This is the story of Gus, a senior boxer dumped at the Seeaca animal shelter by his "caring" owner.
This is also the story of what happens when rescues work together, miracles do follow. Gus was brought by his owner(s) probably because he had reached that ripe old age when he no longer served a purpose or maybe they just got tired of him. It could also have been his medical situation which they could not or would not address. Who knows, who cares? Whatever the reasons I hope these people never get another dog, and hope that if they do have children, never mind the beautiful life lesson they are teaching their kids, I hope that when these people get old and decrepit, their own children will have taken this lesson to heart and will rightfully abandon them because they are no longer productive or worth breathing in this world.
Now back to Gus: several dedicated people were involved in his bailout and recovery. I want to thank Shelley and Shana from Take Me Home for evaluating him at the shelter and making us all aware of his very existence. Sachi Animal Rescue which bailed him out and Jackie in particular who had the emotional task of getting him out and transporting a very sick and listless Gus to the vet, not knowing if he would actually make it another day. More than anything I want to thank Christy for being his number one advocate, visiting him while he was recovering, updating us with pictures and Audrey Cox-Ricks from The Boxer Rescue Project for opening her big heart and small bank account (the story of rescues!) and not sparing any expenses to nurse him back to health. Gus was transported by Christy this morning to a fabulous foster home, thank you Lisa for opening your heart and home to this magical boy. Gus came out jogging from the vet, with quite a swagger in his step, he knew he was moving on to bigger and better things. He spent yesterday at the spa, getting pampered and cleaned, and given a clean bill of health. He has nicely recovered from his major case of kennel cough and is getting medication for his eye. The big "hernia" on his behind everybody was so concerned about turned out to be nothing at all: it does not affect him in any way and he probably has had this forever. The vet estimates it was a case of a tail cropped too close and muscles settling in (please excuse my medical expertise!). Anyway, Gus is fine and just met two beautiful boxers who welcomed him into their home. Christy left him playing with his new friends, roaming a gigantic backyard and looking forward to some major TLC from Lisa, who in Christy's words, is the kind of boxer owner we should all be so lucky to find for our orphans. Finally a big thank you to Tracy from Chico Boxer Rescue who did not hesitate to open her home to Gus and I am sure is looking forward to welcoming this special boy into her life.
