Humphrey

[rpcrowe]

The lovely young lady is Lisa Arturo who works with Eldad Hagar in the wonderful organization Hope For Paws.

The gray dog sitting with her is Humphrey. He is actually white but, he was so filthy and matted that his color was dark gray when he was rescued from the streets of Los Angeles, California, by Eldad and Lisa!



He was also so flea bitten that there was not a square inch anywhere on his body that did not have scabs from flea bites. The fleas had sucked so much blood that Humphrey was too anemic to be neutered.

Humphrey is a great dog who loves everyone and all other dogs. His transformation after some TLC as our foster has been pretty dramatic. I love how proud he looks. He also walks like he has a purpose in life!







For a while, he was on an anti itch medication, antibiotics, a iron supplement and an oil additive for his coat. Humphrey's flea bite scabs are just about all healed and his coat has begun to feel silky. My wife baths him with a soothing shampoo.

He is also learning house training and is doing very well. When we first got him, he didn't have the vaguest idea where to or where not to go potty House training is an important part of our foster care because IMO there are a lot of nice dogs who are dumped by uncaring owners because of lack of house training skills...

Here is a link to the Hope for Paws YouTube Videos for 2015
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...+for+paws+2015

If you care about dogs, I am sure you will get something from these videos: It may be tears, a lump in your throat or a just wonderful feeling that these great humanitarians or dogitarians are out there finding and rescuing dogs...

Our Maltese Rescue California is proud to be linked to Hope for Paws!

[jcuknz]

As a dog AND cat lover ... I grew up with a Sealiam terrier [Badger hunter breed ] and my son ditto with a Golden Labrador ... I think you are doing a very valuable job as a rescuer BUT I hope you let Humphrey grow his coat to the glory it would have been if clean and tidy .. he is not a poodle surely? His current state just a stage in his recovery from his abuse and neglect by mankind.

[bnnrcn]

Thanks for saving Humphrey, lovely dog

[Shadowman]

Nice captures.

[Mike Buckley]

Are Lisa and Eldad the two people in the video you posted a year or so ago showing them capturing two junkyard dogs?

I wonder if you accidentally posted a wrong image as #3. Very uncharacteristic of you, only the nose and mouth are in focus.

[rpcrowe]

Are Lisa and Eldad the two people in the video you posted a year or so ago showing them capturing two junkyard dogs?

I wonder if you accidentally posted a wrong image as #3. Very uncharacteristic of you, only the nose and mouth are in focus.

Yep... Mmmmmmmmeant to post this one!

[Downrigger]

Love 'em. And appreciate your good works. And thanks for the link to the heartwarming tails (sic).

I wonder if Mike's comment on #3 was facetious? I like the DOF as you have it.

Richard: When you bring in a flea infested rescue, how do you manage to not flea contaminate the dogs and spaces your new rescue comes into contact with?

[Mike Buckley]

I wonder if Mike's comment on #3 was facetious? I like the DOF as you have it.

Richard changed the photo to the correct one after seeing my comment and apparently before you reviewed the thread.

[rpcrowe]

Mark wrote: "Richard: When you bring in a flea infested rescue, how do you manage to not flea contaminate the dogs and spaces your new rescue comes into contact with?"

When we get a dirty or vermin infested dog, I will usually shoot an "entry" picture in our cement floor dog run. I am not aiming for quality imagery, simply a record of what the dog looked like when we got it to act as a baseline. Then the dog goes directly to out laundry room where my wife bathes it and applies topical flea medication.

If we have a record picture of what the dog looks like (as we did in Humphrey's case) we dispense with the baseline picture and in that case, the poochie goes directly into the tub.

If there is more than one dog, we will put one dog in a wire crate that we have secured to a table in our utility room until my wife can get to that dog.

We then disinfect anything that the dog has come in contact with such as the pad in the travel kennel, the kennel itself and the wire crate if we have used it. We use a disinfectant called Odoban which is available in Home Depot in gallon concentrate size at a rather reasonable price.

The Oboban will kill just about anything nasty such as most vermin and also bacteria and some viruses. It also deodorizes.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/OdoBan-1-...-202625114-_-N

We also use Odoban on our floors. All our floors are tile which makes it easier to clean. We could not function if we had carpets or rugs to hold the mess. We clean our floors using a Hoover Floormate with a floor disinfectant/cleaner. We couldn't exist without the Floormate.

http://hoover.com/products/details/f...floor-cleaner/

We clean our floors several times a day because we dislike doggy-smelling house. We do have an advantage in that "most" of our dogs (poodles, Maltese and mixes) generally do not have a "doggy" odor. Of course, when one comes in filthy from the streets, it will stink like all get-out!

If this seems like a lot of work, let me tell you: IT SURE AS HECK IS

[JamesScott86]

My goodness - stunning images.

[rpcrowe]

As a dog AND cat lover ... I grew up with a Sealiam terrier [Badger hunter breed ] and my son ditto with a Golden Labrador ... I think you are doing a very valuable job as a rescuer BUT I hope you let Humphrey grow his coat to the glory it would have been if clean and tidy .. he is not a poodle surely? His current state just a stage in his recovery from his abuse and neglect by mankind.

We think that Humphrey is a poodle + Bichon Frise mix. He could be just about any mix with a poodle but. his rear legs are more like a Bichon Frise.

His coat is growing. He was originally pretty well clipped down because of the matting and the vermin infestation. We will groom him nicely.

[rpcrowe]

My goodness - stunning images.

Thanks James and everyone. It is relatively easy to shoot a nice looking dog who is comfortable with you because the dog will be relaxed and won't be uptight.

Small dogs especially, will pin their ears back when they are afraid during the photo session. A squeek toy or a treat will sometimes mellow them out but, often we quit and return to the photo session the next day. Usually within two or three times, the dog is relaxed enough for a shoot. Of course during the time between the shots, they get to know us better too. The most successful first time shoots are with dogs who have been with us a while (recovering from surgery or some other condition) before I photograph them. That way, they are a lot more relaxed in my presence.

I have looked back through my files to find examples but, I don't usually keep bad pictures. I am thinking however, that I may collect a set of bad images as examples of "what not to do" like these:

[Digital]

Richard, you, and your wife do really good work with the rescue dogs.



Bruce