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About Rosie
We first heard about Rosie in early December through the grapevine. All we knew was that someone had a dog they wanted to surrender as they could no longer look after her.
This is a story we hear often but December is the favourite month for these calls.
We asked one of our carers to go and meet Rosie and her owner to assess the situation.Normally we will talk to the owners, assess the dog and make a plan to look for a suitable carer as soon as we can.
But this time was different.
The carer called us from the house .. The quiver of the voice followed by a photo of the yard and a picture of the dog was all it needed for us to say Yes.
The carer still shudders at what she saw that day.
A tiny yard 4-6 inches deep in dog faeces and mud was Rosie’s world. Exposed to the weather with just a small plastic kennel for shelter. Imagine that yard in the rain .. and then again in the blazing sun. A few dirt covered ropes strewn around for “play” and a water bucket covered in scum.
Even more worrying was the state of Rosie’s eyes that the owner was “wiping over” with a dishcloth when our carer arrived. Eyes that were swollen shut.
At this stage the carer wasn’t even sure if Rosie could see … but she knew she needed a vet .. not a dirty dishcloth.
And so this filthy, sorry state of a dog became ours.
Straight to the vet this frightened girl was immediately diagnosed with Entropion.
This is an abnormality of the eyelids in which the eyelid rolls inward. This inward rolling causes the hair on the surface of the eyelid to rub against the cornea resulting in pain, corneal ulcers, perforations, or pigment developing on the cornea which can interfere with vision.
Initial tests showed a small ulcer on one eye but luckily no sign of long-term vision damage. We were to start Rosie on Antibiotics and anti-Inflammatory drops to ease the swelling and pain. Surgery would be required sooner rather than later once we had the swelling under control.
At home with her carer she was gently bathed and that’s when the tears and the anger hit.
We asked for any vet records the owner had and we leaned that she had visited a vet 14 months earlier.The vet notes advised they were concerned for Rosie's welfare. Not only was she suffering with Entropian but she was cowering and afraid both in the waiting room and in the surgery.
The owner advised that they couldn’t afford surgery and the vet never saw Rosie again.
FOURTEEN MONTHS AGO !
This poor girl had been suffering excruciating pain in her eyes which she could barely open for 14 months and longer whilst living in a stinking mud pit.
Rosie is only 2 years old. She is apparently a pure Catahola who they were planning to breed from. We doubt she is a purebred Catahoula ( but who knows) and as for breeding .. not on our watch.
When the vet performed her desexing the faeces and mud had even worked its way inside her … all the scrubbing and bathing in the world could not get her clean inside. The thought of this poor dog on heat in that prison cell and then being bred for money 😥
Rosie is post op now. She has settled in nicely with her carer and CAN SEE!
After a terribly shy and timid start, Rosie is growing in confidence every day and is a beautiful affectionate girl.
She is a big girl at 34kg and loves to run and play. She is also learning to play run and fetch the ball with the best of them.
She is in care with dogs and cats.
We are hoping her new home will have a male friend about her size as she loves a bit of rough and tumble. She is not overly keen on little snappy dogs.
She is lovely and clean (smells like apple shampoo) and is now bright eyed.
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Adoption details
The adoption fee includes desexing, microchipping, first vaccination, worming and flea treatment, current at time of adoption.
Our cats are to be indoor only, we figure this is a big step towards keeping them out of the pound!
Our dogs are to be inside/outside dogs, allowed to be inside at night and in poor weather conditions, included in the family, not left in the yard.
Adoption process includes a meet and greet followed by a home visit ( in your home) by one of our team. Photo ID will also be required upon application.
If you have any questions or are interested in adopting, please email fosters.aminirescue@gmail.com
This pet has been adopted and found love with its new family.
The rescue group has removed this pet and it is no longer available for adoption.
The rescue group is no longer taking adoption applications for this pet.