Lavender (Owner surrender)

One of our volunteers had seen a post in one of the Facebook groups, about an owner wishing to rehome his 2 dogs as he had no time to take care of them. He and his wife had gotten the dogs and his wife had loved them dearly but she had passed away 2 years ago. And since then, he has had little time to care for them on his own. 

Lavender

By the time we contacted the owner, the male dog had already been adopted by someone. So our volunteer made time to go down to screen the other dog to see if we would be able to help with her rehoming. 

When the volunteer went down, she immediately noticed that the dog was in a horrible state and agreed to take her in at once. Our volunteer brought the dog home and observed that she was a very sweet girl, if a little wary. She was very loving and curious but would not enter rooms without approval from people. It is amazing that she was still such a sweet girl towards humans, and with such good manners even after being neglected like that for, what we hope was only, the past couple of years. She also did not seem to have any serious separation anxiety and was able to be alone in a room too. We have since named her Lavender.

Our volunteer brought Lavender to the vet the very next day. Despite her sweet smelling name, Lavender was very smelly. She smelt yeasty and was scratching non-stop until she had broken skin and started bleeding. She was tested for ringworms but the results will only be out in a couple of days. For now, we will try to address the itching as best we can and prevent her from scratching herself raw.

Fur loss due to excessive scratching and licking

She had never been out for walks, her legs are extremely weak. She didnt even have a collar or leash.

Bald spots on most parts of her body and boy, does she smell bad! 

Open sores from constant licking / scratching

It pains us when we see dogs who have come to accept that a sad and neglected life is the norm

In the meantime, everybody, please welcome Lavender to the HOPE family. She is a poodle-mix, about 8 1/2 years old. We will be posting more about her test results in the coming few days and when we think this sweetheart will be ready to be rehomed so do keep a lookout for those posts. If you wish to contribute to Lavender's vet bills, please email hopedogrescue@singnet.com.sg