Just as we turned down to the Federal highway heading towards the wet market after morning mass yesterday, J spotted a dog at the side of the road as we were driving by. We quickly stopped on the emergency lane and I proceeded to walk towards the dog while J started reversing the car towards the same direction .

What we found right opposite Batu Tiga KTM station was a thin, wet, scared looking Golden Retriever. Golden had really pitiful looking eyes. What we also noticed was that Golden was not walking properly as he kept wanting to come near us. Golden's left hind leg was not working; hanging/sunk in to his body. Besides that, his stomach was looking rather bloated - a sign of either worms in the tummy or starvation maybe? Other than that, his fur still had a shiny coat despite being on the road for awhile. We suspect that Golden was a home dog but must have been abandoned or got lost from his owners. Sigh, so sad.

Our first thought was to send Golden to Paws, just a mere stone throw away but seeing it's leg condition, we were inexperienced and was afraid that it may get aggressive it obviously was in pain although he did seem to quickly warm up to strangers.

So we quickly called up Paws, but was dissapointed as the guy in charge by the name of Charles kept giving excuses of insufficient manpower and no transportation when he asked him to quickly come and collect the dog while we waited with the dog. We were afraid that Golden would attempt to cross the Federal Highway and get knocked down by cars. At one point, Charles even suggested that J drive to Paws to pick up 2 of his staffs and leave me there to guard Golden. Hmmm. J was clearly not impressed and did not entertain that idea. But we were still worried about Golden and decided to head towards Paws while hoping Golden will just sit still in the drain till we got back with help. Golden really looked pitiful then, like he was pleading us not to leave him out there and kept trying to follow us into the car. Hhad a heavy heart when we left for Paws...

Needless to say, Charles received an earful from J about dodging responsibility and making excuses etc when we got to Paws as we saw quite a few people inside the compound, so not sure what he meant by not enough manpower??!!. But to be fair, he was on his way out with a leash and a worker, presumely to Golden.

J took these 2 pictures while berating Charles, threatening to publish his face in the newspaper for shirking responsibility. Yes, he was really pissed then :p

To cut the story short, we led Charles to Golden whereby he was leashed up without fuss. Golden very quickly settled into the cage and almost looked relieved as if saying, at least someone still cared! Will be calling up Paws tomorrow to check on his condition since Chares mentioned that the Vet will only be around to check on Golden today.

Golden being put into the cage before being transported back to Paws.

We wish you a speedy recovery Golden and adoption to a caring, loving family that deserves you. We will come visit you next week ok? Till then, hope you make lots of new friends in Paws.