Most of the time, when you adopt a rescue dog, you dont get to know their background. You can only imagine what they looked like as puppies, where they lived, if they were happy or taken care of. Sometimes you know the answers to the questions of if they were happy or taken care of due to the shape they were in when they came to rescue. Or their behaviors or demeanor may give you an idea. X-rays last week of our Remy showed that she had two microchips inserted into her neck. One by Almost Home of course but I was curious to find out about the other. So when she next went to see Dr. Tinney we had it scanned and thru research I found out a bit of history on our girl. She was originally adopted out from Angels for Animals in northern Ohio in August of 2004. She came to them around two yrs old and lived at their kennel for TWO YEARS!! I just cannot fathom why this little girl lived in a shelter for two years without getting adopted. She is gentle and sweet and I think gorgeous. Why would she have not been snapped up? Her name at the shelter was Cabrilo. ?? In August of 2004 she was adopted to someone who lived in Madison, Ohio. They never registered her microchip. Maybe they didnt want to pay for it, who knows. She ended up at the Ashtabula Animal Protection League in November of 2012, in rough shape with tumors on her lip, near her front leg and a huge one hanging down from her inside right haunch, the size of an orange and a large one bigger than the palm of my hand on her side. All but the one on her side were removed by AH vets (the side one is fatty and non threatening and removing it can present issues) She was missing all her hair on her underside and belly and her skin was red and raw. She had two black skin spots on the front of her shoulders that looked like wrinkled elephant skin. The rest of her coat was dry and brittle and thin. She was skinny and pitiful and just sad. Almost Home rescued her and Steve and I volunteered to foster her. The rest is history. We got to watch this sweet girl finally start gaining weight, learn about treats, feel good enough to take a real interest in her home and back yard and the other dogs. She finally started wagging her tail and her ears would go back in happiness every time you looked at her. She became our personal defender against all squirrels and the announcer every time our neighbor comes home. She was very vocal about her desire to be out of her crate and she won the nightly battle of waiting her loud protests out before we caved and let her sleep on a dog bed in our room. In fact she soon proved she didnt ever need to be in a crate for anything ever again. We have adored her, and have always been very, very happy we failed fostering with her and adopted her. The last 18 months have been far too short with our girl. They say dogs remember only what they know now....so she has known complete love and caring. We wish more of her 14 yrs could have been filled with the love but we have tried to pack a lifetime into 18 months. Thats all we can do....and we have been blessed to have her.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:20:15 +0000
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