Lulu Was Stabbed...

I know Lulu. I've seen her almost every time I go to either 7-11 or 50 Pizza (across the street from 7-11) near my place. She's fat and healthy, so I always figured that she is well looked after by someone, somewhere in that neighborhood. Very friendly, and very calm. No, actually, I should say extremely friendly. I usually see her sleeping outside one of the above mentioned businesses.

Tonight, we went to 50 Pizza for a late munch after work, and Lulu showed up... From a certain distance, Natasha said "OMG, she's got spray paint all over." (We rescued a dog covered with spray paint recently, and she thought that Lulu was also spray painted) I knew it wasn't paint... I got up right away and I said "no, that's blood."

Lulu was stabbed at least three times. The wounds had to be inflicted with a sharp pointy object at least 1 1/2 inch wide. Most likely a knife. She also has many smaller cuts which are mostly healed and scabbed over by now. I always carry a collar and a leash in my scooter, so we took her home.

It was too late to take her to our vet, but the bleeding had stopped and she is past the "golden time" for stitches. This means that our vet less then likely would be able to stitch her up. Her wounds will have to heal without stitches to prevent infection. We used iodine on her wounds and she is going to our vet first thing tomorrow.

Have a look, but be warned, it doesn't look good.

Lulu: (Note that the grill you see on the right side is not a cage, it's a gate/fence we use in our dog room. You can see curious dogs on the other side of the gate.)


The wound on the side of her body:


When pooring iodine in this wound on the right side of her tail (I use a syringe):



The iodine was coming out of this wound on the left side of her tail:



This means that something sharp went into her body on the right side and punctured all the way to her left side... Here's a pic that shows both connected wounds:


As mentioned, Lulu also has a series of smaller cuts. Some are on her back where her spine is, and others are between her back legs. Most of them just look like dirty fur on picture as they are mostly healed leaving crusty dirty clumped fur with coagulated blood stains.

The good thing is that Lulu appears to be very healthy, and she has a good layer of fat on her which suggests that she should be able to heal quite well with proper care.

This made me very crusty. I can't believe someone would do that to any dog, never mind such a loving and and affectionate dog like Lulu. It's clear that Lulu's wounds are not caused by a dog fight or a traffic accident. What does that leave for probabilities? .........

I'll post pics of Lulu when she gets better.

Chris
Co-Founder
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