OREO - SURGERY TO REMOVE A STEEL PIN

On 29th July 2015, Oreo went in for an unplanned surgery...

From the time we first rescued him in 2014 to when we rescued him the second time in Jan 2015 - we noted that he had a lump on his left hip. 

Due to his health condition etc and the fact that we had to attend to more serious issues with him, together with our vets, we decided that it was best to leave the lump alone, until he was 100% healthy, as it wasn't bothering him. 

The past week or so we have noticed that he was having some discomfort and was limping a little. He went in for a checkup on Monday and the vet scheduled him for an X-ray on Wednesday.  

So earlier when we sent him in for the X-ray, and our vet discovered that there was a metal pin and some wires which seemed to have been put in at some point in the past which has now dislodged. 

To our surprise the pin was a very long pin that had dislodged itself. But what shocked us even more was that normally pins that are inserted will have to be removed after a period of time, and this was obviously not removed... Poor Oreo had been struggling all this while with the pin sticking into his flesh...

 

OREO says "The only thing I really want is to be with you"

OREO NEEDS A FOREVER HOME

12 JAN 2015: We rescued this sweetie in February last year (2014) and he was slightly injured then. But the good news was that we found his family a week later. We returned him to his family who seemed very happy to have him back and we thought that that was the end of the story.

Last week, my helper Charis Stanton saw him at our house with the rest of our strays. She fed him and didn't think much of it as she actually did not recognize him immediately as he has lost so much weight and looked really poorly. 

He came again this weekend and it was only then that I realized it was Oreo. He had a huge maggot wound in his neck and several other wounds, he was covered with fleas and he was limping badly. 

We managed to catch him the next day, gave him a good bath and treated him with Bayticol as there was just so many fleas it was unbelievable.

And then with advice from Mun Mun IMonday we flushed his maggot wound with hydrogen peroxide. Hundreds of maggots came out and it was just absolutely disgusting. As we couldn't stomache taking the maggots out ourselves, so we took him to the vet, and she removed alot more. 

Our vet told us that the wound was at least 10 days to 2 weeks old, which means that he has been left untreated all this time. The fact that this time he has no collar makes us suspect that he has now been thrown out.

He is currently boarding at the vet as we think that he has alot of underlying issues as well. We will be treating him and we hope that he will have a speedy recovery.

 Once he is all better, we would like to put him up for adoption to a good home where he will be love and cared for. In hindsight, It is quite clear that his family does not care about him. Because when we sent him back to them last year, and told him that he was injured etc they weren't too keen about listening to what we had to say. And we also told them that we had boarded him for a week and taken him to the vet several times, and they didn't offer to pay us back for anything. But at the time, we just left it as we were just happy that we found his family. Mind you they lived in a big corner house and had about 5 big cars in their porch!

He is a very sweet natured dog and did not show any aggression to us or the vet when we were cleaning his wounds. He just lay down very quietly. He seemed like a broken dog with no spirit left. We hope that we can change this and show him there are people who will care about him and show him lots of love and affection. 

 

If you think you can give Oreo a good home, please SMS or WhatsApp 016 322 8816. If you cannot, please share this with your friends. Someone you know may be able to give him the home that he deserves.

FOSTER CARER NEEDED FOR OREO

21/02/14 UPDATE: Oreo has been re-united with his family. 

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We found Oreo on Monday morning (17 Feb) and he's the sweetest dog ever. We are still hoping that we will be able to find his family as he is missing home terribly. 

We have taken him for a check up with our vet yesterday and he is estimated to be about 2-2.5 years old only. He has minor injuries probably from either fighting or just from being out on the streets. The vet suspects that he may have injured his legs and we will be taking him for an x-ray next week. 

Anyway, as our house is already full to the brim, we can't keep Oreo at home, but have boarded him at a pet shop near us. They are looking after him well, but he is caged up pretty much the whole day. And he hates it... 

We have been going daily to take him for nice long walks but it breaks our heart to have to put him back in the cage. He gets so upset and starts whining and crying when we put him back in. So if anyone can foster him and give him a temporary home while we try to locate his family, that would be great.  

Please do call us at 016 335 8768 if you can foster him. 

Food will be provided and we will look after all medical bills for Oreo.

If he is not claimed by next week, we will put him up for adoption. 

So if you are considering adopting him, please let us know too. 

FOUND IN BUKIT INDAH, AMPANG

21/02/14 UPDATE: Oreo has been re-united with his family. 

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Found this sweet and friendly boy in Taman Bukit Indah, Ampang on 17 Feb 2014.

 If this is your dog, please contact us on 016 335 8768 to claim him.

Proof of ownership will be required.

 

 If this isn't your dog, please help share this post so that we can re-unit him with his family ASAP. 

He is missing home very much...