We met Sultan 4 years ago through a friend. Sultan’s owner passed away 4 months prior and since then Sultan had become aggressive toward’s his owner’s son. Instead of using love to try to help Sultan through his grief, the son attacked Sultan as well. When our friend noticed the dog bleeding from his forehead, the son said he had no intention of taking a dog so mean to him to the vet. As a good friend of the owner’s dog, he knew he wouldn’t want Sultan to be suffering which is why he intervened.
After we took Sultan to the vet, we were informed us that bleeding was actually due to a skin tumor. The fact that it was bleeding was a very bad sign. The vet also informed us that an operation could kill Sultan because of her age. We decided to take an alternative course of treatment and give Sultan pills and creams that she needed 5 times a day. It was a big commitment, but after 6 weeks of daily treatment, her skin tumor started to vanish.
The owner’s son never called to ask about Sultan once. A few months later it was revealed that the owner’s son had killed his own father for money yet told the authorities it was slip and fall accident. We are convinced that Sultan witnessed this which is why she was attacking him when no one understood why.
She’s never attacked human or animal in her 4 years with us. And these days, Sultan lives like a true sultan. Everyone in the shelter has a great respect after learning about her hardships and in turn, she loves everyone in the shelter.
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