Pit bull goes from trash bag to therapy
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When a Florida woman stopped to check out some puppies being offered for sale on the side of the road, for $50 each, she noticed a plastic trash bag off to the side.
And it was moving.
She asked about it, and the not-so-honorable vendor reluctantly showed her what was inside — a member of the litter who, not being able to walk, was apparently destined for the trash heap.
Perhaps to save himself a trip to the Dumpster, the vendor gave the young pit bull to the woman, who immediately took the dog to Seminole County Animal Services, where he was diagnosed with Swimmer Puppy Syndrome.
With help from Dolly’s Foundation, a pit bull rescue, the dog was taken to Hip Dog in Winter Park, where he began a regimen of massages and hydrotherapy.
The therapy paid off. Now named Harper, the dog, at 10 1/2 weeks of age, recently took his first steps. He’ll be put up for adoption in about a month.
Posted by jwoestendiek September 25th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, dealer, dog, dogs, dolly's foundation, dumpster, florida, harper, hip dog, hydrotherapy, litter, pets, pit bull, pups, roadside, selling, seminole county, swimmer puppy syndrome, trash bag, winter park
Comments
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time September 25, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Dolly’s group does an awful lot of good work with the Pit Bulls. I follow them on Facebook.
Laying aside the reprehensible conduct of the “vendor,” I had never heard of this “swimmer puppy” condition until I read this blog post, and I was around a lot of purebred puppies in my long-ago youth. I wonder if it’s something new on the scene. In any case, let’s hope little Harper gets the great home he deserves.
Comment from ed nadolny
Time September 25, 2011 at 2:09 pm
what a wonderfull story. There are beautifull people in the world being a dog lover.
To bad they couldn’t have bagged the owner