Saturday, September 10, 2011

Michee loses a leg, gains a future.

Those of us in rescue see and hear about a lot of pretty hideous acts of  animal cruelty. But it never gets any easier to take. CBBR has just taken in a young pittie pup whose whole short life has been filled with suffering. Michee was "rescued" by some boneheads who told us that they took her from an abusive owner who kicked her repeatedly. These boneheads then allowed Michee to run into the street, where, of course, she was hit by a car. She suffered a severe compound fracture to a front leg. Said boneheads managed to take poor Michee to the vet, but refused to pay for her treatment. Instead, they took her home and wrapped her hideously broken leg in bandages and splinted it with used popsicle sticks and posted on Craigslist that they had a puppy who needed help. Meanwhile, the puppy was in such agony that she attempted to chew off her own leg, which had become infested with maggots.

12 week old Michee before her amputation. :(
WHAT KIND OF PERSON CAN EAT OR SLEEP WHILE A CREATURE SUFFERS THAT WAY IN THEIR CARE? I guess I already know the answer to that.

Fortunately, a CBBR volunteer had a nagging gut feeling that she had better check the terrifying "pets" page of Craigslist. Thank god. Michee is now in the loving care of this awesome volunteer who has plenty of experience rehabilitating forsaken pups like Michee. Michee has lost her leg, but she has gained a second chance at a wonderful life. Please consider making a donation to CBBR to help cover the costs of Michee's surgery and rehabilitation. We're running a tab at every vet out there, but sometimes you just have to do the right thing and trust that the money will come. Click here if you can help.

4 comments:

  1. Quick update on some incentives for folks who donate:
    CBBR is holding a fund-raising raffled for the following good stuff:

    1. The 1st 100 $50 donations will be entered into a drawing to win an iPad2!!! A $100 donation gets you 2 entries to the drawing, $150 gets you 3 entries…and so on! The drawing will take place within 1 week of the 100th $50 donation.

    2. The 1st 100 $25 donations will be entered into a drawing to win a $250 Best Buy gift card!!! The drawing will take place within 1 week of the 100th $25 donation.

    3. The 1st 100 donations under $25 will be entered into a drawing to win a CBBR Goodie Basket. The drawing will take place within 1 week of the 100th donation.

    No need to specify that you want to enter the raffle. All donations will be automatically entered.

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  2. Glad she is at CBBR. Bless yah angels ... and raise a "hoist" for all'of'us!

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  3. We are so grateful that we were chosen as Michee's (now Calen, pronounced Kay-Lin)'s forever home!!! Thank, Eevie and everyone! We love our girl so much! Thanks for this post, I knew some of her story, but this really helped to put the pieces together.

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