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Puppy gets over paintball attacks
Daisy came to shelter fearful and bruised
Some paint remnants on her fur. (BORIS.MINKEVICH@FREEPRESS.MB.CA)
AFTER two shots to the chest, one to the rear and one near her face, Daisy suffered bruising she could feel all over her tiny body.
The blonde-haired Labrador retriever mix was attacked with paint balls in a northern Manitoba community in mid-November. She was just one and-a- half months old at the time. Since being taken in by the Winnipeg Humane Society almost a month ago, Daisy has begun to heal.
"She came to us with pink paint blasted onto her," said Aileen White, director of communications for the society.
And now?
"She's a feisty little thing," said Karen O'Quinn, Daisy's foster caretaker.
Daisy is curious and impatient, like any other two-and-a-half-month-old puppy, and will be ready for adoption in mere weeks. At 12 pounds, her weight has doubled since she was rescued by a community member near Moose Lake on Nov. 16.
When Daisy, who was about the size of a small watermelon at the time, arrived at the animal shelter, she was extremely uncomfortable with being handled because of the bruising, said White. She needed to be bathed -- an ordeal White described as "horrible and difficult" -- before being inspected by a veterinarian.
She doesn't appear to have suffered any long-term physical injuries, White said, but psychological wounds are another matter. "She would remember what happened every time you lifted her, because of the bruising."
Daisy is doing remarkably well, considering everything that happened to her, White says. Apparently, "as long as she has food in front of her, she's quite happy."
While in O'Quinn's foster care, Daisy has been learning how to be a good family pet. She's being socialized, learning her manners and becoming less anxious. Her terror is starting to fade. She still has some paint stuck to her belly, O'Quinn said, but she's more comfortable with people now. Especially when they're on the ground with her. She's still a bit skittish about being picked up, O'Quinn added.
What she needs now is a home, preferably one without any paintball guns in sight.
jennifer.pawluk@freepress.mb.ca
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 11, 2009 A4
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