Roxy 13-400

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Happy Spring to my friend! Love, Milo 12-067  Happy Spring to my friend! Love, Milo 12-067

 

 

 

 

In addition to LOVE this dog has the following requirements:
Entered Foster Care Fence Kid Friendly Another Dog Cat Friendly
 11/21/2013  Not required  Yes  Optional Yes
This is the most recent information available; however, it may change as we learn more about the dog.

 

Please welcome Roxy to RAGOM! Roxy is a 3- to 4-month-old Yellow Lab. Roxy was found as a stray and was very thin, had a black tar-like substance on her, and had an injured front leg. An X-ray showed she had a chipped ulna and there was a possibility it could be at a growth plate. Roxy lived with the loving family who found her for a couple months and they unselfishly surrendered Roxy to RAGOM because they wanted to see her go to a family who was home more than they were. It is obvious they loved her dearly.


Roxy rides very well in the car.


Roxy has been in our care for just over a week. She is a sweetheart and definitely is all puppy! Roxy already knows how to play fetch, sit, and knows the word “no” and “off.” She is not potty trained yet, but is starting to go to the door sometimes to let us know she has to go outside. Roxy met our resident male dog, our young male foster dog, and our cat without any problems. She has been great around our kids and only does the occasional normal puppy mouthing to them when they are playing together. When they tell her to stop, she does. Roxy does like to chew on things such as wood chairs and carry around an occasional shoe. She will drop something when told and also has great recall. Roxy always comes running when she hears, “Come here, Roxy!” She is so smart!


Roxy likes to sleep with her stuffed buddies, including Elmo and Yoda!

Roxy is all UTD on vaccinations and no problems were discovered at her vet visit, except for her injured leg. Roxy can currently run and play full speed and only a couple of times have we seen her limp or favor that leg. She will be spayed in the next couple of weeks and her leg will be re-evaluated. After that, we will know more about her leg injury and if anything further needs to be done.

At a Glance #13-400

Mixed Breed Born: July 2013
Female 20 lbs

Status: Adopted

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Happy Spring to my friend! Love, Milo 12-067  Happy Spring to my friend! Love, Milo 12-067

 

 

 

 

In addition to LOVE this dog has the following requirements:
Entered Foster Care Fence Kid Friendly Another Dog Cat Friendly
 11/21/2013  Not required  Yes  Optional Yes
This is the most recent information available; however, it may change as we learn more about the dog.

 

Please welcome Roxy to RAGOM! Roxy is a 3- to 4-month-old Yellow Lab. Roxy was found as a stray and was very thin, had a black tar-like substance on her, and had an injured front leg. An X-ray showed she had a chipped ulna and there was a possibility it could be at a growth plate. Roxy lived with the loving family who found her for a couple months and they unselfishly surrendered Roxy to RAGOM because they wanted to see her go to a family who was home more than they were. It is obvious they loved her dearly.


Roxy rides very well in the car.


Roxy has been in our care for just over a week. She is a sweetheart and definitely is all puppy! Roxy already knows how to play fetch, sit, and knows the word “no” and “off.” She is not potty trained yet, but is starting to go to the door sometimes to let us know she has to go outside. Roxy met our resident male dog, our young male foster dog, and our cat without any problems. She has been great around our kids and only does the occasional normal puppy mouthing to them when they are playing together. When they tell her to stop, she does. Roxy does like to chew on things such as wood chairs and carry around an occasional shoe. She will drop something when told and also has great recall. Roxy always comes running when she hears, “Come here, Roxy!” She is so smart!


Roxy likes to sleep with her stuffed buddies, including Elmo and Yoda!

Roxy is all UTD on vaccinations and no problems were discovered at her vet visit, except for her injured leg. Roxy can currently run and play full speed and only a couple of times have we seen her limp or favor that leg. She will be spayed in the next couple of weeks and her leg will be re-evaluated. After that, we will know more about her leg injury and if anything further needs to be done.

Updates

Friday, June 6, 2014

I visited Dr. Rassmussen again a couple of weeks ago and finally got the best news so far...my leg is healed, and I am ready to be adopted! Yipppeee!! I was so excited when I heard those words, I could hardly stand it. Then I looked into my human foster brother's and sister’s eyes and they were all teary. I just didn’t understand. I figured out a couple minutes later that they were tears of joy! You see, back at Christmas time, my foster mom and dad decided that I needed to become a part of their family forever. Yep, you heard it straight from me...my foster family decided to adopt me! My human foster siblings were surprised at Christmas time and were told of the plans to make me a part of this family forever. They couldn’t believe it, and we all cried a lot that evening because we were so happy.


I had forgotten what tears of joy were, but here I was seeing them again. So, I guess this means it is official! I get to stay right where I am. I couldn’t be happier! You see, this family takes me all kinds of places with them. Just in the last month, I have been to so many city and state parks that I can’t even keep track, get to play in a special neighbor’s yard almost daily, go camping, take hikes through the woods and go swimming in the lake. I even heard my family talking that I would get to go in a boat soon. Can you believe it?!


