Carla - What 48 hours of love and care can do!!

Carla on arrival at the vets

One very thin,very frightened, very poorly dog has made a miraculous recovery, indeed it is difficult to believe that the dog I saw today was the same one that I dropped off at the vets on Thursday.


After spending more than 24 hours on a drip and given a lot of love and intensive care, I am overjoyed to say that Carla, the Staffie, is well on the road to recovery. 


Despite this massive change in her it hasn't been an easy journey since she was brought in to the Rescue on Thursday, as you may have read. When she came in she could hardly manage to drink never mind eat, it was only fluid that we could get into her. She captured the hearts of staff at the Rescue as well as at the Vets and anyone that meets her can see why, she really is a little darling.
When she was admitted to the Vets on Thursday afternoon she weighed 2.5 kg,  by this afternoon (Saturday) she had gained weight and was up to 6.4 kg and it showed. She has been fed small amounts of food hourly for the last 18 hours or so and the dedication of the staff shows what can be done with some love and attention. 

a little shy and wary 

What greeted us today was a happy, sweet, playful, loving dog that initially when she saw us was a little frightened and went to hide behind the veterinary nurse, well briefly anyway and who could blame her after what someone had done to her. She soon started to trust us and when she did she wanted affection and fuss and lapped up all she got. Even people that had previously adopted a dog from us and were visiting the vets came to see her and fell for her there and then, she has that affect. 

Starting to trust

She will stay with the veterinary nurse for a few days as she gets over some of the health problems that come with this kind of neglect. 


There will be a short video of her available on here soon as well as more news about her, in fact, I have just been told at this moment she is lying on her back on the sofa snoring.

Saturday night,  watching the Olympics?

If anyone would like to help by contributing to the veterinary costs of this poor dog then please just visit our JustGiving page, any help is appreciated, as you can imagine the bill is mounting.