Its dark spots on its white skin have given it its name of Little Spot. Her overwhelming personality overcomes any physical detail. Little Manchita is the queen of her room, the most cheerful and friendly that can exist in her space; having only two legs of hers does not prevent her from moving wherever she wants; Well, she brings out the kangaroo that she carries inside of her. “No one can make you bullying to Miss Manchita. She gets along super well with all her classmates ”, he assures Veronica Fernandez, founder and director of the hostel the happy dog, place that welcomes around 500 dogs.
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Behind that energy and those two hind legs is a story of courage, resistance and love. It was in February of this year when some young people wrote a message to the Instagram of the happy dog to report the case of a run over dog. These first photos of Machita realized that her life was in danger. “I told them bring me the animal urgently”recalls Fernandez.
The people who found Manchita on the street had taken her to a veterinarian in Guayaquil, who, in an attempt to save her, worsened her condition. She cut some of the skin off of her, on one of her legs, while she put the other of hers in a cast, leaving her bone exposed. This practice caused a strong infection, blood loss and severe anemia.
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That was how this brave dog and her rescuers traveled from Guayaquil to Bahía de Caráquez to start writing her new story. “The first thing we do when he arrives is all the blood tests, a blood culture to see what kind of antibiotics we can give him. we made him a blood count complete… and because of the blood that had been lost, they proceeded to perform a blood transfusion”, details Fernández.
After exhausting all possibilities, and realizing that the bone on both of its legs was dead, the veterinarians at the shelter made the difficult decision to amputate its two front legs.
-What happens after the amputation?- “Dogs are spectacular. They are definitely superior beings, they live for today, they do not remember yesterday and they have an impressive resilience”answers Fernández by way of reflection.
She says that at the beginning they placed her in a room covered with mats, to facilitate her mobilization. “Little by little we realized that he was jumping like a kangaroo”it states.
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Manchita entered a rehabilitation process so that he adapts and learns to live with his two hind legs. Once a month a volunteer veterinarian specializing in rehabilitation therapy travels to Bahía de Caráquez to work with Manchita. “Don’t worry, she’s going to walk just fine.”were the words that this specialist said to Fernández, remember.
Currently he is still in the recovery process, he constantly receives massages to prevent his muscles from contracting. Although she can already walk on her hind legs, they are waiting for a wheelchair that was made for her.
In this way, Manchita and all the rescued dogs give us a life lesson; and that true happiness goes beyond the palpable. “Being complete does not depend on a physical condition, it is a mental condition”reflects Fernández.
“We have dogs that can’t walk and you put them in a wheelchair and on the beach they run faster than us. They are happy, they go into the sea in their wheelchair… I repeat, they live for today”indicates the animal advocate, who can receive up to 30 messages daily from a dog or cat that needs help.
She denounces that the country lacks regulations that punish acts of abandonment or mistreatment. “We must have an ordinance where mass sterilization is required with fines for urban properties,” emphasizes.
“Abandonment breaks legs, breaks bodies and breaks the soul. The abandonment increases the overpopulation since the dogs in the street without control continue reproducing”reads in the post where precisely the hostel presented the process of Manchita.
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Manchita’s story is one of the 20 stories (written by Eliana Dueñas) that are part of the book a second chance, of Chantal Fontaine and Veronica Fernandez. With this work they seek raise awareness about the importance of having a culture of urban fauna.
The book is for sale in various parts of the country at a cost of $15. In Guayaquil it is located in Lúcuma, at the Animalópolis veterinarian, Pet Coquette. They also receive orders for home deliveries at 099-426-9672. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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