2019年のご報告 Updating from 2019

あれよあれよと言う間に年が明け気がつけば1月も半ば…
ご報告することは山ほどあるのになかなか更新できなくてごめんなさい💦
Wouldn't you know, it's already half a month into the new year...
I have a mountain of things to update you on, but I haven't been able to do so--my apologies.

先ずは11月にお願いをした翔ちゃんの医療費に関するご報告を
おかげさまで28名の方から総額¥474,000のご支援をいただきました。
たくさんの里親様が協力を申し出てくださいました。実際の活動を知っている方々からの協力の申し出は本当にありがたくまた心強いです。
「FBで見ました。頑張ってくだい」「わんこを迎えることはできないけど協力させてくだい」「娘(ボランティアさんです)から話を聞いています。応援しています」など、一面識もない方からもたくさん協力をいただきました。ありがたくて涙が出ました。と同時に、しっかりとした活動を続けなければと背筋が伸びる思いです。
皆さんの温かいお気持ちに心から感謝いたします。
入院費￥272,630を支払い後の残金¥201,370は保護っ子達の医療費として大切に使わせていただきます。本当にありがとうございました。
First of all is the update on Sho-chan's medical expenses, which I requested help with back in November.
Thanks to 28 kind-hearted souls, we were able to gather together a total of ¥474,000.
Lots of adoptive families also offered their support. My heart warmed at all the offers of support from those of you who knew the real actions. I also received a lot of messages from people I've never once met: "I saw this on Facebook. Keep going!" "I can't take in a dog right now, but I'd love to help out!" "I heard about this from my daughter, who's a volunteer. I support you!"
All of this well-wishing made me about to cry. At the same time, I feel like I also have to ground myself and keep doing the hard work with my head held high.
I am deeply appreciative of all of your kindness.
After paying ￥272,630 in hospitalization fees, I used the remaining ¥201,370 for other foster dogs' medical bills. Thank you all so much.


2019年のおさらい
 2019 in review

**卒業生 - Happy Tails "Graduates"**
6/21 リノ Rino
6/28 トト Toto

**新入生 - New Intake**
1/10 ローリー(行政) Rori (pound)
1/26 福太郎(廃業ブリーダー) Fukutaro (shut-down breeder)
3/17 ジュリア、トト(廃業ブリーダー) Julia, Toto (shut-down breeder)
3/18 小梅(行政) Koume (pound)
4/15 リノ(行政) Rino (pound)
5/22  小太郎(行政)  Kotaro (pound)
6/3 沙羅(行政) Sara (pound)
7/11 ポメ男、ポメ吉、チワ子、QP(廃業ブリーダー) Pomeo, Pomekichi, Chiwako, QP (shut-down breeder)

**看取り - Hospice**
2/6 シーちゃん(老衰) Shi-chan (old-age)
3/29 ジュリア(巨大食道症) Julia (megaesophagus)
4/3 シッポ (突然死) Shippo (sudden death)
6/15 ももこ(肝臓癌) Momoko (liver cancer)
9/12 ジャム(老衰) Jam (old age)
11/12 はな(老衰) Hana (old age)
12/6 ベンジー (老衰) Benji (old age)
12/28 翔 (腎盂腎炎) Sho (pyelonephritis)

翔ちゃん、残念な結果になってしまいました。
11/6に退院して術後の経過は良好、術後に始めたクッシングの治療も順調でした。
預かりボラさんからの連絡でもごはんをよく食べ元気にしている様子だったのですが、12/26に「朝起きたら嘔吐をした後があって少し元気もない」と連絡が入りました。
年末で激混みの病院、受付は終了していたけど翌日に延ばすのはあぶない気がして無理をお願いして診てもらいました。
発熱があり血液検査でも炎症所見が見られて即入院。
翌日の面会時、「目は開いているけど何も見ていない」様な感じ。呼びかけに対する反応もはっきりしなくて不安がよぎる。ごはんに口をつけずに横になったまま。
そして翌朝、息を引き取ったと連絡を受けました。
Unfortunately I don't have good news about Sho-chan.
The post-operation transition was going smoothly when he was discharged on 11/6, as was the treatment for Cushing we started. His foster parent sent me optimistic messages that he was energetic and eating fine, but then on 12/26, I got a different message: "When I woke up this morning, it looked like he'd thrown up, and he's lost his spunk."
It was at the end of the year when the vet is packed and the stop taking patients, but I decided it would be too dangerous to push it until the next day. I elbowed my way into the doctor's office.
They found he had gotten a fever and inflammation, and he was immediately admitted into the hospital again.
When I visited him the next day, I noticed his eyes were open, but he didn't seem to be seeing anything. He didn't respond when I said his name, which was disconcerting. He was just lying there and wouldn't even try to eat.
I received news that he passed away the next morning.

引き取り屋のケージの中で毛玉だらけになっていた翔ちゃん。
里親さんとのご縁は結んであげられなかったけど、アクティブな預かりさんの元でいろいろなところに連れて行ってもらったね。イベントに同伴でたくさんの人に可愛がってもらったり、先住のワンコさん達とお散歩も楽しかったよね。
預かりをしてくださったHさん、翔ちゃんにたくさんの愛情を注いでくださってありがとうございました。翔ちゃんはたくさんの楽しい思い出と共に虹の橋に旅立ったことと思います。
Sho-chan, you were a matted ball of fur inside a go-between's cage.
I couldn't get you into a forever home, but your loving foster family allowed you to live out your life, taking you here and there. You came with me to events and were cooed at by everyone, and you had fun on your walks with the other dogs.
To H-san, who fostered Sho-chan: you have my deepest thanks for all of the love you poured into him. He was able to go to heaven as a dog having had a life brimming with happy memories.

写真のない文字だけのブログになってしまいましがお許しを😅
また少しずつ報告させていただきます。
Please forgive that the post this time is without any pictures. 😅
I'll keep posting updates when I can.











ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit helps

ご協力お願いします‼️ Requesting your support!

預かりさんのところでお世話になっている翔ちゃん、検診で胆嚢粘液嚢腫が見つかり先日手術をしました。
胆嚢粘液嚢腫とは胆嚢内にゼリー状の粘液が過剰に貯まって胆嚢がパンパンに拡張した状態になり胆汁の分泌障害や破裂を起こす病気です。発生の正確なメカニズムは解明されていませんが、疑われる原因として、胆嚢の収縮機能低下、胆石（胆泥）症、脂質の代謝異常、ホルモンバランスの異常（甲状腺機能低下症、クッシングなど）腸炎などが胆嚢内の粘液過剰の要因になるのではないかと考えられています。翔ちゃんは胆嚢粘液嚢腫と共にクッシングも告げられていました。

Sho, who has been staying with a foster family, was found to have gallbladder mucocele and just underwent surgery a few days ago. Gallbladder mucocele is an illness in which gelatinous mucus inside the gall bladder builds up in excess. As a result, the gall bladder bulges out and causes bile secretion defects and rupturing. It's not quite sure what causes it, but some suspicions are a lowering of the gall bladder systolic function, gallstones and biliary sludge, metabolic abnormality with lipids, abnormal hormone balances (hypothyroidism, Cushing’s disease, etc.), and enteritis. Sho was diagnosed with both gallbladder mucocele and Chushing’s.

