Some of you may remember me asking advice on how to get weight on some severely starved dogs my sister rescued .
Well , there were two dogs , a blue merle aussie named Blue , and a Red Tick Hound named Jasper .
She got them looking really great again , the vet was amazed that they ever made it ! But then Blue developed some kind of abcess on his chest (I believe?) and it just wouldn't heal ....
Owner finally returned from Iraq and at first acted like he couldn't believe what had happened to his dogs (his wife and grown son had done this) .... but I don't know , after time went on my sister believes he's no better than they are . He took Blue back ( my sister was absolutely in love with this dog , and said she would keep him , but the guy wanted him back .... even though he won't let Blue in the house or anything) so my siter had to give him back as she had no proof that he would be abusive or neglectful to Blue . She planned to keep a close eye on him . Anyways , he took Blue back , and a few days later he called my sister and said he'd taken Blue to the vet about that abcess , and they found out Blue was diabetic and said he would have difficulty healing from surgery for the abcess so the guy opted to put him down !!!!!
I am in shock . My sister is heartbroken ! The guy never gave her a chance to take Blue back .....
So she still has Jasper and the guy said he'd come pick up Jasper and take him to the pound . There's no way my sis' is letting go of this dog . But she can't keep him , he is a hound after all and she doesn't have the right home for a dog who loves to follow his nose and bray (sp ?) all the time .
So , if anyone knows of someone who would like to ad a purebred Red Tick hound to their family please let me know ! He's about a year old , up to date on vaccs , not house broken yet .... Loves kids though ! Not neutered yet ,but will be before leaving . Oh , and he's in Baldwin City , KS.
-Amy
