Ethan: Coney No More!

Ethan is Coney no more!

Our foster dog of over six weeks is now free of his cone, and has had his pin removed from his back leg. These are pictures from Saturday, where he was taken off leash for the first time in months.

Ethan is a beautiful dog, exceptionally friendly and sweet.   He is a small dog, of the breed known as Heinz 57.  He is loving and gets along with the whole family, even our surly cat.

Someone had shot Ethan in leg in the early part of the year, and also slit his throat.  It has been a slow, laborious recovery, with much crate time, and wearing his cone, but he is now over that crisis.

As far as the person that did this to him, all I can say is - yes, here there be monsters.  Is he a monster because someone who could treat a dog that way could also be dangerous to people, like a serial killer profile?  Perhaps.  But what he did was evil enough in it's own right.  What he did to the dog is monstrous enough.  That is enough in my mind to condemn him.

Now Ethan faces the scourge that seems to affect all unprotected pets in this area - heartworms.  He will go into the vet tomorrow to begin treatment on that.  So Ethan is not completely out of the woods yet.

If you would like to help Ethan and other animals in this area, please consider a donation to the Okefenokee Humane Society, or whatever deserving shelter is in your area.  And if you like, consider being a foster to a dog in need.  I know that it has been a great joy in the life of our family to be fosters for these wonderful pets.

Ethan in his Coney days.