Couple performs roadside rescue of 14 week old purebred Mudi puppy who was hanging on to life, after tense night the puppy pulls through and is found a furever home with loving family, rescuers say: ‘It was bittersweet bringing her over there’

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    "Yesterday we took her to her new forever home"
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    My SO and I were driving back home from the stables where we go horseback riding and in the middle of nowhere on a field next to the highway I noticed some small black ears sticking out of the grass. My SO, bless his heart,
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    stopped the car and I went out to find the most terrified puppy I ever saw. She started screaming at the sight of me approaching. Guys, I've never seen so many ticks on such a young dog. After a small chase and
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    more screaming she was in the car. We called out to an emergency vet (always has to be a Sunday) and rushed her in, tests came back negative for anything really bad but her blod work was horrible. She's
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    got babesiosis from the ticks so she was put on fluids and got a bunch of other stuff to try to bring her back from the d. d, the vet told us she probably wouldn't have made it through the night if we hadn't found
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    her. If any dog has a guardian angel it's this puppy. Well, this is the current situation. She's been drinking water on her own and even eating a bit so that's positive but she still isn't out of the woods. She's
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    about 14-15 weeks old, looks like a purebred Mudi but we need to nurse her back to health to be sure, she's at least a Mudi mix that we are certain of. We are rooting for her to pull through since she deserves so much better than
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    what life gave her until now. And to whoever dumped her out there to do, I don't want to write out all the horrible things I want to say. Any advise on nursing a puppy
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    back to health is welcome, we've got a vet on speed dial and another appointment tomorrow but anything more that we can do to make her more comfortable is welcome. She's in a crate with water, pe
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    pads and a blanket for now. And r/dogs, send your good wishes that she makes it through the night. Update: She made it through the night! Still pretty lethargic but we got our first tail wags this
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    morning. She's eating like there is no tomorrow but we are restricting her food intake to very little portions every few hours to not shock her system. She's breathing a bit better so that's good as well. Vet appointment later
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    today so we'll see how she is progressing. Thank you everyone for all of the good wishes, the support really means a lot. She's a fighter. Update 2: Been to the vet, her temperature is back
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    to normal and she is pretty stable. Got more medicine. We are a bit worried since she didn't pop yet so she has until tomorrow evening or we'll be bringing her back in for an ultrasound to see if anything is wrong. We got her
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    to follow us around outside a bit to get her muscles working and she seems a lot more alert than yesterday so her prognosis is promising. Also we're so happy she'll actually approach us willingly, my SO almost cried when
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    she wobbly trotted up to him! She even got her first bath with the blessings of her vet. After bath bundle of pup. I'll update more tomorrow. We named her Usha which means 'the one with big ears' since her ears saved her life.
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    I'm very happy to inform everyone that the puppy, named Usha, has not only survived but has made an astounding recovery. She is energetic, super playful, is already potty trained, knows sit, down, shake and her name and will in
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    the next couple of months hopefully be back to a normal weight and won't look like a werewolf anymore. We seriously considered keeping her, we bonded to her so much and quicker than I
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    thought possible, but our schedule is horrible for a puppy and will continue to be so for the next 6 months at the minimum and keeping her crated for 8 hours during the night and 7 more hours during the day while we are
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    at work is not a good situation for such a young and attention starved puppy, and we couldn't safely let her roam the apartment given her age. Now that she has her strength and will to live back she needs a lot more
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    socialization and attention than we could give her. Yesterday we took her to her new forever home, a childhood friend of my SO asked to take her in and they really have the perfect home for her
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    - she will never be alone for more than 4 hours a day, they live in the outskirts of the city so a lot of places for walks and runs, the vet who treated her during her first days with us is down the street from them and will continue to follow
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    her progress and she will have weekly visits at our friend's family farm where they help out at which given her breed couldn't have turned out more perfect. Plus we can still visit her and will be getting regular pictures and update.
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    It was bittersweet bringing her over there, both me and my SO sat in the car and cried when we left without her, but we know this is the best thing for her. She has a new shot at life and I am so happy we gave her a second chance.

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