SORRY FOR NOT WRITING! I WILL DO BETTER!

These last few weeks have been a whirl wind. There have been some disagreements in For Hope that created a lot of hurt feelings. I think we are past that now and moving forward. There are too many positive things going on that there is no slowing down.

We have had just a rash of adoptions, which is wonderful. So many dogs are finding their forever home. That allows us to take in more and help more. We took in 3 new ones that we are very lucky to have. The first is Otis. Otis is a BEAUTIFUL Collie/Sheppard mix. And if you didn’t know that is my favorite breed. (Don’t tell my fosters I tell them all they are my favorite breed) Otis is a very young dog that has a problem in his groin area. We will get him neutered and make sure all is okay. He came from a shelter that does not get much help from her board for medical treatment. I am glad we could help with Otis and I hope we can help with many more.

Otis and Damon have become great friends. They run and play for hours. And I do mean hours. The energy level on these two is unreal. Shadow plays with them but soon just goes and sits to watch. It is fun to watch how some dogs you could swear have known each other before. It is if they say”Hey, how are ya, come on let’s go”. Well Damon and Otis are just like that. Damon did get someone who sent in an application for him. They are coming tomorrow to meet him. I pray this is a good match. As much as I will miss Damon he really wants to be the only dog with a family of his own. You could never find a better dog than Damon; he is growing into a very smart dog.

Another dog we brought in is Max. Just Max! Max is a Rottweiler mix. He is a good dog. He knows a number of commands already and is very well behaved. Of course we are still on the honeymoon period but I think Max will be a good dog. He does have a heavy load of Heartworm. The good news is he is not showing any symptoms yet. We will get him in to the vet ASAP and get him treated. He is too good a dog to lose to those nasty worms.

The last girl is Lovey. Lovey scared me. When she first got in the car to come to my home I thought she was depressed. She just laid and hung her head. Once I got her home and got a good look at her I was sure she would not make it until we could get her to a vet. Lovey has a very heavy load of Heartworm. They are in her lungs and causing her a great deal of trouble breathing. Her heart is enlarged from them and she is about 10 lbs underweight. Her nails were so long she was walking on them instead of her feet. She had fleas that you could see when you got close to her. And someone was so kind they shot her with Beebe’s that are now lodged in her.

The first night I hand feed Lovey just to get her to eat something. She ate about 2 mouth full’s. You could see in her eyes she had given up. I kept talking to her, lying with her, petting her and holding her for 2 days. I told her I was not about to lose another dog and she could not give up. Well, slowly after a few days of hand feeding she started to eat. We still need to coax her to eat but she will. She has gained some strength and moves around a little. We got her to the vet and they started her on some medicine to hopefully help her until we can treat her. If we tried to treat the Heartworm now we would kill her. Today I have hope for her and I think she has hope also. She is a sweet girl and needs to know how sweet she is.