She had no name, probably never had been petted and is afraid of everything around her. She had an owner, who loved her in her own way. Someone who wants to properly care for her animals but due to circumstance can't. Because all dogs deserve a name, we named her Kadushi. A pretty name that means "cactus".
Kadushi was spotted walking along side a busy road with an enormous growth on her stomach. A growth that must have been there a while because by now it was dragging on the ground. Someone said she had had it for 9 months, someone else said she had been walking around with it for years.
It was time to help Kadushi. The scraping growth posed a big risk for infection and in consultation with the owner we decided to catch her. The call for donations was answered and the plan to catch her could be made. With a team of seasoned catchers we thought we could get it done swiftly. She was in a yard with a good fence after all.
The trap cage was snared but because of her fear Kadushi didn't even see it, regardless of the delicious meat inside. She escaped the yard through a hole in the fence but did return a little while later. When we tried to catch her again we managed to grab a paw, with help from the dog pole we managed to put her in a bench.
At the vet we saw Kadushi was still very frightened, so for safety we muzzled her and kept the dog pole, loosely, on her neck. Her temperature was taken, which was a little high. The blood test showed she had tick disease but no heart worm. The growth turned out not to be in the stomach lining, as the vet had seen on x-rays. We decided together to save her from further stress and to operate immediately. The growth was removed without any complications worth mentioning. Kadushi had been dragging around a 1.4kg/3lbs burden. To recover in peace and have an opportunity to sterilize her later, A Pet sitter on Curaçao offered her a safe and quiet spot. Very soon Kadushi will go into surgery for( hopefully) the last time to be sterilized and then she can go home.
In the yard are a total of 10 dogs; 6 grown ups and 4 puppies. We hope we'll receive enough donations so we can sterilize and castrate all these dogs, but also to give them NexGard and to deworm them. We are trying to find homes for the pups so the situation doesn't become too overwhelming.
We'll post a follow up video soon.
Watch the video here
