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Eeyore

On March 1, SND was contacted by Kathleen Price, an independent rescuer in Longwood, FL, requesting assistance for Eeyore, a Doberman that she recently rescued. Here is Eeyore's story...

Eeyore wound up in Seminole Valley AC near the end of January. She had been picked up as a stray. When Katleen went to the shelter to evaluate her, she was horrified at her condition. She had generalized demodectic mange, ear infections, eye infections, a broken toe, a good 20 lbs. underweight and close to delivering a litter. She looked on the outside like a dog of 10 who had been used and abused but a look at her teeth revealed a young dog. Unfortunately, on her last day of stray time, she was claimed by her owners, who seemed oblivious to her condition, outside of the fact that she was pregnant.

Fortunately for Eeyore, Kathleen was able to find out where her owners lived, and she would drive by to check on her, and called in reports of an animal in distress. Unfortunately, nothing came of this, so finally, Kathleen left a note in the mail box of Eeyore's owners, asking them to call her. The next day, they did. Eeyore had started having puppies in the night and had already killed one and tried to kill the 2nd. They wanted her to come get the dog. When Kathleen got there she knew Eeyore was in trouble. The one live pup was very cold as they had taken it away from her and put it in the shed. Eeyore was burning up with fever. The drive with Eeyore in labor to the vet clinic was horrendous. She screamed the entire time, as Kathleen tried to reassure her.

When they got to the clinic Eeyore had a fever of 106.8. The pup was immediately taken from Kathleen and they started trying to get her warm. X-rays showed 3 more pups in Eeyore's belly. Eeyore pretty much passed out at that point. She had a team of 2 doctors, 3 vet techs, the office manager and Kathleen working on her. She was started on fluids to get her body temp down. It took 3 injections of oxytocin to get her weak body to deliver the remaining pups. The last thing she needed was to undergo surgery. The first 2 pups were stillborn but the 3rd was a little bit alive. They revived her and she has now passed her 2 week birthday. She is being handraised by the office manager. They estimated that this was Eeyore's 4th litter at only two years of age.

Eeyore is now with Kathleen, and undergoing treatment for Demodex. She has improved substantially, and was spayed today. Kathleen has requested help with the bill for Eeyore's emergency care and Demodex treatment, as she has several senior dogs that have also had emergencies lately, and there aren't enough funds to pay Eeyore's bill.

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More Pictures of Eeyore!
Eeyore after delivering!	Eeyore sitting
Eeyore's surviving pup

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