A dog that was badly neglected needs a calm and loving foster home.

Melon was found abandoned at a property in West Yorkshire a few months ago along with another dog called Mango.

They have been nurtured back to health by the RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield & Bradford branch and Mango now has a new home but Melon still needs one.

Animal Centre manager Claire Kendall said: “When these poor girls came through our doors they were shockingly covered in urine, faeces and clearly suffering from a long and painful list of ailments.

“Even through their nervousness and suffering these little fighters still managed to give our team a very gentle tail wag and our team worked tirelessly to help them.

“The transformation in both the girls has been incredible but it’s been a very long road to recovery.”

After multiple surgeries to fix Melon’s Entropia – a painful condition causing the eyelashes to grow into the eye – a long stint recovering from a prolapse and lots more ongoing treatment due to her growth being stunted at such a young age, Melon has remained in the branch’s care unable to be adopted until she reaches full health.

The RSPCA centre now urgently needs to find a calm and caring foster home to help speed up Melon’s recovery process and would love to hear from anyone who could help with their appeal.

Claire added: “Although Melon is very nearly back to good health she is suffering from a condition called Panosteitis which roughly translates to doggy growing pains.

“After receiving veterinary advice, we expect this to continue for the next four to five months so a caring, calm foster home is exactly what she needs to support her through this period.

“She adores people and is very loving and intelligent. We provide everything for our fosterers from food to bedding to medication. All we need is a loving home and a caring person.”

Melon’s foster home will need to have no other pets. She is friendly with other dogs but needs to rest and stay as calm as possible over the coming months. She could live with children who are used to larger dogs but they would also need to be calm around her to ensure a full recovery.

A garden will be required for toileting but this doesn’t need to be enclosed as she can’t be off lead. Melon can be left for short periods but will need a loving human around most of the day.

If you think you could offer Melon a temporary home contact the RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield & Bradford team at enquiries@rspcahalifaxhuddersfieldbradford.org.uk or call 01422 365628.

Alternatively, visit the branches website to fill in a foster application form – www.rspcahalifaxhuddersfieldbradford.org.uk.

The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford & District Branch is a self-funding branch of the National RSPCA, responsible for raising money locally to support its animal welfare work.  Its main aim is to rehabilitate unwanted, abandoned and abused animals and find them loving, permanent homes.

This year the branch has already successfully rehomed 124 animals and continues to rehome more but relies on public donations and the generosity of the local community to keep its doors open.

Written by ANDY HIRST who runs his own Yorkshire freelance journalism agency AH! PR (https://ah-pr.com/) specialising in press releases, blogging, website content and copywriting.

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