By Brendan Rees
A three-legged pup, who was rescued from an abusive owner and taken into the care of a Lyndhurst woman, has found a new home.
Debra Jeff of Lyndhurst had been fostering Charm, believed to be a Catahoula/Whippet since January, who had arrived at a shelter underweight and with a missing front leg.
Charm underwent an operation at a Vet clinic in Whittlesea about a month ago and has received a prosthetic leg.
A nurse, who took Charm under her wing, “actually got to know her really well, and wanted to adopt her,” Ms Jeff said.
“We had a few misses with her because when they did the operation they had to take the elbow off, and the stitches kept bursting so she had to keep going back and getting re-stitched, she said.
“The third time she went back to be re-stitched we decided it would be best if she stayed there so they could keep an eye on her daily.
“They’ve made the first prototype, and she’s now learning how to stand in it and then she’ll go on how to walk in it.
“She’s progressed really nicely,” Ms Jeff said.
She said an 83-year-old Pakenham man at the Cardinia Retirement Village had initially adopted Charm but realised he wasn’t able to look after her in the way that she needed to be.
A GoFundMe page, which appealed to the public to make a donation, helped make Charm’s operation possible.
