DAISY
Sex/colour: Female White with tan and brindle patches
D.O.B: Approx 2004
Breed: Whippet cross (possibly with a Trailhound)
Came to AfG: July 2017
DAISY came into the care of AfG at age 13 (that is the age we were told).
A man contacted us asking if we were able to take her, she had belonged
to his parents from a puppy, both had passed away and he had no time to
look after Daisy and so far no other rescues could take her.
However, although he was living in Lincolnshire, Daisy was with a
relative in Norfolk who owned a kennels!!.
The name Fabb in Roughton was mentioned, so we suggested, as Daisy
needed to meet the Greyhound she would be fostered with, to meet up in
Cromer.
We knew from rumors being circulated, this kennels was an illegal puppy
farm who had recently also been a subject of animal welfare concerns by
local council and RSPCA due to the cruelty and neglect of their horses
at the property. Of course this man was unaware of what we knew but said
as soon as we can take Daisy, he will pick her up and meet us in Cromer.
See the article on Fabbs animal prosecutions here:
https://ukanimalcrueltyfiles.org/roughton-norwich-rosemary-fabb/
We had a foster home available with another AFG female Greyhound and
knew we needed to pick Daisy up straight away.
We decided to set off early giving us time to visit Fabbs Kennels on the
way.
When we arrived at Fabbs property, we were told ” that dog has been here
about 3 years, it was picked up this morning, you are supposed to get it
from Cromer” (of course we knew this but it gave us a chance to check
the place out).
We then phoned the man with Daisy, with an excuse that we had made the
mistake of going to the kennels ( whether or not he was suspicious we
are not aware but we needed to pick up Daisy and we knew he wanted rid
of her) as well as him obviously not caring anything of her welfare to
have left her in that disgusting place for 3 years.
When we got to Cromer, the man was already waiting in the coastal car
park with Daisy, all went well when the two hounds were introduced to
each other.
We straight away noticed that Daisy had a deformed back leg, the man
stated she had trapped it in a snare as a puppy as his parents owned a
lot of land where she always roamed freely from a puppy.
We asked if he had (as promised) brought along Daisys previous vet
records, he said he had forgotten but would make sure to post everything
to us.
We could see a large amount of flea dirt on Daisys predominantly white
fur and fleas, though were told he had picked up flea drops from the pet
shop earlier which were applied to Daisy after she left the kennels.
So Daisy was signed over to AfG and the man made his excuses to leave in
a hurry for the journey back to Lincolnshire.
We walked daisy with her Greyhound friend gave her water then traveled
back to her foster home.
As it was a nice warm day, after exploring her foster home and garden
and a small meal, Daisy later had a much needed bath.
We noticed there was some vaginal discharge which looked as if she may
be at the end of her menstrual cycle.
The following day she had a vet check up.
Our vet said to treat Daisy for fleas again in about 10 days as we were
not sure if she had actually been treated but after her bath at least
the flea dirt was gone.
So she was treated for worms.
The vet said to keep an eye on the vaginal discharge as she would be
reluctant to neuter Daisy in case she is still in a menstrual cycle.
The deformed back leg, our vet though was an untreated old injury but
would investigate further with xrays once Daisy was booked in for neutering.
In the meantime, we were prescribed pain relief for as and when Daisy
may need it as she was showing signs of lameness in the leg but more
likely to be from her long time in an appalling kennels without exercise
etc.
Daisy was happy and settled eating drinking, resting and enjoying all
her walks and meeting new people and dogs.
We contacted the man from the details given on AfGs sign over form, the
email bounced and the mobile number was not answered the first time and
on the second attempt it was disconnected.
It is doubtful from the lack of care he had for Daisy that she even had
any veterinary records.
The discharge from Daisys vulva did seem to have stopped so we made
plans to book her in for neutering and the leg xrays.
However, two days before the appointment, Daisys discharge started
again, she became restless and wouldnt eat so later that day, she was
admitted as an emergency to our vet, who proceeded to do blood tests and
get Daisy straight under General Anesthetic, where she discovered Daisys
womb was severely infected and swollen with pyometra.
With Daisys age the condition likely had already started before she came
out of that kennels, so it was touch and go whether she would survive
the operation.
Luckily she did and went on to make a full recovery.
After several weeks recovering in foster care, Daisy found her forever
home and again settled into a great family home with other rescued
hounds, which was a life she so deserved and had waited so long for.
Pyometra is a very dangerous infection of the womb and if left
untreated ( with a hysterectomy followed by medication) it can cause a
dog to suffer unimaginable pain leading to a horrendous death.
It is unimaginable how dear Daisys life would have ended, if fate had
not come along to save her from that hellhole when it did.
We expect the man only decided to contact us to take Daisy as he was
told of the impending prosecution by the Fabbs and told to get her out
of there.
Supposedly, the RSPCA removed all dogs left at Fabbs property and all
were found homes, it is unclear what would have happened to Daisy had
she been among the dogs they took away.
