Tagg is a 4-year-old male, who came to Dames for Danes June 4, 2011. It began with a call from a vet’s office, which Karen, our secretary received. The vet’s office explained they had someone present their Dane to be PTS due to illness. For whatever reason, the vet’s office felt this was not necessary and that rescue needed to be an option. From there and within an hour, Tagg was presented to our Nashville representative, Caroline. What appeared before Caroline was a diamond in the rough, with rough being keyword. Tagg just stood there, emaciated and lifeless, covered in pressure sores, maggots, his mouth full of bleeding ulcers, extremely swollen limbs and seemingly without good outcome. Upon evaluation, he was determined to have a high fever and blood tests and biopsies were begun.  Over the course of several days while awaiting all test results, Tagg was not doing good, but we made the decision we were going to persevere. In the end, Tagg was diagnosed with blastomycosis. The blessing, we know what we’re dealing with. The downside, expensive! Tagg’s drug to treat his blasto is just under $200 per week, now getting ready to start week 2 of several weeks of treatment. More good news, week 1 has brought us success in that Tagg is more interested in eating and showing signs of life whereas he had not before.  Given Tagg’s promising future, we anticipate this boy being our “million dollar man”, someday living in his million-dollar home.  In order to accomplish this, your help is needed and would be appreciated… no matter how small…it all adds up! I’m so proud of this team for pulling together and invite you to share in our success, so won’t you please consider donating to Tagg’s ongoing medical care? Donations can be made by visiting our website at www.damesfordanes.org and by clicking the donate button. Thank you for your consideration and if unable to contribute financially, please include Tagg in your prayers!