Editor鈥檚 note: Disturbing images
A skeletal dog that was brought into a Surrey shelter is on the mend.
Eclipse the drool-filled Great Dane was found near Green Timbers Urban Forest on, you guessed it, the day of the eclipse (Aug. 21).
Though large, male Great Danes are said to weigh up to 150 pounds, he was just over 85 when he was brought in.
To complicate things, he came in with a mass the width of about a softball on his back right leg that was infected.
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After arriving at the Surrey Animal Resource Centre, Eclipse went into foster care and has been put on a proper feeding plan. He鈥檚 also been on antibiotics for infection.
Surrey鈥檚 manager of animal care and control Kim Marosevich was happy to report that Eclipse鈥檚 weight has now stabilized and the mass on his leg is set to be removed this week.
鈥淚t鈥檚 less inflamed than it was so the infection seems to have settled down but it鈥檚 still quite prevalent,鈥� she said.
(Photo show Eclipse鈥檚 leg mass prior to antibiotic treatment.)
But Eclipse isn鈥檛 out of the woods yet.
鈥淭he concern is once they remove it, it鈥檚 not like he has extra skin to close it up. So there鈥檚 some discussion about how that鈥檚 going to work.鈥�
But all in all, the vet is happy with his physical condition, she continued.
鈥淭he question now is what will they find when they remove the mass? We have our fingers and toes crossed for him.鈥�
(Video footage of Eclipse when he arrived at the Surrey shelter.)
Marosevich said sadly, this isn鈥檛 a rare story.
鈥淭his is very dramatic, so it鈥檚 going to get a lot of attention,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his is not an uncommon situation in shelters, where people don鈥檛 take great care of their pets and for whatever reason, hit a point where they then abandon them.鈥�
While no one knows what happened to Eclipse, it certainly didn鈥檛 happen overnight.
鈥淲here was he for long enough to get into this condition that nobody saw him?鈥� Marosevich asked. 鈥淲e have no idea whether someone dumped him there, whether he escaped where he was and made his way there. We really don鈥檛 know anything about his story until a Good Samaritan picked him up and he鈥檚 come to us for care.鈥�
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