Nadia

When we started our outreach program back in May, we came across an address in KCK where four shepherds were chained up in a big yard. The owner was an older man and he did a pretty good job taking care of them all. They always had water and he keeps them all well fed. We would stop by occasionally to bring him fly gel, food, and treats for the dogs. Three of the shepherds were female and only one of them was spayed, he flat out refused to spay the other two. Well, we weren't at all surprised when we stopped by a couple weeks ago to find eight little puppies running around the yard. They all had wounds on their head and legs from fighting for food between each other and the adult dogs. The man wasn't home, so we went back the next day to see if we could get the puppies out of there. He was tired of all of them and all the fighting. When we went back, there were only 6 of the original 8 puppies, he said the other two were stolen. We loaded up the 6 puppies and headed over to the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City, who vetted them and nursed them back to health. We were just sick about the other two and what had happened to them. We had finally convinced this man to finally spay the other two females so he wouldn't have any more puppies. When we went back to pick the first dog up, Nadia, the other two puppies were back! So we took Nadia and the other two pups to the Humane Society. Nadia was spayed and stayed two nights at the HS to relax and heal. Meanwhile, all eight puppies were ready to go to Great Plains SPCA to find their forever homes!

Nadia's owner came to pick her up two days after she was spayed. He was suppose to keep her quiet and inside so she could relax and heal. Instead he put her right back out on her chain and didn't pay any attention to her incision and what was happening with her. We stopped by last Saturday to check in and see how Nadia was healing. As I approached her, I noticed she had lots of fresh blood all over her back legs and there was blood all over where she was chained. I bent down and looked at her incision...there were intestines coming out! She had chewed her stitches out and her insides were hanging out. I was horrified! I asked the man how long she had been like that and he said he noticed it this morning! He noticed it that morning and didn't call anyone or take her to a vet?!?! I told him this was an emergency and that Nadia needed to go to the emergency vet. He didn't seem to concerned. I asked how much money he had to save her and he said he didn't have any and to just kill her. We quickly had him sign Nadia over to us and rushed her to Mission MedVet. I must warn you that these pictures are pretty graphic and to not continue on if you are sensitive to blood.

When we arrived at Mission MedVet, they rushed Nadia to the back to assess her and see what needed to be done. After what seemed like forever, the doctor finally came out and said that Nadia had in fact chewed her stitches out, and not only that, but had chewed up some of her inner flesh and her intestines. The surgery, if she would even survive would cost over $3000. They weren't sure if she would then survive the secondary infection from all the debris that was in her abdomen. Nadia was an older dog and had been through so much pain already. We just couldn't bare the thought of her going through all this surgery, just to die anyway. We decided that she had had a rough enough life and needed to be released to the Rainbow Bridge in Heaven. We went back to a room and said our goodbyes to Nadia and told her we would see her again someday. And as she passed we told her to be with Jade and all the other Jade's Mission babies we had lost this year. She passed peacefully and is no longer in pain! Thank you so much for everyone's thoughts and prayers for Nadia, she will be waiting for all of us that loved her when we pass over. RIP Nadia.

Thank you for everyone's support so we can help dogs like Nadia!