CHAPPIE IS on A SLEEPOVER SCHEDULED WITH A POTENTIAL ADOPTER!

UPDATE 9/16/13:  Chappie is one sweet little guy! He is a well adjusted member of his foster family and does great with the three small children in the household. Chappie does love attention and follows his humans everywhere around in the house. He also loves to play - stuffed toys are his favorite. Foster mom says he is good with other dogs but should be introduced properly. She also says, "all other animals... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!! (guess that means  squirrels, lizards and possibly cats!). Chappie's appearance may indicate that he is not all beagle, but he definitely has the beagle appetite - no need to worry about any crumbs or other food dropped on the floor. He is housebroken, sleeps quietly all night and loves to go on walks.

You can read Chappie's story here, but the good news is that his injuries have been fixed and Chappie has recovered 100%  - he is running around and playing like any normal young dog!

Chappie was hit by a car on January 22, 2013. This little Beagle mix boy was left lying on Highway 29 in the Florida Panhandle. With a broken front leg and a dislocated back leg, it is  The good news is that both of these procedures will fix his injuries and he should recover 100% after some Rest, Relaxation and lots of Rehabilitation!hard to believe he was able to pull himself off onto the side of the road.  Animal Control brought him to the shelter, where he was examined by a veterinarian and given some medication to try and manage his pain.  He could only lie where they put him in Kennel #67 and wait for his owners to claim him, but they never came.  There was no medical treatment for his broken bones available at the shelter, and after 14 days it seemed there was also no hope.

The first report we received on February 4^th, with his photo, said he had only a broken front leg.  As we worked to try and find a way to transport this broken Beagle Boy the 500 miles to SouthEast Beagle Rescue in Tampa, we found that he had additional injuries which included a damaged hip.  We did not know how extensive his injuries would eventually turn out to be, but we did know that he did not need to spend any more days and nights lying on his concrete kennel floor untreated.

Chappie was examined by our veterinarian and had a fractured humerus bone in the left front leg – which required surgery to insert a pin to hold the bone together and give it strength while it healed; and a dislocated right hip – because it was left untreated for so long the femur bone would not stay in place and surgery was required to perform a Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO) where the head/ball of the femur bone is removed and then allowed to develop its own fibrous scar tissue resulting in a false joint for the femur bone. 

There is no doubt that the cost of Chappie’s medical care far exceeds that which we had expected for repairing only a broken leg, but we had made a commitment to save this Beagle Boy and would not leave him to die at the shelter.

Your donation will help SouthEast Beagle Rescue help Chappie to return to health and be adopted by a new loving family.