This have been very busy of late, as you will soon see on here, but tonight let me introduce you to a very special girl. Penny came to us a stray just over a week ago. She was found very local to us in Northumberland, after wandering onto a couples out house to seek shelter and to sleep for the night.
As you can see Penny has a huge mammary tumour, the size of a grapefruit, and at least another 4 or 5. Her teeth are rotten, whilst all her senses (eyesight, hearing and smelling) appear to be not quite as good as they once were. All in all she is in a pretty terrible way, and the hardest bit to understand is why as she is such a wonderful girl.
Maybe she is an ex working dog who has been discarded? The rural location in which she was found would back that up, but the matted fur and skin condition underneath would also suggest she has lived outside.
Penny has already had a check up at the vets, where it was found that her chest was a bit "raspy" which in turns gives us great cause for concern in case any cancers have made their way to her chest. Friday I am taking her back for an X Ray just to be sure, then I guess results dependant I have to make a decision. If the chest X Rays show the all clear then its full steam ahead in terms of speying her and a full mammary strip to remove the tumours. If the worst news is confirmed then she will need somewhere to see out her days being loved. Such a shocking state for such a wonderful girl to be in.....
As you can see Penny has a huge mammary tumour, the size of a grapefruit, and at least another 4 or 5. Her teeth are rotten, whilst all her senses (eyesight, hearing and smelling) appear to be not quite as good as they once were. All in all she is in a pretty terrible way, and the hardest bit to understand is why as she is such a wonderful girl.
Maybe she is an ex working dog who has been discarded? The rural location in which she was found would back that up, but the matted fur and skin condition underneath would also suggest she has lived outside.
Penny has already had a check up at the vets, where it was found that her chest was a bit "raspy" which in turns gives us great cause for concern in case any cancers have made their way to her chest. Friday I am taking her back for an X Ray just to be sure, then I guess results dependant I have to make a decision. If the chest X Rays show the all clear then its full steam ahead in terms of speying her and a full mammary strip to remove the tumours. If the worst news is confirmed then she will need somewhere to see out her days being loved. Such a shocking state for such a wonderful girl to be in.....
