BALTIMORE, MD...........We were contacted by Animal Control after they had picked up a dog that someone saw being thrown out of an automobile. The people did not get the license plate number but do have a description of the car and the police are looking at cameras in the area to see if they can find the person that did this. NEMO is an incredible 1 year old Pitbull that is emaciated and appears to have been used as a Bait Dog based on the amount of old and new bite marks that are all over his legs, neck and face. The most graphic photos are at the bottom of the page. I would not advise looking unless you need to know exactly the damage. Nemo was taken to a vet where he was stabilized. We flew someone up to Baltimore so he could drive Nemo back to the Critical Care Facility we use in Charleston, SC. Our dear boy has a huge gash in his neck that is right below his ear. The gash does not go into his ear canal. We have discovered that his ear drum has burst from all the infected fluid draining into his ear canal and filling up a large pocket. We have already done three surgeries on this wonderful dog to remove the dead tissue and to get as much fluid out as possible. Cultures of the infected areas have been taken and we are waiting for the results to see if we need to change the antibiotic he is on. We are praying he does not have a MRSA infection but we will deal with whatever it is when the results come back. We have put a tie-over bandage (like we did with Gunnar) to cover the large open wound he has. This enables us to change the bandages several times a day and start pulling the skin in so we will eventually have enough viable tissue to close the open wound permanently. The other issues we are dealing with is his emaciated state. Nemo has been throwing up since we received him. We have done a scan to see if he ingested something that would be causing a blockage. Since he has no body fat, the scan is not as good as we would like. We do not see any objects or an area that appears to be blocked. He is being closely monitored in ICU. We have surgeons that will do exploratory surgery if he continues to decline because of the throwing up. We need for this boy to put some weight on, not lose any. Nemo is the sweetest dog that will curl up in your lap and shower you with kisses. He loves everyone, which is amazing. The sweetest most trusting dogs are the ones that are used as Bait Dogs. They never know what is happening until it is too late and then they still believe it is a mistake and they keep on trusting the person that keeps doing this to them. We have helped far too many dogs that have been used for fighting in this Country. The only way to stop it is to let the authorities know in your area that you WILL NOT put up with this any longer. Officers in Public Service are there to serve the people. Let them know that you want this to STOP and will not support anyone that does not do their part to end Dog Fighting in this Country.
