Meet Hope. Hope has literally been through hell and back in the last few days. Tuesday morning Hope was found abandoned and tied to a local veterinary office. She was in shock from pain, and was barely responsive. After taking her into the vet's office, they found she had a major eye injury leaving her eye hanging from her socket, infected, bulging, bleeding, and in need of removal before she died from the pain and infection. If only she could tell us her story. If she could, maybe we could understand or at least try to understand how a pug ends up in the condition she was found in. How could anyone tie a pug who is suffering so badly to a door and drive away? It is beyond comprehension to us at SNPR. Even after the hardship cases we have seen, it never gets easier knowing this type of abuse and neglect goes on. This beautiful little girl has signs of multiple litters, and what appears to be fight/bite marks. In the next 24 hours, this poor baby will have to go through an eye enucleation to remove the bad eye, and also some reconstruction to her jaw to repair her teeth line. She also needs to be spayed, get shots, and have blood work done to see if her organs are all functioning. If she has had this injury for more than a few days, she will also have to be closely monitored to make sure that any and all infections have been cleared up. At first we were quoted $3,000 dollars to save this little girl and we struggled with the thought of literally depleting our bank account to save her, or letting the vet turn her over to Animal Control which would for sure mean certain death for her. Needless to say, we rushed over to her and got her to our vet within the hour to get her eye removed and get her on the path to recovery. Although we will receive a huge discount from our wonderful vets, we are still looking at approximately $1,500 - $2,000 to save Hope. Hope needed our help. Therefore, we need your help!

 

Please consider donating any amount of money you can to help SNPR treat this little pug who has been through so much. All donations are tax deductible.   

 

We will post more pictures tomorrow, and an update on how our little fighter does in surgery.

 

As always, thank you so much for your continued support!

02-03-10: Hope had her surgery yesterday and is in recovery. We found out that Hope is a real fighter and is holding her own against the odds. Our wonderful vet believes that Hope had been suffering with her injuries for more than 72 hours before she made her way to rescue. No wonder she was in such shock from the pain! After examining her Doc said he believes she is 3 or 4 years old and has had at least 3 litters. Her eye removal surgery was a success but she is still running a fever and being monitored for extreme pain maintenance. Her "healthy" eye also suffered trauma and is receiving steroids. Doc is confident that eye will heal, along with the swelling on her head, and in her mouth. She has two raging ear infections, and an infection in her "pug wrinkles" that are being treated.  Her ears have "fly bites" along their edges which means she has spent her life living outdoors and apparently making babies for someone's profit. She lost a few teeth but did not have to have surgery on her jaw. Just some swelling in there now. Her blood work was good which is a relief. She is not out of the woods, but is strong, and making progress. SNPR's Jennifer sat with her today and although Hope was drugged up to ease her pain, she still wanted to nuzzle into Jennifer's arms and lean in for pug kisses.

 

Her spirit is stronger than whoever did this to her.

 

That is the worst news of the day. Our Vet believes the trauma Hope has suffered is from a human, and not a car, or animal. A human. Looking at this sweet little girl and thinking of what she has been through at the hands of a human brings us all to tears. It has brought a lot of us to question what kind of monsters are out there. After sending out our plea for financial help with Hope's pending medical bills, we were reminded that for every monster there may be, there are hundreds of others who feel the same way as we do about these little creatures. So many people reached out to help us and donate toward Hope's care. So many people sent money, well wishes, offers of food, fostering, and even an offer for a special new pug bed from the woman who writes "The Daily Puglet" newsletter. The support has been more than we ever hoped for

 

We realized that when we chose Hope's name, we really found the perfect name for her. (Thanks Emily!) She brought in more than enough money to cover her vet bill, but almost as importantly she actually brought in, well, Hope. Hope that she will recover, Hope that we will find her the most special forever home, Hope that SNPR never has to see another case like this, but if we do, we will be ready due to the overwhelming support we have received in her name, Hope. It fits her perfectly and we all Hope you know how very grateful we are to everyone who supported Hope and SNPR. Although we have more than surpassed our goal of raising enough money to help Hope, and we are now confident she will get the best care possible, we have learned all too well that we will never be in a position of turning down a donation.