Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

Every Life Matters

Dog Update

Edie adopted!

Edie Adopted!

Edie

Edie

What a wonderful day it was today - 3 adoptions!!
First Edie was adopted by the sister of our former board member Marmel who came to pick up Edie to take her to her sisters house. We have never posted about Edie. We found her as a tiny pup on the road on the way to the EDC Valencia spay and neuter back in May 2023. We brought her into the Sanctuary just as the Distemper Outbreak started and she ended up getting both Parvo and Distemper at the same time.  What a true survivor!
Edie will be going to live with another of our adoptees Sprout.
We have absolutely no doubt that she is going to get the best life.
Bye Bye Edie - We , Luke and Toffee will miss you!

Edie

Edie

Clyde and Missy adopted!

Clyde and Missy Adopted!

Clyde and Missy adopted

Clyde and Missy adopted

We had three adoptions today!  Two went to the same home - Clyde and Missy. We were especially hoping someone would adopt Clyde, as he's the, sweetest, most loving boy.
We rescued him around 2 years ago because he had TVT tumours in his head (see his profile page for pictures). We caught them just in time to save his life.

Clyde

Clyde

Missy adopted

Missy adopted

Missy was abandoned as a puppy outside the shelter back in May 2023 with her siblings Mave and Mari.
Thank you so much to Jovelyn and her family for taking in older dogs.
We will continue to monitor Clyde and Missy to ensure they are adjusting well.
What a great day!

Clyde and Missy adopted

Clyde and Missy adopted

Queenie

Queenie

Queenie

Queenie

On 1 September 2023, we received a report about a dog lying on the street, very weak and covered in ants. We can only imagine the pain and fear she felt.
Someone had covered her and given her food at least.

Queenie

Queenie

We brought her to the shelter and on further inspection discovered that one of her mammary glands was infested with maggots.
We cleaned her up, took blood for tests, de-flead her, got rid of the ants and maggots, and called Doc Erica from Pet Monarch Small Animal Clinic and discussed the case.
We called the dog Queenie because she was found on Port Royale Road.
Queenie was extremely dehydrated and had dangerously low red blood cells, indicating starvation.
She also had a systemic infection so we put her on antibiotics and IV. We gave her everything we could to ensure her survival, and given our current financial challenges, taking in another dog creates an added burden but we couldn't leave her there to die.

Queenie

Despite our best efforts, she passed away on 3 September 2023.  She started having seizures and then stopped breathing. We tried to resuscitate for 30 minutes but she didn't respond.  We know we did our absolute best but it still feels like we failed her.  We gave her a service and told her that she was loved and that she mattered.  That's all we could do. Run free queenie.

Queenie

Cookie

Cookie

Cookie RIP

Cookie RIP

On 24 August 2023, we saw this poor dog on the way to the Sanctuary. We think she was another hit and run. What can we do when we see this but pick her up and get her the care she needs? We took her for x-rays and she had no fractures but had a compressed spine. Kind sponsors began to donate funds for her rehabilitation laser therapy. We called her Cookie.

Cookie started showing distinct signs of Rabies after a few days in our care - muscle spasms in her limbs, becoming aggressive and biting at anything that came near her. There is a very characteristic biting pattern with Rabies that is different from pain or fear aggression.
Rabies cases are often mistaken for a hit and run as the dog starts to lose the use of its limbs as the virus spreads throughout the nervous system. Its a very painful disease.  She was in more and more pain as the hours passed by.
Her skin also started breaking out in pustules all over her body, despite being on antibiotics.  Our vets believe that it was due to an antibiotic resistant bacteria.
We and the vets agreed that the kindest thing to do was to put her to sleep.
Its so so sad when the little souls we rescue don't make it - they come so close to having the life they deserve.
Thank you for everyone who donated for Cookie - you at least helped to make her feel that she mattered in her last couple of days on earth.
Run Free Cookie - we hope you felt the love and care.

Monty

Monty

Monty

Monty

On 27 August 2023, we were alerted to this small stray, which we called Monty.  At least he was being fed, but the only way to reduce the number of strays is mass sterilisation campaigns.  DAS has conducted a number of events over recent months, and we can only hope this is the start of something systemic and long term.  

Monty

Monty

Monty started pooping blood not long after we brought him in. He ate a hearty meal when he first arrived and then slowly got weaker and more lethargic. The vets said it was Parvo given how fast he deteriorated. We gave him everything possible to treat parvo and had him on IV but he was just too weak. He passed away on 29 August 2023.  Sleep easy little one.