"HELP!
I NEED SOMEBODY,
HELP!
NOT JUST ANYBODY,
HELP!
YOU KNOW I NEED SOMEONE,
HELP.....!" - Lennon/McCartney
These 9 pups need a new place desperately - even a temporary foster home would be welcome at this point. The town ACO asked us to help because if he seizes the dogs, they would be destroyed. And that would be a shame because they do have nice temperaments - they are just horribly neglected and not shown any love or affection.
This is how our Eeyore (shown here in a "before" picture) must have felt before he rescued out of the squalid conditions he existed in with 9 siblings. He was taken to Red Bank vet last night to treat his injured eye and the wounds all over his body from neglect. He is on antibiotics to help clear up his skin issues, eye salve for this scratched cornea AND had a much-needed bath. He now looks so much better and must feel so much better now - especially being out of his vari-kennel "prison" and in a safe foster home to begin his journey to healing.
Eeyore has a wonderful temperament and will be a great companion for some lucky human(s). He weighs 90 lbs, but needs to put on about 10 more to fill out his frame properly. While Eeyore's story is starting to turn into a "happily ever after", we are frankly worried about his 9 siblings still living in awful conditions and needing to be removed ASAP.
Their "home" is an un air-conditioned garage in plastic vari-kennels with absolutely no air circulation. The stench is nauseating and the dogs are getting next to no socialization. They are timid but we saw no aggression - they just need to be shown how to be a dog. They live in their plastic kennels all day and night and that is all they know right now. Most of them have sores on their legs and lower bodies from sitting and laying in their own urine since they never get out of their kennels. No one is spayed or neutered - the owner had some grandiose plans of "showing" these dogs to make them 'champions'!
These babies will be 3 years old in September and it is time to get them released to be able to play outside in a yard where they will have the chance to experience life on the 'outside' and inside a home to be part of a loving family. They are absolutely filthy and the first thing they need is a good bath.
To read more about these sweet pitties and to see how you can help, click on the link below and scroll down to the last 9 dogs on our site marked "Urgent" after their names.
http://search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?shelterid=NJ451&preview=1
Help us change their song into a more hopeful one; "I get By With a Little Help from My friends":
"Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends...!"
