I've been getting requests to see Jasper my Old English Sheepdog that was attacked/mauled by 13 dogs at a doggy daycare in Springfield due to lack of supervision. This happened at the very end of Dec. in 2007.

The photos on this post are of him post healing. You can see the original story here.

He is doing extremely well. His only vice is that on and off he still battles a very mild ear infection. He had bilateral severe infections due the trauma of the bites at the end of Dec. 07 when this happened. The other dogs tried to rip both is ears off and he had through and through lacerations to both. His scariest injury was that trauma to his salivary gland which swelled up literally like a baseball under his jaw - it took at least 8 weeks to resolve. Nothing could be done for it medically except surgery which would be risky and very expensive. The vet specialist, Dr. Valentine said it would most likely go away naturally with time and indeed it did.

Other that that, he still loves other dogs and people. I think the 11 medications he went through during his ER stay and afterwards combined with his 8 weeks of almost all day sleeping just really wiped out his memory. He was so sore afterwards, he would just sleep all day.

Now he's like a puppy again and he'll be 2 years old in July. Can't believe how lucky I am to still have him - everyday is a blessing. It's hard to believe this is the same dog that only a few months ago had over 200 staples and countless open wounds. At one point you could see the muscles in his leg through the holes that were bit into him. Some of the wounds had to heal open as the staples didn't take. But with twice daily hydotherapy and clean beds twice a day he was fine (that was my part) - and antibiotics of course (the vet's part), those were so quick to close up - they changed visually everyday and it was amazing.

Lastly, the daycare did end up paying part of the vet bills a few months after KVAL aired the story and after I went on a letter writing campaign for a few months. I am very grateful for this and we both wish the daycare better days and offer forgiveness.

Thanks for everyone's well wishes,

Jane & Jasper (woof!)