Thank you all

for your kind concern for Dog Dog. He is a fiesty little fellow, very curious and alert or in other words, quite a kaypoh. :) He will look and peer at everything new, stop at everything that caught his sniffer nose. He is also very human-oriented and wants nothing much but to be with you, close to you.

Vet says that his bountiful energy also plays a part in his very thin frame. He weighs only 3kg now. We hope to fatten him up to at least 5 kg. Then at least we won't feel his bones painfully jutting out, especially his hip bones, whenever we stroke him.

His poo is now a normal brownish colour though a tad soft but at least it's no longer a strange pale colour which signifies that his body isn't absorbing any nutrients at all.





Fresh after a bath

Gave him a good bath, but it saddens and angers me cos all I felt as I shampoo him were ridges and ridges of bones where healthy flesh and fats should have been. It felt like my hands were moving over stoney surfaces , there was no ounce of healthy fats on Dog Dog's body and it makes me wonder when was the last time Dog Dog was cuddled and stroked by his owner. Cos anyone who cuddles and strokes him will see that he is just way, way too thin. It is just so uncomfortable to stroke him.

Well, to puts things into clearer perspective, Dog Dog's owners did not bother to visit him at all at the clinic. No calls either about how he is doing. I would guess it is 'out of sight, out of mind'. How could we return Dog Dog to a family like that?

But firstly, we need a good home to take Dog Dog in when he is discharged this Thursday. If his case is one of a poor digestion system, then he will need regular doses of digestive enzymes until his body recuperates and gets back to normal. If it is just a case of being under-fed and malnourished by current owners, then there is no big issue at all other than to maintain a healthy diet and a new and better home for him.

Share Dog Dog's story around and let's give him a new family of his own.