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(29,287 posts) Mon Sep 23, 2024, 07:30 PM Sep 23

Save A Georgia Pit Bull's Life -- Tyson Will Be Euthanized on Wednesday 9/25, If Not Adopted Tomorrow, 9/24

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September 23, 2024
Rockdale County Animal Shelter
Conyers, Georgia
via PawHeroes Networker & Cross Poster for Animals
https://facebook.com/PawHeroes13

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(From PawHeroes Networker)
"BEING EUTHANIZED ON 9/25/ RESCUE ONLY, HEARTWORM POSITIVE -- SAVE HIS LIFE!
He is now next to be euthanized.
There will be no extensions!
His family walked him into the shelter, threw the leash and said 'we found him.'
His name is Tyson.
He sits watching people walk by and not being chosen.
His heart is broken.
No one has picked him up as he is Heartworm Positive with medical needs.
He looked up at a volunteer for his last photo before he is euthanized.
Pledges, Foster, Adopter Needed!
https://rockdalecountyanimalservices.org/ac2485-tyson/

https://rockdalecountyanimalservices.org/current-dogs-at-the-shelter/

Re: Heartworm in Dogs:
https://heartwormsociety.org/heartworm-positive-dogs/
(From link)
"Dogs with no signs or mild signs of heartworm disease, such as cough or exercise intolerance, have a high success rate with treatment. More severe disease can also be treated, but the possibility of complications is greater."

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Save A Georgia Pit Bull's Life -- Tyson Will Be Euthanized on Wednesday 9/25, If Not Adopted Tomorrow, 9/24 (Original Post) red dog 1 Sep 23 OP

😢 UpInArms Sep 23 #1

Same here ... I hope someone steps up. (Also, a link, re: heartworms are not a death sentence.) rog Sep 23 #2

UpInArms

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Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 07:40 PM

Sep 23

I wish I could … Georgia is halfway across the US from me … and I am dog overflowing …

Heartworm treatment works most of the time and is not a long treatment …

I so hopes someone steps up and gives this lovely boy a forever home.

rog

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2. Same here ... I hope someone steps up. (Also, a link, re: heartworms are not a death sentence.)

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 07:50 PM

Sep 23

https://www.petmd.com/dog/what-know-adopting-heartworm-positive-dog

Adopting a Heartworm-Positive Dog (More at the link above.)

A diagnosis of heartworm disease is not a death sentence, although for reasons not always understood, for some heartworm-positive dogs, the disease is fatal. Heartworm-positive dogs often go unnoticed or unwanted in the shelter, for no other reason than the stigma that they are either extremely sick or have behavior problems. In reality, they typically make great companions and can have a relatively normal quality of life if the condition is treated and managed appropriately.

Heartworm-positive dogs in a shelter are dogs that have been neglected, either as:

-- Strays, lost pets, transfers, or dogs relocated from other parts of the United States

-- Owner surrenders (for reasons including change in owner lifestyle, inability to afford care, or simply no longer wanting the pet)

-- Confiscated animals (often due to neglect or abuse)

-- Survivors of hoarding situations

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