The thread I meant to post last week is a true story of several rescue groups banding together to rescue a young hound that had got itself trapped on a small spit of island in an alligator-infested swamp... These folks from the various groups were the people I meant when I wrote "I love what these people do..."
It was late, and I thought the Dag's House link had the whole story; I went to bed and didn't notice all that showed up here was the basic website for that one group. Since then, I have been involved in my own family-and-health matters...
I had - and have - no intention whatsoever of getting into an argument re treatment/rehab methods... didn't even notice it was there. Will say, however, that the woman who runs Dag's House has a fine record for pitching in when many hands are needed in the continuing and highly complex animal rescue crises of the Gulf Coast area.
My advice to Traci is that she delete my 2/24 post here if she finds it offensive.
There were several continuations to the story - how the hound (it doesn't look like a beagle to me lol but it is cute) was so glad to be with his rescuers etc ... but I doubt I could retrieve those now.
You might try Zeus' Place... they were a main group too, along with folks from LA Animal Rescue etc.
* http://www.zeusplace.com
I can't find any - their board moves so fast - except this brief clip of the day after they got "Gator" (as they named the hound) to safety. Sorry.
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Regardless of their accolades, I was merely pointing out the obvious, to me, that many things went wrong with the care of the dog in the article I linked. The manager didn't help by "training the dog to run and walk on his stump for over a year". That's a no-no, you do not allow an amputee pet to walk, run, jump, etc on a stump of a limb. The least she should have done was provide a brace, support, prosthetic etc LONG before training to run on the stump. The dog's care was, simply put, mismanaged, I don't care who it was, it was wrong. I can't imagine any vet who might have been involved would approve of that.
I'm all for rehabilitation methods when they are appropriate and when they extend life and offer quality of life for pets. My comment about homeopathy, acupuncture and chiropractic is par for the course, perhaps unncessary on my part, but it's customary for me as you know (homeopathy for one is not therapy, least of all is it rehabilitation therapy, and most certainly is not for the benefit of any pet).
I didn't mean to offend you. But, I was deeply disturbed that an article like that was posted on a news agency website, portraying some sort of miracle when in fact, the poor dog was passed around to various "caretakers" who essentially prolonged his pain and disability. Perhaps they've saved many, good for them, but that one dog wasn't exactly saved when he was put through so much.
Per your previous post on Zeus' Place, I'm nearly addicted to watching their webcams, and it is obvious they care about their work.
Regardless of their accolades, I was merely pointing out the obvious, to me, that many things went wrong with the care of the dog in the article I linked. The manager didn't help by "training the dog to run and walk on his stump for over a year". That's a no-no, you do not allow an amputee pet to walk, run, jump, etc on a stump of a limb. The least she should have done was provide a brace, support, prosthetic etc LONG before training to run on the stump. The dog's care was, simply put, mismanaged, I don't care who it was, it was wrong. I can't imagine any vet who might have been involved would approve of that.
I'm all for rehabilitation methods when they are appropriate and when they extend life and offer quality of life for pets. My comment about homeopathy, acupuncture and chiropractic is par for the course, perhaps unncessary on my part, but it's customary for me as you know (homeopathy for one is not therapy, least of all is it rehabilitation therapy, and most certainly is not for the benefit of any pet).
I didn't mean to offend you. But, I was deeply disturbed that an article like that was posted on a news agency website, portraying some sort of miracle when in fact, the poor dog was passed around to various "caretakers" who essentially prolonged his pain and disability. Perhaps they've saved many, good for them, but that one dog wasn't exactly saved when he was put through so much.
Per your previous post on Zeus' Place, I'm nearly addicted to watching their webcams, and it is obvious they care about their work.
..........Traci