Ginger 08-249 [1]

Sponsored by: Susannah Charleson

Ginger was picked up on Saturday May 10, 2008 at 8 am and arrived in Apple Valley, MN around 11:00. Ginger had a 1:00 vet appt that we will talk about in a little bit, but first we wanted to get the first layer of stink, and I mean stink, off of her so we headed to the garage and started hosing her down with warm water and great shampoo. This lasted a good 30 minutes; I just wish the stink was gone.

Here is Ginger’s story:

Ginger is coming into RAGOM blind, we believe. It has not been confirmed but it will be soon enough. When she was a small pup, the kids at her house thought she needed company in the hog shed so they brought her a farm cat. The cat ended up scratching her eye so badly, she lost sight in it. A couple years later, she got a bad infection in the good eye and she went blind in this eye also.

I have included the first picture that I saw of her and fell in love, I am also including her before her bath picture and of course a few afterward shots. She is getting clean, but it is going to take time.

Ginger saw the vet and this vet appointment stressed her out so much that we decided to get her on a good dose of pain pills because she is experiencing pain from the diseased eye, her teeth are in horrible shape and some desperately need to be pulled, her nails curl every which way, and to top off everything she has two very painful ear hematomas.

Ginger spent a week at Stone Mountain Pet Resort, where they were able to start her pain medication right away and by the end of the week she had her first professional bath and brushing and her nails trimmed! I then went and picked her up at 9:00 this morning. I could not wait to get her back to the house and try all over again.

We arrived this morning at 10:15 and everything went great, she has now met everyone and no growling at all! It has been a wonderful meeting and we are working on getting her to know the house so she won’t bump into so many walls. She has already figured out the back yard and knows where the door is to go down the dog ramp!

Monday she is going to meet with the vet so we can talk about her teeth and get an estimate on getting those pulled and repaired. We plan to take everything very slow. Her first eye consultation is on June 9th. At that time we will decide if she is going to have the one eye removed and then sewn shut or what they will do. I am hoping for the other eye they would be able to take some of the scarring tissue out and maybe she will be able to see a little more. I do think she can see different shades of colors. So keep us in your thoughts.

Finally, I would like to thank Susannah Charleson for sponsoring Ginger, she has a long ways to go, but is ready for the challenge and has a lot of dogs and people rooting for her.

Thank you for checking her out and if you would like to meet her, she is available. She may have a while to stay in foster care, but she is looking for her forever home just like all of our other great dogs. Please contact placementragom [dot] org if you would like to meet her.