A Paralyzed Street Dog’s Recovery Through Kindness and Dedication

Around a month ago Butu, my Muslim mason friend who helps me treat sick animals at our ashram, came up to me and asked a peculiar question.

“If a dog is ran over by a truck, what medicine would you give it?”

From the question I could understand something was not right, so I asked him, “Why are you asking this particular question.”

He told me that a street dog who lives outside a Dargah (a Muslim saints burial place) on the side of the highway had been hit by a truck and left paralyzed. He had been trying to treat the injured dog on his own, but wasn’t sure what he should do.

We arranged a vet to go with him and began treatment of the injured dog. Initially he was almost fully paralyzed, but over time he regained movement in his upper body.

Since he couldn’t move on his own, for nearly a month Butu had to feed him, give him water and milk, and dress his wounds. The vet would come every couple days to give antibiotic injections and pain killers to treat his open wounds and damaged leg. We hope eventually it may be possible for him to regain movement in his hind legs as well.

By the grace of God, this week a kind passerby stopped and asked to take the dog into his house. He said he had treated other wounded dogs and would like to keep the dog at his home till he has fully recovered. Now this dog has a home to complete his recovery in and doesn’t have to sleep on the side of the highway. That was quite a miracle. Thousands of people drove by on the highway for a month and no one cared, but finally one person came to voluntarily give him a home.

May Bhagavan bless everyone who has shown kindness and helped this animal.