adopted, and it was even more difficult for the volunteers
to watch him go a second time, but nevertheless, they
wanted the best for him.
About a month went by without a trace, but on
February 10, the little runaway, all too familiar to the
shelter’s staff, found his way back. Wally was brought
in a third time as a stray. This time the volunteers were
extremely baffled. Wally seemed just as happy and
rambunctious as ever, his skin condition had healed
slightly but he would still bleed when he was bathed. Not
only was the poor pup still suffering and itchy, his time at
the shelter was running out of space.
After a few weeks, he was put on the urgent list. The
volunteers had grown extremely fond of Wally and began
to panic once he became urgent. He was a perfect family
dog, and also still just a puppy, and after two previous
adoptions surely someone would want him. As the days
rolled by too quickly, Wally’s time ticked away. Hope
blossomed when a woman called in and asked about him.
On March 3, Wally’s frightening last day at the shelter,
a staff member contacted Minden Sigman, the woman
who’d expressed interest, and explained to her that he’d
just been put on the urgent list.
“I’ll be there in 45 minutes,” was Minden’s reply.
Wally was adopted that afternoon for what was
Livestock care and rehabilitation
hopefully the last time. Minden took Wally to the vet, who
determined his skins condition was a form of Mange, and
he is now healing beautifully at home with Minden.
The volunteers knew he was special, but when
asked what made her want to adopt him, even with his
condition, Minden happily responded with her love of
Pit Bulls. “I personally like Pit Bulls, I like taking care of
them, and the fact that he had a skin condition and the
Animal Shelter couldn’t do anything about it, I really felt
the need to take care of him because he couldn’t take care
of himself.”
For now, Wally stays in his own room, until his Mange
is cleared up.
“He eats a lot, his fur is growing back, and he’s not
itchy anymore.” Minden said of the pup’s healing process.
However, his condition doesn’t keep him from his playful
nature, “He’s got a crazy amount of energy; he bounces
off the walls every five seconds,” she added with a laugh.
Though he hasn’t met them yet, Wally has two other
fur siblings, also Pits, to play with when he recovers. Max
and Athena await anxiously for their new playmate to heal
so they can welcome him into their fur family. Minden
told Parker County Today that Wally is doing very well,
he’s very happy and should be back to normal by the end
of the month.
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