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 Blossom
was found staggering along busy Clyde Morris Blvd. in Daytona Beach by a
longtime Journey's End volunteer. She was very weak and thin, and her
fur was almost gone. The volunteer was able to get Blossom into her car,
and she took her straight to a vet.
Blossom was found to be anemic due to being infested with
fleas. She had lost most of her teeth and fur, probably from
malnutrition. She also has severe arthritis. She was estimated to be
around 8 years old. When Florence went to visit her at the vet's office,
she was too weak to stand, but she reached up and gave Florence a kiss.
The vet said she probably wouldn't have survived another day on her own.
After Blossom arrived at Journey's End, another volunteer recognized her
as the same dog she had tried to rescue a couple of months earlier. The
volunteer had seen her at a busy intersection in Daytona Beach and had
stopped traffic to try to get her into her car, but Blossom was in better condition then
and ran off, and the volunteer couldn't catch her.
Blossom is probably part golden retriever. She might also be part
shar-pei, judging by her loose skin, especially around her neck. She is very sweet and friendly. She
sometimes goes around to each of the other
dogs and sniffs them and wags her tail. She moves very stiffly and
slowly due to the arthritis, and she sleeps in a special bed.
Her fur is slowly growing back and she is regaining her weight.
Blossom tells her story in our
July, 2011 newsletter.
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