Memorial Day is KCK

  

 We were so happy to have a three day weekend because that meant we could get three days of outreach done in a row! We spent our first 2 days in KCMO, but decided to head over to KCK for some much needed outreach. We started our day out on a very good note with a whole car load of donated dog food fromWarmFuzzy's Sanctuary in Drexel, MO! We really needed it and we are so thankful!

Once we got into KCK, it didn't take long to find our first stop. We found two dogs that were in two separate pens that are attached to each other. From a distance they looked pretty good, but we knew better. You have to get up close to see the bad parts. Both of these dogs had bad fly strike, flies were swarming everywhere, and their water was dark and muddy. Thank goodness we stopped!

Thankfully both of these dogs were at a really good weight, they just needed some fly control and fresh water.

We slathered on the fly ointment to help heal these poor babys' ears and keep the flies from eating them up further. Thank you Michele for donating some of this wonderful stuff! We fill empty pill bottles with some of the fly ointment and give it to the owners so they can continue to put the ointment on their dogs ears until we can get back by to check up.

After we hung up a couple fly bags for these two dogs, we did some poop control! That is what attracts the flies and people don't pick it up! Marilyn got right in and started scooping up the poop and moving it away from the dog's pen. By the time we left there weren't anymore flies swarming around and the dogs were fly free and had a fresh drink of water!

 Here is Marilyn educating this man on how to control the fly situation and where to go to get further supplies. Sometimes it's all about education to change the way a dog is living.

The flies were getting these two pretty bad, you can see the blood on that poor white girl's head. We hung a fly bad and left ear ointment with the owners. They were happy to get a pig ear too (thank you Wendie)!

As we were driving around looking for dogs in distress we saw a pen in the far corner of a backyard. We couldn't really tell if there was anything in it. We could have easily just kept driving but something told us to stop. We walked through the backyard of a vacant home to get a better look. We could see that there were two dogs in this pen and the living conditions looked really bad. We went to the front door but no one answered. We decided the best thing we could do was hang a fly bag. We went around back and things were worse than we thought. The mastiff is actually chained inside the pen on a three foot chain. There is one poorly made dog house and rocks and wood everywhere. The water was old and brown. The mastiff had really bad fly strike and the pit mix had blood on her side. We couldn't get in the pen to get fly ointment on and we could tell that this situation was far beyond just educating the owners. We hung a fly bag and left. We have called this situation in to animal control and we will keep everyone posted on the outcome.

We stopped to help this cutie who seemed very shut down and aggressive. But as soon as we went into his pen, his whole attitude changed and he just wanted to cuddle! We did some educating here and got this boy's pen all cleaned up. He was just starting to get fly strike so we hooked him up with a fly bag and ear ointment.

During our three days of outreach this past weekend we hung over 20 fly bags and went through 4 bottles of fly repelling ointment for fly strike. Every single dog we visited had fly strike, some worse than others. Our biggest need right now is more fly bags and ear ointment. We have found a great website, horse.com, that has very inexpensive prices for both of these if you would like to donate either one of these items to us! We like the RESCUE fly bags and the SWAT ear ointment. These products can also be found at places like Tractor Supply, Lowes, and Home Depot. Please contact us at jadesmission@yahoo.com for our shipping address and drop off locations. A fly bag only costs $4 and can make a world of difference for a dog. A bottle of ear ointment only costs $10 and that is enough to treat over 10 dogs for fly strike. Please help us make these poor dogs more comfortable this summer and protect them from flies.