• Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech
Stories from SWNS
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Karim Tahseen Khayat: Seeds Training Services and Digital Services

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Living The Fantasy: An Interview With The Serpent Calls Author Christopher Bramley

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Sharp As A Razor: An Interview With Atheist Author Harry Margulies

    Karim Tahseen Khayat: Seeds Training Services and Digital Services

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    Dig into Temporarily Insane by Carl Borgen

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Dying woman granted final wish to be reunited with her beloved horse and pet dogs one last time

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    Artificial Intelligence and Online Casino Games

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    What are the Latest Digital Marketing Trends?

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Improve Your Financial Prospects With a Forex Trading Course

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    Adsterra Malware Protection: How Does Adware Work?

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    How to Sell Your Online Store for Maximum Profit

    From HID to LED

    From HID to LED

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
Stories from SWNS
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Neglected pug with severe mange is unrecognisable after being rescued and finding loving family

Shanti Das by Shanti Das
May 17, 2018
in News
0
Neglected pug with severe mange is unrecognisable after being rescued and finding loving family

Dex had severe mange when he was rescued in January.

1.1k
SHARES
70
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A tiny hairless pug found wandering the streets is unrecognisable five months after being rescued – and now has a loving home.

One-year-old Dex was suffering from an extreme case of mange when he was picked up by an animal charity in January.

The neglected puppy was dangerously underweight and had scratched at his eyes so much he had developed corneal ulcers.

Vets believe Dex was neglected by his owners for up to six months before he was heartlessly abandoned.

Dex suffered with severe mange when he was found.

Caring staff at Pug Rescue in Austin, Texas, USA, worked hard to nurse Dex back to health, placing medicated drops into his eyes every two hours to save his sight.

To treat his mange, Dex was placed on tablets and took medicated baths every second day to help his skin heal and his hair regrow.

Five months on the pug is unrecognisable – and is now covered in a thick coat of fur.

Signe Corbin, medical director of Pug Rescue Austin, said Dex’s case was one of the most severe she’s come across during her nine years involved with the organization.

Dex as he is now.

Signe, 58, said: “When we found him he was very sick. He was suffering from demodectic mange which had made his face so swollen.

“When their faces are itchy and painful they paw at them which is what happened to Dex and it caused trauma to his eyes and he almost lost his sight because of ulcers.

“Basically Dex required round the clock care. We had to put medication into his eyes every two hours to try and save them.

“He was having medicated baths every second day to treat his skin and on tablets to try and kill the mites that were living there.

“When we found Dex he was a sad little thing, he was so scared and hungry. He was afraid of people.

Dex’s behind when he was found.
Dex’s behind now.

“Because he couldn’t see he was really frightened but once his medication kicked in and he realized he was in a safe place he really opened up.

“The sad thing about Dex’s case is that a dog doesn’t get this bad without months of neglect and we see cases like this every day.”

In March, Dex was adopted by pug-loving family and is finally beginning to live life to the full.

Beth Legacki, 46, husband Mark Shockley, 31, and their son Noah, nine, came across Dex’s heartbreaking story online and decided to welcome him into their family which already included rescue pugs Walter, Terrence, Alan, and Carl.

“We first saw Dex’s story on Facebook. It was so heartbreaking and we began to contribute to his healthcare fund.

“We talked about it as a family and we decided we would like to give Dex a loving home, and we applied to adopt him.

“We adopted Dex at the end of March and he instantly burrowed his way into our hearts.

“He follows me everywhere, if the other pugs come near me he gives them a little growl. I am his person, he even sleeps under the covers with me.

Dex in the middle fo his recovery.

“All of the dogs get along so well. Dex prefers people to dogs though, although he really loves Alan.”

“My son Noah loves them. He never wanted any brothers or sisters but he loves having five dogs.

“It’s a team effort to clean up after them and take care of them but we love it.”

Dex with his family, Beth, Mark and Noah and his pug brothers.
Dex as he is now.

Beth, who lives in Roundrock, Texas, said it’s hard to look at the old photographs of Dex and remember he’s the same dog.

She added: “It’s been a complete transformation and looking back at those old pictures of Dex is really heartbreaking, even now.

“It makes you want to help all the little pugs out there but I think we’re at our pug limit right now. We really respect the wonderful work Pug Rescue Austin do every day.”

For more information on Pug Rescue Austin, please visit: http://www.austinpugrescue.com/

https://stories.swns.com/wp-content/uploads/pug-rescue-negl-149957.mp4
Previous Post

Cryptocurrency and Push Versus Pull

Next Post

Footage shows father and son hiding from runaway bull after it charged onto golf course

Shanti Das

Shanti Das

Next Post
Footage shows father and son hiding from runaway bull after it charged onto golf course

Footage shows father and son hiding from runaway bull after it charged onto golf course

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • 111 Followers
  • 60k Followers
  • 168k Subscribers
  • 23.5k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

March 5, 2014
The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

January 21, 2014
The horses thunder towards a jump at the Grand National

Amazing racehorse names which never made it

April 23, 2014
HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

January 14, 2019
Chris Fear, 33, outside the Coral betting shop which is refusing to pay out on his 485/1 winning bet

Boycott Coral! Bookmaker faces protest after refusing to pay out on a football fan’s 485/1 bet

184
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

147
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, researchers found

Women begin feeling invisible to men ‘when they turn 51’

138
UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

105
Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

May 13, 2022
Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

May 6, 2022
The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

May 4, 2022
How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

May 4, 2022

Recent News

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

May 13, 2022
Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

May 6, 2022
The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

The top 5 UK shopping centres with the highest footfall (and how this can help your business)

May 4, 2022
How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

How to build customer relationships and increase loyalty

May 4, 2022
SWNS

SWNS all rights reserved. Copyright 2020

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Auto
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Gaming
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Pictures
  • Property
  • Review
  • Sport
  • SWNS
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent News

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

Living and Working in a Small Canadian Town Like Banff

May 13, 2022
Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

Top 5 risks of addressable media advertising

May 6, 2022
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.