These two lost souls are Goliath and Desiree. Two former giants currently turned into painful wrecks by their human “friends”…
It is always a shock to us to see what people can do to their dogs. What kind of heart is beating in those chests – how could you do such a thing to a living creature and keep sleeping good at night?!
GOLIATH
We recaived a distress call about a dieing dog uder a bridge on Tsarigradsko shose. A large Bulgarian shepherd had been abandoned and passed out on Sofia’s largest highway.
He wasnt moving, just lay there looking dead, skinny, ill and confused. He wasn’t hit by a car – his only obvious problem seemed to be a crushed paw, his left front leg looked like it was crushed. We immedeately rushed him to the Central vet clinic.
Everything about Goliath’s condition is a mistery. We also found a huge skar on his stomach – the vets are completely stunned about it, as no tissue was cut, nor sewed, except the skin. Someone suggested he was used as a drug-trafiking mule, but we doubt it. In cases like this dogs usualy not even harmed on purpous. Their owners simply don’t care and let them starve and get ill until it is too late…
From all the tests ran for him at the CVC it seemed Goliath also suffers of an auto-immune illness. Goliath needed an intestinal operation according to x-rays and ultrasound. But – when the vets opened him up, his intestines were so mashed up that they only took samples of his internal organs and sewed him up. It will take two weeks to find out if he has some strange form of cancer or something else.
Goliath is now at the Bogrov clinic, stuffed with support medicine and on a strict chicken diet that he completely adores. Our initial fears about him were incorrect – he is a kind and loving dog, very patient and very, very tired of so much suffering.
DESIREE
It is hard to make out on these photos because she has quite lots of coat, but this lady is as thin as Tihomir was when he came to us. She looks nearly folded in two and walks in an unsteady, heartbraking pace.
Desiree also has a very sweet and kind temperament, through all the procedures she went without any sound except the banging of her tail here and there. Her skinny, hairless tail is always wagging. especially when there is precious food for her. Few dogs can eat up so much in so little time – Desiree has been starved for so long – she has a mighty gulp.
Desiree has a skin illness called demodecosis and is amaciated. She will have to go through quite a long treatment in out clinic, but hopefuly should be a completely new dog in a few months of care at Animal Rescue Sofia.
These sweet dogs need your help
Both Desiree and Goliath need much medicalwise. Goliath has already been operated and tissue samples from him are still to confirm his status. The doctors at the Central vet clinic have done many tests on him to be able to diagnose his illusive illness. And Desire has been tested positive for demodex and has disturbing blood count – her organs, mainly her liver have suffered huge damage from the starvation.
Please, pitch in with a little something for these good giants if you can. DONATE for the clinic of Bogrov. Every little donation is appreciated. Thank you!
Goliath and Desiree – they should be two proud, strong giants. Instead – their people have turned them into the walking dead…