Tassy has been adopted! 01-01-2007

Tassy is a 6 month old sweet girl that’s already had a hard life. She was brought into the Emergency room twice in December due to trauma. Here’s her story . . .

Tassy came in on December 4th of 2006 she was 19 weeks old. She came in with a fractured jaw, a slight fracture on her shoulder and pulmonary contusions. Her owner claims she had a “seizure” and this was the result of this so-called seizure. She was 25 pounds. Seizure do not cause this much damage.

Tassy had to through surgery to fix her jaw. The jaw fracture was a straight line break which could only happen if she had been kicked hard. They had to install a plate and pins to hold her tiny jaw together. The minor fracture on her shoulder did not need any surgery. She was then sent home with her family.

On December 25th Tassy was once again brought in to the same Emergency Room. This time she was very lethargic, bleeding from her eyes, nose and mouth. Her owner’s “story” is that she left Tassy at home for 3 hours and when she came back to the condo, she found blood on the floor and feces. She followed the trail and found Tassy in the bathtub bleeding. At this point everyone at the clinic was highly suspect. They ran a CT Scan and found that Tassy had a number of little tiny fractures on her skull and once again her jaw was broken. They told the owner of her condition and questioned her, the owner’s response was “Oh, maybe the construction people did this to her”. She was asked to relinquish Tassy to the them which the owner did. We are very thankful that one of our volunteers work at the clinic as a Vet tech, and she has been Tassy’s Guardian Angel since.

Of course a number of questions pops up in your mind, as it did ours:


Who works on Christmas day in construction?

Who else lives this with Tassy?

What kind of human would do this to a dog, and a puppy nonetheless?

We all know that Seizures do not cause this type of injury

At the end of the day I think we all know what went on behind the scenes. We have reported this to Animal Control and we are keeping our fingers crossed that justice will be served.

Let’s talk about Tassy today . . . she is being fostered by her Guardian Angel and is being seen regularly for check ups. As you can see from her pictures, she has a bump on her head which is a result of her head injury. This is part of the healing process. What is in the “bump”? Fluid and air that just needs to work it’s way down from being swollen. Her tiny fractures on her skull did not cause any damage, they were small enough that it can heal on it’s own. Tassy also has no neurological damage as a result of this injury. The plaster you see on her jaw has to be on her for a few weeks to keep her jaw in place. She is eating like a champ (only canned food for now), and playing like a regular pup.

Tassy is an absolute miracle case. With the abuse she had, you would think she would be “damaged” physically, mentally and in spirit. This little girl has been a champ, she is acting like nothing happened to her. She is very playful, sweet as pie and despite her trauma, she trusts humans 110%. She loves to play with her fosters, although she is still on restricted “duty”.

As for her so-called “seizures” that her previous owner claimed, well, it’s not true and I think we know where it all came from.

Tassy will be a normal dog that can play, jump and run once the swelling goes down. She acts like nothing happened to her, and she is not too happy about her little jaw strap.

The minimum adoption donation for adults is $375 and the adoption donation for puppies is $500. This amount only partially covers the cost of veterinary care, boarding fees, and other miscellaneous expenses involved in the temporary care and adoption of our dogs and is tax deductible when permitted by law. The adoption donation provides that all dogs will be spayed or neutered, receive current vaccinations, and are microchipped. If not, arrangements will be made on an individual basis ( i.e., puppies who will need to be altered by 6 mos old). Special consideration may be given to those willing to adopt older dogs or dogs with physical problems.