Ok I put this on FB but it can't hurt to put here too. We need help with Fantine!
Dog location: Northeast Georgia, just outside metro Atlanta and near the NC/TN/SC borders. TL;DR: Really sweet stray dog has ringworm; current foster is immune compromised; need someone to help by housing her for the duration of her treatment. Only need a short-term foster (approximately a month is the estimate for ringworm treatment? up to six weeks, I guess) and we can help find a permanent placement for her when her treatment is complete.
Details: Fantine is a stray dog we have been fostering for about the last month, she has a wonderful temperament (very sweet and trusting with people, quite resilient, friendly to all the dogs she has met) and is about a year and a half old. She has had all her vaccines and flea/tick/heartworm treatment and was spayed almost three weeks ago. and is healing up from it really well.
She's also ringworm positive, and I have some serious immune-related health conditions. The vet who diagnosed her was worried about her staying in the house with me even though she has been in quarantined in the laundry room and we are being very cautious about biosecurity.
Our local shelter is full and doesn't have the resources to help us right now. We really, *really* need help finding a place for her to finish her treatment. She has been started on oral and topical meds and is receiving anti-fungal baths. She's a really, really good and easy dog (or we wouldn't have fostered her at all) but it's not longer feasible to keep her here, and I don't know what to do. Feel free to reach out and ask me any additional questions if you have them. Willing to drive her somewhere if it will get her to a good foster. Thanks for reading.
please she is a really good dog and we cannot keep caring for her. another week of this and my partner is going to plunge into the caregiver burnout pit. please we really need help this is actively hurting us like this is an emergency and having a huge negative impact on our wellbeing
Hey y'all! Ringworm is what causes athletes foot. It's an extremely common fungal infection that is manageable for most people with working immune system systems!
Pip unfortunately does not have a working immune system, and as someone who dealt with a dog with ringworm and an immunodeficiency myself, I know what a nightmare that can be. Pip has always gone above and beyond for its dogs, but it cannot be expected to sacrifice its health in this case, although it already has done so much!
If any of my followers are able to foster Fantine, please reach out to Pip!
Pip is a reliable and responsible dog owner whom I know personally (perhaps the most knowledgeable-about-dogs person I know tbh); Not only would I be 100% confident fostering a dog from Pip, but Pip is one of the only people in the world I would trust with my own dog, Little Bird.
