he can show just how loving he is, and for a little guy who has gone through so much trauma, that shows he truly is a great pooch.
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