Hi, Roxy fans! This is foster mom. We began our RAGOM journey just over 2 years ago when we adopted our Milo 12-067. He was a fantastic addition to our family, and we love him dearly. A year later, during the spring of 2013, we decided that maybe we wanted to adopt another dog. I am not really sure why, but it just felt right. After applying to adopt again, we started thinking about maybe fostering instead. We decided that fostering might give us the opportunity to try out 2 dogs without really committing long-term. Since then, we have had at least 10 dogs come in and out of our house as fosters. They have all taught us so much about life, love, faith, patience, and each other...far more than we could ever have imagined dogs could teach us.

I must mention a few of Roxy’s favorite things: sticks, tennis balls, sticks, food, barking, counter surfing, and sticks. Did I mention sticks? Roxy seems to find sticks everywhere...in the yard, in the lake, in our garage, and yes, she even finds ways to sneak them into the house. She is also an expert counter surfer and has enjoyed cupcakes, cereal, all kinds of meats, salad, and popcorn, along with other things. We now have our garbage in a closet or she would eat everything in it and flip it over in a moment of unsupervised time. Roxy likes to bark at many things...birds, a car driving by, motorcycles when we are in our car, people, her shadow, noises she thinks she heard. She loves to play fetch and to “get” things when we name them.

I would like to give a special thank you to Roxy’s first family, who found her and took great care of her when she needed someone the most. They came to the realization that their current life just wasn’t the best fit for a wild, crazy, and mischievous puppy and wanted the best for her. They lovingly, although very difficult for them, called RAGOM. Thank you to them for giving her all the love they did!

Our family of 4 humans decided, a few months after having Roxy, that she was already home. She had 2 leg surgeries and many restrictions for months and as hard as it was on us, she was strong through it all. Roxy loves life and enjoys every minute; this is something us humans strive to be able to do. So, we welcome Roxy into our family now! She will be a great foster sibling to new fosters coming into our house and will show them the way life should be!

Friday, April 11, 2014

Hi, everyone – it’s Roxy. First of all, I want to say a special thank-you to Milo. He is my silly resident foster doggy brother. He gave me a beautiful Easter egg, just to help me decorate my page. I love it and did a special bark for joy when I saw it at the top of my page.

I just wanted to check in and let you know how I am doing. I am doing fantastically! My people already know I am fantastic, but I mean my leg is doing great. Okay, okay…so maybe it still needs some time to heal, but I am thinking I really need to be out and running around in this great weather. Anyway, when I wake up in the morning, I think it is time to party. Then my foster mom greets me with two tiny pieces of hotdog, first thing in the morning. Isn’t that great! She calls them my “relaxing treats.” They make me feel pretty relaxed. Don’t worry, I still get wild and crazy, but instead of lasting for hours, it just lasts for 5-10 minutes, and then I decide to chill a bit. I do like to do things like carry dirty laundry around, hide my human foster sister’s shoes, and dig under furniture (because I am sure I lost a tennis ball around here somewhere).


The nice vet lady who we go to took my wrap off ever so carefully the other day. I loved that! I had a few sore itchy spots from where my leg was shaved and it felt so good to have it off. I do have a bit of a limp right now, but that is normal. Some dogs who have had the same surgery I have don’t even touch their toe down for two weeks. I am an overachiever so I decided I could touch it down the next day.

 

In between surgeries, I have been working on "sit," "stay," "wait," and "lay down." Oh yeah, I also know what “no” means I should do! When I hear “no,” it means I should pause whatever I am doing and look away like I am not doing anything wrong. It works sometimes. I am still trying to figure out what “get off” means. I do get a few delicious treats now and then from bowls and plates that I think my human siblings leave for me. I think “get off” means grab whatever is on those bowls and plates quick.

 

This week, a new foster sister arrived at our house to stay for a bit. Her name is Jade 14-069. She was telling me that she was a fantastic mommy to a lot of puppies out in the world. Check out her page to learn more about her. She is worth reading about!

Thursday, April 3, 2014

I have had a rough few days. It all started last week when my foster mom and dad brought me into the vet for some X-rays. I thought these X-rays would mean that I was ready to be adopted finally by the family who is patiently waiting to call me one of their “kids.” Boy, was I wrong. Instead, I got the news that I needed another surgery! This is bad news for me. I did not want to have to lie around, told to “calm down and relax” for weeks and weeks again. No fun!

I guess I didn’t really have much of a say in the matter, because I found myself going back to the Minneapolis area for a night and before I knew it, I had this large purple cast thing all over my leg. They said my elbow was showing signs of distress because the bone I had removed before had pretty much grown back and was causing similar issues. Crazy! Have you ever had a bone grow back when it was removed?! I guess I am pretty special! The surgery I had was called an ulna osteotomy. The lower section of my ulna was removed again. I snuck on my foster mom’s computer and an email said this would help minimize my chances of degenerative joint disease, whatever that is.


So here I am, laying around with this big purple wrap on again and not feeling like doing too much. They also keep giving me some medicine to help me stay calm and it is helping me lie around and relax. I just finished doing (okay, actually watching) my human foster sister do some yoga on the floor. I can’t wait to stretch and bend my arm like that again soon.

