We received an urgent
call and an email from a
woman regarding a male
boxer at a shelter who
needed immediate help.
He was attacked by
another dog in the
exercise pen outside and
his cheek was ripped
open. The shelter did
not know how badly he
was injured.
The thing that she
was most concerned about
was the shelter policy
of killing all dogs that
showed any "aggression".
Although Uncle Milty (as
we have named him) did
not initiate the fight,
or fight back, she told
us it was a strong
possibility that he
would be killed as well.
She wanted him out of
the shelter immediately.
She said he was a young
intact male who had a
very sweet temperament.
We called one of our
good volunteers to see
if she could help get
him to the hospital.
She happened to be off
work that day, and left
promptly to pick up
Uncle Milty. We
made arrangements for
her to drop him off at
the hospital. He
looked so sweet and we
couldn't say no.
Uncle Milty has turned
out to be the most
wonderful boxer and it
would have been a
travesty to let him die.
Below is a report
from the NBR volunteer
who went to rescue Uncle
Milty (Thank You
Bianca):
“I received a phone
call from NBR regarding
a male boxer who had
been roaming the
streets, and taken to a
a shelter. NBR was
told that a lady was
able to lure him into
her car (for fear that
he may be hurt) and took
him to the local
Humane Society.
Uncle Milty was at
the Humane Society for 4
days when one of their
volunteers let him
outside in a run with a
few other dogs.
Unfortunately another
dog attacked him.
This is when NBR
received the urgent call
to see if we could take
him into our rescue in
fear that the Management
would make the decision
to Euthanize him.
Uncle Milty did not
fight back when the
other dog bit him, nor
did he show any signs of
aggression before or
even after the attack.
I immediately agreed to
drive the distance to
transport him back to
the
Veterinary Hospital
for an evaluation of his
wound.
When I
met Uncle Milty I tried
to see if he wanted a
treat to break the ice.
He was not interested in
the treat at all.
He was very somber, not
afraid...he just kind of
stood there with no
emotion. It was
apparent that he had no
connection with the
volunteers that had
brought him to meet me.
It was very sad, he
seemed so lonely.
After a few moments I
petted him and he leaned
all of his weight
against me. I
could tell that he was
craving attention.
Next I knelt down and
talked to him and he
instantly gave me
kisses. He is such
a sweet boy. Lord
only knows how long he
was living on the
streets. He was no
problem on the ride, he
just laid on the back
seat. He didn't
get up once until we
arrived at the
Veterinary Hospital.
After being examined
at the Hospital they
found that he did not
need stitches for the
wound. It was a
small puncture in the
cheek which caused a lot
of bleeding simply due
to the location of the
wound. While at
the Vet they were going
to give him
inoculations, blood
tests, and schedule his
neuter surgery.
Uncle Milty is such a
sweet boy, he is
approximately 3 years
old and on the thin
side. He weighed
in at 70lbs, so he is
definitely going to be a
big big boy.”
