Last Sat. before Xmas, Chico was in our yard pottying. My husband just looked at him. Not even a minute later, I came around the corner, & saw the coyote in our yard with Chico in his mouth. I yelled & scared the coyote off. Thank the Lord he didn't take Chico w/ him!

I got him to the vet. He was given meds 4 pain, shock, infection., and his heart. The vet that saw him Sat. told me to put him down if we couldn't afford the surgery. I told him no. The vet did want to stabilize him before moving him before surgery. Sunday, he was holding his ownl. Monday we got the call saying he wasn't doing good. We were facing the truth, we'd have to let him go. Well it took us about 1/2 hour-45min. to go to the vets. A new Dr. came in 1/2 hr. later & said that Chico was trying to walk, eating & drinking. He said to give him a chance. The sec. the NEW dr. brought him in, Chico was waggin' his tail, & lickin' us. Bringing him home is the best Christmas gift. We now call him a miracle doggie.

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Chico is 8mos. old. On windy days, he loves chasing the leaves in the backyard. He hates my husband & I to kiss. He jumps on the couch, & jumps between us. We have 1 other dog, poodle, his name is tiny. Well him & Chico play. Chico will lick tinys ears. We also have 2 cats. The cats are bigger than Chico. He loves sleeping next to the cats, he even cleans their ears & kisses them. Chico will get all of our kids toys, especially squeaky ones & take them outside.& pile them up. He takes all of the stuffed animals, even if they are bigger than him & carry them around the house. He gets the kids socks, even prs. of pants & piles them in a corner. When Chico gets nervous, he will find things on the floor & have 3-5 things in his mouth, carry them all over. He licks my husbands bald spot. He has big ears, so we call him mousey, chee-wee, & pretty baby, which he responds to all. Especially pretty-baby, he goes crazy, jumps & wags his tail.

The surgery he needs is to put tubes in him for infection to drain. The one pix I sent you can see where he is hurt, & also on his other side. He also has wounds on his neck & lots of bruising. All these wounds have to be drained or else the infection will go into his blood stream & create lots of problems, & worse. He also has a fractured rib, they need to fix cuz it could cause problems later w/ his breathing. He will also be neutered at time of surgery. The surgery. will cost from $640-$1,060. The vet doesn't know if there is internal inj.

I've been having to try & keep his wounds from scabbing, so they can drain. Its nature for the body to heal. I've been putting warm compresses 2-4 hrs., its not helping. I guess in a way that's good. It shows how strong he is, but it can also trap inf. inside. If anybody knows of anything to keep the wounds open, please let me know. He is on antibiotics, & pain meds. He tries so hard to play w/ our other animals. We watch every move they all make.

The coyote jumped our 6ft. fence, my husband saw him jump over it when I scared it. I've made several calls to animal con. This was not the first time we have seen them in daylight. I do pray for all pets & children to be protected. The coyotes are hungry, and be aware of all surroundings, day or night. Please don't take it for granted that it won't happen to your pets or kids,cuz it can.

The vet will accept donations by credit card by phone.

APPLE VALLEY ANIMAL HOSPITAL
760-242-5400

They do have a website which is:
http://www.my.vetsuite.com

Jodie Says: Brianna is the one to talk to.

You can contact Jodie, Chico's caretaker at the following email address.  angeluvmrtnbaby@verizon.net