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While working I saw a small white dog in the middle of the intersection. Cars were speeding by her and she was not running out of the way. That day I spent a few hours trying to coax her closer but she wasn’t having it.
Over the next week I went back each day to check on her, continue building her trust, and talk to various neighbors to see if she was owned. No one claimed her, and they said she showed up about a week prior and had been in the middle of the street constantly since then. I was getting hopeless with trying to catch her because even though she was responsive to me and approached me, she kept her distance from both myself, and the trap I tried to use. Tuesday the 24th I ordered online a snappy snare to try to catch her. I didn’t make it to see her Wednesday or Thanksgiving Thursday.
Friday the snare was delivered and after watching several Hope for Paws snaring videos, I went back determined to catch her. When I arrived, she was sleeping in the front yard of one of the corner houses. I tossed burger in her direction, which always got her up and coming towards me, but she didn’t move. I tossed the burger closer and she eventually tried to sit up, but couldn’t; she fell back down. I knew she had been hit by a car. I grabbed my snare. I had to get really close to her in order to use it, and boy was she fighting. She tried to run away, but really struggled, and eventually I got the snare on her. She was barking, snarling, biting; she was terrified.
The first emergency vet/ critical care unit I took her to turned me away saying regardless of my willingness to pay, they had a policy that said they couldn’t treat any animal that hadn’t been in my possession for at least two weeks. I was furious and sad, but no worries; I left a scathing Yelp review .
I took her to another emergency vet, and had to lie saying she was mine. When they asked what her name was I panicked, acted like the phone cut out, and then quickly blurted “Sandy”, immediately hating the name for her.
Later, I received many terrific name suggestions, including some of my faves: Ariana (Dumbledore’s younger sister in Harry Potter, NOT Ariana Grande, DUH) suggested by my friend’s daughter, Lucky (which she is, considering what could have happened), but ultimately I settled on Rue (French for Street).
The Pet ER determined she had a significant broken tibia, three pelvic fractures, and an ilium subluxation. She was otherwise stable, and had no signs of internal bleeding or trauma to her midsection/ head. They informed me she needed to be transferred to a specialty orthopedic surgeon, and the closest was Sacramento. Off we went 3 hours north to the VCA in Sacramento.
My supervisor kindly offered to pay for her initial emergency bill, and my friend, Maria donated $200 and a wonderfully helpful care package for her healing process after surgery!!!! So the first $1800 is covered.
The VCA originally quoted $6800, and I panicked, but after further examination by the surgeons, they decided to hold off on the subluxation surgery to see if that will heal on its own, and just do the tibia surgery, bringing the cost down to $3,140 for surgery, plus $279 for her emergency room charges at VCA.
I will be covering her future costs such as heartworm test, all vaccines, Trifexis (dewormer, heartworm and flea preventative), spay surgery, microchipping, bandage changing, follow-up xrays, exam fees, etc. until she is adopted.
Those of you who know me, know that I don’t ask for help with rescuing animals, and that I have rescued hundreds. It was a difficult decision to ask for help, but ultimately I do need it this time; Rue needs it. I am a firm believer that if an animal can be fixed up and live a wonderfully happy life, then it’s worth it— regardless the cost. This is a BIG cost though; one that is much easier to cover with a little help from a lot of people!
In a few short years I will have progressed enough in my career that I hopefully won’t need help, and I can even help you all in return, but for now, I’m hoping you can spare even a few dollars (really even $5 adds up and helps a lot) for little Rue to heal up and find a new loving home where she is spoiled and doesn’t have to listen to cars speed by while she sleeps on asphalt, and in alleyways.
I attached some video links and photos of bills. Thank you!!
Rue at night before getting hit ,
Rue in ER,
feeding Rue prior to her getting hit
Over the next week I went back each day to check on her, continue building her trust, and talk to various neighbors to see if she was owned. No one claimed her, and they said she showed up about a week prior and had been in the middle of the street constantly since then. I was getting hopeless with trying to catch her because even though she was responsive to me and approached me, she kept her distance from both myself, and the trap I tried to use. Tuesday the 24th I ordered online a snappy snare to try to catch her. I didn’t make it to see her Wednesday or Thanksgiving Thursday.
Friday the snare was delivered and after watching several Hope for Paws snaring videos, I went back determined to catch her. When I arrived, she was sleeping in the front yard of one of the corner houses. I tossed burger in her direction, which always got her up and coming towards me, but she didn’t move. I tossed the burger closer and she eventually tried to sit up, but couldn’t; she fell back down. I knew she had been hit by a car. I grabbed my snare. I had to get really close to her in order to use it, and boy was she fighting. She tried to run away, but really struggled, and eventually I got the snare on her. She was barking, snarling, biting; she was terrified.
The first emergency vet/ critical care unit I took her to turned me away saying regardless of my willingness to pay, they had a policy that said they couldn’t treat any animal that hadn’t been in my possession for at least two weeks. I was furious and sad, but no worries; I left a scathing Yelp review .
I took her to another emergency vet, and had to lie saying she was mine. When they asked what her name was I panicked, acted like the phone cut out, and then quickly blurted “Sandy”, immediately hating the name for her.
Later, I received many terrific name suggestions, including some of my faves: Ariana (Dumbledore’s younger sister in Harry Potter, NOT Ariana Grande, DUH) suggested by my friend’s daughter, Lucky (which she is, considering what could have happened), but ultimately I settled on Rue (French for Street).
The Pet ER determined she had a significant broken tibia, three pelvic fractures, and an ilium subluxation. She was otherwise stable, and had no signs of internal bleeding or trauma to her midsection/ head. They informed me she needed to be transferred to a specialty orthopedic surgeon, and the closest was Sacramento. Off we went 3 hours north to the VCA in Sacramento.
My supervisor kindly offered to pay for her initial emergency bill, and my friend, Maria donated $200 and a wonderfully helpful care package for her healing process after surgery!!!! So the first $1800 is covered.
The VCA originally quoted $6800, and I panicked, but after further examination by the surgeons, they decided to hold off on the subluxation surgery to see if that will heal on its own, and just do the tibia surgery, bringing the cost down to $3,140 for surgery, plus $279 for her emergency room charges at VCA.
I will be covering her future costs such as heartworm test, all vaccines, Trifexis (dewormer, heartworm and flea preventative), spay surgery, microchipping, bandage changing, follow-up xrays, exam fees, etc. until she is adopted.
Those of you who know me, know that I don’t ask for help with rescuing animals, and that I have rescued hundreds. It was a difficult decision to ask for help, but ultimately I do need it this time; Rue needs it. I am a firm believer that if an animal can be fixed up and live a wonderfully happy life, then it’s worth it— regardless the cost. This is a BIG cost though; one that is much easier to cover with a little help from a lot of people!
In a few short years I will have progressed enough in my career that I hopefully won’t need help, and I can even help you all in return, but for now, I’m hoping you can spare even a few dollars (really even $5 adds up and helps a lot) for little Rue to heal up and find a new loving home where she is spoiled and doesn’t have to listen to cars speed by while she sleeps on asphalt, and in alleyways.
I attached some video links and photos of bills. Thank you!!
Rue at night before getting hit ,
Rue in ER,
feeding Rue prior to her getting hit