When puppies end up at shelters, they’re often skittish and afraid of strangers. And while animal rescue workers and volunteers do their best to comfort and re-socialize abused or neglected dogs, puppies have to go through one more traumatic event before they’re ready to be adopted into loving homes: have surgery to spay or neuter them.
At somewhere between 12 to 16 weeks old, baby Meesha had already been through a lot when she was spayed at BARCS Animal Shelter, in Baltimore, Maryland. And once her anesthesia wore off, Meesha started to feel the pain and was obviously frightened. But luckily, Dennis Moses was there to calm the startled pup down.
Moses is a surgical assistant at BARCS, but for him, patient care doesn’t end in the operating room. After assisting with surgery, Moses focuses on making sure that each dog is comfortable.
“If you’ve ever had surgery, you wake up, and you’re not sure where you’re at,” Moses told The Dodo, “It’s a scary thing even for dogs and cats, especially being in the shelter and being that young.”
So when baby Meesha started whimpering uncontrollably, Moses took her into the quiet hallway and comforted her with kisses and gentle words. And fortunately, a volunteer just happened to capture the sweet moment on video.
The comfort that Moses shows Meesha will melt your heart.
Within a day of BARCS posting the video, Meesha found a home. The shelter wrote on its Facebook page: “She was spayed yesterday morning. She is doing just fine for adoption today. The new family knows to be extra careful and keep her calm.”
See Moses’ incredible compassion (and Meesha’s sweetness) in the heartwarming video below.
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