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Can't adopt,
but want to help?
You can be a "Guardian Angel" for one of our "special" pugs for as little
as $20 a month. Make a one-time donation or send a monthly payment to
help support one of our rescue pugs, and you become a "Guardian Angel".
Your name will be posted next to the picture of the pug you wish to help
on this page.
You can make donations via Paypal with your credit card
or checking account using the buttons provided below. Guardian Angel funds
are used for veterinary care, food, treats and toys (in that order). Pugs
posted on the "Guardian Angel" page have extensive medical/social needs
and are considered long-term rehabilitation candidates.
Daisy "I Need a
Guardian Angel"
 Meet pug # 89 Miss Daisy. She is 11
yrs old. She is a survivor from a GA puppymill. This group of pugs
is fully vetted and will be ready for adoption soon once they are
acclimated to living in a home and learning how to be house
trained. She is SEVERLY emaciated, blind and deaf. She was forced
to have litter after litter without caring about what she looked
like!:(( she is being given lots of TLC great food and supplements
to gain weight and strength and we will evaluate her later once
more healthy.
Breeder openly said she had at LEAST 20 litters!
9/21/09 - I have never seen an animal as emaciated as she
is. Poor old girl wobbles all over the place because she has no
muscle mass. After she's been sitting or laying down for a little
while, she has a terrible time getting up and moving around. I've
started her on 3V liquid (fish oil) and probiotics as well as a
joint supplement. On Saturday I fed her a couple of tablespoons of
canned food (Evo) an hour apart three different times, then waited
3 hours and gave her some more. I think she realizes that
she can take her time and no one will steal it from her. Also that
there will always be more food coming. ... after two days of
having multiple meals, she weighed 11 lbs!!!! And get this, I had
to let her harness out a tiny bit two different times. Karla
noticed this morning is that she's beginning to take an interest
in grooming herself and she's beginning to do things that you
associate with a normal dog. I'm hoping that with lots of love,
care and good food she'll make a comeback.
Carol
Daisy is a very needy pug, needing lots of meds and great food. If
you can help by donating to her care, she would love you forever!
UPDATE:
Miss Daisy is continuing to progress on her way to better health.
She's gained another pound (that makes 4 lbs. In 3 weeks). It's
slow going because she can't eat much at a time and her food can't
be too rich or it upsets her stomach. It's going to take awhile
for this old girl's system to realize that it's going to be
getting really good food from now on. Daisy continues to improve
in her ability to get around the house. While it must be very
difficult to be blind AND deaf, she has learned to use her nose to
her best advantage and she can sniff out food and people. She
likes nothing more than to cuddle up close to a person or another
dog (she loves my little blind pug, Heart) and take nice long
naps. After a weeks' time she decided that she would no longer
spend her nights in the crate with the 2 pillows and multiple
blankets. While I was afraid of her falling off the bed, she
quickly settled down between me and Heart and never moved a muscle
all night. It's been two weeks now and she hasn't even gotten
close to the edge! She does seem lost sometimes when everyone is
busy and moving around and she can't zero in on someone. I've
ordered a front carrier for those times so she can always be
snuggled against me. I'm hoping this will give her an even greater
sense of security. Daisy is just a sweetheart and she will bring
joy to anyone who wants a true cuddle pug.
  11/23/09
She sure is looking better!! We had a bit of a backslide with the
tummy on Saturday but everything seems on the upswing again. She's
now on a 50/50 bland canned/raw diet and it really seems to be
agreeing with her. She's still eating as much at one meal and
three of my other dogs put together but she keeps packing it away
and she's slowly gaining weight. It so great to not be able to
count every rib and vertebrae! And she does love her food... she
starts barking as soon as she can smell you putting it into the
bowls and she keeps barking until the dish is put in front of
her!! Such a funny old girl !! She wobbles on her hind legs a bit
and when she's been laying down for awhile she hops like a bunny
when she first gets up. Bur she's happy and gets along with
everyone!
Carol
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010:
Daisy
went to the vet today for a dental cleaning however, when they
checked her urine sample (she's been peeing little puddles very
frequently) they discovered that she has a bladder infection. So,
now she's on antibiotics to clear that up and we're holding off on
the dental. The examination by the vet also revealed a suspicious
mass in her bladder so she'll be having an ultrasound done next
Tuesday, Jan. 26. Daisy really liked this vet and I could tell the
feeling was mutual! So now we're crossing our fingers and hoping
that the ultrasound doesn't show up anything nasty.
Up to this point Miss Daisy has been doing fantastic! The Bravo
raw diet was the best thing we could do for her gastrointestinal
system. She gets a half a cup morning and night and she wolfs it
right down. She now weighs 15.2 pounds!! A long way from the
skinny, emaciated little 10 pounds when she arrived 4 months ago.
The new pictures show a much heavier, healthier dog than she was
in September. Her coat has gotten thicker and silkier and I
believe her eyesight has improved. Even in new surroundings she
doesn't bump into things like she used to! She's still stone deaf
and she keeps up a two note bark when she knows it's feeding
time... almost like she's saying "come ON, Mom...
get with it!!"
Daisy also gets some supplements: a cranberry powder for her
urinary tract (the vet thinks this may be what staved off the full
blown version of a uti), a senior vitamin, an herbal supplement to
help strengthen her ligaments and tendons in her back legs (she's
a bit wobbly) as well as a very low dose pain killer for her hip
joints. She's an absolute love to give meds to.... put them in a
treat or bury them in the food and they're gone! I'm not even sure
she knows that she's been given anything!
All in all, Daisy is an absolute love. She snorts, wuffles, snores
and loves to cuddle right up against you in bed. In the evening
she's usually pressed tight against my leg or my small pug, while
I'm sitting on the sofa knitting. She never mopes around and is
always ready for a new experience. This past fall I took her out
several times in a stroller and she loved it! I can't wait for
spring and I bet she can't either!!
Louie
"I Need a Guardian Angel"
L ouie
is a 9 yr old owner surrender with severe allergies and diabetes.
He was purchased from a pet store at the age of 6 wks old and has
had allergies all his life. After years of being on prednisone, he
developed diabetes. His owner could not afford to take care of
Louie any more and surrendered him to GMPR. Louie also had a very
large tumor on his belly and needed to have that removed before we
could start other treatments for his allergies. It was a mast cell
grade 2 tumor that was removed. After he healed from his
surgery,
we took him to Cornell to see a dermatologist. He was diagnosed
with Atopy, which is environmental and food allergies. He was put
on a special diet from the Nutritionist at Cornell of home cooked
rabbit and barley, along with
supplements.
Louie is also on allergy shots which has to be given every two to
three weeks. He is also taking Atopica and Zyrtec for his
allergies, (the Atopica costs $128.00 a month). He also has to
have insulin shots twice a day for his diabetes. Louie just
recently went to see an Opthamologist and was diagnosed with
severe dry eye and severe pigment in his left eye. He is just
about blind in that eye. He has to have geniosoft and tacrolimus
in that eye twice a day.
Nancy
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