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Beagle / Mixed (short coat) : : Female (spayed) : : Adult : : Medium
More about CassGood with Dogs, Good with Cats, Is Not Good with Kids Sponsors: WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR DONATIONS TOWARDS CASS'S MEDICAL BILLS: SUSAN COOK CATHLEEN PRYOR THE LEVENTRY FAMILY MR AND MRS KENNETH LAGOWSKI MARK HAYTHORN JAMIE LEADER JAIDYL CRAFTS KIMBERLY GRAVES JILL LAMPARELLA SANDY O'BRIEN KATHLEEN EATON ANGELA BARD WELT EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR ICE CREAM SOCIAL!!! Special Needs: Update: 2-2-07 - We had an offer back in December of a farm that Cass could live out her life with other special needs's dogs in VA. We kept holding off. Not really sure why. We knew she would be safe and well cared for but would never be part of a family. I think it was that we felt we would have failed her. The trip down to VA just kept getting pushed off. And now we know why, the step we have been praying for - Cass's foster Mom Kathy is higher than a kite - last night Cass came up on her own to give Kathy a kiss. Cass actually jumped on the couch and was giving her kiss's!!! Not only did she freely give her kiss's but when Kathy stopped petting her, Cass started to paw her arm for more petting. It took nine long months of love, care and understanding from Kathy but she has opened up doors for Cass that had long been bolted shut. Cass has given us the wonderful gift of her trust and we will continue to show Cass that people and life can be good and kind. Update: 11-7-06: Amazing how love can turn a life around. Cass looks like a different dog from when she first arrived. She is also acting like a real dog. She has joined in with her other furry siblings and is finally learning to play. She still has a fear of people but is no longer in a panic when they are in the area. We know that Cass will most likely never become an ideal family dog, there just has been too much damage, but we are looking for a place that can allow her to live out her life in a safe and comfortable environment. An ideal situation would be a quiet home, with other dog(s) to continue to teach Cass the ropes or a farm where she has food and shelter and possibly a few canine friends to keep her company. Update: 9-18-06: We have discovered through a tatoo in her ear that Cass was most likely a laboratory dog. This explains the slow progress with becoming a real dog in her foster home. It has been three months since we have rescued Cass and her foster mom Kathy now reports that she is starting to socialize with the other dogs in her home. Our hope is that they will show her the ropes of living a normal life. Cass still has a very long road ahead of her. The simple joys of special treats or a rub behind the ears are frightening to her. We continue to work with our vets and pet behaviorist. We are investigating the labs that use dogs in the area that she was discovered and at the very least, bring to light the cruelty that this one dog endured. June 2006 We were notified that a very pregnant Beagle had been tossed into a dumpster in West Virginia. Animal control officers in that county pulled her out and took her to the county dog pound. DPR agreed to take on Cass and bring her up to us. We were told she was ready to burst with puppies and was terrified in the shelter. On June 7th, Cass went into labor and had two pups but the third could not pass through, therefore an emergency C-section was performed. Cass had a total of nine puppies but two did not make it. Due to her poor health, Cass has little milk available to nurse her seven puppies so her foster mom, Kathy started supplimental bottle feeding every four hours to ensure the pups were getting the nutrition they needed to survive. We than discovered that a spot on Cass's back, which we had believed to be a hot spot, suddenly grew very quickly in size and seemed to be going black in color. She was rushed to Longwood Animal Hospital in Kennett Square, PA where it was discovered that Cass had actually been burned and her skin was slowly dying away. She had emergency surgery where they had to remove all the damaged skin which went down to the muscle. Foster mom Kathy has now taken over feeding Cass's seven pups every two hours. Cass has been released from Longwood but will need a second surgery to close the wound with a skin graft. She also requires daily wet/dry bandage changes. Despite the horrific past Cass has endured, being burned, the terror of being dropped into a dumpster, put in a shelter full of other barking dogs, malnourished to the point of bones standing out, giving birth than going through a C section, a second surgery to remove her burned skin, and daily bandage changes, we have been given the gift of Cass wagging her tail for the first time since arriving. Though Cass can't nurse her puppies, she still performs what motherly duties she can and will clean each puppy once Kathy is done the bottle feedings. Kathy has also figured out a way to protect Cass's wound by various methods that enables her to spend some quality time with her pups without them disturbing her bandages. Cass's vet bills have been much higher than we could have every expected. If you would like to make a donation to help cover the costs of her surgeries or formula for her babies, they can be mailed to: Delaware Puppy Rescue 5 Gates Circle Hockessin, DE 19707 All donations are tax deductible. No donation is too small and every penny helps. We will continue to update Cass's site on her and her puppies progress. Other Pictures of Cass (click to see larger version):
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