This is Collin. He is a blind senior dog that was covered in ticks. A good Samaritan saw Collin outside abandoned and panting on a street corner in Miami, Florida. The dog’s owner had no real good reason for leaving his dog – all he said was that he had kicked the dog out of the house.
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The good Samaritan took pictures and posted them on Facebook. Before long, Grace Lofton Kaye, the founder of Their Lives Matter, saw the photos.
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Thankfully, that same day Collin was rescued and taken to Pet House Animal Clinic. They began the painstaking task of removing all the ticks – one at a time.
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Collin had around one thousand ticks on his body! At first, Collin seemed nearly lifeless. With time, he started to perk up.
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