Companion Pet Rescue of Middle TN: COVID-19 Operation Grant Report
How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?
The money was used on Emma Jean. She had very high medical bills, including x-rays, bloodwork, heartworm medications, ear meds, special food, and her spay surgery.
The grant helped us to save a lost soul whom no one else wanted to pull out of [an open-admission] shelter. We were able to show her love, compassion, fun and that humans do care, that there are people willing to fight hard to give her a good life. We didn't want her for her ability to make us money by making babies. She was cherished and RESCUED before crossing the rainbow bridge. The grant made it possible for us to not hesitate in saving her from the shelter despite her high medical needs. Although her life ended before we would have wished, before she could be adopted, we believe we saved her and helped her know love.
How many pets did this grant help?
1
Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.
During the shutdown due to COVID-19 in Tennessee, one shelter had gotten all its animals out through rescue or adoption except for one dog. This dog was named Emma Jean. Companion Pet Rescue of Middle TN was contacted by Friends of Brownsville Haywood County Animal Shelter about a pit bull who was heartworm-positive and possibly pregnant. Emma Jean was clearly a pit bull who had been overbred. Her nipples were deformed from excessive litters of puppies. She also had a terrible chop job on her ears. However, she was loving and affectionate.
Emma Jean had an ear infection, skin issues, was bleeding from her vagina, and had breathing issues related to heartworm disease. Emma Jean was seen at the vet immediately after coming in to rescue. She was placed on multiple medications to get her healthy; she started her heartworm treatment and it was determined that she was not pregnant but had an infected uterus and needed to be spayed.
She was placed in a foster home and started on her road to recovery on April 19, 2020. She was doing well and had been given a clean bill of health and was scheduled to be spayed. Unfortunately, on June 4, 2020, Emma Jean passed away during her spay surgery due to unforeseen complications.
