Patch & Rags

About a week after taking in Patch, my little shepherd mix who was so sick with demodex mange, another puppy arrived at the same animal control facility. He looked remarkably similar to Patch, but the giveaway that they are littermates was that his hair was missing in all the same places. Waiting the required days until he could be released was agony. We knew he was miserable and getting more and more sick each day without treatment.

We finally got to bail Rags out of the pound and he spent the next ten days in quaratine at another foster-house. Our vet put him on the same care regimen as his brother: oral ivermectin, medicated shampoos, benadryl, antibiotics and soothing spray.

Finally, Patch and Rags were reunited. I am thrilled to have them both together, despite all the extra work nursing them through mange requires. There is something so satisfying about watching a sick animal return to health and knowing you had a little something to do with it. Really though, I think the best medicine for both of them is being together again!

Here are their current "Before & After" photos. They are halfway through treatment and, hopefully, will be ready for adoption in about six weeks. Rags is on the top and Patch is on the bottom. They are looking better every day . . .

These two sweethearts could really use sponsors. Treating mange is expensive and their continued care will far exceed their adoption fees. We knew going in this would be the case, but sometimes you just cannot walk away from those sad eyes staring at you from behind the bars at Animal Control. Both Patch and Rags were scheduled to be euthanized and we weren't about to let that happen. If you would like to help, you can donate through paypal by clicking the "donate" button below. Or, you can mail a donation to:

Heartland Humane Society
P.O. Box 113
O'Fallon, MO 63366.