Learning from Khloe

Yesterday at the shelter I spoke to the Dr who preformed Khloe’s amputation and asked when I could adopt her. Once I let her know that khlo was up to date on shots and had already been spayed she said I could adopt her whenever I wanted. So today on my way out the door on the last day of my last externship for school I stopped by the adoption desk and officially adopted my baby girl! I am so excited. I have been yearning to by her a tag with her name on it since I first brought her home and I finally got to today! She also got a new collar to go with her brand new tag! I love my little girl and I am pretty sure she loves me too!

She is also in the midst of create training among other things and doing really well!

So since I have been “in school” essentially working full time for free and my husband works full time and goes to school we have been leaving Khloe in the guest bedroom with her kennel, plenty of water, food, toys, her bed, a pee pad, and we put up a baby gate instead of closing the door that way she could still inter act with our other dog and not be so lonely.

Khloe has been shattering my previous thoughts about tripods. She was up running and playing within 24 hours of having her limb amputated, she keeps up with my 6 year old dog easily, she can climb on the couch and the coffee table (using my daughters little chair), and so much more that just keeps us amazed everyday.

Yesterday she went back to the shelter and was spayed, last night she couldn’t keep anything down and won over the heart of or other dog who took care of her. Today however my husband returned home in the afternoon to Khloe running from our bedroom instead of safely behind her baby gate. She had eaten all her food, drank all her water and emptied her kennel of all it’s contents and spread them around the room. Then some how proceeded to exit the room….

When I returned a few hours later I suspected she had climbed the baby gate but wanted to be sure so I put her back behind the gate, retreated to my bedroom across the hall and watched her. Sure enough that 3 legged dog climbed the baby gate! My husband picked her up when she was 1/2 way up the gate and sure to get out if she continued, we where both shocked and pleasantly surprised by this able bodied pup. She still walks and runs a little side ways but she sure is smart and when determined easily finds a way to get what she wants!

So Khloe was working on taking out all her external stitches and had a cough so we (me and my daughter) took her into town to the shelter to have her leg looked at, get her fentanyl patch removed, new pain meds, and make sure her cough wasn’t kennel cough. I also noticed she was developing a small rash on her nub. After the vet checked her and gave her new pain and cough meds we took her to get a new leash and bed. We found a nice soft cat bed on sale and she LOVES it! Her rash also started clearing up once she had it to sleep on.

So we have another dog, Cowgirl. I was worried she might not accept Khloe at first becouse she has a hard time accepting new pack members and is fairly pack protective but I also knew that once accepted Khloe would have a friend for life. While Cowgirl has had her moments of uncertainty and old woman grumpiest (she is 6) they play together a lot too.

Hi my name is Brittnee and as of tomorrow I will be a graduate with an associates degree in veterinary Technology. Of course this blog is not all about me but if not for school this story would not exist. Over the last month I have been in my last externship of my last month of school. I have been at the local animal shelter assisting with surgery prep and recovery as well as other things around the shelter. Two weeks ago today there where 2 animals on the table one cat having it’s leg amputated and one dog having it’s leg pinned. I assisted with the amputation and when it was done I went to see if I could help the other Dr with the pinning. As I stood there the (distal) lower end of the femur broke into 3 large pea ices and several smaller fragments. The Dr had seen the brakes on the (radiographs) x-rays but thought they where the growth plates and not brakes. She was saddened and frustrated that she could not save the leg but continued with the surgery amputating the left hind limb half way down the femur. While she did this I looked at the dog for the first time seeing that it was not a small breed dog but a young puppy. I immediately knew that I had to foster her while she recovered if nothing else. I texted my husband who was away for 2 weeks with the military and asked if we could sending him this text “I found a pup we need to foster, meet Daisy, she is 6 weeks old and just had her leg amputated” attached to a photo of her in recovery. I found out that day she had come in to the shelter with another female the same age that looked like a Shepard cross and nothing like her. She had been hit by a car and no one stopped, an officer brought her in. By law they had to wait 4 days to do anything but provide pain medication to see if an owner came in, when no one claimed her they took her to surgery. I had to wait till the next day to bring her home. She was already trying to run and play when we got home.

Meet Daisy

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