A seven-month old Doberman puppy who was abandoned at a Surrey vet late last year, severely malnourished and covered in mange, is making a slow recovery.
We first told you about Prudence in December when she arrived at the Surrey Animal Resource Centre, weighing only 28 pounds. A normal weight for a Doberman her age would be between 40 to 45 pounds.
Prudence was covered in demodectic mange, which is not contagious, but is exacerbated by her poor immune system. It caused her fur to fall out and her nose, eyes and skin to become extremely itchy.
Resource centre manager Kim Marosevich says while Prudence is doing better, she is still about eight weeks away from being put up for adoption.
“The thing with mange is that it’s a systemic immune problem,” says Marosevich. However, Prudence is slowly growing her hair back and she is no longer on antibiotics. Her face and skin is no longer itchy as well.
“She has put on five pounds,” says Marosevich, adding that they need to add weight to her slowly as she was so malnourished when she came to them.
Prudence is in a foster home with another male Doberman at this time.
Staff know someone must have originally taken care of Prudence. She has her tail and her ears clipped, which is typically done at a vet, and she still had stitches in her ears meaning she would have seen a vet in the past six weeks.
However, Marosevich says even though they had a huge response from the community when her story first came out, they still have no idea where she came from.
She says now staff believe Prudence may have come from outside the Lower Mainland as no vets in the area treated her or clipped her ears.
If anyone has any information about Prudence they are asked to contact the Surrey Animal Resource Centre at 604-574-6622 or via email at animalinfo@surrey.ca
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