10/07/2021
Walkies
Ciri was a street dog rescued from the streets of Portugal and adopted to Denmark. She is disabled but is a happy little dog enjoying her life.
Ciri loves to have her picture taken so follow Ciri & her sys here or on instagram for some cute pictures
Walkies
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Henlo, just enjoying my new cool house! Love it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMwPCn3Aba4/?igshid=1o046t4wo16wk
My hooman dad just cut off my long ear hairs 😅 Apparently I kept chewing them when I gnawed on bones but they say I look like a puppy again so I guess that is something 😅 🥰
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My leg may or may not be sticking up in a random direction when I am being held 😅 what can I way, it has a life of it's own! 🤪
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Henlo!
Been sleeping most of the day because of a tummy ache but feeling much better now 💜
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Can I pweeze have some mom? 🥺🥰
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We had our friend Rex over new years eve and here we are having our new years dinner, a pizza! 😋 Yummy!
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Good evening everyone! 🙂
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*Yawn* Good morning everyone! 🥰
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Playtime! 😍
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Common mom, gimmie some of your food! I am asking so nicely 😁😁😁
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Cozy sister time 💜 We are getting in the holiday spirit, how about you?
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We are great helpers when mom games, see, helping so much! 😁😁😁
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Mood today 😁 Cozyness to the max!
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Sisters, waiting for das hoomqns to go to bed with us, we be sleepy! 😴
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Sisters 💜
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Pet store haul!
Got a few things, mom says she needs to tim my massive "skirt" but hey my thick fluff of hair on the back of my legs are a good soft seat when I sit down 🤣
We also got a grinder thing for Zelda, she is being a scardy cat with the nail clippers so they bought this weird buzzing thing instead! Zelda better like it 😅
Our friend Rex visited us today and man did we have fun!
Can't wait to play with him again! 🤩
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No one knows what mix I am but my hooman parents are pretty sure I am part Chihuahua and maybe some Pomeranian or Papillon. Either way I am 100% awesome! 😁
Fighting the mighty snake, my favorite thing to do 😁💪🐺
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Mom says I look like a fairytail animal using this snapchat filter 😄
Maybe this is my halloween costume 😆
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Digging for treasure is hard work! 🐶
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Trying to dig to China is hard work! 🐶
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I've got the zoomies! 😄
My mom says I am so funny when I do it 😁
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Good day to go to the lake! 😍
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My turn to try the new puzzle and Zelda got the old one 😄
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Me with my puzzle 😁
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We got a nee puzzle. Zelda got to try it first, not fair! 😅 I am waiting patiently to try it next time!
Sisters 💕
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Helping mom gaming 😁
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I loved digging in the sand! 😃
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Beach pup!
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First beachtrip with big sys, she is not as fond of the camera as I am 😅
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Going to the beach 😁
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Another hot day today, I am not complaining! 😁
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My hoomom says I am so cute flapping my toung in the heat 😆
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Playtime yippee!! 😁
I've gotten better at biting and pulling at the toy, look at me go! 😃
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Check my about page for my story from the time I was found on the streets until I arrived home.
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*Yawn* Good morning everyone! 🥰 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #danishdoggos #zeldumus #littleciri #rescue #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutests
Playtime! 😍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #danishdoggos #zeldumus #littleciri #rescue #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
Trying to dig to China is hard work! 🐶 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #zeldumus #littleciri #rescue #adoptdontshop #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
My hoomom says I am so cute flapping my toung in the heat 😆 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #zeldumus #rescue #adoptdontshop #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
Am I mixed with a poodle or? Just look at my 'curls' in my ears, my hoomans were so surprised to see it appear after my bath 😄 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #zeldumus #rescue #adoptdontshop #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
Of course we participate in game nights, sitting one on each side of our mom ❤ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #zeldumus #rescue #adoptdontshop #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
Seriously Ciri, Little trash panda and little monkey baby are just some of the nick names we call this little rascal 😄 her look in the end is priceless 😂 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #zeldumus #rescue #adoptdontshop #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
My sister Zelda posting about her birthdaycake: Birthday cake! I loved it but my little sister Ciri was not impressed 😅 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #zeldumus #rescue #adoptdontshop #ilovedogs #ilovechihuahuas #chihuahuas #chihuahuasdaily #chihuahuamix #cutedogsgram #cutedogs #cutedog #cutedogpics #cutedoggy #cutedoggo #cutedogsofig #cutedogsofigdaily #cutedogsgram #cuteanimals #cutestdogs #cutestdog #cutestdogintheworld #mydogiscutest
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Little Ciri was found on the streets of Portugal. The organization named her Lille Håb (Little Hope).
She had a broken leg, infected and injured eyes and had lost most of her fur.
She spent 3 months at a vet clinic getting her broken leg operated and, her eyes and skin condition treated.
Her leg was healing, her eyes got better and her fur started growing back.
The organization said that the leg was healing well and should be fine, eyes had responded well to treatment and would be normal, except for a scar in one eye (she can not see through the scar but can see around it), and the fur was growing back. When we asked if they thought she could not get health insurance when arriving to Denmark they said that they saw no reason why not. We asked repeatedly about her health and if there were any more issues but were not informed of more issues.
Then we decided to adopt her and we got approved.
We looked very much forward to getting little Ciri home and waited 2 months before she arrived.
When she arrived we discovered the most wonderful, amazing, gentle and brave dog we have ever met. Such a character and after more than 24 hours travel the first thing she did when she got home was to roll on her back and wanted to play.
