doggie clinic by MH

This huge 150#+ black lab male (fixed) very old dog came to the door the other day. He can barely walk and followed Trevor around the property until his hind legs gave completely out.

The neighbors have seen him for years and said if you don't look at him or feed him, he will eventually go back home, but no one knows exactly where he lives. He seems to be a house dog, because he shivers all the time.

Being fixed is the only reason my dogs allowed him on the property, otherwise they would have never allowed him to enter and he is the first strange dog in 12 years to make it past our house dogs.

After 24 hours of eating nothing, I figure this dog came to be healed, so I decided he can stay, as long as he is fasting with herbs....so today, he got my dog/cat formula 1 dropper in the mouth...it made him slobber and shake, but 15 seconds later he was wagging his tail at me. He started eating grass after 36 hours of fasting. I will give him herbs each morning he is here...I figure he will move on when he is done. He is very fat, covered in cancers and at least 15-18 years old at the least.

I will not feed him as long as he is sickly. Tonight he is walking much better. He desires company and comes to where ever your working. He needs a retirement home.....oviously he doesn't have enough attention at home, or he would not wonder the neighborhood for years. My dogs are thin and enjoy sleeping outside on the ice/snow, etc...it will be interesting if this big old house dog can adapt or if he whimps out and wonders back home.

In the country such things can happen, but if he happened upon some city slicker come country, they would call the dog pound and the dog wardened just open their truck door, puts a bullet in their rifle and shoots all dogs rather than take the chance of being bitten.

To me he is just a wondering fellow that came here as part of his travels and he is welcome as long as he desires to "fast" and give my herbs a try.

IF he heals himself, I might even allow him to hang out here for the winter.

MH Tweet