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Treff – rehomed

15.02.2016. – Treff is doing a little better but he’s still under vet care

Unfortunately, it takes more time for the bowel inflammation to heal, Treff had diarrhea this week. We are waiting for the results of the lab tests. His appetite is quite good, he likes his special diet, eats and drinks fine and he’s obviously doing better every day. He cuddles more and he pays a lot more attention to his foster family, so they let him walk off leash in their garden. It seems he received some training earlier, he knows how to heel and by stopping, he sits down and looks up at his handler. Though he tends to pull the leash, this behaviour is most likely driven by his eagerness to explore his environment, so his caretakers take him for walks every day. They take care of his diet properly in order to help him regain his health and strength.

Hungarian Dalmatian Rescue

04.02.2016. – Treff news

Treff is doing a little better. This week we visited the vet every morning. He received IV for 3 days and we’re glad to say that it did help. He’s in a better mood though he’s still very tired and worn out. No matter how weak he is, he pushes his head to our chests, even during the IV treatments. 45-50 minutes a day and he waited patiently as the fluids slowly disappeared through the tube. Pets come and go as we sit there and he watches them curiously. Oh, he is such a good boy! Today he wagged his tail happily as soon as he spotted the vets. He doesn’t seem to mind getting so many injections – he simply waits and we believe he knows that we are all doing this to help him become healthy again.

Currently, he measures 24,5 kgs, which means he lost some weight again… We can feel his ribs whenever we caress him. Yesterday some of his appetite returned, he ate the boiled rice and chicken breast. Good sign. The test results indicated pancreas and bowel inflammation, so we bought him a special dog chow, probiotics and he still needs to get eye drops for his red eyes.

Treff is a lovely and kind big boy. He is grateful for the slightest attention, he cuddles with every member of his foster family and would let us caress him all day long. Right now a tranquil environment and lots of love is what he needs the most, he sleeps in a separated, warm room during the day to let his body heal as he gets tired easily.

Riding in a car is still not among his favourites. Probably the illness and his poor condition trigger vomiting even by slow speed driving. We’ll see how he proceeds later when he’s healed. Then we’ll get a chance to learn more about his characteristics, because now all we see is a big cute furbaby fighting a serious illness.

We kindly await all your donations to help us cover Treff’s vet costs:

Dalmata Fajtamentő Közhasznú Egyesület
IBAN: HU57 1040 3923 5052 6590 8890 1008
BIC Code: OKHBHUHB
Note: Treff

You can also send us your donations via PayPal by clicking on the button on our website: http://www.dalmatamentes.hu/

Thank you!
Hungarian Dalmatian Rescue

01.02.2016. – Treff is sick

By Sunday evening Treff began vomiting and he had severe diarrhea, his caretakers spent the night awake, took him out every 1,5 hours. Next morning they called us to tell the dog needs to go to the vet asap. We had a little trouble organizing the transport as out of our two team members in Budapest only one had a car but she’s not allowed to lift up neither the box nor the dog due to her health condition. And the foster family was not able to give a transfer either. But we managed in the end.

Treff got examined immediately, by then he was partially dehydrated so he was put on IV and he got 6 kinds of injections (to stop vomiting, diarrhea, to cure the bowel inflammation, various antibiotics, etc.). His eyes are inflamed, too, the treatment includes eye drops and he also needs to get probiotics for his stomach. We are currently waiting for the result of the blood test.

Treff is very weak, we took him back to his foster home, where he is given extra supervision, special care and diet until he gets better. The IV and treatment must be repeated for at least two more days. He had no chance to get a single vaccination but his medication and IV treatment will likely be quite expensive. We have paid his medication so far.

We kindly await your donations to help us cover his vet costs:

Dalmata Fajtamentő Közhasznú Egyesület
IBAN: HU57 1040 3923 5052 6590 8890 1008
BIC Code: OKHBHUHB
Note: Treff

You can also send us your donations via PayPal by clicking on the button on our website: http://www.dalmatamentes.hu/

Thank you!
Hungarian Dalmatian Rescue

 28.01.2016. – Treff is in our care

Treff arrived to the rescue Wednesday afternoon. The 5-year-old purebred Dalmatian male was taken to the dogpound of Ózd (Hungary), when he was roaming on the streets of the town. It happened before a few times. His owners surrendered him.  The animal rescuers of Ózd organized his travel to Budapest. We are thankful for their kind help!

Treff has obviously been neglected for a significant amount of time. We were shocked to see his thin body, his spine and ribs under the thin skin. His eyes are inflamed, his fur is coarse and scurfy  and he has pressure sores. There are several wounds on his back, legs, nose and ears. We took him to our vet immediately for a thorough examination. We brought antiworm pills, flea-tick drops and a special shampoo for him. His in poor physical condition, needs pampering so first of all we’ll help him get a little stronger. Step-by-step.

Despite his neglected state, Treff is a lovely and very clingy dog, after a few hours he already follows his caretaker. It’s been a long day for all of us as the transport arrived later than planned, on a workday during working hourse so we needed to re-reorganize his takeover a few times. Treff felt very tired after all the days he spent at the dogpound in the freezing winter weather, so he was happy to get a tasty dinner and finally take a long nap in a comfy dog bed in the warm flat.

He’s safe now, though he’s still a little confused. He behaves rather carefully with strangers, but he’s friendly, approaches people curiously, tail wagging. He already gave us a few high-fives, luckily his appetite is very good, so we have to be careful to divide his daily menu to more, smaller portions. He will arrive to his fosterhome this evening, where his foster family give him a wonderful chance to become the strong, healthy and happy Dalmatian boy he once was.

Treff is not looking for a forever home now.

Hungarian Dalmatian Rescue

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