Well, after three days Scooter is home. When I went to pick him up they told me that his stomach was the size of a basketball! The stuff in his stomach filled a large dog bowl! It just kept coming and coming and coming. Thank goodness I took him in this time because this definitely would’ve killed him had we not gotten it out. Everyone was happy to see him, he is now in Roscoe’s Superman after surgery suit because he kept cracking the plastic cone into the wall and broke it multiple times! Thank goodness I have this surgery suit at home even though it’s a bit tight on him, it will work!
So, another large bill. $1,900 for this although thank goodness it wasn’t the $4,500 that it cost at the Emergency clinic! So now, I have to be extra careful anytime I leave the house, even for a few minutes he will have to be muzzled.
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Vet appointment for Benny and Samson this morning. Benny’s ears are all clear! Samson just had his last treatment! Then off to Starbucks for a pup cup before we get home. I think we are going to try to take weekly field trips with individual dogs for a little bit of stimulation. We can stop by Petco and Starbucks!
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It’s been about nine months since I have been full-time in rescue. I’m working on routines, making changes to meal times, outdoor times, times when I have to leave. Personalities are changing as the dogs age. Timmy has gotten very crabby during meal prep and will bark in the other dogs faces and now tries to go after Campbell. So Campbell waits on the screen patio with Toby for meals. Susie, Timmy, Peanut and Scooter have to eat in their kennels. For their safety and for mine since they are jumping around under my feet as I’m trying to put their food down. Everyone knows the order that their meals are delivered, from the slowest eating to the fastest. Medications are now organized in a small countertop cabinet so they’re not all over the place. We’re getting there, we’re getting organized, we’re getting the feel for things, keeping everyone safe, me and the dogs. And I’m sure as time goes on I will continue to learn and grow and change. Thank you all for your support!
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Well, we've done it! Campbell is now 98 pounds and right at his ideal weight! So now he gets a little more food and I'll be easing it up until we can get to a comfortable point of maintaining his weight. He looks so good! And is getting around so much better!
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Roscoe my bow legged buddy
In the last seven days we've had two major surgeries at the sanctuary. Not major because the surgeries are major but major because of the condition of each one of the dogs. With Roscoe's heartworm involvement along with his age, heart murmur and heart arrhythmia, neutering him was a little bit of a risk but the vet felt comfortable doing it and he came through fine!
Same thing with Sampson. With his age, heart murmur and heart arrhythmia he was also at risk but we felt that removing this tumor from his only good eye was worth it and, thank goodness, Samson also came out with flying colors! He is recovering and comfortable at home! So hopefully we will not have to deal with the constant discharge from his eye. The vet would have normally removed his left eye but because of his health issues we did not think that was worth the risk so I will just manage that eye and hopefully it does not cause him too much pain.
So, both babies are recovering well! Next step will be Toby to see if we can we do anything to relieve the constant drainage from his eyes.
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Good morning from a drizzly morning here at the sanctuary. This is our after breakfast yard time and Toby coming in from the yard. Once everyone is in then Roscoe gets his breakfast, such a happy boy!
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Well, Roscoe gained a couple of pounds this past week so he was approved to be neutered today and came through the surgery great! A couple of weeks of recovery and then I will be able to introduce him to the rest of the group and hopefully all goes well! He loves, loves going in the backyard with the pool! After initially finding those steps, I guess he thought there were steps all the way around and fell in the pool! But now he understands and reaches for a step before he takes the plunge! No pool for two weeks while we keep his incision area dry. We will continue to get some weight on him, his ears are being treated for massive ear infections and hopefully he will integrate in with the rest of the dogs and then he will be able to live out his life here at the sanctuary.
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Benny doesn't go to the front of the yard much anymore and chase cars so I decided to put everyone in the front yard while I drove down to get the parcels out of the parcel box. Then I decided I would take a drive down the road in front of the yard so Benny could run! It made me so happy to see him running again! #thisoledogrescue #sanctuarylife #seniordogsanctuary #seniordogsofig #seniordogsofinstagram #seniordogrescue #olddogsanctuary #olddogrescue #seniordogsrock #seniordogsrule
Roscoe was back at the vet today. Not great news, he's lost 5 pounds in the last week in spite of me feeding him four times a day. He is at a level three out of four for heartworms. His heart is enlarged, protein in his urine so we think they are also affecting his kidneys. Also red and white blood cells in his urine so suspecting an infection in his prostate. We will be treating the infection to see if we can get some weight on him, it's obvious he does not feel well. Switching him over to puppy food to get some calories in him, letting him get some rest, no heavy activity because of the heartworm level. We will just put him on heartworm prevention, he is too ill and too old to go through the heavy duty treatment and we suspect he has had Heartworms for years and years without treatment. We are hoping we can get him neutered next week so he can come in with the rest of the dogs, I think he's lonely in the quarantine area. Although, I didn't realize scooter was in the front yard when I put him out there and they seem to be doing OK. So hopefully I'll slowly be able to get him into the house to live out the rest of his life, however long that might be. My sweet baby Roscoe, I was hoping it wouldn't be this bad. However long you are with us, I will make sure you are happy, as healthy as you can be and have plenty of treats, hugs and soft beds.
Working on nighttime sleeping arrangements so here is the before and after, decided to move the cot into the bedroom from the sunroom because none of the dogs really sleep on it in there. It was really only midge that used it. After I took the video I actually turned the cedar chest sideways so it is at the bottom of the cot now, we will see how this set up works!
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