What kind of dog is this??
 

She's another stray we found on our property... I dont get how she could have gotten in our tack room though... its pretty remote, its off the back side of the barn and I have it full of storage stuff because we dont have any horses ATM. She was stuck in there whimpering and whining. DH was in the barn and heard her.

She is soooooo so so so cute, likes, no loves to be held. Shes so malnourished. Skin and bones and her stomach is really distended. She pigged out, all I had was dry dog food so I wet it down, she was shaking so bad, still is some. She probably hadn't eaten in days.

Best I can tell is she is part or full dalmatian. I cant really find any pictures online of a dalmatian with full patches like she has though. They'd refer to some of the patches as liver spots. Shes got two brown patches on her back but the rest is all black and white. Shes real pink like a dalmatian too.

She is just so adorable, DH says he doesnt know if we will keep her yet... little does he know! HAHAHAHAHA He just says that because we just picked up a stray 2 months ago. LOL


What do you think? I'm NOT good with the whole breed thing.

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She's really cute.

Agh, she has worms. grrrrr. Poor little thing.

We live across from the humane society (they're two propertes down but its about a half mile) and I think maybe people drop animals here thinking we are the humane society (I live in a rural area) or they drop them off at night at the humane society and the animals make their way here.

So sad... Worms can cause malnutrition if theres a bad infestation. So so so sad. I just went and checked on her in her basket. I let her out and she released herself on my floor. haha, the joys. I really hope theres nothing else wrong with her. I want to keep her. hehe

I really hate people, but I wont get into that...

Well hopefully you can get everything sorted. Might be a good idea to take her to the vet soon if you're going to keep her, better to diagnose her condition before things get worse...

She is really cute. If you're not gonna keep her you can ship her to me :)

I hope she's gonna be ok, give her a pet from me.

As for the breed, I wouldn't be sure. It looks like there is maybe some labrador in there going by the shape of the head. I'm no expert though so I'm probably wrong.

My wife works at a large Animal Rescue, about 1500 dogs and cats plus numerous horses on 28 acres. They are remote and off the beaten path. They also have 24 hour security. However people still tie animals on the fences and leave them there.

The place she works at doesn't adopt out though. Even if they did most of the animals there aren't adoptable since they are wild and feral. Some don't even like people. The center just provides a home for the animals, have full time vet care and a hospital on the premises and so forth. She spends most of her days medicating about 90 cats.

Sort of looks like a mix between a bulldog and a Shitsu.

I have a better pictures of her this morning... I will try and get some of her in the yard today.

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It does look like she has bulldog in her.

Here is what a bullmation looks like, grown. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/bullmatian.htm

It reminds me of an English bull terrier

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Looks Very Much Like A Bullmation

looks like a mut to me :)
maybe a mix, but doesn't look pure to me

cute looking puppy tho :)

Shes very ill. She is so completely starved. You can see the complete outline of her entire hip area under her skin. So looks right now, are not so good.

I'm getting ready to go to the farm and cattle place and get her dewormed and see about getting her some high protein stuff.

STOP!!! DO NOT get high protein food or any treatments until that dog is examined by a vet.

Going to a new diet/high protein food could be fatal to a dog that is already sick.

I was about to suggest not trying to stuff her with food now, just go to the vet and let them tell you what to do.

P.S.: That dog belongs to the Uglydog race :p

Just kidding, it's a sweet mut :)
Like one of my 2 dogs.

There is a vet there. :) They'll tell me what to do. What to feed her. Whether its special food or high protein stuff. My assumption was high protein though. Not an exact rule. Sorry for the confusion.

Things are a little different in areas where the average pet is a billy goat. haha

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UPDATE

I ended up taking a walk across the street with her to the humane society and as I got there another family had just got there too. With the rest of the litter. They found the dogs in a vacant houses garage after seeing other larger dogs on the property (right down the road from me). There are 8 in all that were found. No mom or dad. The two older togs appear to be related but way older (like a different litter, the female hadnt had babies and the male hadnt dropped, so the litter didnt come from either.

Long story short, I left her there for quarantine, deworming, shots, medical care and then they're going to spay her. I can adopt her in a week, after quarantine is up.. :) The lady who found the other dogs is going to adopt one of the puppies too.

Happy ending.

They did say shes a PURE BREED mut. LOL

I don't see any British Bulldog in that pup. I'd agree with mutt. People generally don't leave purebred dogs to just get lost. They cost too much for that. Same with the designer mixed breeds that people are coming up with these days. Since you say that you live out in the country, I wouldn't be surprised if there some sort of coon hound in the pup. I agree with the shelter, pretty much guaranteed to be a mutt.

And switching to a high protein diet for an animal that is that malnourished can be bad for it. It's too big a shock to the system. We recently ran into a similar situation with a cat. It was eating out of my sis-in-law's compost. She started the cat on better food and then she gave the cat to us. We ended up having to take the cat to the vet for a $200 enema since she was backed up.

The cat might pay off her vet bill though... One of my wife's photos of the cat is in the running for an award! :)

Best wishes to you and your new pup, whenever she comes home to you! :D

You should volunteer at an animal rescue. You'd be surprised at the number of people that just give up purebred dogs and cats, even after spending a lot of money on them. The larger the animal, the more likelihood increases that it will be abandoned. The same concept applies to people who buy rabbits and ducks for their kids on Easter than abandon them later because they are too much work. People do it with purebred dogs as well. To most people, animals are a possession to show off like cars and televisions not pets or family members. My wife has gone to work in the morning and found purebred dogs tied to the fence at her rescue. The animals are left with their food bowls, vet histories and pedigrees. The motto at her work is everything gets a home. If someone kills even a rattlesnake or scorpion on the property, they lose their job.

I doubt this is the case here but most likely just another abandoned dog that got ill eating garbage or whatever else was handy until it was found.

They had so many beautiful dogs there... She said they use petfinder.com to list their adoptions and NEVER have a surplus. She says they are adopted almost instantly. They have birds that are VERY expensive, the big exotic kind. So I dont think breed has anything to do with it. The economy is making people do desperate things. If you ever find an animal yourself, look to see if you have a humane society as they will NEVER put an animal to sleep (unless chronically ill of course). Animal control will.

They have no website though they should. I have offered to build them one and host it free as a donation. Shes getting back to me to see if they already have a domain name. They need lots of cash donations and they only go on the donations from a national site. :eek:

They did have a lot of chickens, ducks, rabbits, ostriches (not up for adoption) and even a donkey. They're a rescue center too, so they take non adoptable animals in too. They have turtles that are HUGE. Really is a pleasant place to visit.

My sister???

Yep, That's DEFIANTLY my sister....

How's the puppy doing? I hope better.:)

Shes doing good. They delayed giving her her shots because her blood count was low. I can probably get her back tomorrow or Wednesday, provided she is spayed. Her quarantine time will be up and I can nurse her back to health here at home, they have a mandatory 7 day quarantine.

Oh that's great to hear a happy ending:) thanks for updating.

very cute indeed!

Be sure to get us an updated pic as she gets healthier. :)

Will do! I think I can get her today. If not, then Tuesday (they're closed Mondays).

I saw her two days ago and she looks fantastic!