Khloe 11-403 [1]

Sponsored by:

Sandra Lynn
"In honor of my RAGOM kids Bender and Tilly"

 Love, Grizz

 Khloe--You're in our thoughts and prayers. Matt and Jenessa K.

Hey RAGOM fans let me introduce a new stunning girl named Khloe. Miss Khloe came into RAGOM care this past weekend and a big Thank You to Dale and Janet F. for driving almost the entire transport!

Here are the details about Khloe:

She is a purebred Golden Retriever (she came with her AKC papers).
She is 2.5 years old (born 6/15/2009).
She weighs 60 pounds.
Did I mention how gorgeous this girl is?

Now the things we are working on. Ms. Khloe went to the vet to get her shots up to date. She has not been to a vet in the last 2 years. At first check things looked good. She only had a minor yeast infection in her left ear. Today we got the dreaded phone call that her heartworm test came back positive. The next step is to have another blood panel drawn and x-rays to determine the extent (stage) of the heartworm disease. Then the big hurdle will be to find the medicine to treat the heartworm disease. You see the drug manufacturer has stopped production of the drug (Immiticide). Khloe is the second foster dog of mine that has had heartworm disease. The monthly heartworm preventative is very inexpensive when compared to the cost of the treatment she will undergo. You could buy 2 to 3 years worth of the monthly preventative compared to the cost of one dose of the medicine that will be needed to kill the heartworms. Depending on the severity of the heartworm disease she could need 2 or more treatments of the drug (Immiticide). The treatment to is very hard on the dogs as this is a very strong medication and they will need to be very inactive will undergoing the treatments.

Khloe was living with an elderly man in southern Minnesota. He had some health issues and was no longer able to keep Khloe. Khloe then went to live with one of the nurses that was caring for her dad. They realized Khloe needed more care than they could provide. Thank You H. family for getting Khloe into RAGOM's care!

Khloe is very shy and timid of new things. I would guess that she did not get a lot of interaction with people outside of her dad. She also needs to learn how to interact better with other dogs. Inside the house she is better than she is outside. Outside she really likes to charge the other dogs. She did not learn at a young age how to play gently with other dogs. These are behaviors that we are already working on and seeing improvements in just three or four days.

Khloe will be unavailable for adoption until her heartworm condition is treated and she will also need to be spayed. But don't let that stop you from meeting this adorable girl. We plan to attend this Sunday's (12/18) event at the Apple Valley location from 12 to 1:30 PM.

XOXO
Khloe