12.14.08
Say hello to … Giovanni Turner – adorable tiny little neglected shih tzu boy!!
It never ceases to amaze me what people think is adequate care for our little lap dogs. I guess thats why so many of them need us desperately!
Little Giovanni was turned in by an owner that had had him for over a year!!! She admitted that she couldn’t/wouldn’t take him to a vet because of cost, but let him continue to rot in horrible condition rather than turn him over to someone that could.
His nails had not been cut since she found him a year ago. When we got Giovanni, his feet were encased in huge mats of hair. Here is one huge mat we shaved off of his back right leg.
So large were the mats, we didn’t even know his nails were over an inch long until we shaved his feet. Here is what we found…
Once we shaved off the mats, we discovered he was having a hard time making his back legs work. But, after a week, he is now up and walking acting pretty happy. He’s almost complete blind but his tail wags.
