In some ways, PEBBLES has a prophetic name. (Bear with me.. I will explain.)
When this petite Chihuahua mix arrived at Last Hope on a Georgia rescue transport, he was in a lot of pain, but we didn’t realize that yet.
We knew PEBBLES had an injured eye, but we didn’t know how he was injured.
His sight was poor from that side of his head…and he started snapping when volunteers approached him from that side when they tried to walk or feed him.
Eventually our veterinarian realized his injured eye was quite painful & recommended his eye be removed.
When doing so, our doctor found that PEBBLES had 2 painful teeth on that side of his head that were hurting & causing PEBBLES distress, so she removed the 2 bad teeth too.
As he recovered, PEBBLES’ behavior improved.
He became more cooperative, and agreeable…It was as if his pain had been relieved.
PEBBLES was a happier pup.. more willing to walk & play. A pleasure.
As for his prophetic name- have you ever had a pebble in your shoe that caused you terrible distress when you walked? It could be so bad that the pebble cripples you.
All you want is the pebble to be gone ,
and your suffering will then be gone too.
Well, poor PEBBLES had 3 symbolic pebbles in his face.- his damaged eye & the 2 damaged teeth were like 3 thorns in his side.
Once the 3 pebbles were removed, the pain was gone & the real PEBBLES emerged.
But there is still one question about the cause of the pain .Was he hit by a car on that side of his head? Or did someone cruel hit him on that side of his head with something savage?
Will we ever know what or who caused PEBBLES’ horrible pain? Probably not.
But, more important, a loving home will help PEBBLES forget his troubled Georgia life before Last Hope moved him hundreds of miles from the source of his pebbly pain.
Come visit me at the Dog Adoption Center.
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