Funding Nemo

Curly Tail received an emergency call about a scared little pug named Nemo. Nemo had "escaped" from his home and was hit by a car. His owners couldn't find him for 24 hrs. When they finally did, he was scared and shivering under the front porch. He was not able to walk....he was whimpering in pain....his owners couldn't afford to take him to the ER. So they called us.

In the middle of the night, we drove out to LI and brought whimpering little Nemo to our 24 hr vet care facility, Center for Veterinary Care. Nemo would be safe and Curly Tail would fund his ER medical treatment.

Our vets strongly suspect abuse when they examined his current injuries and a past injured eye. As you can see from the images, Nemo's eye is sunken and "pushed/punched" in. It has already healed however, he must have suffered terribly when he 1st suffered the injury and then had to wait out the healing with medical care. They also suspect that Nemo was kicked based on the damages to his pelvis (rather than hit by a car) b/c he does not have any injuries elsewhere on his body and b/c of the nature of his previous injuries.



Initially upon intake, Nemo was whimpering in pain and had not gone to the bathroom in almost 24hrs. We weren't sure of the extent of his injuries. Nemo spent 3 days in our ER facility at CVC under Dr. Solomon's Care. He was cared for around the clock where they had him catheterized and on fluids to stabilize him. His pelvis had been shattered and broken in several places.

He slowly started eliminating outside while in the doctor's care. They patiently carried him out gingerly every 2 hours and Una waited and waited until he went. At 1st he was terrified about eliminating, not realizing he had done something good until Una smothered him with love and affection for his good behavior! Now while in foster care, his foster mom Strummer is doing the same thing and he has fully come to realize that eliminating outside is a good thing.

Our vets had suspected abuse when they examined his current injuries and a past injured eye. As you can see from the images, Nemo's eye is sunken and "pushed" in. It has already healed however, he must have suffered terribly when he 1st suffered the injury and then had to wait out the healing with medical care.

Nemo is healing and even though he has been through so much & suffered tremendous pain, Nemo is one of the sweetest and gentlest pups in our care and everyone absolutely LOVES him.




Please consider even a small donation to help us get little Nemo back on track.