Dozer could not walk when he was dropped off at Bayou Animal Services in Dickinson. Now...
Special needs boxer mix Dozer gets acquainted with his new wheelchair while being fitted by Dickinson Bayou City Animal Services shelter manager Nina Baker at the shelter Friday, April 7, 2023.The 3-month-old boxer-mastiff mix could not walk or stand on March 25, when was surrendered by his owner toin Dickinson. Holding his head up was a struggle, according to staff at the city facility.
“He’s a real fighter,” said Shaelei Jones, an animal care tech at the shelter who has been working with Dozer. “When we placed him on the ground, he literally could not stand up at all or even pick his head up,” said shelter manager, Nina Baker. “He would try to pick himself up and he would just crash back down. We took him in and decided we would try to figure out what we could do for him.”page, and through donations from the community and Bayou Friends Forever, Inc., a non-profit animal rescue group, the Walkin' Wheels wheelchair was purchased to make things a little easier in his therapy.
Whatever happened in the past, the goal for the staff now is to find a home for the otherwise healthy, already 44-pound puppy. “All we can do is see if he can have quality of life with his condition,” Baker said.
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