12/27/11: Zoey is ADOPTED !!!!!

11/18/11: What A Difference Care Makes

Zoey entered our Rescue program 9 weeks ago and she is finally healed thanks to the excellent medical care she has received from her vet and the meticulous daily care given by her foster parents. Zoey had numerous visits with the doctor to check her progress, receive various inoculations, and to take necessary skin scrapings. She is now healthy enough to spay and is scheduled for surgery later this week. She will be ready to be adopted as soon as she recovers from her operation. More details from her foster mom are below:

“I am attaching pictures of Zoey that were taken about a month ago which still show some minor hair loss. Her coat is completely grown in now and she looks wonderful.

Zoey's last vet check was great. She gained a total of 9 pounds since we got her and weighs just a hair under 50lbs. There were no mites present in the last two skin scrapings. All of the vet staff was amazed how good she looks; some even did not recognize her. When they were told who she was they were floored. She is not currently taking any medication and is set to get spayed on Thursday November 17th.

On the home front she is doing really fantastic! Zoey is now completely housebroken, is crate trained, and does not chew on things that are not dog approved. She loves to play with stuffed toys; at any given time we have 20 toys scattered about. If I try to clean them up she follows me to the toy basket and starts taking them out again. I have to let her since I feel like she is making up for lost time.

We are still working on the listening but I think Zoey is too distracted by my dogs to worry about that. She is a ball of energy!! She is still very interested in the cat; she does not attempt to hurt but likes to chase. My cat does not seem to mind but other cats could be very upset by her behavior. She does not bark much at all which might be what she was trained to do when she lived in an apartment.

Zoey loves to cuddle and go for car rides. She needs some training but what one year old boxer doesn’t. She is a wonderful dog who really deserves her forever home!! Hopefully soon before I give in and want to keep her.”

09/23/11: Zoey Has Persevered Through Severe Neglect

We received a call from a veterinarian regarding a 10 month old boxer who they had treated months earlier for démodéctic mange. Poor little Zoey was never brought in for the recommended follow-up visits and apparently she was not even getting the Ivermection medication as prescribed.

Zoey was recently brought back to the vet because of a terrible laceration to her foot caused by walking on city pavement with sensitive paws. The mange had spread throughout her skin and her paws became extremely irritated. She was now also mostly bald. Surgery to repair the foot injury was performed the next day.

Zoey’s family decided that having to care for her was overwhelming and asked the vet hospital if they would take her. They agreed and had her surrendered to NBR.We contacted an NBR foster parent who is familiar with treating skin conditions. She was available and Zoey’s new foster mom made the trip to pick her up and bring her home.

Zoey was slowly introduced to the two resident boxers and their cat. She is melding in with no major issues and doing well with all. Zoey also came with a crate that she was used to sleeping in but she set the rules and decided her foster parent’s bed was more comfortable. She made herself at home by sleeping across her foster mom the first night. Not a peep was heard all night. Zoey is a sweetheart, but she needs some basic training to refine her manners.

Here is Zoey’s first update (we hope to post some new pics soon =)

“Zoey got her stitches removed yesterday which went very smoothly. Everyone at the vet’s office was amazed by how good she looked in just a week’s time. She is starting to get her hair back; looks like she has a five o’clock shadow. We have been working on her manners which she badly needs. She has sit and lay down pat; just needs to learn her boundaries.

She has had a couple of accidents in the house but they were mostly our fault for not noticing her signals. We are keeping Zoey in a crate when we are gone. She is doing well, however, I am home during the day so the amount of time she is confined is minimal. I think she spent a lot of time in her crate before coming into Rescue.

Zoey does not bark and is not sure what is going on when our dogs bark. She has more energy than any puppy I have ever seen, probably because she is starving for attention. Her previous situation included living with a single mom in a one bedroom apartment with four children.

I do not think she had ever seen a cat before but is doing great with our cat. Only problem is that she wants to play with the cat and he does not think much of that. She is great with our dogs and she is very gentle around people. I will try and send some new pictures soon.”

9/15/11: Information posting soon!