Here's the adorable little dog that my sister and I rescued back in April. My sister found her one night sitting in the middle of the road, lost. She's really, really old, blind and kinda deaf, had mange, seborrhea, fleas, worms, an umbilical hernia, a heart murmur, and was horribly underweight. We felt so sorry for her that we took her in.
When I took her to the vet, they recognized her and said she had been brought in as a stray before, but the owners came looking for her and picked her up. The vet was outraged that anyone could let a dog get in such poor condition, but said that, by law, they have to give it back to the owners. When I brought her in this time, she was even more outraged. They hadn't even bothered to give the dog the free flea and mange treatment that she had given them. Fortunately whoever owned her didn't bother to come looking for her this time around.
Anyway, she's now happy and fairly healthy. She's gone from less than 11 lbs to 12 1/2 lbs, her fur is growing back like crazy (we may actually have to get her trimmed), and most amazingly, her heart murmur has disappeared!
She's the sweetest, most loving dog ever. I think I was the first person to ever give her a tummy rub, and whenever she hears me approach she flops onto her back, begging me to rub her tummy! We named her Mildred because we had just finished watching Mildred Pierce on HBO when we brought her home.
Millie before:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...1/DSCN1507.jpg
Millie now:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...1/DSCN0001.jpg