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Last night my family spent most of the evening scouring my sister's neighborhood for her dog. Maddie (who is a very large white boxer) disappeared sometime yesterday. The neighbors don't remember seeing her all day.
Large white boxers might be considered unique and possibly expensive by some (they're not - Maddie cost $150 and her properly marked tan and white siblings all went for $1,000 each), or possibly could be mistaken for a pit bull mix, so we were worried that she'd been stolen (especially since a neighbor had her pug stolen). Called the cops, filed a report. K. did flyers and posted them about. We made suggestions and then went home (of course the local animal shelter closes at 4 and stays closed all weekend).
One of the suggestions was to call all the local vets this morning. The first one they called had a stray white female boxer that had been brought in around 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Poor Maddie hadn't gone far from home (the invisible fence apparently got hit by lightening), but she got hit by a car. She has an 18-inch cut on her side that allowed air to get into her lungs, her right femur is broken, and her left ankle requires major surgery. They're looking at $2,500 worth of surgery, and there's no guarantee that Maddie will make it through. (She's a year old and very healthy though. She stands a much better chance.)
My sister cried so much she got sick.
Credit cards have been maxed out (my sister and BIL's), and dad is chipping in some. I feel bad for them. That's their baby.
Hopefully Maddie will pull through and they'll feel it was worth it, though.
Large white boxers might be considered unique and possibly expensive by some (they're not - Maddie cost $150 and her properly marked tan and white siblings all went for $1,000 each), or possibly could be mistaken for a pit bull mix, so we were worried that she'd been stolen (especially since a neighbor had her pug stolen). Called the cops, filed a report. K. did flyers and posted them about. We made suggestions and then went home (of course the local animal shelter closes at 4 and stays closed all weekend).
One of the suggestions was to call all the local vets this morning. The first one they called had a stray white female boxer that had been brought in around 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Poor Maddie hadn't gone far from home (the invisible fence apparently got hit by lightening), but she got hit by a car. She has an 18-inch cut on her side that allowed air to get into her lungs, her right femur is broken, and her left ankle requires major surgery. They're looking at $2,500 worth of surgery, and there's no guarantee that Maddie will make it through. (She's a year old and very healthy though. She stands a much better chance.)
My sister cried so much she got sick.
Credit cards have been maxed out (my sister and BIL's), and dad is chipping in some. I feel bad for them. That's their baby.
Hopefully Maddie will pull through and they'll feel it was worth it, though.
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