Tazz

When a call came in from a home nurse about an elderly woman going into a nursing home and unable to take her beloved little eighteen month old French Bulldog with her, The French Bulldog Village jumped into action. One of our dedicated volunteer foster moms made the 7 hour round trip to fetch this little girl and bring her back home with her. One look at this unfortunate little creature, and two things were immediately apparent to our volunteer: (1) Tazz was not exactly a French Bulldog, and (2) her elderly owner had not been able to properly care for her for a long, long time.

Tazz looks older than what the home nurse had stated her age to be and she is afflicted with mange. The poor little dog had been suffering for quite some time. Her body is covered with sores from all her scratching, and she is missing hair in patches all over her body. Tazz’s ears have big open sores on them, and small hematomas have blossomed and burst from her scratching at them.

Tazz, however, refuses to be sidelined by such minor miseries. She has turned out to be a very happy, hopeful, delightful little dog!

Date posted: 09/22/09
Date last updated: 09/22/09
Location: Wimauma, Florida
Age: 4 years

Tazz’s Gallery

Tazz has a very sweet personality and a great disposition. She loves to run around with her new canine brothers, Winston and Jack, and to help her foster mom in the barn looking after the horses. She loves it when her foster dad makes a big fuss over her and speaks baby talk to her. The fact that HE hasn’t been the one to give her any medicated baths, cleaned her ears or trimmed her nails also helps to make him her favorite person! Even with her prescribed medicines and medicated baths, the only time that Tazz is not scratching herself is when she is sitting in someone’s lap getting lots of attention. Community naptime is one of the highlights of the day – she gets to lie down on top of her foster mom, while “the boys” snuggle up beside them on the couch. Her house manners have proved to be impeccable.

Nevertheless, Tazz does like to keep her foster mom on her toes, and she has proven to be a sneaky little girl when it comes to taking her medicine. Her foster mom has had to be very diligent in getting this girl to take her medicine. Tazz will eagerly eat any treat used to disguise a pill, but she quite cleverly holds the pill tucked into her cheek until she can find an opportunity to spit it out somewhere around the house for her foster mom to find.

Sometimes even the most well-meaning, loving owner reaches finds herself unable to care for a beloved pet. Thankfully, Tazz’s elderly owner found a much needed ally in her home nurse, and that nurse was kind enough to find help for Tazz. With her great personality, we know Tazz will more than pay that kindness forward when she finds a new home.

A “Bug”, by the way, is a Pug/Boston Terrier mix, which is what we suspect Tazz might be. Or she may even be a “Frug”!

Please be a part of Tazz’s transformation. We know money is tight, but every small donation makes such a difference! Give us the opportunity to help these little dogs who are as much the victims of the relentless passage of time as their aging owners. Thank you so much.

Friends of Tazz!