Chops was a scared 3 month old puppy running around the Bishan area when we were first alerted to her in June of 2003. Her rescuer could only stand to hold her for the night because of the stench from her open sores due to a severe fungal infection.
The vet diagnosed her condition as genetic and requiring long term care and resources. The advice was to put her down, but we stuck to our no-kill policy and decided to walk the long road to recovery with her.
Chops has one of the most indomitable spirits we had seen in a while. Despite the burning itchy sensation that she feels all over her body, she greets everyone with a typhoon tail and a kangaroo jump even if she had seen you just 5 minutes ago.
Her road to her current 60% recovery state has been an ordeal. She has had to endure burning baths of tatic wash every 2 days to kill the mites and her skin will break out in sores every now and then. But the loving hands of her fosterer and Chop’s happy-as-a-lark outlook has helped accelerated the healing process. After about 9 months, she just requires a medicated bath and a soothing anti-inflammatory spray.
Chops can give us a lesson or two about optimism, for she has learnt to deal with and live with her condition, and she gives of her love and joy of life freely and readily.
Chops currently is on a lamb and rice diet and takes Omega 3,6,9 supplements