[Dailydrool] Swirling Herd of Fleas/Chemicals/Pregnancy?

[Houndy2 at aol.com]

The old mobile home was pretty ratty looking and empty looking with a  
cracked window.  It was filthy. Located at the base of Mt. Rainier in a  poorest 
of poor neighborhood and young boy came down the makeshift stairs and  out 
the gate and held his hand out to me to shake and said Hi I am Jason. They  
are my dogs. 
 
It has been bothering me since yesterday but now here I sit bawling  away 
for that young boy and the sad life. Asking you all on the DD to send  not 
only the two dogs healing drool but that crippled family some  too. The 
Motherin Law taking the Daughter in Law to court to take the  children away 
because she wants the MONEY. The Mom with one child barely walking  and 3 others 
working hard to keep her family together and going.
 
It has been several years since we have seen many fleas but the two dogs  
that I picked up yesterday were loaded with them.  Huge ones. Long huge  
skinny athlethic fleas. SO many fleas that the COLOR of the coat  is darker with 
the moving slashes. We found out about the pair by  looking on the Craigs 
List here.
 
Hot, searing hot and red skin with the poor dogs itching and itching  
frantically.Not neutered or spayed and the girl thick waisted. The dogs  
alternately going out of their minds with frantic biting and kicking/ and laying  
exhausted and bleary green crusty eyes.Long curling toenails not cut since 
last  Oct. at least.
 
Anyhow you get the picture. I have a damned if you do and damned if you  
don't question. It was about a 4 hour drive home so I took them asap to a 
Petco  and got them to do a bath and flea bath for the dogs and bought flea 
killer  spray for the flea jumpy car.
 
The thing is I am now questioning getting them the flea dip and having put  
on Advantage as the female looks a bit thick in the waist and they said the 
 the female "Baby" was several weeks out of her heat cycle. The area under 
her  tail is all poofy. They said it was lways poofy. I am concerned  about  
having just put chemicals on her and know now that I probably  should NOT 
have if she was pregnant (?).  They said she was not PG. Looking  at her now 
I WONDER. Should have probably just asked them at Petco to let the  soapy 
water sit on her for 10 minutes or so and not let the flea repulsion thing  
get out of hand. I just hate them and the pain they cause the hounds. I was  
getting fleas myself! I mean they were jumping everywhere the bloodsuckers! I 
 could NOT wait the 4 hours getting home to get rid of the fleas!
 
IF she is about halfway through her pregnancy we would have her have her  
babies but it is hard to tell now and .... I just sloshed her in flea 
chemicals  though and am feeling so bad and stupid. People lie about stuff and the 
little  dog COULD be PG.
 
 Sandy Gaston is going to take a look at her and see what she thinks  about 
the little girl named "Baby" and if she is PG. 
 
It seems that the stories and things that happen "in rescue" just are  
always new versions of old stories. The woman who gave up the dogs to us has 4  
children to raise..a 2 yr. on up to a 14 yr. and her husband committed 
suicide  by Over Doseing last Oct. and the pair are only 3 or 4 she said. 
 
Ack! Please will you send "Baby" and "Chopper" love and healing drool? All  
the many stories of Rescues and this one just kinda got to me. Wishing she 
is  not PG and asking for healing drool for the hounds...but also for that 
young boy  who loved the two dogs and now is the man of the house. When I 
told him to  please try not to worry about the dogs that I would take good care 
of them...his  voice broke..it craced and he said Yeah.
 
That's all...just boo hooing away here at work on some break time....kinda  
sad somedays doing "Rescue". 
 
Wish em luck ok?!
Love and Woofin, Lexa Loved and Owned by Hudson and  Henry
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