10/23 手術
術後、「無事終わっています。4,5日は預かりますね。面会は大丈夫です」と先生から連絡をいただきホッとしました。

Oct. 23 - Surgery

After it was finished, the vet contacted me, much to my relief, to let me know that surgery went smoothly and I could pick Sho up on Nov. 4 or 5.

翌日面会。動き回ってごはんも完食😊この様子なら早く退院できるかもと思っていたら…
I went to go see him at the vet the next day. He was moving around and ate all of his food. 😊 I thought that if he's like this now, he should be out of the vet in no time...

10/25  めっちゃ調子悪そう😱
食欲無し、嘔吐、黄疸、貧血、溶血、腹水
腹水を抜いて調べてウイルスなどの検出はありませんでした。
Oct. 25 - His condition went far downhill 😱
No appetite, vomiting,  jaundice, anemia, hemolysis, abdominal dropsy.
The abdominal dropsy was removed, and when examined, no traces of a virus or anything was found.

結局、術後膵炎でした。

一時は「万が一の事もあるかも知れない」というくらいまで落ちて、回復できるのか不安で不安でしかたなかったのですが、徐々に血液検査の結果も良くなってきてごはんも食べるようになり黄疸も消えてきて喜んでいたら…

It turned out to be postoperative pancreatitis.

For a while, we weren't sure if he'd be able to recover and had to prepare for the worst, but gradually his blood tests started coming back better, and he started eating again. The jaundice cleared up, and just as soon as we were about to celebrate...

10/31 面会に行ったら酸素室に入ってる😭
誤嚥性の肺炎。翔ちゃん、歯がなくていつも舌がペロンと出てる。それにシニアになって舌の動きも悪くなってそれで誤嚥したんじゃないかって😣。『弱り目に祟り目』熱は出てないみたいだけど、呼吸がすごく悪い。体力の回復もしてないのに…
Oct. 31 - When I went to visit him, I found him in the oxygen room.  😭
Pulmonary pneumonia. Sho doesn't have any teeth and his tongue is always drooping out of his mouth. Now that he's a senior dog as well, his tongue has lost some mobility, and I suspect food is often going down the wrong pipe. 😣 They say that misfortunes never come singly. It doesn't seem like he's got a fever, but his breathing is rough, and he hasn't recovered his strength back either...

11/7 酸素室に入って7日目。やっと退院の許可がおりて預かりさんの元に☺️
11/14  退院後の検診で経過が良好なのでクッシングの治療が始まりました。
Nov. 7 - He's been in the oxygen room for 1 full week. He got permission to be discharged and went back to his foster family. 😊
Nov. 14 - According to some tests, his progress is looking good, and we were able to start treatment for his Cushing's.

今日、病院から入院費が出ましたと連絡がありました。
合計¥272,630💸💸💸
Today I just got the communication of the hospital fees.
Totaling ¥272,630 (about US$2,500). 💸💸💸

今年に入ってトト、ポメ男、ポメ吉、チワ子の心臓手術4件、ゴマの膀胱癌摘出、ローリーの骨折整復手術、ジュリアの巨大食道症の手術、などなど大型の手術続きです。手術以外にも毎月のお薬代や検診代で正直いっぱいいっぱいです。
厚かましいお願いですが、医療費の協力をお願いできないでしょうか？
Since the beginning of the year, there's been major surgery after major surgery: heart surgeries for Toto, Pomeo, Pome-kichi, and Chiwako;  Goma's bladder cancer removal; Lori's bone fracture reduction; Julia's megaesophagus surgery; and the list goes on. Apart from surgery, I'm frankly also up to my neck in monthly medical bills and exam fees. I hate to ask, but can I please request your support in paying for some of the medical bills?

郵便貯金　　10780-31807931
口座名義　野澤　和子
Japan Post Bank:  10780-31807931
Account owner: Nozawa Kazuko

他金融機関からの振込の場合
店名　０七八 （ゼロナナハチ）
店番　078
普）3180793
From other financial institutions:
Branch code: 078
Regular account, no. 3180793

PayPalから
https://www.paypal.me/happytails713
Via PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/happytails713

老いや病気の為に棄てられたり『不要犬』のレッテルを貼られてしまった子たち。
この子たちが痛みや苦しみではなく笑顔と安心の中で最期の時を迎えられるようご協力お願いいたします
These dogs were abandoned and labeled as "useless" because they're old and/or sick. Please help me in letting them live out the rest of their lives without pain and suffering, and instead with smiles and comfort.


ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit helps 

はなちゃん その後 About Hana - Part 2

信じられないのですが、はなちゃんごはんを食べ始めました

始めはほんの少し。

でも食べる毎に量が増えて今日は一回に一缶ペロリ(￣◇￣;)

今まで亡くなる直前に急に調子が良くなって食べたり歩いたりした子がいるので不安だったのですが、はなちゃんの場合は回復しているのかも(*⁰▿⁰*)
I sometimes have charges that, right before death, suddenly start eating and walking about, so I was pretty nervous, but it looks like Hana's actually getting better!!

少し体力も戻ったのか夜鳴きも復活(⌒-⌒; )
She's got a bit of strength back, and her night whining has also made a return.

まだまだ安心はできないけど はなちゃん頑張ってます☺️
I still can't exactly relax, but she's hanging in there!  ☺️

どうしても頭が右側に曲がってしまう😥 She insists on turning her head like this

ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit helps

はなちゃん About Hana

はなちゃん 頑張ってます
 Our little Hana is hanging in there.

顎の関節が固まってしまってお水とミルクしか飲めない
The joints in her jaw have stiffened, and she can only drink water and milk.

少しでも粘度が有ると飲み込みができない
 If there's any viscosity at all, she can't drink it.

こんな状態で もう1ヶ月経ちます
It's been like this for 1 month now.

オシッコは毎日出るけど排便は3日に１回かな
でもにおいも見た感じも悪くない（便は母乳を飲んでる赤ちゃんの便みたい）
血圧も体温も安定してる
She's peeing every day, but only pooping about once every 3 days.
However, it looks and smells fine. (Her poop is like babies', drinking breastmilk.)
Her blood pressure and body temperature are also stable.

