UPDATE ON MAGIC! SEE HIM WALKING!

Written by Magic's Foster Mom



Here's another update on Magic. He's started using his back leg some and he's got the cutest little dance when we come into his room. I took a couple of movies and some pictures of Magic on his 'magic' blanket from Auntie Carol.

All of his stitches are out and he's finished with all of his medications. Now he needs time for his body to heal. I can see improvements in his behavior already. I can tell he's not hurting as much. He's also started to put on weight and his backbone and ribs aren't sticking out as much. There are a couple of close-ups of his incisions at the end of his pictures.

Here's the link to his new pictures.

Here's the link to a movie to show you how he's walking.

And here's a link to a movie showing his happy dance.

This boy is a toy HOUND! He absolutely loves them. He's also a cuddle bug. When I pick him up he pushes his head up under my ear and wraps his body tightly around my neck. He just wants to be as close as possible.

He's so interactive, too. We bring him out at night, after the rest of the kids have gone to bed. We spread out some toys and sit on the floor with him. He checks out all of his toys and then picks one to bring to one of us. Then he flops on his back for belly rubs with his little white paws in the air. Then up to find another toy to bring over, chew on a bit and then share with one of us.

This boy's a sweetheart and always smiling! Enjoy the pictures and movies!

Please click here for the link to Magic's Guardian Angel page. The Col. Potter volunteer that keeps track of the donations for our Guardian Angel page has been very ill. We will update the page with the donations that have been made as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and your continued support of Magic in his recovery.

Dina Update - Written By Her Foster Mom

To read previous blogs on Dina click here.


I had to do an update to show that she looks like a normal dog now as her nasty scars are totally covered by new coat. :) You can see that she still flattens her tail to her butt at times butttttttt ... I had quite an exciting day! Dina comes to get a tiny treat after I do Berry's eyes and she gets her treat. So Dina puts her feet up on my chair this afternoon and gets her treat. Feet down and then up again so I pet her. Feet down and then up again so I pet her again. Feet come up for the fourth time so I reach over and pick her up. She commences to stand on my body with her front paws on my chest. Then she *kisses* me on the nose while her tail is wagging!!! Wow, was I surprised! She's still a *tad* heavy so I turned her around so she could sit down at my side. Nooooo, she climbed up on my body again. Now it was getting close to dinner time so Gilly stood up to my left to kiss my face and persuade me to go feed him. I had my head turned so Dina kissed my ear. Another nice surprise and her tail was wagging again. Finally I succumbed to their blandishments and took them to the kitchen for dinner. Alan got home a few minutes later and she put her paws up on the front of the sofa and he picked her up and she settled right down to relax on his leg.

I chose the photos I did because you can see my pant leg in the one below so you can tell that she's comfortably close to me. And then there's the dandy single eye as she got even closer. :)

Some things still spook her or make her nervous but she gets over it more quickly. All in all I'm very pleased for and with her. :)

Update On Scoop From Her Forever Home!

Scoop was welcomed into Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network last fall with black skin and almost no hair. Her foster Mom received the following update on Scoop from her Forever Home:

To all of Scoop's friends - Scoop is doing fine as the pictures show. She and I bonded almost immediately. The other relationships are going slowly but I see a little progress every day. She is easily frightened but doesn't jump quite so high anymore. She is making other doggie friends in the park and her favorite is a Burmese Mountain dog named Charlie. She isn't interested in the little dogs because they tend to bark. She certainly has found her own voice and guards the door energetically, unless she is eating, sleeping or otherwise distracted. She loves a bath and to be groomed which is good because she also loves the mud. Chloe, the cat, tolerates her and Scoop tries to get her to rough house but Chloe is much too regal to engage in such frivolity. That does not prevent them from curling up in a ball together at night. Scoop has brought a lot of love with her and it is returned with gratitude to the kind people who took such good care of her until she reached her forever home.

Update on the Country Cuties!

The Country Cuties, Trisha, Emmylou and Wynonna, came into Col. Potter's hands last week from a puppy mill in Western Tennessee. All have had their spays and dentals performed and made it through those procedures just fine! Emmylou had her hernia repaired during her spay, and it was uneventful. Trisha's yeasty skin is improved from last week, so that's good news.

Wynonna had her hernia repair, spay and dental yesterday, and her hernia was a little unusual. The vet performing the surgery has repaired a lot of hernias, and mostly these will have some intestines and fat and other tissue poking through the abdominal wall that has to be tucked back in and the opening closed. But Wynonna's hernia didn't have intestines poking through the abdominal wall. He said he had opened her up for her spay, had removed her right ovary and right side of her uterus and was fishing for the left, but he couldn't find it. He tried manipulating the tissue he already removed, but nothing would budge. He stopped there and opened the hernia, and there was her left ovary and left side of her uterus. He said he's read about this kind of hernia, but in 25 years has never come across one. He said it's obviously from over breeding her. Wynonna came through the surgery fine and is resting comfortably, and she'll never again have to be bred in this condition.

The Country Cuties will be moving on to their foster homes over the weekend, so please keep them and their transporters in your prayers.

Valor Update

Our boy is doing GREAT! His foster mom is doing physical therapy mostly with his right leg as the left one is still pretty sore and needs to heal a little more before she starts working with it. He still doesn't use the left leg much, but is using the right one. His foster mom is working on toe touching exercises with him for the left one and will continue to increase the therapy as he is ready.

Today they went to Petsmart to do some shopping for Valor. She brought a blanket for him and put it in the baby seat and Valor sat right there enjoying his shopping excursion and meeting a lot of new people. He's really starting to express himself more and barked for the first time today. Valor's also regained his appetite.

So, all very positive!

Valor's Going Home!

The surgeon is in awe at how well Valor is doing! He has been standing, looking for attention and just wants to be held. They have removed the morphine IV as they believe that was making him ill and causing the vomiting. He still has a catheter, but that is to help keep him clean and dry while crated. Valor's incisions all look good, they are all clean, with no sign of any infection and he is leaving them alone. Valor will be ready to leave the clinic on Saturday and start his new life!

Now for the really neat part, a vet tech at the emergency clinic he was at initially, fell in love with Valor and has applied to foster him. This is a wonderful opportunity for professional care and help with his physical therapy during his recuperation.

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