Annie 11-415 [1]

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 Merry Christmas from Team Hudson!   Merry Christmas in memory of sweet Bubba who was adopted 3 years ago from wonderful Foster Mom Lou in the middle of a blizzard! (12/13/2010)   From Kathy G. to Annie 11-415, Merry Christmas to a very special girl!     Merry Christmas to the Senior Goldens from Santa  

December 23, 2011

Introducing Miss Annie. This petite, thin little sweetie, was found as a stray in South Dakota outside all alone. As you can see she is thin and also has a growth on her right front leg. This lovely little girl has been with us about a week now. Here is what we know about Annie:

• Annie is a senior girl about 8 to 10 years of age;
• She weighs only about 41 pounds and is obviously petite;
• She is a very light blond gal with ‘frosting’ in-between her coat. Her coat by the way, considering she has probably been on her own a while, is quite nice – and she also did very well at the groomer when she first arrived;
• She is housetrained;
• She has gentle eyes which are somewhat opaque but no sight issue at all;
• Her backbone stands out on top due to her thinness and probable arthritis;
• She is a golden/lab (probably) mix;
• Great with dogs;
• Great with cats;
• Great with kids (any age);
• She has some hip dysplasia but gets around well; and
• LOVES her humans

Annie is one of the most loving, gentle girls I have met. She is a little nervous at first traveling in a vehicle and of course, who knows if she was ever really experienced in one. She has come so very far since she first arrived here at our home for fostercare. Our girl was examined by our vet and is chipped and UTD of course. We still need to get the growth (some type of cyst) off her front leg which is scheduled to be January 6th. Prognosis is very good and again, is seems to be some type of cyst with fluid inside and at the present time, is harder (feels like a baseball glove), but it does not really seem to bother her, thank goodness. Considering the shape and achiness of Annie when she first came in, after examination, Annie also had a bladder infection. She has since completed a antibiotic treatment successfully and that has totally cleared up. To aid Annie in comfort, she is on a mixture of deramaxx, Tramadol and S3 chews. Also ‘good’ food which is Prescription JD.

I am so happy to say that Miss Annie is, I believe, feeling very good! I am feeding her 3X a day to begin to help her slowly put some weight on, she gets one dose of deramaxx in the morning in her food, along with 1 dose of Tramadol, and she eats it all right up. I think perhaps enjoying good meals (which we add some cooked chicken, or ground deer meat, ground hamburger, rice, or quality moist food). Both she and our resident girl enjoy their breakfast. With Annie I feed her a small amount of kibble around noon with 2 crunched up S3 chews (with glucosamine/chondroitin in it) and just plain kibble in the evening. Our miss has a good appetite and cleans up her dish every time. After the first couple days, Annie seems to be completely housetrained. She will give you ‘cues’ to watch for which are easy to read (walking around in circles, etc.) otherwise she just goes in and out with our resident dog, Maggie into the fenced back yard.

She has free roam of the house now. We did crate her the first few days of course not knowing her history and she was ok with it. As we have learned now, she is totally fine on her own and is not destructive or anything. She does enjoy 1 of 2 large doggie beds we have in our bedroom at night and sleeps like the little baby girl she is quietly all night. She is fine with our cats also (3 of them). She does great with our grandchildren inside and out in the backyard. (they are ages 5 & 7). Annie is a very gentle girl. She takes treats very nice. We have seldom heard her bark. Once she and Maggie have been outside and want back in, she (and Maggie) will let me know. Again, Annie’s little bark is not much and she perks those darling ears up and wagging that cute tail, and wants back inside again where it is warm and safe. Annie is, with the above treatments, walking great. I use a harness and she seems to really enjoy her walks and we have done about a mile with no problem. She perks her cute little ears up at a squirrel or some of the turkey which are around. A face to make you melt! She cocks her head and looks in fun.

A yet another adorable thing she does here inside is toss up her stuffed toy(s), flip them around in the air, watch them land, and go get them and do it again. I wish I could get a video of this, it is so entertaining and cute to watch. However, she cannot just ‘keep’ the stuffed soft toy and then we will progress to de-stuff it! It is amazing just how very far this little, frail, scared girl has come and she is feeling so good and all set for Christmas holiday this weekend!

What a wonderful gift indeed.