Tag:

Danbury Animal Welfare Society

18-Week-Old Puppy Loses Nose, Helped By Boston Specialist 18-Week-Old Puppy Loses Nose, Helped By Boston Specialist
18-Week-Old Puppy Loses Nose, Helped By Boston Specialist A Connecticut animal rescue group is hoping to raise enough money to fund surgery costs for an 18-week-old German Shephard puppy who lost her nose from a disease.  To do so, the Danbury Animal Welfare Society (DAWS) has started a GoFundMe page to raise the funds needed to pay for reconstructive surgery on the puppy, who is named Gwen.  Gwen lost her nose when she came down with an immune-mediated disease called Puppy Strangles, which eats away at the skin around a dog's muzzle and affected her nose, lips, and the skin around her mouth. The puppy was initially treated at Mt. Pleasant Hospit…