URGENT! Dog needs home or will be sent to a shelter to be EUTHANIZED within 3 days..

[ccho1]

Animal Name : unknown
City/Location : Gangnam/Yeoksam Seoul
Breed : unknown, maybe a mix
Sex : female
Spayed / Neutered : unknown
Age : ~6
Size : ~15 lbs.
Health status/ vaccinations : not certain
Behaviour/Personality : quiet, does not bark, wants to be loved
Rescue story : I found her behind exit 7 of Gangnam Station. I couldn't leave her on her own, so I took her to a nearby Animal hospital. However, the vet says that he cannot keep her more than 3 days and that he will have to send her to an animal shelter outside of Seoul where she will certainly be euthanized within a week. Please help!! I cannot raise her because I live in a sublet with strict pet rules. She only has a few days...

Contact : Charles (010-5230-4421) (charles.cho1820@gmail.com)

[Karen]

Hi Charles,

Thanks so much for helping this lost dog!

I moved your thread here into the Fostering forum because this is an emergency, not really an adoption listing. Adoptions take more than three days :(

You do not need to specify an adoption fee or donation; foster homes do not need to pay a fee. You can edit that out of your post.

Do you have any photos you can post of her? Here are instructions (http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/forums/showpost.php?p=18134&postcount=4).

Also, here are some ideas on how to find the owners of a stray (http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2860). Have you tried putting up posters in the area where you found her, or checking the Lost and Found Animals in Korea site: http://www.angel.or.kr/ ?

[ccho1]

Here are pics of the dog.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2bun93.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/6z1tut.jpg

[Karen]

Charles, any luck finding her owner or someone who can help?

Can anyone recommend a vet in this area that boards rescues (and gives them longer than the minimum 10 days)? Is the Dr. Pet (http://www.animalrescuekorea.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1592) clinic in this area?

[ccho1]

Thanks for the followup. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with heartworm. The vet believes she may have had it for over a year. Good news is that even though they are a small animal hospital, he has decided to treat her for free. He says that since there are so few cases of heartworm in the Gangnam area, this could be a learning experience for some of his workers. He has decided to keep her and treat her, which can take about a month. However, given her late stage in heartworm, there is a 50% chance she will not make it. I hope for the best. If she does survive and is cured, then she must find an owner afterwards.

[Karen]

Wow, that's so awesome for the clinic to treat her for free. Heartworm treatment is really expensive.

Please keep us posted about how she's doing, if you can. I just love her innocent face and hope she pulls through.

She's very very lucky she found you!