Of Doggie Hugs, Sloppy Licks And Wet Kisses!

But wait�..there�s more to tell�my life�s story�I urge you to read on�.

I grew up as an orphan, living on the streets where food and water were scarce. The local weather fluctuating between hot & humid and torrential downpour did not help either.  To top it all off, I have had my fair share of encountering unkind humans who would often kick and beat me just to chase me away. I do not know why they treated me this way when all I wanted was some scrapes of food just to get by. Though it was like hell on earth, I soldiered on.

I travelled out only at night to avoid the unkind humans. As time went by and due to scarcity of food & water, I became emaciated, left with skin and bones but�. my worst was yet to come. On one awful day, someone wanted to catch me. I did not know what he wanted to do to me hence my first instinct was to struggle free but my hind leg came off its socket as a result. In a state of panic and wanting to live on, I continued to hobble and run despite the excruciating pain.

You could call it fate, an affinity, a higher power�s intervention, I eventually made my way to a housing complex within a month�s time. It was an unfamiliar place but somehow, instincts led me there where I found my salvation.

It was never my habit to look over my balcony to the grounds below but on that fateful day, I did so at around 7.30am when the sun was shining brightly. A glowing white coated dog, the size of a Labrador caught my eye! I was mesmerized by its beauty but saw that it was limping towards the entrance gate and in a lot of pain. I dashed downstairs hoping to help it but it just disappeared.  Went in search of it for the next few days to no avail and in the end I had to give up.

Slightly over a week later seeing that I have been trying to search for a dog,  a neighbour informed me of an injured dog hiding at the car park behind the housing complex. Equipped with a bag full of water and kibbles, I rushed over to take a look. I whistled trying to get the dog to come out, half expecting the white coated dog I saw a week earlier but out came a hobbling, haggard looking puppy..it was not white in colour but had an unusual grey/gold tinged coloured coat � it was a pitiful sight. I named her Kopi.

Despite the suffering she went through, she had in her a loving demeanor and waited patiently for me to give her food and water. I quickly then guided her to a better hiding place in the car park where there were trees for shade and away from moving vehicles. There she stayed happily for a few months where I continued to feed her and bathed her. Kopi even met a cat called Misai. They were the best of friends, Misai being the more senior resident even showed Kopi other better spots to take shelter when the rain poured. The vet advised that Kopi�s dislocated hind leg could be left to heal (to set naturally) on its own, only if it did not get better would surgery be necessary. The outcome was perfect as the dislocated part did eventually heal.

Things were going great until the dog catchers turned up. Kopi was too trusting and was thus taken. Not knowing the Agents of Death cameby I scoured the whole neighborhood for Kopi. Finally a kind neighbor informed me what happened. By then it was already Thursday, Saturday was Death Day at the Pound.  I frantically phoned everyone and anyone who could take me to the pound to save Kopi. I badly needed a ride as I could not drive and did not have a car.

First help came from Christine Lai of Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better who roped in 2 compassionate young ladies, Reco and Mica who took me to the pound. We managed to locate Kopi and took her out of that horrible place. Kopi was taken to a vet�s clinic to be temporarily boarded there until she could be checked into Second Chance Kennel where she stayed until recently when she was finally adopted.

Thank you to all parties involved who gave Kopi a second chance in life! 

Annie’s message to all

Should you see any animal in need of help, pls help. You can either feed them, provide them a safe place to live or whatever in your power to save them from anymore suffering. It may be physically and emotionally challenging activity but rewarding and empowering as well. Please do something good for our voiceless 4 legged friends…..