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| Skip, after the clinic staff put two casts on his back legs for the night. |
This little puppy, now "Chep", was brought into MDAS in a cardboard box just before 8:00 p.m on May 25th, 2011. while the shelter was closing down & the vets had already left. A woman said she'd found him and left the box on the counter, the staff opened the box and pulled him out to do a physical exam, upon which they were shocked to discover that his back hind legs were completely degloved (skin was removed), all ligaments, muscle and bone were exposed. On the end of his tail, the bone was also completely exposed.
A few of the staff members stayed until 10:30 p.m. to take care of him and wrap his legs up and administer pain meds to ease this boy's suffering. A staff member took Cheppe home to keep watch on him, and has taken him home each night since. He now officially belongs to our rescue and will definitely be one of the more memorable recovery tales of 2011.
**UPDATE** Cheppe was adopted in late August and is the pampered prince of his house, and his legs are healing so well. He no longer needs bandages, and though he will never be able to regrow the pads on his back feet, he walks just like normal.
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| The openly exposed bone of Skip's tail |