一時期痴呆の為の夜鳴きがひどくて「この状態でどこにそんな力が残っているんだろう」と思うほど鳴き続けていたけど、もしやと思って使った漢方の「柴胡加竜骨牡蛎湯」が合ったらしくスヤスヤ寝てくれるようになりました
For a period, because of her dementia, she would start whining horribly in the night. She'd continue so much that I'd start to wonder where this strength is coming from, considering her condition. Going out on a limb, I decided to try and give her some Chinese medicine, and that seems to let her sleep soundly now.

骨盤のところや肩、膝などは大丈夫なのに顔の頬骨のところに褥瘡ができてしまって…
 The areas around her pelvis, shoulders, knees, etc. seem fine, but her cheekbones are getting bedsores.

栄養状態も良くないし免疫も働かないと思うし敗血症やDICが怖いけど、入院させて治療するのはもしものことを考えると不安
She's not getting balanced nutrition, and I doubt her immunity is working. I'm afraid of blood poisoning and DIC, but I have my worries if I try to get her admitted to the hospital for treatment.

先生と相談して 抗生剤を水で溶いて飲ませて、もし熱が出たらその時にまた考えましょうとなりました
 I consulted with the vet, and we've decided to dissolve some anti-biotics in her water. If she gets a fever, we'd need to rethink our approach.

元気な頃は10キロあったけど、おそらく今は5キロくらい
When she was healthy, she was at about 10 kg. Now she's only around 5.

はなちゃん  頑張ってます
Hana, keep going!



ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit helps 

はなちゃん、ごはんを食べなくなって10日になります。
It's been 10 days since Hana stopped eating.

シリンジで辛うじてお水は飲んでいます。
 She's drinking water I give to her in a syringe, but just barely.

迷子になっているところを2009年8月に成犬で保護したので、はっきりとした年齢はわかりませんが、14、５歳でしょうか。
She was lost when I took her in back in August of 2009, so I don't know her exact age, but it must be somewhere around 14 or 15.

半年くらい前から痴呆の症状が出て、トイレができなくなったり狭いところに頭から突っ込んで動けなくなったりしていました。
She started showing signs of dementia about half a year ago. She couldn't go potty, and she started sticking her head into narrow spaces and was unable to move.

去年の今頃、保護猫ちびちびと Last year around this time, Hana with the kittens

でもそれらを除けば食事はしっかりととって体重も維持して内臓にも問題なし。
徐々に筋肉が落ちて体が支えられなくなりました。
But those things aside, she was eating properly and maintaining her weight, with no problems to her organs. Her muscle started deteriorating bit by bit, and she stopped being able to support her weight.

食べなくなって１０日。それでも４〜５時間おきに大きな声で鳴いてバタバタと動きたがります。体を支えて立たせると「その場足踏み」のような事をして、しばらくすると立ったまま寝てしまいます。どこにそんな体力が残っているのか不思議です。生きることへの執着なのか…。幸い痛みや苦しみはなさそうです。
It's been 10 days since she stopped eating. Nevertheless, every 4-5 hours or so she lets out a big whine and starts moving around flustered. If I stand her up supporting her weight, she starts stepping in place, and then after a while falls asleep while standing. I don't know where that strength is remaining--it's pretty odd. Is it her will to live...? She doesn't seem to be in pain or any suffering, luckily.

おそらくあと数日でさよならの時が来るでしょう。自然な形で旅立てるようしっかりとお看取りをしていきます
There's a strong possibility that we'll have to say goodbye some day soon. I'll keep caring for her so she can leave us naturally, when her time comes.



ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit of support counts

バタバタと日々を過ごしている間に2019年が7ヶ月も経ってしまいました💦
まずは2018年のおさらいから…
卒業生
・小春 1/13
・ティアラ ６/23
・ひかり ９/9
・ニコル 9/30
・タイム（仔猫）10/2
・玉三郎 10/17
 I've been running around like crazy, and it's already July in 2019! 💦
First I'll give a review of 2018...
Our Happy Tail "graduates":
-Koharu (1/13)
-Tiara (6/23)
-Hikari (9/9)
-Nicole (9/30)
-Thyme (the cat) (10/2)
-Tamasaburo (10/17)


新入生
・周作 3/26 センターから
・タイム（仔猫） 7/18
・ピーチ 7/19 センターから
・ヒヨドリ 7/26 県からの保護依頼
・ちびちび（仔猫） 8/8 自宅前置き去り
・しっぽ 10/15 センターから
・可奈 10/17 センターから
・志乃 10/17 センターから
・ゴマ 11/8 センターから
・なつめ 12/13 センターから
Our new "recruits":
-Shusaku (3/26, from the Center)
-Thyme (the cat) (7/18)
-Peach (7/19, from the Center)
-Hiyodori (7/26, as per request from the prefecture)
-Chibichibi (cat) (8/8, abandoned at my front door)
-Shippo (10/15, from the Center)
-Kana (10/17, from the Center)
-Shino (10/17, from the Center)
-Goma (11/8, from the Center)
-Natsume (12/13, from the Center)

看取り
・ヒメ 2/11 老衰
・すばる 6/15 老衰
・ローラ 6/18 急性肝炎
・ピーチ 10/30 老衰
・キキ 11/14 肝臓癌
Under my nursing care:
-Hime (2/11, senile decay)
-Subaru (6/16, senile decay)
-Laura (6/18, acute hepatitis)
-Peach (10/30, senile decay)
-Kiki (11/14, liver cancer)

昨年もたくさんの出会いと別れがありました。その中でも特に心に残っているのはセンターから来たピーチの事。いずれ心の整理をしながら紹介したいと思っています。
There were so many meetings and partings last year. Among them, the one that really is staying with me was Peach, who came from the Center. When I've processed through the whole ordeal, I'd like to introduce her to you all someday.

長い間ブログがお留守になってしまったのには訳がありまして…
私は主に老犬、病気の子、先天性の疾患を持って産まれてきた子を保護しています。でもどうやらこれは『要注意の保護活動家』に当たりるらしいのです😓  「医療費がかかる子ばかりを集めて寄付を集めようとしている」ということらしいです。別に名指しで非難をされたわけではないのですが、コレを知って「ウチもそうみられてるのかな？」と思ったらちょっと怖くなってしまって…。
I've had my reasons for not writing long blog posts for quite a while...
I'm primarially caring for old and/or sick dogs, as well as those who were born with hereditary ailments, but nevertheless I've been targeted as a "care activist to keep an eye on." 😓 Apparently there are some people labeling me as just trying to gather up dogs that need high-cost medical care and trying to get donation money. I haven't been criticized by name exactly, but since I've found this out, it's been really weighing on me that people view me in such a way and scaring me quite a bit.

