Thanks to our good friend, Jayne Emery, little Wimpy has had a makeover. On her day off Jayne collected Wimpy and whisked him off to her grooming salon and returned him looking and, no doubt feeling, like a new man. While we are not surprised by Jaynes act of kindness and generosity, she and partner Paul are long term GSPCA fosterers and adopters and always on hand to help, we would just like to let her know how truly grateful we are for her unwavering support for our Rescue doggies.

While Wimpy is not currently available for adoption, he will be neutered this week and undergo an operation to remove what's left of the old badly damaged eye he arrived with. Once recovered, we are hoping that he will get his Christmas wish of a forever family.

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This bedraggled, matted, scared boy was picked up running through traffic in the dark a few nights ago by some kind and caring people. They rang us and took him home for the night until we could meet up with them the next day. We saw straight away that this unchipped, unneutered male had not lived a life as a loved pet. He was wary, not used to humans and we could see there was something sinister going on with one of his eyes, though it was hard to tell as the eye was completely covered with filthy matted hair.

A trip to our vets and it soon became clear that this little man had suffered a severe injury to his eye some time ago. What was left of his original eye had become infected and totally useless. It was an old injury that he had been left to suffer with. It has now been cleaned and treated and Wimpy will undergo surgery to have the remnants of his eye removed.

Another case of cruelty and neglected and nobody to hold accountable for it. Again, our kennel team stepped up to make a space they really didn't have to accomodate him.

It may take a little time for Wimpy to realise that not all humans are bad. It is sad to watch as he does his best to avoid any interaction with us.
GalwaySPCA - Continuing to pick up the pieces.