Wow, I think I am starting to realize how very lucky I am to have found RAGOM when I was just a young pup. I know how very hard it was for my first family to let me go to RAGOM. I still miss them. RAGOM has helped to fix my leg and make sure I live a long, pain-free life. Now I have YEARS ahead of me to play, run, and jump with other dog and human friends. I have been saving any spare change I can find out on walks or in the couch cushions so I can try to help pay for some of the cost of my surgeries. I am worried, though, that I can’t come up with quite enough. Can you help me? Even $5 would help cover some of my medicine, $100 would help cover the cost of some X-rays, and anyone sponsoring me would definitely help cover the cost of some of my surgeries.

Love,

Roxy Girl


Monday, February 24, 2014

Hi, Roxy here! I went back for another round of X-rays and so far, so good! My bone continues to grow where they removed a bone (how crazy is that!), but it is growing nice and straight. I am enjoying running and playing with my other doggy friends here. I do have a bit of a problem here, though. My humans in this house keep trying to tell me, "Roxy, you aren't a little puppy anymore!" Whatever that means! I really enjoy being held like a baby and I just can't figure out why they only hold me for a minute now, when they used to hold me for 10 minutes. Would someone please tell them this still calms me down?! They will let me lay on them forever and snuggle anytime I want, but it just isn't the same as that baby hold.


I go back for X-rays in a couple more weeks and I have my paws crossed that I don't need anymore surgery. Better yet, I have my paws crossed that I get the all clear and am told everything looks perfect!

Is there anyone out there who can help sponsor me? I have had many medical expenses with my leg surgery, medications, and all the X-rays over the past 5 months. I know I have found my forever family and all, but RAGOM still has to pay for all this. I promise I will give lots of love and thanks back in return!


I love you all.

- Roxy

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Hi everyone, it is Roxy here! My foster family has been very busy the last few weeks with both me and getting ready for something they called Christmas. My foster mom apologizes for the lack of updates, but a lot has been going on here with me. Foster mom also said I have officially tested every patient bone in her body, but she still loves me. In early December, I need to have something called surgery. It was no fun and has left me on a lot of restrictions, including no running, playing, jumping or tackling the other dogs in the house. How in the world am I supposed to follow those rules when I am only about 5 months old! Well, I need to go and take another nap. I will let Foster mom tell you the rest.


Roxy had to have her leg wrapped for one week to help reduce swelling and protect the incision site.

Roxy traveled three hours and went to see Dr. R, an amazing orthopedic surgeon who gives a lot of her time and services to RAGOM. It was confirmed that Roxy’s growth plate was affected by an unknown trauma to her leg when she was only a few weeks old. Roxy’s leg was trying to grow, but her ulna (the smaller support bone in her leg) was not growing while the radius continued to grow at the normal rate. This was causing Roxy’s leg to start to bow and her elbow and wrist joint were no longer in alignment. It would only get worse as she continued to grow if left untreated. Roxy had a surgery called an Ulnar Osteotomy. Roxy had the minor bone in her lower front leg (ulna) cut in order to allow that bone to lengthen and the elbow and wrist to re-align. The major bone in the lower front leg (radius) will support walking all on its own. The ulna is supposed to slowly heal and the end result is a straight leg which will have full function.


Roxy had to wear the “come of shame” for about two weeks so she didn’t dig at her incision. The cone didn’t slow her down one bit!

Roxy has a lot of restrictions while her leg heals, even though from day 1 she acted as though she didn’t really have surgery. She wants to run, play and jump, and is not very good at following doctor’s orders. We try to keep her busy by playing many mental games, giving her frozen peanut butter Kongs, and she enjoys any toys we can give her to help keep her busy. As I said, she is not a very good patient in the following orders department. We are using medications to sedate her a bit and even with those, Roxy really wants to play! A few days ago, a large lump started on her leg where she had surgery. An X-ray has indicated the possibility that her bone is not healing correctly and we will find out soon if she needs to have any additional surgeries to make sure her leg heals properly. We were originally told that an additional surgery was a possibility and we are really hoping it isn’t necessary. Just with the first surgery, the recovery time is 8-16 weeks.


Roxy loves to chew on everything, including our kitchen chairs! She does look very innocent in this picture!

The great news is that Roxy has a family who has met her, spent some time with her, and can’t wait to adopt her. The bad news is that the adoption can’t occur until Roxy’s leg gets all healed up and she is on the road to recovery. Roxy cannot wait to be a part of her new forever family and will patiently wait! :)


Roxy gets along very well with other dogs, including our resident dog Milo. He helps her to relax sometimes and will curl up with her for a snooze.

As a foster family, we are honored to be a part of the RAGOM family and rescue group. They do absolutely amazing things for the dogs they take into their care and each RAGOM dog is very lucky for all RAGOM does. However, RAGOM could not take care of these dogs in the way they do without your continued support. The cost of Roxy’s surgery, possible additional surgeries, and the cost for follow-up care adds up quickly. However, RAGOM continues to provide care for Roxy and many dogs just like her. If you are able to sponsor Roxy, or make a donation in her honor, we would be forever grateful and so would Roxy!!


Please help RAGOM continue to help dogs just like me! :)