でもね、一面識もない人の非難を怖がってるなんて いるのかいないのかわからない幽霊を怖がってるようなもんだと思ったら馬鹿らしくなってしまいました(⌒-⌒; )
But it's also kind of silly to be afraid of criticism from people I've never even seen the faces of! It'd be like being afraid of a ghost that may or may not even be there in the first place.  (⌒-⌒; )

ブログを通して伝えたかってことはペットショップに並ぶ仔犬、仔猫たちのパパやママの事、売り物にならないと闇に葬られてしまう兄弟達の事、保健所など行政に収容されてお迎えがなかった子たちの事。ペットショップに並ぶ小さな子達を見て「可愛い」って気持ちだけじゃ犬や猫を飼うことはできないし、保護されている子達を知って「かわいそう」って気持ちだけでもダメ。命あるものを迎えるって事を考える一助になりたいと思っています。
What I've been wanting to show the world through my blog has been this: the mothers and fathers of the puppies and kittens that are lined up all prim and proper at the pet shops, and their brothers and sisters who can't be sold and are disposed of behind the scenes; and additionally, those dogs and cats who are detained at the animal control centers run by the government and don't have any families to go to. You can't just go to a pet shop and buy a dog or a cat just because you think it's cute, just like how you can't take in a shelter dog or cat just because you think it's so sad. What I'm trying to do is to help people consider taking in another life.

現場も知らず「生きていることが不思議だ」と言われるような子のケアをしたこともない人に何を言われても気にする必要はないんだよね。そう思えたらなんだかスッキリしました( ^ω^ )
The people who have never cared for a creature who you just think, "What a wonder it is that you're alive," or seen where they came from--I have no reason to be concerned about what those people say. Let the haters hate--coming to this conclusion has really lifted a weight off me.

不思議なもので、ウチの里親さんは獣医さんや医療従事者が結構多い。専門的なアドバイスももらえるし、手術でお世話になることも多々あります。トリミングの協力をして下さるトリマーさんやトイレシートや紙オムツの支援をして下さる方も。たくさんの方に支えてもらって活動を続けられています。幽霊をこわがってる場合じゃないですよね😣
There are so many people that are vets or healthcare providers themselves who adopt from me. It's an odd thing, really. I'm able to get a lot of professional advice from them, and sometimes they help me out with surgeries and other such things. The same goes for trimmers who help me out with trimming, and the people who support me by donating potty sheets and doggy diapers. I'm able to continue what I'm doing thanks to these people. I have no reason to be afraid of ghosts. 😣

一個人が繋げる命なんてたかが知れてるけど、数にこだわることなく一頭一頭確実に（新しいお家を見つけるにしろ ここが終の住処となるにせよ）幸せをつかんでもらいたいと思っています。
My aim is to let those in my care have a chance at happiness, all as individual animals and not a "mass" of them, whether that means they find a happy forever home, or they spend their last days here with me.







ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit of support helps 

玉ちゃん、里親さん募集です！ Tama's ready to find a home!

昨年6月にセンターから連れてきた玉ちゃんこと、玉三郎くん
I got Tamasaburo (Tama, for short) from the animal control center last June.

ご覧の通りボッサボッサの毛玉だらけ

As you can see, he was a mass of messy tangles.

首輪をつけていたけど飼い犬だったかどうかは謎

He had some sort of collar around his neck, but it's unclear as to whether he was actually a pet or not.

病院での健康診断では特に問題なし。フィラリアも陰性✌️多分７歳前後であろうと

There weren't any real problems with him when I took him in for an exam. Filaria came back negative. He's probably around 7 years old.

マーキングがあるからマナーベルトは必要だけど

 He pees around to mark his territory, so I'm needing to put a potty belt on him.

お散歩上手、人が大好き💕

He's a master at walkies and loves people!

ボラさんとのお散歩では誰がリードを持っても上手にお散歩

When our volunteers walk him, he doesn't mind who holds the leash--he's polite all the time.

パッチリおメメのハンサムくん

 He's quite a handsome boys with big eyes.

大切にしてくれる方、大募集です

He's looking for someone to bring him to a forever home.

ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit of support helps 

すばるのこと About Subaru

昨年末に大きく体調を崩し長期入院となったすばる。
もともと下顎の骨が折れていたのですが、時間はかかっても舌を使って上手に食べていました。僧帽弁閉鎖不全、腎障害、気管虚脱と健康面での不安を抱えていてたくさんの薬を飲んでいるすばる。クリスマス前から食欲が落ちて元気もなく、年末年始のお休みで病院が休みに入ることもあり受診。血液検査の結果が悪く即入院で酸素室に。年末年始を病院で過ごすことになってしまいました。きちんと食べられていなかったので栄養状態も悪くなっていました。
Subaru had some major problems with his deteriorating health and had to be admitted long term into the hospital at the end of last year.
His bottom jaw was initially broken, but even with time, he was able to eat properly and use his tongue. He had mitral insufficiency, kidney damage, and tracheal collapse--so many things to keep me worried--and was taking so many medications. Before Christmas his appetite started waning and he seemed lethargic, so since the vet would be closed for the New Year break, I decided to take him in for an appointment. His blood tests came back terrible, and he was immediately admitted to the oxygen room. Unfortunately he had to spend the New Years holidays in the vet. Since he wasn't eating properly, his nutritional balance was also off.

栄養状態が悪いのに口から食べることができない。強制給餌は誤嚥の心配があります。
なので一時的に首からのチューブフィーディングをすることになりました。
体重が増えて体調も安定したら顎の再建手術をするとのことでした。
Even though he wasn't getting enough nutrition, he couldn't eat with his mouth. At the same time, I was afraid that if we tried to force-feed him, the food might go down the wrong pipe and cause bigger problems, so we decided to termporarily feed him through a tube down his neck.
We could do some jaw reconstruction surgery once he gained some weight and had a more stable condition.

胃も萎縮してしまっているようなので少量をゆっくり、回数を多く。嘔吐による誤嚥性の肺炎が一番心配でした。
His stomach seemed to have shrunk as well, so we fed him small amounts slowly over several times.  More than anything, I was afraid of pnemonia caused by vomiting-induced pulmonary aspiration.

ある日いつものように面会に行くと呼吸がおかしい。看護師さんに伝えるとすぐに先生が診てくださって……肺水腫でした。肺に水が溜まってしまったのです。
One day I went to visit him like usual, and I noticed something odd about his breathing. I told the nurse, who got the vet right away...  It was pulmonary edema--water had filled in his lungs.

酸素室の中で横たわっているすばるの姿を見て、毎日祈るような日々でした。
I felt like praying every single day looking at Subaru lying down in the oxygen room like that.

1週間ほどで酸素室を出て犬舎に戻ることができました。でも輸液は中止。そのためか舌がカラッカラ。相当免疫も下がっているようで耳の血管炎も再発。シッポの先の血流が悪くなって先端が壊死してしまいました。知らない間に体に傷ができそれが拡がって壊死してしまう状態。
After about a week he was able to leave the oxygen room for the kennel, but we had to cancel the blood transfusion. Due to this, his tongue was extremely dry. His immunity seems to have gone down considerably, and the blood vessels in his ears have become inflamed again. The blood flow to his tail is bad, so the cells in the tip have died. Some injuries have occurred without us noticing and spread, causing more necrosis.

