SWA
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Hello,
Some have been asking for updates of how Tracker is doing. He's the dog we found two weeks ago while out trail driving on the forest trails.
When we first brought him home we took him to the vet later that week and he only weighed 14 pounds. Amazingly he had NO heartworms so we started him on preventative. He did have a mild intestinal infection and was loaded with hookworms. So we wormed him for that and put him on Flagyl twice a day for the infection. He was also quite anemic from all the ticks and fleas, so we put him on a supplement for that. I was feeding him 4 times a day (small increments) as well. Plus, after a couple more baths he no longer wreaks of death from lingering over his lost friend's remains.
Took him yesterday for his checkup. He now weighs 35 pounds (over DOUBLE his original weight).
My vet was AMAZED at how quickly he's coming around, as am I.
He does still have a pretty good ways to go yet before he's up to what he "should" weigh though. But, he's well on his way, that's for sure.
He had his vaccinations done, and is now scheduled to go back again next week to be neutered.
Here are a couple photos I took of him on this past Monday, taken 2 weeks to the day after we first found him. I put them alongside the first photos we took of him 2 weeks ago, for comparison.
Again, he does still have a ways to go yet, before he's at his ideal weight, but he's really thriving toward that already.
He's such a love muffin too. The time or two I've been able to hitch my mare up for a morning run, he will hop right onto the cart with me. He LOVES it, and now I guess I have my new "trail buddy".
He's come to life now too. Romps and plays with our other dogs, just like he's been here among us all his life. That first week, he was really weak though, and never heard a peep out of him for days. Then as we rounded into the second week he found his "voice", LOL. 'Bout knocked my socks off that very first time I heard him howl, ROFL!
All our dogs will bark and growl as they all romp and wrestle with each other in play. But, when Tracker found his voice it was definately one that was set apart from the sounds of the others, LOL! He belted out a big ol' BarrrrrOooooooohhhh! ROFL!
It was as if he was saying... "Yep... I'm a real true blue bonafide HOWWNNNN Dawwwwg! ROFL!
I LOVE IT!!!!
You should have seen our other dogs just stop in their tracks and just looooook????? It was HILARIOUS!!!!
Now they think nothing of it, when they all get excited together and are all barking, and barking while romping and then all of a sudden out belt's Tracker with his BarrrrOooooooohhhh!
TOTALLY Cracks me up every time!
Well, thanks for letting me share and shout m' joy.
Hugs,
Tanya (Ps. Ooooooh, I have another AWESOME suprise,
but I'll post in a different thread as soon as I can get pics!)
Some have been asking for updates of how Tracker is doing. He's the dog we found two weeks ago while out trail driving on the forest trails.
When we first brought him home we took him to the vet later that week and he only weighed 14 pounds. Amazingly he had NO heartworms so we started him on preventative. He did have a mild intestinal infection and was loaded with hookworms. So we wormed him for that and put him on Flagyl twice a day for the infection. He was also quite anemic from all the ticks and fleas, so we put him on a supplement for that. I was feeding him 4 times a day (small increments) as well. Plus, after a couple more baths he no longer wreaks of death from lingering over his lost friend's remains.
Took him yesterday for his checkup. He now weighs 35 pounds (over DOUBLE his original weight).
Here are a couple photos I took of him on this past Monday, taken 2 weeks to the day after we first found him. I put them alongside the first photos we took of him 2 weeks ago, for comparison.
Again, he does still have a ways to go yet, before he's at his ideal weight, but he's really thriving toward that already.
He's such a love muffin too. The time or two I've been able to hitch my mare up for a morning run, he will hop right onto the cart with me. He LOVES it, and now I guess I have my new "trail buddy".
He's come to life now too. Romps and plays with our other dogs, just like he's been here among us all his life. That first week, he was really weak though, and never heard a peep out of him for days. Then as we rounded into the second week he found his "voice", LOL. 'Bout knocked my socks off that very first time I heard him howl, ROFL!
All our dogs will bark and growl as they all romp and wrestle with each other in play. But, when Tracker found his voice it was definately one that was set apart from the sounds of the others, LOL! He belted out a big ol' BarrrrrOooooooohhhh! ROFL!
It was as if he was saying... "Yep... I'm a real true blue bonafide HOWWNNNN Dawwwwg! ROFL!
I LOVE IT!!!!
You should have seen our other dogs just stop in their tracks and just looooook????? It was HILARIOUS!!!!
Now they think nothing of it, when they all get excited together and are all barking, and barking while romping and then all of a sudden out belt's Tracker with his BarrrrOooooooohhhh!
TOTALLY Cracks me up every time!
Hugs,
Tanya (Ps. Ooooooh, I have another AWESOME suprise,