So this weekend I rescued/took in my boxers brother. Poor guy is about 15 pounds underweight, has sores on his legs and backs of his thighs from being kept outside in below zero weather in a kennel kept on cement. One of these sores is infected. So he is on antibiotics. Then upon inspection we found his tail was improperly docked. The vet explained that they seemed to have cut through the bone instead of the joint/or inbetween the vertebrae. Found out from previous owner the dog has had issues with his tail from day one. Chewing on it and what not. There is no hair on the end of his stump and a scab on the bottom. So far I've spent $170 on vet bills and about $80 on an indoor kennel/crate for him. In the future....near future he is going to have to have his tail redocked. I'm paying for that also. I took in my uncles cat in january after he passed and have spent over $300 on him. Plus getting the barn/outside/stray/dumps/you get the point vaccinated and fixed...we won't even go there on price
Then this last week ended up taking one of the barn cats in for a tail amputation because he must have got his tail somewhere it didn't belong and broke it. Nice huh? Then on friday he mananged to pull or pop 4 stitches...so back in we went for staples.
