Saving Freya

Yesterday, we received word of a dog in dire need. Freya, a 1 1/2 yr old mixed breed, was seen by a vet last week in such horrible condition that the vet told the owner to either euthanize her or relinquish her if they could not provide needed medical care. Freya had been “accidentally “ shot by her owner back in February. She had buck shot throughout her chest which had fragmented her thoracic vertebrae, fractured her left humerus and done other damage they were not able to determine. Basic care was provided to stabilize her but follow up treatment was needed and never provided. At the time of her injury, Freya had no vetting history and had not been provided basic vaccines or spay. Since the shooting in February, she had no reflexes or use of her hind end and her bladder had to be expressed but there was no follow up diagnostics or treatment to determine what injury was causing this or whether it could be repaired or improved. As a result of her injuries, she was only able to drag herself around with her front legs (and fractured shoulder). Last week her owner finally took her to a vet with an ulceration of her hind leg that was horribly swollen and infected. The vet was told they could not afford any diagnostics or treatment at which time the vet reached out to multiple organizations trying to get help for the dog and advised the owner to either relinquish or euthanize and not to allow her to remain suffering with no medical treatment.

Freya is now in our care and we have begun treating both the swelling and infection in her hind leg and are trying to schedule an orthopedic consultation as soon as possible to find out if anything can be done to treat her injuries from February or whether it’s too late (and if it’s too late, whether we can hopefully provide quality of life with her disabilities to provide her the happily ever after she so deserves). We do not currently have emergency medical funds sufficient to cover the kind of diagnostics and treatment she will need and we need YOUR help. Help us show Freya that not all humans are unkind and help us give her hope and a future.