URGENT IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GA‼️ 🚨⌛️IN ALL THE URGENCY, I DON’T WANT US TO MISS LOWELL, HE’S BEEN WAITING TOO…🥺
💔How can so much be written on a little dog’s face without him ever saying a word? 💔Lowell received his plea from the shelter last week...and with so many dogs currently carrying urgent deadlines, I don’t want this little guy to quietly disappear into the background his time is running out..⏰
He is such a little dog, barely 15lbs‼️ a soft gentle Terrier mix with a coat that tells a much harder story than we can imagine. His little face is quietly disarming, almost as though you’re looking at a dog twice his age, weathered by circumstances that have clearly taken their toll💔💔💔💔💔
Lowell came into the shelter as a stray with no microchip and no one looking for him, carrying a chronic skin condition that had clearly made life uncomfortable for quite some time. Much of his hair is gone, his skin is scabbed and irritated, his ears were inflamed and even his little nails had grown severely long. 😞It is difficult to look at him without wondering how long he had been living like that before someone finally picked him up.💔
Thankfully, Lowell is being treated now and is already seeing improvement!! 👍His ears are getting better👍his nails have been trimmed 👍and his skin is finally receiving the care it needs to settle the inflammation and itching👍 The vets do want to give his skin more time to heal before he is neutered, so he just needs a little time before the next stage of his care can begin.
That’s really the part that matters now…His body has been uncomfortable for long enough. Now he needs the chance to settle into being comfortable again, with someone willing to keep up with his treatment and give his skin the time it needs to heal. ❤️🩹Let’s imagine the day when the irritation has subsided and the hair begins to return, when those ears are healthy and his body no longer demands so much of his attention, because somewhere in that process Lowell may begin to look less like the dog who arrived at the shelter and more like the 4yr old little Terrier he has always been beneath all of this. There may be a completely different expression waiting for us once he is comfortable, a different way of carrying himself, little parts of a personality that are difficult to glimpse while so much of his day is occupied by being itchy and uncomfortable.
👉Lowell is available for rescue and the shelter can also place him in a foster-to-adopt home, where he can begin healing with a family while the shelter continues to manage and cover his care, with the commitment to adopt once he is ready. If you are interested in fostering Lowell through a rescue or fostering-to-adopt through the shelter, please reach out and we can help connect you with the appropriate process.
👉If you know a rescue or foster who might be able to take him, please send this to them. If you cannot take him yourself, sharing him may be the thing that puts his photograph in front of the person who can.
👉I don’t want Lowell to spend the next part of his life being defined by the condition he arrived with. I want to see what happens when his body finally has the opportunity to catch up with the little dog he has been all along. ❤️
💰 PLEDGE FOR LOWELL
If you cannot rescue Lowell yourself, you can still help by pledging toward his care. Pledges help give a rescue some financial support for the veterinary care he will need and are honored only if a rescue pulls Lowell and freedom photos are provided.
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💔Lowell ID #119421💔
Gwinnett County Animal Shelter
884 Winder Highway
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
RESCUE: 678-245-2447
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FOSTER: 678-226-7225
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