We pulled this fella off the street on August 5, with the intent of reuniting him with his people. Despite a lot of social media, rescue and animal control listings and flyers we have not succeeded in this effort. So our focus now is to find him the best rehome situation and while working on that, through some kind donations from friends, we have had him checked out by the vet (heartworm negative and fecal clear)and given him his vaccinations and started on heartworm, flea/tick prevention.
He is a sweet, energetic, 1 1/2 yo with some remaining puppiness. Some of his defensive behaviors from his time in survival mode are clearing up and being replaced with selective trust of caregivers. He is hyper-reactive to people outside the car when we take him for rides. The vet’s opinion is that his injured leg was due to some trauma rather than the result of surgery. The half leg remaining has some tissue trauma and she recommends surgery to remove the remaining “leg”.
Hoping for some guidance on how to find a loving understanding home for this guy with training opportunities to help him be his best loving pet self.
Rex is a beautiful pup! Thanks for saving him and sharing his story here. Post in the Tripawds Rescue Forum to reach even more members.
Oh you sweet boy you melt my heart! Remind me, where are you located? I would love to create a few social media posts to help get the word out.
Bill, thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping this poor guy. He is so lucky to find his way to you. The perfect home is out there! We will do all we can to help. Post more photos so that we can generate interest OK?
We are located in Dallas, TX..
We need someone to rescue Rex soon. We can’t keep him much longer. I realize there is an epidemic going on (at least in North Texas) whether due to the economy, our a lack of love for dogs but this needs to stop.
We are still hoping and needing a home for Rex. He has become quite loveable and the comments we received from our boarder (we were away for a week) were over the top. “Happy”, Enthusiastic”, “Friendly”, “Happy go Lucky”, “Playful”, “Charming”, “Angelic”, “Adorable”, “Fun-Loving”, “Eager to Please”…. and “the Sweetest Dog Ever”.
He is quite the pup and we know will make a wonderful pet. Please contact me if interested.
Bill Bludworth
972-757-9019
bludworth@sbcglobal.net