Sunday, July 27, 2014

Day 2: Getting adjusted

Well, today was a pretty good day.  We started off feeding Elsie a whole Mighty Dog can. We are trying to get some weight on her, but since she has only a few rear molars, pate style wet food is what she can eat for now. She is on a twice daily antibiotic, so I just put it in with her breakfast, and she ate it without even blinking.





One of the things we are working on with her, is to try to get her house trained. The way her back side is so beat up, not only does she have issues walking, but I think she has problems holding her urine. When she's outside, she does her business like the other dogs, but 20 minutes after she comes in, there is a small little puddle. (Thank goodness we have sealed hardwood floors :-) )



Elsie has picked up a boyfriend. People who follow or work with Pets Come First, will remember Ace... Well, he likes Rosie, and most of the time when they are outside, they are together... She follows him around and he likes her. For those that don't know, Ace is a 16 year old dog that was surrendered to Pets Come First back in March. He had a lot of issues. His teeth were pretty bad, skin issues, his haunches were sunk in. As you can see, Ace is looking awesome now. We are hoping to work the same magic with Elsie.


 



One of our issues with Elsie is trying to get her cleaned up. She has mats and skin issues all over her poor little body. She is in pain a lot of the time, so you can be petting her, then next thing you know she cries out a bit and snaps at you, (Like any doggie who's hurting would this is NOT aggression on her part, but defense.) The one sad, but helpful thing is that she doesn't have any front teeth, so even if she nip you it doesn't hurt. We are working at getting her mats cut out slowly. I got 5 out yesterday. The pics below show her skin, and one of the many mats on her. I did not hack her fur in the pictures that was like that when we got her. I have been grooming doggies for close to ten years now.




So, I am going to leave you for today. Below are two wonderful organizations that we work with, and do such great work in our community. The people are all volunteers and go over and beyond the call of duty to help any and all animals in need. Until tomorrow.

http://www.petscomefirst.net

http://www.happyvalleyanimalsinneed.com/

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