Copper as He is Recovering

Pictures of Copper As He is Recovering

The Amazing Recovery of My Pit Bull

On Thursday, Febrary 12, 2009, my red nose pit bull, Copper, who is a houdini in the dog world decided to escape out of his fence. Long story short, he got hit by a car, of all things, a police officer who was in the wrong jurisdiction at the time. I'm not going to mention any names or any towns, but I guess it's all left up to karma. My dog ran into the culvert, where the officer left him and we didn't get him out until midnight...long hours sitting in the cold water for him. Finally, we got him out and he couldn't walk, his back legs had been paralized - or so it seems. We took him to the vet, where they told us he would need to be put to sleep. No way, my dog was still there, you'd say his name, he'd look up at you, he'd give kisses, he watched out the window all the way to the vet, I wasn't about to have the vet end his life. My dog didn't seem to be in BAD pain, he wasn't yelping or anything. With some help (A leash under his tummy) he walked all the way out to the car from the vets office - all the while, looking at me saying "I can do it - see." A couple weeks later, after some tender love and care, he is now able to stand up on his own and use his back legs. It's not to the fullest movement, but he is not paralized. What the vet pointed out was not his real problem, the vet only wanted to focus on killing the dog. Was this one of those popular pit bull haters that doesn't care about the breed? They didn't even look him over like they should have. Who knows, but my dog has went through an amazing recovery and I really look up to him for it.

No matter what, no matter how much the walls seem to be closing in, even if the doctor tells you that you are better off dead, they may be wrong. Don't believe me? Well, my dog is living proof of this.
Thank you for reading about Copper, feel free to comment. However, if you're one of those hateful people that hate pit bulls, don't comment, just leave my blog.

Thanks, Melanie