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Today 44 animals were
spayed/neutered by Dr. Andres Tello, At this 134th clinic, Dr. Tello sterilized 29 dogs and 15 cats. Of the dogs, 25 were female and 4 were male. Of the cats, 11 were female and 4 were male. This brings our total of dogs and cats sterilized to 5,236. Please remember: You
are the center of your dog's universe. You are the sun,
the moon and the stars to your canine companion. With
their lifelong devotion to us, we often wonder how we
can ever repay our dogs for their unconditional love?
How? You can give them a good quality of life in return.
Give them love, nourishing food, clean water, and
shelter from the sun and rain. And do not tie them up on
a short chain to live sad lives without exercise or
play! Love them unconditionally the same as they love
you!
The
above brings to mind a very sad story: Someone sent me
pictures of this dog in Paso Ancho with bloody ears.
 I
suspected the cause was fly bites. My employee and I
went several times treat the ears of this old female dog
who had had many litters. She had practically no teeth
left, and she also had a huge venereal tumor. She had
two puppies--the woman said the old dog had given birth
to others that had died. I bought parvovirus vaccine and
injected both puppies and also gave them antiparasite
medication. The woman mentioned giving the puppies to
someone in the Comarca. I told her NO--that when the
indigenous families moved, they abandoned their dogs and
left them behind to starve and breed.
The
woman also had a younger female dog. I told her that I'd
provide transportation to and from the clinic and that
I'd pay for sterilizations and removal of the venereal
tumor PROVIDING that Alcides, my employee, could bring
all four dogs to the clinic She agreed.
Well,
when Alcides went to bring the dogs to the clinic, the
two puppies were missing. The woman said "they died."
Neither Alcides nor I believed that! No doubt she had
sent the poor puppies to the Comarca. (Well, of course I
paid for everything anyway.)
While
Dr. Tello was operating, he noticed that the dog was
very constipated and he began to express the poop. Well,
horribly, what was inside her was mostly PLASTIC and
very little poop. No doubt she had been starving and ate
Pampers and plastic meat wrappers. I put about half of
it in a zip-lock bag to show the woman.
I
brought the dog home with me to care for her overnight,
but
the old female dog was not able to recover from
the extensive surgery after being so malnourished.
I believe it was a blessing for
her rather than being returned to the negligent,
uncaring woman...and she would have soon died a painful
death from the venereal tumor anyway.
When
Alcides and I took the dog's body to the woman, I gave
her the bag of plastic that we had expelled from the
dog. She didn't express any care about the death of the
dog--or the fact that her intestines had been filled
with plastic!
The
other little dog? She was tied on a short rope about two
feet long. She tentatively wagged her little tail at me.
I don't understand how people can be so ignorant and
uncaring?
November was our final clinic for this year. On behalf of
myself and all our wonderful volunteers, we wish you a
merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Our next clinic will be on January 19, 2020. Call or (preferably whatsapp) 6640-3171 for appointments. Remember, we also offer teeth cleaning of dogs. The cost is $25.00. Please make an appointment if you want this procedure. Except for Dr. Tello, neither I nor anyone else connected with the clinics receives any pay. I rent the building where we hold the clinics, and I buy all the anesthesia, medications, instruments, supplies, and equipment--and provide transportation for those who need it. I have no offices, no salaries, no paid advertising. Every penny goes for the animals. This is a project from my heart, and I pay the deficits from my own pocket. Thank you in advance for future financial help, and thanks to everyone who has donated in the past. Volunteers: Following are our volunteers.
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Francia Pinedo
served as registrar.