Indian dog paralyzed for adoption in Toronto

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Sam, a mix of paralyzed four-year-old Indian outcasts, just wants his forever home.

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But Emma Ricci, head of volunteers and foster home coordinator for Toronto-based New Collar Collective, said that after being available for adoption for three weeks now, the dog – who arrived from India on October 26 and has been available since the second week of November – is still looking for new owners.

“He hasn’t had any bites (for adoption), which is unfortunate,” Ricci said. “I find that either disabled dogs get a ton of applications or they get absolutely none.”

Sam was a stray dog ​​in the Punjab who was run over by a car and paralyzed before a friendly stranger took him to an outdoor shelter where he was treated before being sent to Canada.

Ricci said that there is an overpopulation of stray dogs in India and that “dogs with disabilities, paralyzes or with serious health problems are almost never adoptable”.

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Sam’s two host families are University of Toronto students who are away for the holidays, so an older woman has agreed to welcome Sam until he gets his forever home.

“Sam is so sweet and you can just tell he’s so relieved to be in a safe place where he has his own bed and his own crate and his own bowl of food,” Ricci said.

“It is better if he is the only dog ​​in the house. Because he was a stray dog, he resorts to guards which is very common, so he probably had to fight for every meal he ever ate. He doesn’t like to share just with dogs, he is good with his people. He really has little energy. He loves to snuggle up. He loves people. He has puppy eyes to die for.

She said the main problem with Sam is that he only has partial control over his bladder and bowels, so he has to express himself in these areas to go to the bathroom four times a day and wear a diaper there. night.

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“The hope is that when he is healed (of an abscess) and feels better, he can just wear a diaper,” Ricci said. “And then the diaper is changed.”

Sam, who is neutered and up to date with all his shots and vaccines, has a little feeling in his hind legs so he can stand up straight. Otherwise, he uses a wheelchair to get around but prefers to get around with a carrying bag.

The cute dog was even a game when his adopters dressed him up for Halloween in the mysterious Scooby-Doo van.

“We’re actually looking to buy him a stroller so he can walk around town,” Ricci said.

An anonymous donor agreed to cover the adoption fee of $ 725 for Sam, so if you’re interested in adopting him, here is the link to the adoption application form: https://newcollar.co/apply-to-adopt .

CATNIP: New Collar Collective received in June two 16-year-old cats named Kitten and Tishi, who were in poor condition but surrendered by an older woman living in a Toronto apartment, and are in the process of adoption but have not had no takers so far. “They just like to play, snuggle up and take a nap,” Ricci said.