Saturday, June 6, 2009

Sometimes dogs can break my heart

Normally I let our Animal Attraction blogger take care of the animal things, but just because I did this story at the beginning, I've gotten a bit attached.

I'm not sure how many of you read it, but it was the story about the 32 cocker spaniels that were rescued from Rosenberg. What happened was an anonymous tip led SPCA investigators to a shed behind a landscaped home in Rosenberg.


Inside the shed they found 33 adult cocker spaniels crammed into just a few cages.

"They were living in cages that were falling apart and the stench was unbelievable from the feces and urine," said Meera Nandlal of the SPCA.

Nandlal says the dogs were not being fed properly and calls their overall living conditions terrible. The shed was poorly ventilated, and when the SPCA seized the animals, they reported finding dirty undrinkable water and no food. Nandlal also says that there were several dogs in each rusted cage.

"The dogs were matted, weren't being fed properly and it looks like some of them may have parasites. At this point, it looks like they may have severe skin conditions as well," said Nandlal. "One of the dogs was so badly matted, it couldn't even walk."

I'm not going to get into the story (you can read my article about the Rosenberg dogs here), but these dogs have now been cleaned up and it's amazing to see. They look like totally different animals (the pics to the left are before pictures from when the SPCA found them) and are looking for a new family.

Check out the YouTube video below to see how just a little trim and some love has made a difference. They are just so happy to have a little love.

The Cocker Spaniel Rescue, which is a charitable organization dedicated to saving the lives of abandoned and abused cocker spaniels and other dogs, has been helping out the SPCA to take care of the dogs.

But the dogs aren't the only ones needing help. The rescue center also needs a little support. They are looking for people to adopt the dogs and donations.

I could just hug all these little guys.

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