Adopt & Foster
Ralphie
German Shepherd Dog / Mixed (medium coat) • Male • Baby • Medium
Meet our Christmas baby - Ralphie. This poor baby found himself in the unlucky position of ending up at the city pound, BARC, where he was given about a day to make it out alive. You see, he wasn't given any sort of chance to survive because he was wrongly labeled as "feral" and was in horrible shape. He was picked up as a stray by BARC and as you can see is in awful condition. Ralphie has open wounds and his penis could not retract and was blue and very painful. To make his chances worse, he is very emaciated and has severe mange, leaving him with very little hair and small open wounds and scabs all over his body.
Once we saw him we knew we had to help and immediately scooped him up and got him to our vet. While he was terrified (can you blame him?) and it was claimed you couldn't even touch him, we discovered in less than 24 hours and a little compassion, just the opposite. After only a day at our vet we are able to pet him with no issues and the vets have been able to treat him and manipulate him with no problems. It seems that Ralphie was just in a great deal of pain and very scared. Once he realized that no one was going to hurt him and that they are actually making him feel better he has started to come out of his shell. He is a timid dog but very sweet and will take treats right out of your hand and let you pet him on his head. Once he starts feeling better we know he will only get more and more outgoing. After all, he's just a pup - about 6-9 months old.
While we can't be certain what type of dog he is, he looks like a German Shepherd that has just been shrunk down to about half size. He only weighs about 20 or so pounds now and will put on some weight as he gets healthy and fills out. While he's a young boy, he likely will not get any bigger because he was so malnourished during his first months at life.
Overall he is just a sweetheart waiting to bloom and is waiting for that special person to give him the love and security he has never had. Please consider giving this boy a foster or permanent home! Check him out playing HERE
