A local clan association had approached us for help with two of their dogs as sadly, their caregiver had passed on and none of the staff had time for the dogs. The dogs are extremely well fed but kept in an enclosure 24/7. Both have bad skin and ear infection, possibly from food and environmental allergies. Bob had a small wound on his head, likely from scratching his ears and his long nails had scratched his head and caused a wound.
Initially we had asked them to take Bob to the vet to have his wound checked but the clan association did not have manpower to do so, thus we booked a house call for the vet to go down to see both Bob and the other girl dog.
One male dog, Bob,12 years old, was deaf and blind in one eye, likely from cataract, while the other was Ah Pei, female, 6 years old. With a soft spot for senior and special needs dogs, we offered to take Bob. Unfortunately, when they showed us Bob’s licence, he was licenced as a Presa Canario, which is a scheduled breed in Singapore, requiring private residence, bond and insurance in order to license the breed. Because of this, we are unable to take Bob in and we are appealing to anyone who has a private residence and a space for Bob, to consider giving him a chance. He is huge, looks about 40kg but very sweet, friendly and a big baby. He allowed his nails to be clipped without fuss. We don’t know how he is with other dogs, but he is fine with Ah Pei, who looks up to Bob and follows him around.
For now, the dogs have been given meds for their itch, had their nails clipped and ears cleaned. The vet had recommended they change the kibbles and canned food to something more hypoallergenic.
Ah Pei is a small local dog, about 16kg. She is high energy but you can't blame her as she has been locked up all her life. With daily walks, we are sure she will eventually calm down. Ah Pei is also friendly, sweet and she too had no issues with nail clipping.
If anyone has a home for Bob , Ah Pei or both, please email us and we will put you in touch with the caregivers. Please help them so they will experience some joy and freedom.
Our email – hopedogrescue@singnet.com.sg
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| A vet visiting the clan dogs |
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| Long nails (Ah Pei) |
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| Long nails (Bob) |
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| Sweet old big baby |
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| Sweet Ah Pei; all she wants is pat pat & walks |
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| Vet nurses clipping Bob's nails |
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| Sweet old Bob |
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| The vet said he needed to lose some weight |
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| Ear cleaning |
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| Ah Pei getting to know the vet before nail clipping |
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