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The name says it all, our "special needs" pets are SPECIAL! They have defied all odds, held out for that off-chance that someone will care enough to give them a chance at a normal life. At ANSOL, our ability to help the special needs pets relies relies on a great veterinary staff, loving foster homes, understanding adoptive homes, and your donations. Below are the special needs pets we have in our care at this time. BRUZ
Hit by snowmobiles and left for dead in the middle of the woods, he was found by a man, and the police were called. Being a Sunday morning, and the dog being injured and having no known owners, things were pretty bleak for him. Central dispatch called ANSOL looking for help. ANSOL guaranteed payment to a vet, who repaired his broken femur, humorous, radius & ulna. He is now loaded up w/ pins, plates and screws, but is recovering wonderfully. Everyone who meets him says the same thing “There is really something special about that dog”. No one can put their finger on what it is, but they are all inspired by him. Dr. DeLeeuw told us that even when they knew they were hurting him, he still wagged his tail and licked their faces. Please consider a donation to help with his continuing care. UPDATE: Watch the video UPDATE from his foster home Hey Michelle and Tereasa, I am sending you the latest pictures of our little guy. Everything went well when I picked him up yesterday, except they were sad to see him go. The Vet showed me the x-rays and they were quite impressive. The front leg is broken in 3 places and the back leg is broken on an angle. It is amazing that she was able to get the bones as straight as they are. She did say the back leg will always be shorter, and he will get arthritis when he gets older. Right now the ends of the rods are sticking out :-( but in 8 weeks she will be taking them out. He is on two antibiotics and a pain reliever, and he gets the stitches out next Tuesday. I have been taking him outside every 2-3 hours since his little stomach is pretty upset, and he can walk on his own outside, but gets VERY tired and sore. He seems to sleep a lot better without the cone on his head, so during the day, when I can watch him, he doesn't wear it. Last night I put the cone back on, and he started crying and whining and acted like he couldn't get comfortable. So the Vet said I could put a shirt on him to keep him from licking the stitches, and that really worked well. When Doug got home last night around 2:30am, I took him outside with the other dogs, and it was a good thing cause he really needed to go, so it looks like I will be doing that every morning now! He can get a bath next week after his stitches come out (he really needs one!) and because of all what he is going through the Vet wants him on puppy food. He LOVES the other dogs, and seems to sleep better when one of them lays by his cage. He is very interested in the cats, and acts like he really doesn't know what they are. He is house trained, and so far the perfect dog! We all love him :-) I can't believe how much better he is since I visited him last Thurs, he couldn't even stand on his own then, and now he is actually walking a little bit. :-) Karen
Slinky and her puppy, Snoop, as well as another pup we call Dapple Dan (Dan for short), were all bred in a commercial breeding facility. Like Stevie, below, all are a product of a genetic defect that happens when two dappled doxies are bred together. Slinky, despite being completely blind, was bred and all three of her pups were born blind. The rescuer was only able to get Snoop, but at least Slinky will never be forced to breed more defective puppies, and all three of these dogs will be spayed and neutered and never know the wire cages of commercial kennels again. Slinky and Snoop are completely blind but Dan does have vision in his left eye. There is no guarantee that Dan won't later develop sight loss in that eye but our vets will try to evaluate the good eye to see about the chances of Dan continuing to see. All three, thankfully, can hear, though we are also evaluating partial deafness, which usually doesn't pose any problems in a dog's life as long as the owner is aware that there may be deafness on one side. Slinky is estimated to be 2 years old, though we were given no papers on her. Slinky is very small...and is full grown. She is about 7 lbs. Slinky is the happiest, tail-waggin'ist dog in the world! She adapted well to her foster home and should be a normal dog despite her blindness. The pups are reported to have been born on November 20th and 21st, though the limited records did not reveal which pup was born on which day. If the birth dates on the pups are correct, it seems that both will also be under 10 lbs, though Snoop is a little more solid than Dan and he may be slightly larger when full grown. Dan is the sweetest boy, very tender hearted and loves being held and sleeping under the blankets at night. Dan is a long-haired doxie, but it doesn't appear he will have a really long coat...mainly long hair on his ears at this time. Snoop, on the other hand, is a real handful and will need an experienced doxie owner. He is already showing dominant traits and he should begin obedience training as soon as possible so that he can grow up to be a well-behaved boy that fits into society. His boldness is a plus, considering his handicap, but he will still need careful correction as he grows and tries to establish his place in a household.
