A scared, skinny Poodle was running around a snow cone stand when Street Hearts Texas came to rescue her. “She has mange and barely has any of her coat left,” Kirstin Erwin, founder of the rescue, wrote. “She obviously went ignored for some time.”
With her balding fur, Babs, as Kirstin named her, was also very sick and leery of humans.
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Thankfully, her hunger “made her a quick trap” and Kirstin got her safely back to her home.
@streetheartstx There was a scared, skinny Poodle running around a snow cone stand. She has mange and barely has any of her coat left. She obviously went ignored for some time. She was leery of humans but her hunger made her a quick trap. We’ve rid all the fleas she was swarming with and she’s resting comfortably now. @#ThisisHouston ♬ SomeoneYouLoved(Cover) – 十八闲客
As soon as Kirstin got her home, she gave Babs a bath and vet treatment to get rid of all the fleas that were swarming her. Babs felt so much better afterwards that she rewarded her rescuers with tail wags. She could finally rest comfortably probably for the first time in a long time!
Babs is around 5 years old and wasn’t lactating when she was rescued, which meant she hadn’t had any recent litters. But she did have very bad mange and heart worm.
Street Hearts began fostering Babs with help from This is Houston who stepped up to help her through recovery.
@streetheartstx Bathing our new foster, Babs. Stick around for the tail wags! Rescue: @#ThisisHouston ♬ Broken Window Serenade – Isaiah Sheffield
Under the care of her experienced foster, Babs’ “glow up” progressed at remarkable speed. Kirstin wrote, “We’ve had numerous fosters with mange but her transformation has been one of the most drastic in such a short amount of time! ” And 60 days later, Babs is back to resembling a poodle again.
@streetheartstx Babs is turning back into the beautiful Poodle she was meant to be ❤️ We’ve had numerous fosters with mange but her transformation has been one of the most drastic in such a short amount of time! We rescued Babs two months ago and fostered her under @#ThisisHouston ♬ Too Sweet – Hozier
What an amazing transformation!
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And half a year after her rescue, Kirstin shared a photo of Babs looking even better. Babs has been happily adopted and her fur has grown back so well that she’s gone to the groomer’s! Kirstin wrote, “I thought Babs transformation couldn’t surprise me anymore and then her adopters took her for her first real groom… oh my goodness!”
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