Ruby was a golden retriever who was abandoned on the street – we know she was there for at least a week. Worse, the physical damage to Ruby showed us she’d been raped by a human. She was terrified.
We took her to the vet clinic, but she was so very weak and suffering from blood parasites. She couldn’t receive any tick treatment due to a weakened liver, so the ticks had to be removed manually while she received injections to boost her liver function. She’s also started a course of antibiotics to treat the blood parasites. Unfortunately, it soon became apparent that Ruby had also contracted the worst of diseases – distemper.
We fought so hard to save her, but her body had just been through too much. We lost our Ruby on 20 August 2025, leaving us all devastated.