Look who I've offered a home to ...

Most mange is treated by spot-on treatment, don't understand someone letting a dog get to that state :( be aware though you can catch it from them, called scabies in humans.
 
It has touched me so much because when I was an Inspector, we found an adult dog in the same/worse state, but blind and almost dead - cos the owner had tried to treat him with bleach. He had to be put down on the spot, and I've never forgotton him - his owners went to prison.

So seeing this little mite has just done it for me :)
 
Poor, poor thing, words fail me. People can be so very cruel :(

I truly hope you can re-home him & give him a second chance in life :)
 
Hats off to you, when do you get him? Will the RSPCA let him be rehomed in that state or will he have to get better first?
 
shysmum said:
It has touched me so much because when I was an Inspector, we found an adult dog in the same/worse state, but blind and almost dead - cos the owner had tried to treat him with bleach. He had to be put down on the spot, and I've never forgotton him - his owners went to prison.
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Shocking, I hope they rot where they belong!! :mad: :mad:
 
they'll be flooded with calls I'm sure, but he will need care for a long time. The girl at Bradford said I'm top of the list, because of my past, but if better home does come along, I'm sure they'll make the right decision. I wouldn't be surprised if someone involved in his care won't let him go ;)

They won't be able to release him until he is non-contagious (sp ?) as any dog he has contact with will be at risk. Human contact will have to be by gloves atm.
 
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Poor thing. :(

One thing though, I hope you're renaming him - he deserves a better one I think, like hero or something inspiring :)
 
ldlp111 said:
Most mange is treated by spot-on treatment, don't understand someone letting a dog get to that state :( be aware though you can catch it from them, called scabies in humans.
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He has Demodectic mange not sarcoptic.
Scabies (from Latin: scabere, "to scratch"),[1] known colloquially as the seven-year itch,[2] is a contagious skin infection that occurs among humans and other animals. It is caused by a tiny and usually not directly visible parasite, the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the host's skin, causing intense allergic itching. The infection in animals (caused by different but related mite species) is called sarcoptic mange.
 
Its terrible people allow this to happen. Mind you our collie went to a reputable kennels locally for 2 weeks we came back to that!! :0 Apparently it happened overnight?!?
He is gorgeous!
 
ldlp111 said:
Most mange is treated by spot-on treatment, don't understand someone letting a dog get to that state :( be aware though you can catch it from them, called scabies in humans.
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Scabies is caused by the sarcoptes mange mite. demodectic mange is caused by the demodex mite. Care still ought to be taken when handling any animal with it though
 
Poor little soul, his previous owners need shooting. Fingers crossed he comes to you. A friend has a sharpei x pup (she rescued it wouldn't have been her choice) and he had terrible demodectic mange from a very young age, she had a real struggle with him to find the right treatment but got there in the end and he now has a lovely coat. She has to be careful as he can still get itchy but suspect that will always be the case due to his breeding.
 
What is wrong with people, suppose they went out and got another one with fur! There's a poor little girlie lurcher on dorset dog rescue that's in a terrible state which I find beyond belief esp as she was used to breed pups. She' s on the attached linked - http://www.dorsetdogrescue.com/dogsneedinghomes.htm scroll down to Dinah. TBH they have some others that have non excusable conditions
 
Hope you get the little boy, obviously being a staffie means he tugs even more at my heart strings and nothing can look as woeful as an unhappy staffie! I "think" looking at the fur he does have that he is going to be a lovely Tiger Brindle, so double whammy as my old staffie bitch was a TB as well.

I very much look forward to seeing pictures of a recovering staffie, complete with staffie grin!
 
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