Granny's life on the street

[bobepine]

Granny was an older street dog when I first met her. I used to see her every time I would go to work in Nantze. We became buddies after a while. Not the pat me kind of buddy, but the I’ll let you come close if you feed me buddy. She was still too scared even near the end to let me touch her, but didn’t mind me being right next to her. Maybe she was just always very hungry. I only work there 4 days per week. The rest of the time she had to find food for herself. 4 cans of food per week isn’t much anyways, but it sure seemed to help her out.

During Mid-Autumn festival, I didn’t see her for five days. That’s when I found her. She was laying on the side of the road, and she started howling when she recognised me and my scooter. Somewhat oblivious of her worsen condition, I went into 7-11 to get her a can of food and headed toward her. That’s when I really noticed something wasn’t right. She wouldn’t get up, she wasn’t wagging her tail as usual, and she started barking and crying again when she saw me coming. I gave her the food, but she didn’t eat. He tongue was hanging on the side of her mouth and it looked swollen and chapped, it was so dry. I got her some water and she must have drank 1/2 a litre of it. By then it was clear that she couldn’t walk, so I got a box and I took her to our vet. It was too late…

Granny had been hit by a car and her spine was broken. Our vet figures that Granny had been hit about 3 days before I finally came around to help her. For three days she lied on the side of the road unable to move her body. More than twenty stones, some as big as a cherry, were found in Granny’s intestine. She got so hungry and desperate left for dead on the street side that she ate stones.

Granny would not eat, and at the end she would not drink anymore either. When she started howling in pain, our vet had to put an end to her miserable life as a street dog.

Her name is Granny because she was a 5-6 years old female suspected to having given birth quite a few times in her short life. Mind me, 5-6 years old for a street dog is pretty old. More so, her name is Granny because like any Grandmother, she had a good lesson to teach us. Too bad she had to suffer so much, down to eating stones to deliver her message.

Here’s to you, Granny! Rest in peace.

[sandman]

Oh, man, Chris. I’m so sorry to read this. What a sad, sad story. At least she recognized you and recognized you as a friend at the end. At least she died with a friend.
I’m so sorry.

[bobepine]

For some reason, we’ve just gone through a tough phase this last week here. It’s a mild rant, you could say.

It started with chip, the evil cat, being returned to us for the third time. Gladly, he seems to have found a suitable foster home already. Fingers crossed, Chip’s new friends are considering adoption.

Then there’s Chief. We sent a sample of eyes and nose discharge to be analysed in Taipei just today. He seemed to improve for a while and his blood tests were improving, but his last test showed that his blood count went down drastically again.(Commonly caused by distemper) The prognosis is not good. Problem is, although the dog displays many signs of distemper including a twitch, the test showed negative. The test is a kit that is only effective with 97.5% of cases. That’s why we have to have him tested again in a Taipei Lab. In any case, at this point he’s dying and he was given 2 months to live at best. His spine isn’t producing enough blood cells He’s just an adorable fellow, too…

Then there’s Buddy. He’s a 3 years old Shiba we rescued yesterday. It was hard not to… He was literally right outside our building. X-rays, and visible swelling and bruises are showing 3 days old fractures of the pelvis at seven different places. That’s seven fractures. The pooch is anemic, and he also has a tick-born disease. He needs to be treated before surgery or else he could bleed to death. This means they may have to re-break the bones later to fix him up. I’m sure he will walk again, but our vet will not guarantee it.

And then there’s Da Hei who went missing after some dog catchers were spotted in the park where he hangs out. He’s a CNR case, but we had him convalescing in our house for three months. Hopefully he turns up soon… We checked the pound already.

And finally, I found out last night that one of the pups we adopted out this summer was killed by a car in kenting. I raised these pups ever since their eyes weren’t even open. Nine of them…

All of the above happened in less than a week.

Next week will be better, I’m sure.

But yeah… What a hard life it is on the street for man’s best friend…

[Stray_Dog]

Oh, jeez. I didn’t need to be reading that right now. Very sad.

Glad you were able to end her suffering; it was the best thing you could do for her.

[ratbrain]

i am speechless.

[irishstu]

[quote=“sandman”]Oh, man, Chris. I’m so sorry to read this. What a sad, sad story. At least she recognized you and recognized you as a friend at the end. At least she died with a friend.
I’m so sorry.[/quote]

What he said.

[Mordeth]

Sunday morning…my last day off before heading back to work for a week…and I’m crying already…thanks a lot.

I don’t understand how any being’s life could just be so full of misery…they are born…just to suffer and die…there’s no point to that…none whatsoever.

[Sherryx]

She’s been laying on the side of the road for three days and nobody stopped to give her some water or anything?!!! Bopepine, I also work in Nanzhe and I was wondering if it was one dog that I also frequently used to see on the street. Is it a mixed breed of brown and black color? And she was fat and walked very slowly? Is this the dog or am I describing another one?

[bobepine]

Granny was a smaller dog. All black with some grey around the snout. She was skinny. I’m guessing different dog.