Earlier this year, a rescue found a two-year-old Pointer mix on the streets of Tijuana.
The poor dog, who goes by the name Dwayne, was desperate for food as locals pelted him with boiling water and rocks, deceived by his deformities.
The rescuer then discovered the dog’s original caretaker, who gagged him with a vicious metal muzzle and regularly kicked him with sticks.
The person was in jail for an unrelated crime. Dwayne was left alone on the street. To make matters worse, he suffered further injuries when two large dogs attacked him, causing serious head injuries and nearly ripping his ears off.
Thanks to the rescuer, the pup happily made it to the Helen Woodward Animal Center, an animal sanctuary in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., which strongly believes that “animals help people and people help animals through trust, l unconditional love and respect created by a legacy of care.
Horrible abuse in caring hands
Despite the terrible treatment the dog endured, he had nothing but love to offer to everyone he met. He lowered his head, gently licking and pressing his body against anyone who approached.
The Helen Woodward Center is determined to give Dwayne the life he deserves. Over the months, specialists repaired her badly damaged front leg and elbow and performed facial reconstruction surgery to repair the extreme mutilation of her nose and mouth.
A renowned stem cell therapy institute, Vet-Stem Biopharma, even decided to offer a cutting-edge treatment to aid Dwayne’s healing process.
The technology harvests tissue from an injured animal and returns the animal’s healing rod intravenously to the site of injury and throughout the body. The procedure normally costs around $2,500, but Dr. Schaffer of Vet-Stem Biopharma was so moved by Dwayne’s story that he offered the procedure for free.
The Helen Woodward Center was determined to use all modern medicine available to treat wounds and provided laser therapy to areas affected by its facial reconstruction surgeries.
Laser treatments have been shown to speed up the healing process, reduce inflammation and relieve pain. The sweet little dog as a soldier in all of this.
Dwayne’s story has touched the hearts of thousands of animal lovers who have helped raise over $40,000 for his recovery. In August 2017, the love of a previously abused and orphaned dog was ready to find a forever home.
To give this sweet boy the best possible home, the Helen Woodward Animal Center requested a 100-word maximum essay or one-minute video for each question explaining why a potential adopter would be a better fit for Dwayne because he’s different. ratings
The center has generously offered to pay half of Dwayne’s lifetime medical bills as long as his new family brings him to the center for continued treatment.
After much research to find Dwayne his forever home, the center finally found his perfect match in Kelly Nelle. Now Dwayne is letting go of his traumatic past and learning to be a dog again.
Dwayne has access to the couch, plenty of toys to play with, and of course, the adoration of his human mother. We’re thrilled to see Dwayne beating the odds with his inspiring transformation.
Once he died and couldn’t get up, he refused to give up. Now there is a happy ending. Tears of happiness!
