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SGJKKing
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Aug 13, 2014

Min Pin Healed from Deer Attack and has new little brother

Rocky (the blind Min Pin) who was attacked by a deer in our fenced back yard(along with his little Chihuahua sister, Honey who died from the injuries in the attack) is all healed up. He kept searching for Honey.
A month after the attack, something told me to look at Craigslist and rescues for a Chihuahua. Came upon a 9 week old Chihuahua puppy (male) and my heart went this is the one you need to get.
This was the story:
He was bought as a birthday present for a 4 year. There was also a 8 month old boy, who they claimed was allergic to the pup.:R(didn't buy that excuse, was more like she was over whelmed) No records of a vet visit or shots. We said we would take him and be his forever home. We got him home and the poor little thing had diarrhea (was like turning on a water faucet). Did the hydration test on him and sure enough his skin didn't go back, weighed him and he was 2.25 pounds. Soaked his food with pedialite,added a tablespoon of pumpkin,and put pedialite in a bowl for him. Got him into the vet. She thought he had worms, so he got wormed and started his shots. Sent a fecal to the lab, came back the next day. He had Coccidia, he was the on med for 5 days. We put the Min Pins on the med also as a prevention. Anytime he whimpered, Rocky was right there checking him out and giving him tender licks and nuzzles. Last month he weighed in at 3.4 pounds.
He will be 4 months old on the 17th. Happy, healthy full of life. His name is Scrappy of course I call him Scrappy Do

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  • Scrappy just had his last booster shots and got his rabies shot. He weighed in at 5.1 pounds. Clean bill of health! He was friendly to all but one dog (Hyper Boston Terrier) and one guy he didn't like him at all.
    Now that I figured out how to put a picture of him up....Here is Scrappy Do
  • So sorry about your Honey. She'll be forever in your heart. But you now have another pup that you gave a forever home to. Hope she and her brother, Rocky, bond soon and begin "their" journey together.
  • Now that is a happy ending to a sad story, Thank You for rescuing the precious little guy. Oh how the word Coccidia brings back bad memories. I lost a little pug puppy many years ago to that. The breeder felt bad and gave us his litter mate, guess what!!! He had it as well but survived.