Unspecific

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

So I rescued a dog this weekend.  Her name is Lucy and she is very sweet.  She is a big dog, weighing about 80-90 lbs.  She is a mix of Rhodesian Ridgeback and we think lab.  She needs a good home.  She was found wondering the back roads of the country, on the far side of Weatherford.  The owner was never found.  She was then given to a single mom, who is a cat person, for protection.  She did not have the room or ability to take care of Lucy, so I picked her up.

Here is the catch.  Lucy appears to have a broken leg.  The sad thing is that she has been limping since they found her a year ago.  She can not straighten her left leg and does not put much pressure on it.  It is obvious she is in pain.  When I pet her, she sits and gives me her hurt leg with the most pityful “Help Me” look I have ever seen from a dog.

Lucy is a GREAT dog.  We think she is around 7 years old.  She is a medium length hair that is soft and fluffy and oh so lovable.  It appears she may have been mistreated as she has a very shy and quiet demeanor.   Like a ridgeback she is a very touchy-feely dog.  She follows me all over the house and will lay as close as she can get to me.  She is house trained.  I left her in the house for ~8 hours yesterday with no accidents or messes.  She evidently was not allowed on the carpet, as she would not go on carpet without a lot of loving, and when the loving stopped she would go back to the tile floor and lay next to the door.  She is very loving and spent the past 10 months with a young child and 3 cats and a small dog.  She seems to do well around anyone.

HERE IS THE PROBLEM: I am in the middle of working on a house to bring my family back from Florida.  I am strapped for cash and can not afford to take Lucy to the vet.  I am looking to my friends on Facebook and other places to help me.  Suggestions, donations, I don’t know.  I need help getting the poor dog out of pain.