Grand Blanc Township dog shows future can be bright for dog

Grand Blanc Township dog shows future can be bright for dog Just five months ago, Meg Sprecher didn't know if a pit bull she rescued from Flint's north side would live or die. The heart worms, combined with the fact Thor was "exceedingly malnourished," kept the dog from being put under anesthesia when working on his wounds, Hendricks said. "Those first couple days, it was round-the-clock care," Sprecher said. "He was a mess," Hendricks said of Thor, who weighed only 56 pounds when he first came in for treatment. Hendricks said Thor's injuries were typical for a fighting dog or a bait dog, an animal used to train fighting dogs. To make matters worse, Thor also had heart worms. "He wasn't well enough to have the surgery, so we took a big gamble on it and it turned out the eye healed up," Sprecher said. The Sprechers had to routinely apply drops to the injured eye and change the bandages that went all the way up to the dog's shoulders. "I haven't bought dog treats since November," Sprecher said. " . Thor's treatment was eventually handed over to Dr. "He actually had a through-and-through hole on his lip," Sprecher said. "He was pretty close to dead. "He was skin and bones," Sprecher said of Thor. Thor had open wounds on all four of his legs and his left ear was nearly completely torn off. Thor, who vets say is 6-7 years old, was discovered by a maintenance worker outside of an apartment complex near the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pierson Road. Since it was after 5 p. What she found was was a bloody mess. The next day, through a series of phone calls, Sprecher was contacted and she went out to rescue Thor. Hendricks said he thought Thor will even lose his left eye, but his eye was saved thanks to the help of an expert in Southeast Michigan. Grand Blanc Township dog shows future can be bright for dog Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 13/04/2012