Pitbull Terriers are toughies by nature and the Animal Welfare Society of SA’s beloved rescue Coco is no exception. Since her arrival on December 15, she has gained 4kg’s, recovered from ehrlichiosis and assumed the role of “matriarch of the Dog Ward” that she shares with a number of other convalescing animals.
Despite her Hellish 7-year-past where she was cruelly deprived of veterinary care, food, water, shelter and any type of affection for a very long time she appears to have forgiven her abusers and forgotten her horrible past and is blossoming into the gentlest of companions.
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Coco has had to survive with a painful and debilitating tumour for months. By the end of the week, she will be rid of this painful mass that has sapped the life out of her and adversely affected her in so many ways.
For everyone rooting for her, to be able to see her, walking without the terrible weight of the tumour bearing down on her fragile spine, being able to put one leg in front of the other without stumbling over the tumour and being able to lie down comfortably for the first time in ages will be priceless.
“On Monday, January 3, Coco got to enjoy a feast of “peanut butter and biltong pup cakes” lovingly baked by two of our Animal Care Centre volunteers Harlee and Shamon Noble and howled the place down in loud appreciation of their baking skills and tummy rubs. Thank you ladies”, says the Animal Welfare Society of SA.
“We love Coco to the moon and back and look forward to keeping you updated on her progress as well as the imminent trial of her tormentors who we hope will receive the harshest sanction possible for being so unkind and uncaring to Coco”, the Animal Welfare Society of SA concluded.
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