Meet Katie

Katie arrived in our care a little over a week ago. 

She was found in very poor condition as a stray.  She is chipped but there are no details, not even a date on implanting the chip.  No one is looking for her, we've contacted rescues in the area where she was found, wardens, searched for posts, adverts, lost dog websites, anything which could find her owners.  

Some of the photos below are quite distressing, so please be warned. 

We know nothing about Katie, not even an age or her original name.  What we do know is she is in very poor condition; very underweight; her paws on arrival were sore from, what we can only assume, walking the streets.  She is seriously urine stained.  She has bilateral cherry eye in both eyes as well as severe conjunctivitis in both eyes and entropian.  

She has had a litter at some point and as you will see has a significant umbilical lump which will need investigation and removal. 

She has serve dermititis and her claws were incredibly long. 

Katie was at the vet the day after her arrival and has treatment for her eyes, her skin, had her nails trimmed and lots of baths. 

The first night at her foster she bedded down in a nest of beds and blankets and slept like she had never had the chance to sleep before.   She is eating little and often to try to get some weight on her, and she loves her food. 

As we know these Hounds are resilient; Katie has the most amazing soul.  She trusts so easily, she loves playing with the resident hounds.  She certainly isn't shy in making herself at home and jumping up on a sofa for a snooze.  

She is a real quandry as to her past.  She's clearly been used to breed, she's clearly not lived comfortably recently, no one is looking for her,  health wise she is in a terrible state, but she knows basic commands, she knows how to ask to go outside for the toilet, she has seen love to a certain degree at some point in her life. 

Just over a week and she is loving life and is showing a massive improvement with her eyes and sore paws, as you will see below.  

The treatments are working with her eyes and she is more comfortable, although surgery is needed in the near future.

Her skin is going to need continued treatment for the foreseeable. 

Her lump will also require surgery......

But she is safe, she is loved, she is happy and we will get her everything that she needs when she is well enough and strong enough to have the surgery she desperately needs.

Can you see the improvement in the photos below in just a short time? 

We are so grateful to the emergency transporters who went out late at night to collect Katie from where she was being kept safe from the streets until we could reach her.

Her foster family are working their magic with her, or is she working her magic with them? 

If you would like to donate towards Katie's care and future treatment we have put the link below. 

Meanwhile, please enjoy Katie admiring herself.  She really is beautiful inside and out