PLEASE HELP US HELP THIS POOR PUP

Cataract in one eye

Beautiful little girl

Close-up

This five-month old Labrador puppy was sent to be put to sleep by her new owners after they found that she was blind. She has cataract in one eye and has very minimal sight in the other. She is a very loving pup and we strongly believe that she should be given a chance to live. She is being cared for by one of our friends after we felt that she would be better in a home environment than in our half-way-home. We are hoping to surgically restore her sight at least in one eye but have been told that the procedure is rather expensive. Given this, we implore you to help us help this poor little girl.

PLEASE HELP US HELP THIS UNFORTUNATE DOG

Dog at the clinic

No sensation in one hind leg

Stuck in the culvert

On the day of her rescue

About two weeks ago we received a call from a lady in Damansara that an injured dog was lying by the side of the kerb. Our volunteers rushed to the scene and found the dog unable to move and they think she must have been hit by either a car or a motorbike. She was also partially stuck in the opening at the edge of the culvert. They managed to get her out and rushed her to Mayo Clinic in Subang Jaya. An X-ray was taken and it showed injuries to two parts of her back bone. She has some sensation in one of her hind legs and has no sensation in the other hind leg. Both her front limbs are ok. She is still in Mayo Clinic and we are waiting for Dr. Susanna Brida-Hofherr to return from overseas on Friday, July 2. Dr Brida-Hofherr is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and may be able to help the dog. We are also hoping the dog will lose some weight as this will help her recover better. Please help us help this poor girl with her treatment.

KLANG POUND DOGS

The dog on the day of her rescue

Fighting for her life at the clinic

Please get well soon

The dogs that have been rescued from the pound - all very friendly

One of the pound dogs - at the back of the cage which is not doing too well.

The girl that was rescued for us is currently in a not so good condition at the vet's. We have been told that her heart is weak and her kidneys as well as her liver is damaged. We are puzzled as to what could possibly be causing this at the Klang pound. If you recall, several puppies rescued not long ago all died of the same thing. What is happening at the Klang pound? In addition to this girl - we are also sponsiring the treatment of four more dogs rescued from the pound. They are under our care now. Two seem to be ok but the other two appear to be doing poorly. One of the dogs doing poorly is wearing a collar. This is what the pound is good at - take in healthy dogs and infect them. Not surprising as the so-called team advising the Klang pound is made-up of a bunch of morons who think the only way forward is killing as many dogs as possible.

LITTLE HEROINE

The Thambiyah children with Heroine.

Heroine taking a quick nap before going to her new home.

We received a frantic call from our friend Fatimah Zainal last Wed that there was a little puppy playing around the guardhouse of her housing estate in Puchong. She was worried the puppy would be run over by residents' cars. We told her to pick the puppy up and send it to one of our panel clinics and Fatimah did this Thursday afternoon. We picked her up the same evening and groomed her before taking her to our adoption booth at the PET WORLD 2010 Exhibition the following day. Lucky heroine was almost immediately adopted by the Thambiyah family at the exhibition. Heroine now lives in a nice bungalow in Petaling Jaya with another puppy. Thank you Fatimah for helping to remove Heroine of the streets. The Thambiyah family could well afford to buy the many pedigree puppies on sale at the exhibition but choose to give a stray puppy a home instead. They also adopted another puppy from another rescue group. Thank you Thambiyah family.

COME VISIT US

MALAYSIAN DOGS DESERVE BETTER will be participating in the three-day PET WORLD 2010 - The 3rd Malaysian International Pets & Aquatics Exhibition from Friday June 25 to Sunday June 25. The event is being held at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre. We will be having an adoption drive as well as a mini exhibition on what we do. Funds in cash and kind will also be raised at the event. Please visit us.

Toby

This is Toby and he was rescued by a young lady a month ago. She surrendered him to us at the end of last month and the puppy has been at the veterinary clinic since. Toby appeared to be having breathing difficulties when he was rescued and an X-ray of his lungs showed it to be very cloudy and unclear. The vet thinks it must either be pneumonia or a form of cystic fibrosis. He eats well but is very thin and cannot put on any weight. We are worried about Toby and hope to find him a foster home where he can be fed several times a day. We are currently feeding him rice and chicken in addition to the food the clinic provides but are yet to see changes in his weight. However, his breathing is better and we hope Toby recovers soon.

WE THINK SHE HAS BEEN FOUND

The fat dog that was snatched by dog catchers who created chaos at Taman Radzi last week appears to have been found. Thanks to an SPCA committee member who helped us by going to the Klang pound to look for the dog. She had a hard time finding it because the dog had lost tremendous weight and her collar had been removed. Her rescuer identified her from her teats. But we have our doubts if this is the same dog. So, we will be doing another series of photoshots when she feels better. If this is another dog and she has been saved - its her karma not to die at the pound in vain. AThis proves what we have been saying - that dog catchers snatch people's pets and then remove the collars to make them look like strays - is true. The poor dog was brought to us on Monday and she is still weak and sick. That's what the pound does to dogs. Furthermore if she is indeed that fat dog, she was whacked and bashed around before being flung into the enclosure. We hope she makes it - a lot of the dogs that spend, even a few days in the pound, were known to drop dead eventually.It is all because of the lackadaisical attitude of the local councils and their lack of empathy for dogs. The sick dog is currently admitted at a veterinary clinic where she'll probably be until she is well again. She will also be spayed and vaccinated before being rehomed. We welcome any form of sponsorship for her.

Upon arrival at the pound

Not feeling too good

Very weak