| Tiger's Story APRIL 19, 2002 This story is unbelievable. Late Friday night, I received an email about a tiny, old female shih tzu with a horribly infected eye that needed to be "rescued" from a shelter in a Dallas suburb. She was estimated to be 9-10 years old and needed to be rescued IMMEDIATELY, they said. She was practically hairless and one eye was oozing pus. I got in touch with an adopter, Janee, that lived near that shelter and begged her to check on this poor old lady Saturday morning. She agreed. April 20, 2002 Janee was waiting on the steps when the shelter opened that morning. Twenty minutes later, she called me and said she was on her way to Houston with a tiny, MALE shih tzu. When I saw the little guy, I could have either cried or threw up. These are the pictures we took that afternoon. You can see what a mess his eye is and how thin the little guy is. It looked as though he had been on the streets for ages. I looked inside his mouth to see what horrible shape his teeth must have been in and got yet another shock - the little guy still had puppy teeth!!! |
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| Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue (LSSTLAR) is an all volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of abused, abandoned and neglected Shih Tzus and Lhasa Apsos. We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization which means your donations may be tax deductible. |
| April 20, 2002 Of course, we took him straight to the vet. Dr. Moore stayed late so he could personally evaluate this poor little dog. Tiger's right eye was horribly infected from some sort of injury and is probably not salvageable; he has sarcoptic mange and severely infected skin AND looked like a walking skelton. Tiger weighed only 5.2 pounds this afternoon; we also found out that Tiger is only a puppy!! He is estimated to be around 10 months old. At least we found he did NOT have heart worms!!April 20, 2002 I took Tiger home and started his rehabilitation. It started with FOOD, FOOD and more FOOD. Unfortunately, because he was so thin, we had to feed him small amounts every two hours. Later this evening, I shaved those weird strands of hair off. In these pictures, you can see how terribly thin Tiger was. |
This is Tiger now. Was it worth it?