 

それでも立ち上がれるまでに回復。「首とシッポのガーゼ交換の時は大暴れなんですよ」と看護師さん。
Despite all this, he's now recovered enough to be able to stand. The nurse told me that he goes berserk when it's time to change his neck and tail gauze. 

体重もほんの少し増えてきてこのまま元気になってくれればと思っていた矢先、今度は発作を起こしたと。
Just as I was thinking that maybe he'll get better becuase he's put on a bit of weight, next started the seizures.

こうなるともう顎の手術は無理です。手術は長時間になると言われています。ただでさえすばるの年齢を考えると麻酔をかけることは怖いのに、発作を起こしたとなるとさらにリスクは高くなります。
With this, now jaw surgery becomes impossible. Surgery would be over several hours, I've been told. Even under normal conditions, considering Subaru's age, I'm hesitant to put him under anaesthesia, and now the risk is even higher with the start of the seizures.

点滴もストップしているしチューブフィーディングと保温だけなら家でもできるのですぐにでも連れて帰りたいのですが、なかなか許可が下りない。ぐったりしている訳ではないのだけれど、寝ているだけで動きがない。正直なところ「あまり時間はないのかも」という不安がありました。だからなおさら連れて帰りたかった。
We've had to stop his IV, and since it's just tube feeding and keeping his temperature stable, I could do these things for him at home. I wanted to take him back immediately, but the doctors won't allow it. He doesn't look too peaceful, but he's sleeping and not moving. In all honesty, I'm afraid he doesn't have much time left; that's why I want to bring him home even more.

入院から1ヶ月、ようやく退院の許可が出ました。
よーし栄養とって元気になるぞー
A month since he was admitted to the vet, I finally got permission to take him out.
Allllllright! We'll get you the nutrition you need and make you better!

病院で使っていたのはa/d。でもa/dは詰まることが多いし流しやすいようにお湯でゆるくすると量が増えてしまう。なのでロイカナの退院サポートを使うことに。結果、見事に下痢😱 少量で済むものを探してロイカナのクリティカルを試すと下痢することもなく順調。よし、これでいこう！！　1日1本がめやす。
They were using the a/d in the vet, but that can stop up often, so I decided to soften it up with some hot water to make it flow better, which caused the amount to increase. For this reason, I decided to go to Royal Canin for outpatient support. The result: amazing diarrhea. 😱 I decided to look for something that would be okay in small quantities; when I tried Royal Canin's Critical, the diarrhea stopped and he seems to be stable enough. Alright, let's go with this, then! I'm aiming at one a day.

ただね、これお財布に優しくないの😓なので時期を見てパピーミルクに移行。
移行後も順調でした。免疫の底上げもしたかったのでミルクにビタミンB,C,E, DHA,レシチン、ホーソンなどを追加。下痢や嘔吐に注意して少しづつね
But you know, this isn't easy on my wallet.  😓 So thinking about the long-term, I move to puppy milk, which he was okay with. It raises the threshold for immunity as well, so we were able to add some vitamin B, C and E, some DHA, lecithin, and more. Bit by bit, watching out for diarrhea and vomiting.

週に一度の通院で首とシッポの消毒をしてもらって、体重は増えないけど現状維持。血液検査の結果も良好。要求吠えや動き回ることもするようになり順調に回復していました。
I took him to the vet once a week, and during one of our visits, they disinfected his neck and tail. His weight wasn't going up, but his condition wasn't changing either. His blood test results were good as well. He started barking when he needed something and moving around, so he was recovering on a good track.

ところが、3月に入って嘔吐することが出てきました。先生の話では食道内にあるチューブの先端が粘膜を刺激して炎症を起こしているのかもしれないとのことでした。
チューブを抜くわけにはいかないし、薬で様子見です。
However, come March he started throwing up.  According to the doctor, the tip of the tube in his esophogus was potentially stimulating his mucous membrane and causing inflammation. But we can't take out the tube, so we decided to give him medicine and see if it clears up.

そして3月21日の大嘔吐！口からだけでなく鼻や首からも吐物が……
翌朝受診。血液検査の結果、腎臓の数値がバーンと上がってミネラルバランスも崩れている。 高ナトリウム血症。即入院。午後面会に行った時にはわんわん言っていたので良い兆しなのかなと思っていたら「わんわん言えるだけの元気が出たという意味では良い兆しだけど、あれは脳に問題が残ったのかもしれない」と。
And on March 21st, he had a massive bout of vomitting! Vomit matter was coming not just out of his mouth, but also his nose and neck...
I took him for tests the next morning. According to his blood test, the reading on his kidneys had gone sky high, so he was lacking a mineral balance. Hypernatremia. I had him admitted immediately. When I went to check in on him in the afternoon, he was barking, which I saw as a good sign. However, I was told that, while it could indeed be a good sign, there could be some problems remaining in his brain.

入院中、前回の肺水腫のこともあって点滴ができずどうなるのか心配だったのですが、日に日に数値の改善が見られ1週間で退院の許可が出ました。とはいえ、あまり良い状態ではありません。
Becuase of the pulmonary edema last time, I was concerned. What could they do without giving him an IV? However, the reading improved each day, and within one week he was able to come home. That being said, he's still not in a good state.

この先ずっとチューブフィーディングになるすばる。「食べる」という楽しみをなくし　視力も失い　筋力の低下で動くこともままならない。QOLということを考えたらすばるは幸せなのだろうか？
Subaru will be relegated to tube feeding forever. He won't get to experience the joys of eating. His vision is gone, and his muslces are weakening to the point that he can't move as he wishes. What kind of quality of life is that? Can he be happy?

おそらく来年の今頃はもうすばるはいないのかもしれない。生きている「今」を大切に苦しみや痛みのない生活を心がけることしかできない。
さて、すばるの様子を見てこようかな
There's a chance that this time next year, Subaru will not be with us. I can merely do my best to cherish him being alive with no pain or suffering.
So then, let's keep an eye on him.



ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit of support counts 

2017年 まとめ Summing up 2017

今年は1月の母子置き去り犬から始まり ま〜とんでもなく慌ただしい一年でした
2017 started with a mom and her babies abandoned at my doorstep in January. Well, it's been one heck of a year.

