Bailey's Second Trip To The Vet

Bailey, The Pup That Steemit Saved, Had A Checkup Today!

It's still too soon to call it a "clean bill of health;" only one week into treatment for mange mites, my rescue's veterinarian will note progress, but not cure. But progress there is! Bailey has gained six pounds! That's a lot for such a little fellow! And while he has to complete the prescribed course of treatment and quarantine, we can say definitively that he's responding well and improving. NOTE: The white and black dog shown in the video has been treated with Bravecto, and is quite literally the kiss of death for any flea or mite that takes a nibble of her blood. So she is impervious to the particular mange affecting Bailey.

He goes back in two weeks for more meds and his vaccine boosters. At that point we'll schedule his neuter and microchipping, and after that, he'll be placed up for adoption through our New England rescue partners. We have a feeling he won't be without a family long!

We will still need to raise funds for future vetting and for Bailey's neuter and microchip. A good estimate for that is $150 U.S. Dollars. So any donations of SBD or FIAT (through PayPal) is deeply appreciated. ( [email protected] )

Watch Bailey Having Fun At The Vet's Office

We may never fully understand the reasons people dump and abandon their pets. It's a marker of something broken not only in that individual's psyche, but in the society that produced them.

Bailey's people "put him out" on a busy highway in Southwest Virginia, no doubt hoping he'd find his way to someone who'd help him before he got flattened by a passing coal truck. We have no way to find out who did this, but the next best thing is calling for international awareness about the problems in Appalachia--problems that closely parallel the atrocities and cruelties toward animals we hear about in Third World and underdeveloped countries.