How ’s that for a lambency - up ?
An Arizona dog bump himself in quite the burred site last month when he had a run - in with a cholla cactus . TheArizona Humane Society(AHS ) receive the 5 - lb pup with spines embedded all over his little soundbox . But today , " Cholla Charlie " is living prickle - free in his novel forever home .
On July 22 , a good Samaritan in Surprise , Ariz. , expose the 5 - calendar month - oldChihuahuapuppy covered in cactus spine and bring him toSurprise Animal Control . Charlie was then target into the Arizona Humane Society ’s New Hope syllabus , which helps transfershelter animalsin need of aesculapian care into itsSecond Chance Animal Hospital .
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Once he was in their concern , Charlie was immediately sedate for a operation to move out all the pricker . Kelsey Dickerson , media copulation specialist for AHS , tells Daily Paws the mental process was " quite intensive , as the spines were everywhere : in his mouth , by his eyes , in his hand , just absolutely everywhere all over his petite lilliputian eubstance . "
After the subroutine , Charlie was restrain at the animal hospital for a few day of reflection to make certain there were no hang around ailments , such as an illness or spines that had been missed in the extraction and could make contagion .
Once AHS staff were certain he was in the clear , Charlie spent another few week in afoster homethrough AHS for continued guardianship . Dickerson says today " he is absolutely the wiggly , happy , and endearing 5 - calendar month - onetime that you would require of a puppy . "
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Medically clear and happy as can be , little Charlie was put up for adoption Wednesday atPetSmart Charities ' Everyday Adoption Centerin Scottsdale . Within just a few time of day , he had found his new forever crime syndicate . Charlie is now know his best puppy life in Scottsdale .
" He ’s a unadulterated object lesson of just one of 15,000 positron emission tomography that the Arizona Humane Society rescues and adopts out each year , " Dickerson says . " He ’s by all odds a very prosperous pup . "
