Leetta 's Rez dog rescue home Please read and help find her owners. She is alive!
Found Dog: Seville Housing, Cut Bank MT, 8/10/17 Updates below! Will update as we learn more.
Female Husky @ 2 yrs old, extremely malnourished and dehydrated. Scanned with three different readers. No microchip. If you have any information or to claim, please call 406-873-0022, Leetta 's Rez Dog Rescue Home. Please do NOT call from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Donations:
Medical Donations for Pretty Girl have been set up at:
Northern Vet Clinic, 55 US Hwy 213N, Cut Bank MT 59427, 406-873-5604
Please do NOT call our vet about inquiries about Pretty Girl. He is a busy man and needs his rest on his time off. It is rude to ask him about an animal that he is caring for. It is also a violation of patient/Doctor privileges.
Food Donations can be send to Cut Bank Animal Shelter, 113 East Main, Cut Bank MT 59427, 406-391-2273. She needs Hills Science Diet Puppy Food, canned cat and dog food. Fish Oil Supplements.
Continuing Care donations can be mailed to Leetta, POB 1332, Cut Bank MT 59427.
Update: 8/11/17 9:27 a.m. She survived the night, but is very weak. She will be going to vet for X-rays. She is very sore on the left side like being hit by a vehicle. She is not able to stand or move without assistance. We have a direction of travel from people who watched her come into Seville housing. She came from Lenoir's pasture towards Seville and collapsed at Headstart. If anyone knows people in the area, please tag them.
Update 8/11/17 1:35 p.m. Pretty Girl is at the vet on a working status. When we know more we will update this post. Thanks.
Update: 8/11/17 2:50 p.m. Pretty Girl weighs 25#. The ear mites turned out to be cockle burrs that she scratched until her ears were bleeding. The injury to her left side is from exhaustion and walking. She is able to walk 3 steps on her own, then she needs assistance. She is becoming more alert to things going on around her. This is going to be a long recovery period. She requires good quality puppy chow, canned cat food and dog food to bring her protein levels up. She was de-wormed. The prognosis is that she will survive. We can't tell you how touch and go it was last night. If she had not been helped, the vet said she would have died by morning. Pretty Girl will have another vet check up on Tuesday. We have a volunteer to foster Pretty Girl. There were several people who offered. The family that will have her was chosen be the vet based on her special needs. Thank you for your care and concern. To those who are donating, thank you. This is what rescuing really is about. With God's guidance for all of us caring for Pretty Girl, we will make this walk.
We are not sure where Pretty Girl came from. We think that she was stolen and taken on a transport to be sold in Canada. When they failed to get her across the border, they dumped her. It has happened in the past to dogs in our area. Her pads are worn out from walking. We think she was on her way home and collapsed from lack of nutrition and water. We are still trying to find her owners.
We know that she was loved and is loved here.
She is not up for adoption at this time. It will be at least four weeks before Pretty Girl will be able to even think of adoption.
Update 8/12/17: Pretty Girl is stronger today. She can stand for two minutes at a time. We have her confined, so she does not overdue and lose the valuable calories that she has put on. We are monitoring her 24/7. She is starting to eat on her own, but only for a minute at a time. Our goal is to have her ask to go outside to relieve herself, until now she is using puppy pads.
Update 8/12/17 4:30 p.m. Pretty Girl is standing to eat and has asked to go outside to do her business. She is starting to have an appetite! We have found some serious wounds from barb wire fences on her legs - one runs from her hip to her toes. We were told to shave her legs to her haunches to treat the wounds. She is strong enough for a bath to have the cockle burrs removed and the wounds treated.
Special Note: Please do NOT call our vet or Leetta trying to claim reward for missing dogs. Leetta has been up every night with Pretty Girl until 3 or 4 in the morning. If you have a concern or think she is a missing dog, PM or message me. We are checking every lead that we are getting. We are posting you up to date information. Calling our vet or Leetta and arguing whether or not they know Pretty Girl is male or female is insulting and rude.
Update 8/12/17 7:45 p.m.
During her bath, we found foxtail burrowing into her skin. We have her schedule for emergency shaving to the skin, so we can save her life. She is in pain, but is such a gentle soul that she doesn't even try to bite.
http://www.reshareworthy.com/foxtail-grass-can-kill-your-dogs/ more information about foxtail. Please continue to pray for her and for those rescuing her.
8/13/17 11:05 a.m. After her bath last, Pretty Girl went to sleep and didn't move again until this morning. She was carried outside, walked around the yard, sat down, then had to be carried inside. She will go to the groomer today and be shaved, so we can find all off the foxtail embedded in her body. This is going to be a long day for her in her weak condition. We hate to do this, but it has to be done to expose foxtail that is burrowing into her body.
8/13/17 9:30 p.m. Pretty Girl was so worn out from her grooming that she was only able to rest on her side on the way home and this evening. The road to recovery is going to be long.
We know that you mean well with offers to adopt. Please wait a couple of weeks before asking. We are still trying to find her family.
8/14/17 10:00 a.m. Pretty Girl was exhausted from her grooming session. We need to have foxtail removed from her ears and her paws. She is visible limping from her back legs. Improvement is she walked 20 steps this morning, then had to be carried back inside.
All calls and messages checking to see if she was their dog have proved negative. The search continues. Leetta was able to get five hours of sleep last night. I will put the link to her rescue in the comments, if I can't link it here. Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. We appreciate them more than you can imagine.
8/14/17 10:00 p.m. Pretty Girl used most of the day to recoup from her grooming session. Due to her severely weakened state, standing to be groom took most of her reserve energy. This afternoon, she laid in the sun on one side and then, was flipped to the other side. She does not have the strength to flip herself. Her total steps taken today was 20. Leetta carries her outside and brings her back inside. She is with Pretty Girl 24/7. It is exhausting work. When she does fall asleep, she does not need to be answering phone calls or messages. That is why I am the contact. Send me a PM. All messages have been seen. If I did not respond, the photos you sent were not Pretty Girl. I will NOT respond to adoption messages. She is NOT up for adoption! We are trying to save her life, primarily. Secondly, we are actively searching for her owner. When she is healthy (hopefully in 2-3 months), we will let you know.
8/15/17 12:00 p.m. Vet visit shows that Pretty Girl has lost a pound leaving her at 24#. The vet thinks that it is the weight of the fur that needed to be trimmed to get to the foxtail. The vet has decided to let the foxtail fester for now, as Pretty Girl is not strong enough to go under anesthesia at this time. She was able to stand during her exam today, but was greatly weakened by the effort.
8/15/17 10:00 p.m. Today was a rough day for Pretty Girl. After returning from the vet, she laid down and hasn't moved even to eat. She is back to spoon feeding and using puppy pads. We are handling all of your inquiries. Please send a photo in your messages. It will speed the process up. We are not opening this group to the people outside of our county. We understand that you are interested in Pretty Girl's story, but we have other missing and found animals that we are searching for owners. Today, we handled three others. Two found their owners one we are still searching for owners. ... See more
