Happy foster story w/pics!
Here is Alyssum, my sister in law's foster fail! My SIL is a vet tech, and this little lady came into her hospital after her owner's house was foreclosed. The owner left his six dogs in the backyard. Grr...
When Alyssum arrived at the hospital, she was around seven months old...emaciated, FULL of foxtails, she had a HUGE abscess on her butt, she wasn't spayed, and most of her hair was gone due to malnourishment.
Here she is after a week or so of love, good food, and surgery to spay her and remove the foxtail from her giant abscess:
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As you can see, she took to my sis in law right away.
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After a few more weeks of good food, a second surgery to remove yet MORE foxtails, and a thorough grooming, she's a different dog...She's staying at my place for the time being until my SIL finds a home for her OTHER foster dog...he's big and VERY VERY rambunctious, so we're worried that he might accidentally hurt her. She's pretty much 100% now, though her left eardrum was so badly infected and ruptured from foxtails that she will probably never regain hearing on that side.
Alyssum is still a little nervous, but Jasper is helping her come out of her shell. She likes to follow his lead. If we take her outside by herself, she just looks around, then sits in a bush or under some other cover. If we take both dogs down, she follows him...pees when he pees, poops when he poops...it's pretty funny, actually. She's finding some confidence, and I think she's going to wind up dominant over Jasper once she's grown up! She's already confident enough to take his toys out of his mouth, and he doesn't seem to mind at all.
She's VERY bouncy and loves to play. She's also not *quite* housebroken, so she doesn't get to play as much as she'd like, but she's VERY smart, and she'll be housebroken in no time. Since other dogs really seem to bring out the best in her, we're eagerly awaiting her vaccines to be finished so she can go visit with them in public places!
Anywho, here are her 'after' pictures!
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Isn't this the happiest face ever?
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