Lauren Returns

Some days we encounter situations where we have no words.  Today was one of those days.  As you know, we try as hard as possible to encourage responsible pet ownership, and do our very best to screen adopters. We literally turn down about 80 percent of people that apply. But we are not psychic or profilers so sometimes dogs end up with people they shouldn't.  We provide free yearly vaccination, spay / neuter and also free vet consultation for life. We are probably the only shelter in the world that does this, at great cost to the Sanctuary.  So we at least expect adopters to do their part, which includes bringin the dog in if it is sick or contact us if there is a problem.
All our dogs remain very dear to us.
So we were really shocked and utterly heart-broken when Lauren was brought back to the shelter.
She was spayed 3 weeks ago and the adopters did not pick her up for a few days. That's not so much of a problem but when she left her surgical wound was healing.  They were given instructions on how to care for her post surgery, but apparently her wound got infected and instead of contacting us they left it until a neighbor contacted us and brought her in.  The infection was so bad her insides were rotting, she had zero platelets and red blood cells and needed an emergency transfusion. Luckily Delfin is big enough and healthy enough to donate blood so Lauren received a transfusion this afternoon.  As of 22 January, Lauren appears to be stabilising.  We will hopefully get her back to full strength, and begin the process of finding her a new, more caring home.