受け入れ　　12頭
卒業した子　5頭
旅立った子　8頭

New dogs: 12
Adoptions: 5
Passed away: 8

それぞれの子達にたくさんの思い出があるのだけど、その中で特に記しておきたいのは花子の事。そう、山崎さんが「目に入れても‥‥」と溺愛した花子。
There are so many memories for every single one of my dogs, and one I particularly would like to write about is Hanako. Yes, Hanako, whom Yamazaki-san doted on ever so much. (For more about Yamazaki-san's story: https://sayaxwxapr11.blogspot.jp/2014/07/blog-post_5.html)

事情があって預かりさんの元から我が家にやってきたのは7月の事。
山崎さんから聞いてはいたものの、実際に会ってみると想像を超える頑固っぷり😓
神経質で要求吠えも多い。「あなた本当にモデル犬だったの？？」
For certain reasons, she moved from her regular home to me in July.
I had heard about her from Yamazaki-san, but she was so much more stubborn upon meeting her than I had expected. She's a nervous girl and often barks for attention. She was the model dog?

足腰はしっかりしているけど目は白くなっていてほとんど見えていないんじゃないかな。
そんな状態で環境が変われば神経質になっても仕方ないんだけどね。
She has sturdy hips and legs, but her eyes are white and she probably can't see too well. I can't really blame her for becoming nervous with that in mind with her environment changing so dramatically.

お腹が弱くてゴハンで悩むって山崎さんいつも言ってた。確かに下痢とまではいかなくてもゆるいことが多く見られる。ロイカナの消化器サポート（低脂肪）が合ったらしくてひとまずこれで様子見。
Yamazaki-san was always saying that her stomach is weak and she's concerned about food. For sure, she does have some bowel troubles, even if it's not full-blown diarrhea. It seemed that Royal Canin's gastrointestinal low fat dog food works for her, so we'll just see how it goes from there.

社交性も乏しく人、犬関係なく他と関わりを持つことが苦手。お散歩ボラさんが声をかけてもフリーズする感じ😖
自分のゴハンを猫のチコちゃんが食べに来ると「あ…あの…それ…わたしの……」とチコちゃんの後ろでオドオド。
She's a bit lacking in her social life, and not too good with others. She sort of freezes when volunteers call out to her as well. 😖
One of my cats, Chiko, will sometimes come and eat her food, and she will just sit back nervously like, "Umm...excuse me...sorry...that's uh..."

そんな花子だから元気なうちはウチに連れて来るのはかわいそうだと思っていた。
寝たきりになって手がかかる様になったら引き受けるつもりだったんだけど、そうも言っていられない状況になったので「あのね、山崎さんのようには見てあげられないし、思い通りにならない事も多々あると思うけど我慢してね」と言って始まった新しい生活。
Since she's like that and still healthy, I felt so bad for her needing to come to my place.
I had originally planned to take her in if she got bed-ridden and difficult to deal with, but that's not quite how things worked out. So I just had to tell her, "Hey there, I can't quite take care of you like Yamazaki-san did, and I think I'll let you down in many ways, but stick it out, okay?" as she started her new life.

初めの1ヶ月はすごかったですよ、要求吠えが🙀それだけ不安だったんだと思うけどね。それでも徐々に慣れてきたのか吠えはだんだん治ってきました。ただやっぱり不安はあるらしくワンズが吠え出したりわたしが大きな声を上げるとプルプルしてた。
The first month was pretty intense--her barking, I mean. It showed how uneasy she was, but gradually she stopped--hopefully because she was getting used to living here? But she still often was trembling and nervous, and if another dog started barking, she would start yelling loudly too.

時々起こす下痢や嘔吐を考えると内視鏡検査をした方が良かったんだけど、17歳という年齢を考えると全身麻酔は躊躇する。常にってわけではないし痩せてきているという事もないので、ストレスなのかな？先生と相談してジルケーンを使ってみる。3ヶ月は続けてくださいとのこと。効くといいけど‥‥
Since she sometimes had diarrhea and vomiting, I decided to get her an endoscopy, but was hesitant, considering she's 17 years old and might not be able to take the anesthesia. It's not like she was constantly having those symptoms, and she wasn't losing weight, so I wondered if it was stress. I talked with the doctor, and we decided to put her on Zylkene for 3 months. Hopefully it'll work....

そして12/25、ゴハンを半分残して翌日はゴハンも食べず足腰が立たなくなってしまいました。27日、ゴハンを缶詰だけにすると完食。28日、首も起こせなくなりゴハンも食べず。翌29日、深夜に静かに息を引き取りました。あっという間でした。
Then on Dec. 25, she left half her food, and then the next day wouldn't eat and couldn't stand up properly. When I gave her canned food on the 27th, she ate it all. On the 28th, she couldn't raise her neck and wouldn't eat. Then on the 29th, she quietly passed away during the night. It was all so sudden.

犬生のほとんどを山崎さんの庇護のもと自由にわがままに生きてきた花子。山崎さんの死後、生活が激変したことは社会性が乏しく年老いた身には辛いものだったと思います。
お散歩の時、グイグイ引っ張って歩く様子はここではないどこかにいる山崎さんを探し歩いているようにも見えました。
Hanako spent most of her doggy life freely under Yamazaki-san's love and care. After Yamazaki-san passed on, her life dramatically changed, and growing old and friend-less must have been so difficult. During walks she would drag the leash around as if looking around for Yamazaki-san, like "No, not here, but he must be somewhere..."

花子、やっと山崎さんに会えたね。太郎と一緒に迎えにきてくれていたよね。
辛いことの多い三年だったと思う。
山崎さんとともにゆっくりおやすみ
Hanako, you finally are able to meet your beloved Yamazaki-san. He came to pick you up with Taro, didn't he?
I think it must have been a tough 3 years.
Rest in peace with Yamazaki-san.


今年一年　たくさんの方に支えられて活動を続けることができました
毎月ご支援くださる柊ママ
トリミングの協力をしてくださるSweet Dog's　スタッフの皆さん
Sweet Dog's 様を通して物資の援助をしてくださるお客様
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ヨガマットや物資の援助をしてくださるテンちゃんママ
トリミングだけでなく愚痴話にも付き合ってくれたりくママさん
nuku-nukuのイベント、ローラの預かりでお世話になったnatural works village 様
ゆかちゃん、JETのメンバーはじめ、ボランティアに参加してくださった方々
その他、たくさんの方から力をいただきました。
心から感謝いたします
I was able to continue my work this year thanks to so many kind supporters.
Mama Hiiragi, who supports me every month.
The staff at Sweet Dog's, who help me with trimming.
The customers who went through Sweet Dog's to send me donations.
Everyone donating from my Amazon wish list.
Mama Ten-chan, who give me yoga mats and other donations.
Mama Riku, who not only helps with trimming but also puts up with all my complaining.
Natural Works Village, who is fostering Laura and help with the nuku-nuku events.
Yuka and the JET group for volunteering.
This list is not exhaustive, but also to everyone else who has given me strength and help.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

31日の夜まで病院に駆け込むバタバタぶりですが来年もどうぞよろしくお願いいたします
It's been crazy around here, needing to rush over to the vet until the night on New Year's Eve, but cheers to the new year!

