C B before the accident 

Update March 10th
    C.B. is stronger every day.  He's still helped outdoors to potty with a belly sling so that he doesn't put too much weight his back legs right away.  He's being a very good sport about all this and his foster family tells us he's a delight to have around.   

 

Every once in awhile, UFBH gets one of those phone calls—a concerned family has a basset they found wandering with a UFBH tag.  Animal control from some city is calling because they picked up a basset with no other identification.  And the very worst call we get; someone is calling because a basset has been hit by a car or injured in some other way and there is an emergency situation.

The call came last Saturday night.  C B, who was adopted in January, was hit by a car whose driver just took off. A second car stopped, and then a very wonderful neighbor came out to try to help him.  He was wearing his UFBH identification tag, and Peggy got the phone call.

Usually the very first thing we do is check our data base to see whose basset is it. Does one of our foster families live near the area? Did someone (in the last 7 years) adopt a basset who lives nearby? Or, worse, did someone adopt and then move to a new area without letting UFBH know, so we have no idea how to contact anyone until we can get the dog’s microchip number.

While Peggy drove to meet Carol, she was on the phone with her trying to locate someone we knew who closer to the injured dog and figure out where the owner was.  In this case, C B was visiting at the home of another family member, but we were unable to locate his adopted mom.   

Nichole and her husband Kevin were called and they were able to get to the injured hound the quickest.  Carol and Peggy took off to meet them at the emergency clinic in Davis County.  C B had a very deep cut in his shoulder, into the muscle, and he was in very serious shock. If he hadn’t been taken to the vet, he would have died.  The weekend guardian of the basset had turned up at the scene but was unable to get the dog the emergency care he clearly needed.  

 Sunday morning, after CB was stabilized they took more X rays and discovered some damage to his pelvis that would require surgery.  C B’s family is unable to afford the vet expenses and surrendered him back to UFBH so he could get the medical care he deserves.  He was transported to Cottonwood Animal Hospital Emergency, and we are waiting to hear more on his condition.  This picture was taken after his ride from Davis County to Cottonwood, IV and all so that the extreme pain he was in could be managed. They had put extra bags of hot water next to his blankets to keep him warm.

 

 

So far this year UFBH has taken responsibility for the vet expenses and care of two hounds' suffering after being hit by cars and left for dead.  

 Whenever we feel we are getting almost caught up, something like this happens.   Your contributions made quite a dent in Patty’s expenses, and we need to ask for your help again. 

Please, please contribute toward C B’s vet expenses, in any amount, large or small.  You can sign up with Beauford’s Buddies on the website and send a monthly donation to UFBH in any amount, starting at $5.00 a month.  We're grateful, once again, that we were there to rescue another basset from pain and suffering.  UFBH can’t continue to rescue basset hounds without you.   

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Thank you! 

P.S.    Nichole and Kevin have offered to foster and rehab C B (which by the way stands for Cute Basset) !!  We are most grateful to them for getting to him so quickly and taking him to the emergency hospital.  

We would also like to thank Annette, the kind neighbor who wrapped him in blankets and held him until we could get there.  As you may remember it was quite cold Saturday evening.  She held and comforted him for well over an hour. 

Our rescue efforts require so many caring people; often we don't realize when and where we'll need them...and then they just "show up".  It's times like this that we realize that there are so very many people who are willing to do whatever it takes to help out.   

Thanks everyone and we'll keep you posted on C B.