Stevie is a ten month old doxie boy, recently released from a commercial
breeding kennel. Stevie is a gorgeous boy, but his good looks came to him at a
cost....Stevie is blind and we are evaluating his hearing ability. Being blind
doesn't bother Stevie though, as he's never known anything different. Stevie is
a great little guy who needs a home with a securely fenced yard, minimal steps,
and lots and lots of love. A home with doxie experience and/or blind dog
experience would be wonderful for him. Stevie will go to his new home neutered,
current on rabies and distemper vaccinations, and negative for heartworms. His
adoption fee is $250.00 Please note that ANSOL does not ship dogs. If you are
applying for a dog not in your immediate area, please understand that you will
need to come to MI to pick up the dog.
Gigi has got to be the sweetest Peke ever. She's an eight year old girl, who,
after an expensive c-section for her latest "designer dog" litter (peke-a-tzu's),
her owners no longer wanted, nor cared for her. When Susan went to the home to
pick up something from the owners, sweet little Gigi ran up to greet her. Susan
looked down to a horrific site....Gigi was matted, and had a horribly infected
eye. When Susan asked about her, the owners told her that they didn't want her
anymore, they weren't going to put anymore money into her because she couldn't
have anymore puppies. When asked if Susan knew of anyone who wanted her, she
took her home with her right then and there. Gigi came into be spayed, and have
her eye treated. Her spay went fine, her eye was another matter. Her eyelid had
actually grown onto her eyeball. This girl must have been in horrific pain - yet
she never snapped or growled at anyone she met. Gigi's eye was removed, as it
could not be saved. But, she isn't out of the woods yet. Her heartworm test came
up positive, so she needs to go back in for treatment. Gigi begins heartworm
treatment next week. How very sad and pathetic that the family that used to have
Gigi bred her until they couldn't anymore...selling off her puppies. The neglect
of her eye condition is bad enough, but after all the profit poor Gigi provided
them, they couldn't even put $2.00 a month a side to prevent her from getting
heartworms? Gigi deserves a new family who will cherish her and pamper her.
Please note that ANSOL does not ship dogs. If you are applying for a dog not in
your immediate area, please understand that you will need to come to MI to pick
up the dog. JACK
Jack is a 5-6 month old French Bulldog. He came to ANSOL
from a commercial breeding facility because of a severe heart murmur. UPDATE Jack is still being seen by our vet and has not yet been cleared for adoption. Hester Sue Knows Good Food!
Hester Sue, a pug, came to us as a 10 wk old puppy. She was rejected by the
broker as she was said to have a grade 2-3 heart murmur. We brought her to
MSU, where she was diagnosed w/ an "innocent murmur" not significant enough to
warrant a full work up. MSU wants to see Hester Sue in 4-6 weeks, but
suspects that she will have outgrown the murmur at that point. Hester Sue
weighs only 3.5 pounds and came to us also battling a horrible upper
respiratory infection. She is on both injectable and oral antibiotics.
Throughout all this, Hester Sue is a trooper. She is adventurous, and
loving. She HATES having her nose cleaned, and is not above a tantrum during
the ordeal.
UPDATE: Hester
Sue is finally feeling a bit better. Her upper respiratory infection has
cleared up. She was seen at MSU on July 27th for a heart murmur. The
cardiologist said that it was an "innocent" murmur, and she would likely
outgrow it. That was great news for Hester Sue. Scroll down to see new pictures of
Hessie
with Jack, the French Bulldog. Petal
Petal is a three year old mini-doxie who was turned in from a commercial breeder. She came in very thin, with a racing heartbeat, some sporadic hair loss. Our vets are currently stumped by her. After her initial two blood tests showed such an elevated Free T4, they expected to find a tumor when they went in for a thyroid biopsy. Instead, the thyroid was very small and the biopsy came back normal. Remy & Cosette
Remy and Cosette came to ANSOL with
plutonic stenosis, with complications. Remy underwent surgery in December
2005. Sadly, he never fully recovered and went into heart failure within
weeks. Remy fought very bravely, and his personality and loving disposition
through all he went through impacted everyone he met. When he began to suffer,
and we were told there was no hope, Remy's brave foster mom, Amy, held him in
her arms as he was euthanized. TIKI
For more information about Tiki's condition, visit this link: http://www.upei.ca/cidd/Diseases/cardiovascular%20diseases/ventricularseptaldefect.htm UPDATE
Tiki has been adopted!
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