みなさま　どうぞ良いお年を
Happy New Year everyone!

ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit of support helps  

ジョイスのこと About Joyce

久しぶりの投稿です
ご報告したいことは山ほどあるのですが、今回は先日保護したダックスの女の子のことを話したいと思います
It's been a while since I last posted.
I have a mountain of things I want to report, but this time I want to talk about a dachshund girl I took in the other day.

保護関係者から保健所に入っている胸椎骨折で圧迫排尿が必要なダックスの件で連絡がありました。緊急性を感じたのと恐らく手は上がらないだろうとの思いから引き受けることにし、保健所から直接かかりつけの病院に運んでもらい状況の説明をお願いしました
I was contacted by a shelter affiliate about a dachshund in the animal control center with a thoracic vertebral fracture and suppressed urination problems. I decided to take her in since it seemed like an emergency, and I doubted anyone else would be willing to help her. I took her straight from the center to our family vet and asked about her situation.

話が来た時に真っ先に思ったことがドンちゃんの事。
ホームセンターの駐車場に捨てられたドンちゃん。保護した時に下半身麻痺があったけどリハビリや鍼治療で歩けるようになって今は里親さんの元で幸せに暮らしているドンちゃん。だから今回も「半身不随にはなっても車椅子という選択肢もあるし」と、それほど悲観していなかったのです。
When I received the initial news about her, my mind immediately jumped to Don-chan.
Don-chan was abandoned in the parking lot of a home improvement center. When I took him in, he was paralyzed from the waist down, but through rehabilitation and acupuncture, he became able to walk again. Now he's living happily with a new family. That's why this time I figured that even with her lower half malfunctioning, we might be able to get her a little wheelchair, and that it wasn't quite such a tragedy.

ところが、病院に着くと先生の顔が思いのほかシブい。
レントゲン写真を見ながら説明を受けて、思っていたよりずっと深刻な状態であることがわかりました。
However, when I took her to the vet, the doctor's face was much more stern than I had expected.
They explained to me with X-rays that the situation was much more serious than previously thought.

1）胸椎が折れ脊髄も断裂していること
脊髄が強く障害されると脊髄の融解壊死が起こることがあります。障害を受けた部位から頭側に炎症、浮腫が波及しどんどん脊髄を軟化（壊死）させていきます。そして最終的に延髄という生命維持に重要な神経をも軟化してしまいます。その結果として痛み、呼吸困難によって命を落としてしまいます。発症してしまえば100％に近い確率で死に至ります。
1) Her thoracic vertebrae has broken, and her spinal cord has snapped
Severe damage to the spinal cord may lead to fusion necrosis. Inflammation from the damaged area up to the side of the head will result, causing swelling to spread and further weakening (necrosis) of the spinal cord. In the end, the medulla oblongata, which controls the nerves vital to life support, will also weaken. As a result, she will pass away in pain from difficult breathing. If this happens, it's almost 100% guaranteed to result in death.

2）子宮蓄膿症があること
ただ、不幸中の幸いだったのは膿が外に出る開放性のものであったことです。今の状態では手術はできないので薬で抑えながら体力に回復を待つことにしました。
2) Pyometra (a life-threatening infection of the uterus)
In the midst of all this misfortune, at least the pus was able to go out. She's unable to get surgery in her current condition, so we just have to try and control it with medicine and wait for her to gain her strength back.

とにかく今は軟化症が起こらない様に祈るしかありません。
In any case, all we could do now is just pray that the weakening doesn't happen.

毎日様子を見に面会に行くのですが、目に力がない様な気がしました。視線も泳いでいるというかどこを見ているのかわからない感じ。脳の異常は見られないということなのでショックで鬱になちゃったのかな。名前はジョイスとつけました。ジョイス、元気になって一緒にお家に帰ろう
I go to check up on her every day, but I got the feeling that she doesn't have any strength in her eyes. Her eyes are swimming around, and I can't tell where she's looking at. She doesn't seem to have any brain problems, so it's possibly depression resulting from shock. I decided to name her Joyce. Joyce, when you get better, let's go home together.

面会を続ける中であることに気づきました。
外傷がないのです
最初に話を聞いた時に、迷子になっている時に車にはねられたのだと勝手に思っていたのですが体に傷がないのです
どんなケースで胸椎が折れるのか調べて見ました。
At one point, I notice something.
She doesn't have any external wounds.
When I first heard about her, I just figured she was probably hit by a car when she was lost, but there are no visible wounds.
I looked up what sort of cases would result in broken thoracic vertebrae.

・交通事故
・高所から落ちる
・腫瘍や内分泌疾患で徐々に骨が弱り骨折する病的骨折
・強く蹴られたり殴られたりなどの虐待

• A car accident
• Falling from a high location
• A pathological fracture causing gradual bone weakening and fractures due to tumors or an endocrine disorder
• Abuse, such as being strongly kicked or hit

子宮蓄膿症はあるけどこれが病的骨折に結びつくとは思えない。骨折になる前に敗血症だよね。交通事故や高所から落ちたのなら体に擦り傷とか打撲とか傷ができると思う。例えば鼻や肉球などの毛のないところとか肘、膝、肩などの関節部など。
She has pyometra, but this doesn't connect with any pathological bone fractures. There's blood poisoning before bone fractures, right? Falling from a high place or being hit by a car would cause scratches and bruising, such as on the hairless parts of her, like her nose and paws, or joints like her knees, elbows, or shoulders.

調べていて興味深い記事を見つけました
事故にあった動物と虐待を受けた動物の見分け方
I found the above article while doing my research, titled "How to tell if an animal has been abused vs. involved in an accident"

以下、サイトからの転載
事故例では四肢の先端や骨盤から下の領域の外傷が多くなるという特徴が見いだされました。これはオートバイや車から逃げようとしているタイミングで衝突されることが多いからだと推測されます。一方、虐待例では頭や肋骨（特に上部）の骨折が多くなるという特徴が見いだされました。これは虐待者が拳や足先、あるいは鞭や棒の様な道具を用いて動物に危害を加えたからだと推測されます。
転載ここまで
This is what it says:
"Accidents frequently result in wounds to the tips of the limbs or below the pelvis--it is believed that this is due to being hit often right when the animal is trying to get out of the way of a motorcycle or car. On the other hand, abuse often results in fractures to the head and ribs (especially the upper ribs). It is believed that this is due to the abuser using their fists, feet, or items such as whips or sticks to inflict damage to the animal."

ジョイスはやはり虐待されたのではないだろうか？
証拠はないから確定はできないし、仮にできたとしても飼い主がわからないからどうしようもない。
So, Joyce was abused?
We don't have any hard proof, so I can't say for sure, and even if we did, we don't know who previously owned her, so there's nothing we could do anyways.

