What is this dog doing in a Florida Kill Shelter??? - Page 8

update again:

My husband named him Ares.  He has been home from the vet for a week now, and he is doing very well. He seems to feel much better. The infection cleared up, the incision looks good.  He is now taking doxycycline before his heartworm treatment starts next week.  The doxy is supposed to kill  bacteria that live with the heartworm.  Something like that anyway.  But he is a happy boy, very loving and affectionate.  He just wants love and food.  He gained nine pounds in a week, he was that skinny.  I've started feeding him yoghurt in the afternoon between antibiotic doses, and he loves it, go figure. I'm giving him the natural tangy kind with good bacteria in it.  He slurps it right up.

 

GREAT JOB. THANKS FOR TAKING HIM IN. Sorry he is heartworm positive. Thats expensive and hard on the dog. Hopefully he will live a long life and be a good dog for you.

I LOVE IT when people step up and adopt YAY

He looks good! Thank you SO much for sharing his updates. I hope you don't mind if I cross post his pic on my Facebook wall. There aren't enough happy endings to the constant stream of sad faces in rescues these days. This one is bound to cheer a lot of folks up.
Thank you so much for saving this boy. I still think his face is the image of my T's. I sleep a lot better knowing he is safe and loved now.
Shell


 

 Thanks for the updates on this boy and thanks for sticking with him with all the issues he had when you first got him home. He looks very happy!!!
Donna

My <3 goes out to you all! I loved/hated reading about that pup. Glad he has a good home now!

And Shelley, your little man, T, has the same coloring as my girl...i have a feeling she'll look a lot like that when shes full grown.  :D

There are far too few happy endings when it comes to shelter dogs. This one is very satisfying. :-)
I LOVE a black sable dog... always have, always will.

Poor dog. Great to hear he's doing better.

I can't help but be furious at the incompetent vet who botched his neutering...and WHY would you neuter a HW+ dog???? Especially in that physical condition...disgusting. I hate when political agendas outweigh the good of the dog. Poor, poor dog.

I'm so glad he'll get a chance at a real life.

   Just read the whole thread and Hats off and KUDOS for this happy ending and to SHelley for posting it from the beginning.

  Hope we get some more updates now that it is AUGUST>

 How did the heartworming go and hopefully  he is doing good.

 I am with you on the VET who spayed a POSITIVE heartworm candidate...

  UNbelievable



YR

 "I'm stunned by how many people are giving away young GSDs (around 2 years old) because they require "too much love", are dog aggressive, and need a whole lot of exercise ("needs farm to run around on"). What did these folks expect when they bought a GSD?"

This comment has me wondering...what is it about GSDs at 2yo that has folks giving them up?  We were approached by someone looking to re-home their GSD when she was 2yo (we happily took her in).  And I know of another person who adopted her GSD from a family when the dog was 2yo.  Oddly enough, both of our dogs have about the same story...which is similar to what the previous poster said.  In my adult life, I've not had a dog from puppyhood, but I'm guessing (erroneously, perhaps?) that much of the hard part as far as housebreaking, training, etc. takes place prior to 2yo.  I can see from my own dogs that at 2yo there's still plenty of energy to be directed and training to be continued, but I'm just trying to figure out why someone would put two years worth of work into a dog, only to decide at that point that it's too much.