Roseys Rescue lost Molly Mal Mal in September 2021 due to her contracting SARDS. SARDS is Sudden Acute Retinal Disintegration and there is no cure.. Rosey came home one early evening to find Molly cowering in her bedroom, and she seemed to be blind. I tried to coax her out of my room, but she was terrified to leave. I contacted the vet and took her in the next morning where she was diagnosed. The prognosis was not good for my sweet girl due to her autism. Poor Molly wasn’t handling being blind well at all and the vet agreed that I should humanely end her suffering. Molly was one of my greatest accomplishments. She started out as the most terrified dog who was afraid of everything and everyone and she turned out to be one of my most beloved dogs who finally trusted me to take care of her. I miss my sweet girl every day and hope she is with her “Husband”, Dozer, who she loved the best.
This is the Molly. Also known as Mal Mal. (The Autistic Dog) I got her from another rescuer in May 2014. She asked me to take over after she pulled her from Columbus County Animal Shelter and the dog was SO shy she couldn’t work with her. She was about 8 months old at the time and the shelter staff told us that she was surrendered to the shelter because owner wasn’t allowed to have dogs and had kept her hidden in a walk in closet for several months. Until the landlord discovered her and made them get rid of her. So being kept inside of a walk in closet, devoid of any and all visual and auditory stimulation, for the first formative months of growth and socialization, and then dumped in a shelter, loud and OVER stimulating visually and auditory. She was SO freaked out! After being with me until she was fully vetted, we found a home that we thought was a good fit for her, but within a few days I got a call that she was startled during a walk and got away from owner and they couldn’t get her back. In Jacksonville, a hour away from me! But I made the trip, every day, from 7 am to 7 pm , all day long, posting flyers, sitting in yards, looking and waiting for sightings. People contacted me, they saw her here or there, and I would go back every day, all day. looking for her. One day, 14 days later, a homeowner found her in their backyard with their dog but when they went to get her, she climbed over some debris and got away. I went back, still, every day. and finally FINALLY caught her in the same yard with the other dog. SO after over 2 weeks, my persistence paid off. I brought her home, let her decompress, but she had behaviors I had never encountered before. We took her to the vet many times, tried many medications, thinking it was anxiety, but not until we took her to a trainer to be evaluated, did we re-think her issues. She ate a hole in my living room wall, ALL THE WAY to the outside of the house, making her own doggy door. After trying EVERYTHING, Dr. Spencer Ellis suggested she may be autistic and Jeff Coltenback, suggested to try massage several times a day from head to tail. IT WORKED!! Molly had some bumps in the road, and any chaos or upset in her schedule, sets her off and she goes after the closest small dog but once we realized her triggers, we crate her whenever she cannot be supervised, and not only does she like the crate, we haven’t had any other problems since and Molly has a life of a normal dog now! She will never be adopted out, due to her issues when triggered. I understand her and her needs. She will remain at Roseys Rescue until her time comes to cross the bridge.