She is such a funny goofy character, knows exactly what she wants and is very vocal about what she wants or doesn’t want, which we think is great because then it is very easy to see where her limits are and respect them. She is amazed by reflection, many times choosing to watch our reflection in the glass kitchen door rather than at ourselves, so funny and cute! She love to play and will always throw herself on her back while playing, just adorable
Everything seemed great but then…further inspection showed that her leg that was supposed to be healed was completely fused together so no joints can bend. She also had a massive overbite which we were not told about (made feeding difficult for her, she could not eat rice from a bowl). But we were not worried because maybe the leg just needs some rehabilitation before it would start to move again and by putting the food on a flat plate it was easier for her to feed.
We had asked the organization about Ciris condition and they just said the leg was healing so we assumed the leg would get better but wanted to be sure so we asked the vet that the organization was using and she responded: ,,About her leg: Can I send you de X rays on Monday?” and ,,She was not using it. She is a lazy girl and so small that actually she does all her normal life not so well that she doesn’t use it.” So we asked if we should leave her leg for now or start doing something to help it get better if it was just stiff and the vet responds: ,,I would give 3 weeks so that she feels home and then start some exercise”.
Ciri got 4 days to recover from the trip before she was taken to the vet for inspection here in Denmark so we could get her health insurance for her. We brought pictures of the X-rays from Portugal to show the vet. The results of the inspection were shocking.
The vet said that he could not asess her condition of these x-rays, he needed to take new ones and make a proper detailed inspection of her at the same time. It would cost upwards of 4500dkk to simply do the research needed to estimate which surgeries she will need and how much they will cost. New x-rays and looking at the condition of the heart, legs and eyes.
We reached out to the organization and wanted to know why they did not disclose her condition (which was found out in a 1,5 hour long vet visit) and if they would participate in any way in the cost.
The organization responded that they had too many dogs to take care of so they only cared for the most obvious injuries and treatments needed (so don't even feel the kneecaps for patella or listen to the heart). They said that what they could suggest was that we could fly her back to Portugal and perform the operations there where they are cheaper.
We counted on getting health insurance for Ciri. And only 4 days after she arrived we faced a hefty bill and more operations were most likely needed.
At this point we did not know what to do. We decided to discuss this with dog owners from Iceland (where one of us grew up). We did not know what to do, if we should give Ciri back to the organization before we would bond more with her, if we should pay for the fare to Portugal and her operations there or what we should do.
After the discussion we realized that if we would give Ciri back to the organization then they would very likely just send her off to be adopted by someone else not mentioning anything about her true condition (like happened to us) and Ciri would maybe not get the treatments and operations she needed. Or they would maybe deem her too expensive to use more resources on and simply put her down. So that was not a good option for anyone.
If we would ship her to Portugal and let her have her treatments and operations there then a) She would have to live in a vet clinic again instead of the home she finally got and b) the operations might be done wrong again and she might have to have her operations in Denmark again regardless.
That is not a solution for Ciri, that is torture.
Ciri should have her treatments and operations done the right way, getting service from very good doctors at Bygholm Dyrehospital and the chance to recover at home in between.
We let Ciri settle in and gain some strength, saved up some money and then did all of the testing in the beginning of February 2020. (should have been in January but the vet was sick and the appointment was postponed).
The results were shocking, again!
The vet said that the good news is that we were not going to operate on Ciri! The bad news is, that the reason for not operating is that her condition is so bad that a surgery can not fix it.
We were kind of glad that Ciri didn’t have to go through more operations but then the vet explained the rest of her condition.
When her leg was fastened together with the metal plate, the screws were put on the outside of the growth area of the leg, this resulted in the leg bone (thigh) could not grow (so it is some cm too short), so the bone in the lower part of the leg compensated and grew unusually long, making both legs end up similar in length! The right hip joint is a complete mess and can not move at all. But because Ciris thigh bone is so short that the knee joint is actually so high up (by the abdomen) that she can use it to move the leg back and forth creating the illusion that the hip joint is moving and the leg is fused together. So of course we can not bend the leg where we expect a knee joint to be if there is no joint there. The only joint visible in her leg is actually what we would call the ankle and it doesn’t really bend. The screws used are way too long and can cause her pain in the future (we could actually feel the screws before she built up muscle) and then they will need replacement. So there is no fixing her leg, it will be disabled for the rest of her life.
On the other leg, the “good” leg Ciri has a 3rd degree patella (kneecap out of place and stuck there) and because the tendons that hold the kneecap are so twisted that there is no way of fixing the patella with surgery, they can not get the kneecap back in place. This can be very painful condition for the dog and is usually operated on. The leg is also bowing outwards. (And when Ciri walks she drags her leg on the ground a bit, grinding down her claws until they are almost gone).
But the good news is that from the time Ciri arrived she has grown to be much healthier and stronger, she has built up some fat and a lot of muscles and her heart now sounds normal, the abnormal sounds in the beginning were then probably because she was anemic! She has also grown to be bigger and is now 2,7 kg.
But he added that in this condition, if she was a big dog they would want to put her down right away. But because Ciri is so tiny and light she can pull this off, at least for now. We will have to make sure she does not put on too much weight, stays slim and then reassess her condition in a year. We don’t know if...or more likely when her condition will cause her pain.
Because some dogs can be masters in hiding when they are in pain we tried having her on pain medication every day but didn’t see a difference in her behavior so for now we think that she is not in pain, but will keep observing her.
When we adopted we did not expect to get a disabled dog but we love Ciri very much, she is awesome and perfect the way that she is and she is home now and will stay with us as long as her health allows her to.