| SPARKY Sparky is 8 month old male purebred Wheaten Terrier. Sparky has had a hard time in his first 8 months. He was born in a puppymill in Florida and then bought in a petstore and given to a young girl as a present. Soon this girl decided the puppy was too much work and he was dumped on her roommates mother to take care of until she moved. Guess what? She never came back for the puppy. Sparky was able to escape from the yard he was being kept in and soon got in a fight with a male neighborhood dog. The owner of the other dog got into the middle of the fight and got bit. No one can say for sure which dog bit but the owner of the other dog of course blamed Sparky so he was picked up by animal control and taken to a local shelter. Unfortunately for Sparky, he had never been given his rabies shot so he was impounded for observation for 10 days. We were contacted by the person who had been taking care of Sparky when she found out that they shelter would charge her nearly $300 in fines and boarding fees in order for her to get him out of the shelter, and that if she did not pull him out it was very likely that they would put him to sleep as he was accused of biting. However, they told her they would consider releasing him to rescue at the end of the quarantine period. The girl who owned him had no interest in getting him out of the shelter, even if it meant his being put to sleep. After many frantic phone calls and negotiations, we were able to get the shelter to release him after we paid for his neuter and rabies shot at the shelter, a very small price to pay to save the life of this precious little puppy. He had previously been given his other shots, just not the rabies so his is UTD on shots. As you can see by the pictures, Sparky is severely matted and he will be going in to be completely shaved down. He is recovering nicely from his neuter and is in a wonderful foster home who are taking great care of him while he waits for the perfect forever home for him. I will post more photos after he has been cleaned up and shaved down. Thankfully his coat will grow back and with good food and care he will again be a beautiful puppy. Sparky is currently located in Scottsdale, AZ Oct. 1, 2002 Update Today Sparky had a trip to the groomer. Because of his recent neuter he could not be bathed yet but we felt he could not wait to get all that matted, smelly hair off so he was shaved down and cleaned up. The groomer pulled a 4" wad of matted black fur out of one of his ears and quite a bit out of the other! His foster mom reports that he can now hear her much better. As you can see he looks 100% better already and has a very handsome face. Give him a little time and this is going to be one beautiful boy! December 13, 2002 Sparky has been adopted by Brooke & KJ Rhodes of San Antonio, TX CONGRATULATIONS!! |
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| In Memory of Jerry, my beloved Wheaten |