Peanut The Puppy Walks Again
Thanks to some nifty surgical care and community support, Peanut the puppy is learning to prance.
He has two splints on his front legs for a few weeks, making his walk resemble a fawn from a Disney film - stiff legged and bouncy at the same time - but puppy Peanut is definitely moving in the right direction. Abandoned last month with two severely broken legs, Peanut, a 2-pound Chihuahua/miniature pinscher mix, was rescued by LifeLine Animal Project, after he was found all alone in a parking lot. When his owner could not be located, the Avondale Estates animal advocacy/rescue non-profit accessed his situation and quickly realized that specialty care was needed to put Peanut back together. Make that expensive and extensive specialty care. Georgia Veterinary Specialists offered to help Peanut with his orthopedic surgery, and even gave …
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Virginia
11:56 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
This breaks my heart. It is a mean-spirited human who would mistreat a defenseless animal. Makes you wonder what they would do to another person. more ›