検挙された犯罪者に高い確率で動物虐待歴があるのはよく知られている事です。
動愛法でも虐待や遺棄の禁止が記されています
・愛護動物をみだりに殺したり傷つけた者
　→2年以下の懲役または200万円以下の罰金
・愛護動物に対しみだりに餌や水を与えずに衰弱させるなどの虐待を行なった者
　→100万円以下の罰金
・愛護動物を遺棄した者
　→100万円以下の罰金
It's a well-known fact that many arrested criminals also have a high rate of a history of animal abuse.
Animal welfare laws list the following bans on abuse and abandonment:

• For the reckless murder of or infliction of damage to a pet: up to 2 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to 2,000,000 yen.
• For abuse related to weakening due to withholding of food or water to a pet: a fine of up to 1,000,000 yen.
• For the abandonment of a pet: a fine of up to 1,000,000 yen.

放置すれば将来より凶悪な犯罪を起こす可能性がある動物虐待なのに罰則がコレですか？って大きな不満があるのですが、それより更に問題なのは「この法律が本当に活かされているのか？」という事です。
This is all they get for animal abuse, which so often leads to even worse crimes in the future? Well, I have a lot of issues with the laws, but more importantly is the issue of whether these laws are actually enforced properly.

矢板の引き取りやの件にしても「まさかの不起訴」になってしまったわけです。
ある法律に詳しい方の話だと、「これがもっと動物に対する意識が高い県で起きたことだったら不起訴はなかっただろう」とのことでした。
でも、それっておかしいですよね？場所によって適用されるところとそうでないところがあるということになるわけですから。
役所や警察などの「現場」が法律という「道具」を使いこなせていないということですよね。動愛法は「絵に描いた餅」なのでしょうか？
どんなに法の強化をしてもそれが適正に使われなければ全く意味がないんですよ
（動愛法関連でもう一つお話ししたいことがあるのです。それは後日改めて）
Even the middleman in Yaita wasn't prosecuted.
According to someone I know who's familiar with law, "If this had taken place in a prefecture with more awareness for animal welfare, this may not have been the result."
But isn't that in and of itself odd? That means that whether or not these laws are enforced is basically dependent on location.
It means that officials and police aren't using the rule of law effectively. So animal welfare laws are just some sort of lofty ideals?
No matter how strict the laws become, it means nothing if they're not enforced properly.
(There's one more thing I want to talk about related to animal welfare laws, but I'll save that for another day.)

話が逸れてしまいました
But we've gotten off track.

入院8日目、面会をした時に瞬膜が出ていてさらに気力が下がっている感じを受けました。食事も全く摂っていない様でシリンジでの強制給餌がされているとのこと。
On the 8th day of her hospitalization, her nictitating membrane was protruding, and I got the feeling that her energy levels have gone even farther down. She had stopped eating, and was getting her nutrients through a syringe.

「もしかしたら…」という気持ちがよぎりました。
その日、夜遅くに呼吸が乱れ体温も下がってしまい、先生も力を尽くしてくださったのですが呼吸不全で息を引き取りました。ジョイスは軟化症を起こしてしまったのです。
呼吸不全…　苦しかったと思います。最後の最後まで苦しんでの旅立ちになってしまいました。
「やっと楽になったんだね」なんてとても言えません。
推定7〜9歳。生きている間に愉しい思いはしたのだろうか。幸せだと、愛されていると感じたことはあっただろうか。
"Maybe this is it..."
Late into that night, her breathing got worse, and her body temperature went down. The doctors did all they could, but she became unable to breathe. Joyce had passed on. The tissue softening had happened.
Respiratory failure...she must have suffered. Her final moments of life had been painful, and then she left us.
I can't even say that at least she's comfortable now.
I guessed she was around 7 to 9 years old. I wonder if she ever had any happy moments during her life? Had she ever felt happiness or love?

身勝手で無責任な人間の被害者がまた増えた
One more tick to the tally of innocent victims of gross and irresponsible humans.

ごめんね、ごめんね
どうか生まれ変わってきた時には今生の分まで幸せな犬生を送れます様に
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
May you live a happy next life when you are reborn.


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今回告発をした引き取り屋の件ですが、嫌疑不十分で不起訴という結果になりました。
しかし排泄物の処理もされていない不衛生極まりない状態での飼育が常態化していたことは明らかにネグレクトにあたります。
This is about the prosecution of the operator again. They announced non-indictment because of a lack of reasonable doubt. However, the conditions the animals are living in are unsanitary to the extreme, without even excrement being taken care of. The normalization of these conditions shows how clearly this points to neglect.

また、専門家である獣医師の獣医学的判断や指摘が考慮されていないなど納得のできる結果ではありません。
この件を「不起訴」で終わらせてしまうことは同じような状態で飼育を続けている業者たちにお墨付きを与えてしまうことになります。
Furthermore, this ridiculous decision was made without actually considering the veterinary decisions and facts pointed out by professionals. This non-indictment gives the operators the green light to keep up the abusive conditions.

9月1日に厳正な処分を求め大田原検察審議会に申し立てを行いました。
これが最後のチャンスです。「こんなことは許されない！」というみなさんの声を署名にして届けたいと思います。是非とも署名にご協力ください。
On September 1, we lodged and allegation to the Otawara Commission of Inquiry demanding fair punishment.
This is our last chance. I hope that you will all raise your voices and sign the petition to show them that this cannot let slide!

↓署名と詳細はこちら
↓Details for the petition are here
http://chn.ge/2wnbzss

ご協力お願いします
Thank you for your support!

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終わりました 完敗です It's over. We were destroyed.

これが結末
This was the outcome:

虐待に関しては不起訴。

狂犬病予防法違反で10万…
Charges dropped in the abuse case.
Fined 100,000 yen for violations in rabies prevention.


誰がこんな結末を予想したろう
Who in the world ever imagined this outcome.

時期尚早だったのか……
Was it premature...?

Sの高笑いが聞こえるような気がする
It's like I can hear S's loud laughs:

『だから言っただろ、俺悪いこと何もしてないって』
"See? I told you--I'm not doing anything wrong."

そうだね
Yeah.

こんな状態でも
When they're in conditions like these:

こんな状態でも
Conditions like these:

これを放置でも
And this neglect:

虐待にはならないんだね
Sure, that's not abuse.



動愛法って動物たちを守るためのものだと思ってた
I thought animal laws were there to protect animals.

でも、違うみたい
Looks like I'm wrong.

守られたのは業者だった
The operator was the one protected.



何百頭もの子があの場所で地獄を見て
Even though hundreds and hundreds of poor babies saw hell there,

たくさんの子が身体を壊し 心を壊して死んでいったのに
their bodies being destroyed, their hearts being destroyed, and dying,

柴犬一頭 狂犬病予防法違反で10万で終わりですか……
it's a violation of rabies prevention measures with one shiba inu that's ending it with just a fine of 100,000.



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