These pictures represent some of the dogs we've rescued that were just
moments away from death due to their poor health and condition their bodies were
in. We see so many dogs like this in rescue it brings us to tears every time.
But, with care, patience, grooming and medicated baths, these little ones turn
into beautiful dogs! We call these babies
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Sampson - 1/23/06 - Before |
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Sampson - 1/23/06 - Before |
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Sampson - 1/23/06 - Before |
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Sampson - 1/23/06 - Before |
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Sampson - 1/23/06 - After |
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Sampson's fur - 1/23/06 - After |
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Sampson - After - 1/23/06 |
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Sampson - 1/23/06 - After |
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Geisha - 11/03/04 - Before |
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Geisha - 11/03/04 - Before |
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Geisha - 11/03/04 - Before |
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Geisha - 11/03/04 - Before |
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Mike - Before 10/19/04 |
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Mike was at a shelter shivering on laying on a cold cement floor in 40 degree weather with no blanket or bed to sleep on. The vet diagnosed him with a bad case of mites. |
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Mike - Before 10/19/04 |
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These pictures are AFTER giving Mike a medicated shampoo bath. His skin was flaking off like snowflakes prior to the bath. We scrubbed and scrubbed and now his skin is soft and smooth. |
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Mike - Before 10/19/04 |
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Mike's neck is wrinkley as well as raw with no fur. With medicated baths every other day as well as medication, we expect Mike to make a full recovery and getting back his beautiful coat of soft fur. |
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Mike - Before 10/19/04 |
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Here's Mike's face. Looks like he's got a mohawk haircut! But check back in a month or so to see his progress! |
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Gizmo - Before |
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Gizmo was found in our local dog pound shivering and scared to death. His paperwork said "may have a flea problem". Uh, duh, you think? |
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Gizmo - Before |
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Check out his chest, almost completely hairless. |
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Gizmo - Before |
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Gizmo's whole body was affected with a skin disease and his rump looked like "elephant skin". His tail was almost completely hairless and very scaley. |
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Gizmo - Before |
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Here's Gizmo posing for the camera. Although his body was in terrible shape, his spirit hadn't been broken yet and he was a very friendly and cuddly little boy! |
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Gizmo - After |
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Check out that cute face and all the hair he's grown! |
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Gizmo - After |
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No more scaley skin, no more hairless spots. |
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Gizmo - After |
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Gizmo's rump cleared up so nice and hair grew all over his body. Very soft and silky. Even the wrinkles in his skin went away. After just one week of medicated baths, the scaliness went away! |
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Gizmo - After |
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Gizmo is so handsome now! Just check out this beautiful little boy! Amazing what a little TLC, good food, and wonderful vetting can do to help a dog get better and healthy! |
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Dino - Before |
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This is Dino when we got him from a hoarder and before we gave him a shave and a bath. |
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Dino - Before |
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This is Dino's back. He actually had open sores in some spots. His matts were imbedded in his skin. |
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Dino - After |
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Dino trimmed up really nice. He was so happy after a bath! |
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Dino - After |
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What a cute face!!!! |
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Pepe La Pew - Before |
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This is a little Lhasa Apso mix when we first got him. He had major attitude because of being so uncomfortable with the matted face and body. He could hardly see anything! |
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Pepe La Pew - Before |
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We had to shave to his skin to get all the matts and burrs off of Pepe. |
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Pepe La Pew - Before |
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He may be skinny but he's happy to have all those matts cut off of him. Pepe can finally "breath" and walk normal! Can't wait to see how he looks in a few weeks after eating a bunch of good food. |
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Pepe La Pew - Before |
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Check out that happy face. Pepe's got adopted despite his neglected condition. His new mom saw a beautiful dog and fell in love with him. From the looks of this picture, Pepe' fell in love with his new mom, too! |
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Pepe' La Pew - After |
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We thought he had a happy smile before, just look at t his smile now! We stopped at his new home to visit him a month after adopting him out. |
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Pepe' La Pew - After |
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Pepe' remembered his foster mom and was very excited to see her. Just look at that healthy body and all that fur! |
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Pepe' La Pew - After |
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Pepe' is now a very healthy and happy little boy. Pretty soon his new mom will have to put him on a diet! |
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Pepe' La Pew - After |
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What a happy boy Pepe' is. Here he is playing at our first annual Mini Mutts Rescue family reunion picnic. We just couldn't get over the change in him. Pepe' is definitely the poster child for rehabilitation and what a little love and attention and good food can do for a neglected little dog! |
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