Girls go out of their way to save their pet dog's eye

In 2009, girls received a puppy as a Christmas gift from one of the Board of Trustees of the Hope House.  Girls named her 'candy'.  That Christmas, girls posed for Christmas photos with Candy.  They really started to take care of Candy like one of their own but something went wrong.....I mean terribly wrong.

Candy began to grow up and became a meanie.  She would chase every kid on the street and the bike riders that people began complaining including threats to take us to the police station.  Girls couldn't bear the embarrassment.  They wanted to have nothing to do with Candy all of a sudden.

We all of us made a collective decision to abandon Candy.  We took her several kilometers away from the Hope House and dropped her off.  We had a big sigh of relief which lasted for a month.  Candy appeared at our door as skin and bone.  We still didn't want this dog so tried again and again and again totally for five times.  Each time when she came back, she had a look of "where have yoll been" while we went "Oh noooo....."

On the day when girls were shifting to their new and permanent premises in August of 2013, they loaded everything and boarded their mini-bus only to find Candy in there.  They unanimously decided to take Candy with them.  At their new location, Candy had no one around to threaten so girls also found a companion in her and they accepted her.

  

Every time girls get out of the Hope House, she goes before them like a pilot.  She would attend church service with them and there were incidences of public bus drivers stopping the bus to ask our girls to get Candy out.  Everything looked like a happy family until last Thursday when Candy went with our girls to collect vegetables where another big dog attacked Candy.  

Our girls reached back to the Hope House but Candy didn't.  So, after a while they went in search of her but they returned empty handed as it was dark.  Next day morning, Candy came back limping and with a horrible eye injury - almost gouged out.  

Girls didn't know how to help as we live in the countryside.  They ran to the neighbor who has a dog for help and called the Vet.  He came and gave shots and advised that the eye needs to be operated on.  Unfortunately, girls were made to go from pillar to post.  At one state vet clinic, by the time they reached it was late and the doctor was about to leave so they had to beg him to do the needful.  By the time, they were able to get the surgical help for Candy, it was Sunday morning.

Vet attending to Candy

After Candy's eye was operated on

Happily recovering Candy

Our girls have been more than helpful to Candy who has protected them all for all these years at no cost.  They carried her in an auto-rickshaw spending their own little pocket money, giving her bath and taking food to where Candy would rest etc.  

Looking at all this, I began to wonder as to what has changed in the girls to give so much of care to Candy?  I strongly believe that the understanding of faithfulness of Candy made them realize how fortunate they are to have been protected by a canine like her.  They feel bad now to have thought like the way they did to abandon her few years ago.

Candy is recovering and he needs to go for three more follow up visits to the Vet's clinic.  Thanks to our girls who have shown enormous empathy and we couldn't be more proud.

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