Month: November 2011

  • Having a closer look at Sunshine Courage’s X-Rays

    Today, my friend brought Sunshine’s X-Rays and we consulted our panel vet for his opinion. The spinal chord IS broken at the lumbar vertebrae L6. It is obliterated and bits of it is crushed. From a medical point of view, an injury of this nature causes lifelong paralysis and Sunshine will not be able to…

  • Photos of Sunshine Courage’s first acupuncture treatment

    My friend sent these photos and a description of Sunshine Courage’s first acupuncture treatment on Monday: Hi Kah Yein, I just remembered that I hadn’t sent you the photos at Sunshine’s 1st acupuncture session at Dr Susanna’s clinic. We did not take her out of the opened carrier as we wanted to minimise movement. The…

  • Photo updates of Sweetie from Ipoh (Linda Suhaili’s)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/11/injured-dog-treated-and-now-recovered-linda-suhailis/ We sent a RM200 subsidy to Linda for the medical expenses of Sweetie and Linda sends her grateful thanks to all our donors. Below are some photo updates of Sweetie from Linda. Linda says the wounds on the underside are healing very nicely (see last photo).        

  • A sunshiny day for Sunshine Courage!

    Updates from my friend who is nursing Sunshine Courage (please note that my friend has requested anonymity, hence, she remains as “my friend”): Hi Kah Yein, Today has been an excellent day with Sunshine! As far as I can tell, as of this morning, all the previously compacted poo has been removed manually. It must be such…

  • Saying my piece, and moving on…

    I’m not in the habit of dwelling in the negative, but sometimes, in the course of dealing with so many different types of humans, the ugly human annoys you, and you just have to say your piece, if only to preserve your much-needed sanity. I’ll get straight to the point, say all that I want…

  • More options for Sunshine Courage

    Courage is now officially named “Sunshine Courage”, Sunshine is the nickname given by my friend who has agreed to nurse her for a few weeks. I spoke to another vet today, just to widen my understanding of Courage’s condition and if she has more options. According to this vet, it is recommended that spinal chord…

  • Dog whose face was blown off by fireworks put in his mouth by pranksters

    Human cruelty knows no bounds. Source: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/441/petition-for-the-dog-whose-face-was-torn-off-after-people-put-a-lit-firework-in-his-mouth-and-later/ SARAJEVO — Two intoxicated youths duct-taped a firework in a German shepherd’s mouth and blew off his face. But the torture didn’t stop there. The poor dog, known as Vucko, wandered for five days, unable to eat and with maggots infecting the meaty pulp of his ruined face. Vucko…

  • Loyal till the end

    Mrs Wong shared this: Two Stories of Loyal Friends and Proof Nobody Loves You Like a Dog by Megan Drake November 22, 2011 The love and loyalty of a good dog is well known.  Recently, a report of a Hachi-like happening came from China.  That was also on the heels of a similar story in California. China…

  • Two Duangs, spayed (Julie Pek’s)

    Julie Pek has been helping Dr Veeranoot foster two of her rescued cats, codenamed the “Two Duangs”. They are currently of age to be spayed, so Julie brought them to our panel vet for spaying under our sponsorship. Dr Veeranoot will re-donate to our fund as her contribution to help other animals. We thank her…

  • Rescued Collie mix, spayed (Caroline’s)

    Caroline called me last week. She had rescued this Collie mix from somewhere and had got her treated at the vet’s. She wants to hand over the dog to a certain shelter but the shelter requires the dog to be spayed, so Caroline asked for our help. The dog has since been spayed under our…

  • Visiting Amber Horsey and friends

    It’s been sometime since I last saw Amber Horsey. She was one of our amputees, brought in by Joanne Lim from Klang with a bad leg. The leg was amputated and I enlisted my friend, Lydia’s help to rehabilitate Amber Horsey. Amber Horsey has been with Lydia for many months now, and is as fit,…

  • Pretty Mama, spayed and will be adopted (Jessy Lian’s)

    Jessy Lian brought Pretty Mama for spaying under our sponsorship today. Pretty Mama was brought in about 2 months ago, but found to be pregnant, so the spaying was postponed. She delivered three kittens but all of them died.  Poor things, and poor Pretty Mama. Jessy said she followed her when Jessy took her kittens…

  • Sugar, rescued dog, needs hind leg amputation (Eling Chan’s)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/11/help-needed-to-rescue-a-dog-in-klang-mandy-chee/ The dog was rescued last night by Koo. Mandy Chee was the one who asked for help last night and she informed me that Eling Chan needs financial aid for the medical treatment for this rescued dog. So, this morning I texted Eling to ask the condition of the dog so that I could…

  • Updates on Blacky (Jessy Lian’s)

    Jessy Lian rescued a small black kitten a few days ago. Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/11/urgent-fostereradopter-needed-for-rescued-kitten-jessy-lians/ We have pledged our medical subsidy for this kitten, but have advised Jessy that we do not cover boarding unless the kitten requires it medically. Jessy said she would discharge the kitten once declared fit and board her elsewhere at a more affordable…

  • A small panic situation last night (Courage)

    Yesterday evening, at about 8.30pm, my friend sent an S.O.S. Courage was panting and breathing heavily with her mouth open. We all know that’s not a very good sign. That started happening about two hours after her meal. By sheer luck, our vet was still at the clinic attending to cases, so I managed to…