This story starts off pretty sad (in my opinion) but has a good ending. At my work we took in a 7 month old Dalmatian puppy named Rollie. Her medical notes said that she had collar necrosis as she has a huge healing gash across her neck. The previous shelter had her for most of her recovery but my work finished off her medical. She was a pretty shy girl but sweet and goofy. We also discovered that she is deaf. One of the employees weeks later found out(after she was adopted) that she actually had an embedded rope tied around her neck and it was likely that she was tied up for a while and it embedded as she grew. Unfortunately, this kind of shit is not uncommon in LA. 🙄 She eventually chewed off and was found stray with the rope still embedded in her neck, animal control was called and she was picked up. When the rope was removed she had a 4 inch gash that was at least 4 inches across her throat. Her neck was just hanging open.
I've always had a thing for Dalmatians even though Pittie type dogs will always be my number one breed preference so she was adopted into our family after weeks of thinking about it and mentally preparing for all the work needed for her to learn. In the first week (before I had discovered that she was tied up for probably most of her short life, missing the crucial learning period for puppies) a lot of the "what the fuck was I thinking" thoughts went away because I immediately understood why she gets so over stimulated with touch, so exited for novel toys or anything she thinks is a toy, mildly guards her food, so jumpy and mouthy. It all made sense and at first I was thinking she was the worst puppy I have ever met and assumed it was because she was deaf and no one worked with her when they had her. Sad thing is her behavior is caused from neglect and nothing more. Through work I have experience with deaf dogs and have already taught her to sit, down, shake, wave, wait/stay, wait for the food bowl and rollover using sign language in the two weeks I've had her. She has a lot of work to do, a lot of things to learn and confidence to gain but I am committed and confident that she will be a well rounded girl when she reaches adulthood. Welcome to the family Piper ❤️
