Ralphie was able to come home today. The vet and was amazed. Remember the first photos of Ralphie's leg with the open wound where you could see the bone and the horrible x-ray? That happened 3-4 weeks ago! It would appear someone else hit this boy and they too didn't stop to help him. Because he received no care when that injury happened, it started to heal incorrectly and by the time he received care it was just too late. The ends of the bone had already started to die.
So the woman who hit him the other day can take solace in that she didn't cause this horrible injury. However, she's not off the hook. She too wasn't willing to help him in any way. Morally, that's just wrong. Some would say morally bankrupt.
Because of the previous injury he's had a head start on learning to walk on 3 legs. At his foster home, he was carried out of the car and they had to coax him to move around. Then he got his bearings, laid down and rolled around in the grass. He walked/hopped around a bit, watched the cats and when he saw another dog he wagged his tail.
In the house an ex-pen was set up for him.
You'll see it's got a large dog cushion in it which should be comfortable for his stump. It was covered up with a super soft blanket. That too should feel good while he's healing. It was obvious he'd never been indoors before; he refused to go inside the house. So Ralphie was carried inside and put into his pen. It's happened before with rescue dogs who've never had a bed; they don't know what to do with it. Here's Ralphie, half on & half off his bed.
That's a chew bone which I don't think he ever saw before. He treasured it and laid his head down on the bone. An hour or so later his foster mom reported that he not only chewed it but ate the whole thing then got up on his new bed to lay down. First milestone: Ralphie figured out what a bed is!
So the woman who hit him the other day can take solace in that she didn't cause this horrible injury. However, she's not off the hook. She too wasn't willing to help him in any way. Morally, that's just wrong. Some would say morally bankrupt.
Because of the previous injury he's had a head start on learning to walk on 3 legs. At his foster home, he was carried out of the car and they had to coax him to move around. Then he got his bearings, laid down and rolled around in the grass. He walked/hopped around a bit, watched the cats and when he saw another dog he wagged his tail.
In the house an ex-pen was set up for him.
You'll see it's got a large dog cushion in it which should be comfortable for his stump. It was covered up with a super soft blanket. That too should feel good while he's healing. It was obvious he'd never been indoors before; he refused to go inside the house. So Ralphie was carried inside and put into his pen. It's happened before with rescue dogs who've never had a bed; they don't know what to do with it. Here's Ralphie, half on & half off his bed.
That's a chew bone which I don't think he ever saw before. He treasured it and laid his head down on the bone. An hour or so later his foster mom reported that he not only chewed it but ate the whole thing then got up on his new bed to lay down. First milestone: Ralphie figured out what a bed is!
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