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AGE:  1 1/2 Years
DOB:   Unknown
WEIGHT:    43 Pounds
SEX: Female
NEUT/UTD:  Soon/Soon/ 
COAT COLOR:  Fawn
DOCKED TAIL:     Yes
CROPPED EARS: No
CHILDREN UNDER 4:Unknown
CHILDREN OVER 4:  Yes
SEPARATION ANXIETY: No 
OTHER DOGS: Unknown
CATS:   Unknown
CRATE TRAINED: Yes
HOUSE TRAINED:  Yes 
LEASH TRAINED:    Learning
OBEDIENCE TRAINED: No 
MICROCHIPPED: No
ADOPTION FEE: $300
UPDATE 4/14/10 - Poor Chloe died yesterday.  We took her to our vet on Monday afternoon because she was lethargic, she seemed to be having trouble breathing deeply, and she felt feverish.  Dr. Farren did bloodwork and x-rays.  The x-rays showed that Chloe's chest was full of shadows.  Dr. Farren consulted with two other veterinarians, including the vet who had done Chloe's amputation and spay.  She felt that what Chloe was suffering from was either lung cancer or an advanced fungal lung infection that she perhaps had picked up while she was living in the South.  We loved her so much--she was such a sweet, sweet little beebee.

UPDATE 4/11/10 -   Hi, Chloe here!  I gave my forever family quite a scare this weekend.  My brother, Jeff, had a show choir concert up in Houlton that my mom and dad went up to see.  They put Atticus and Aslan into Bear Brook Kennels where the two A's could visit Melissa, Lloyd, and the rest of the Bear Brook staff; but they left me at home with a puppy sitter because they were afraid that the noise would be too stressful for me.  When Dad and Mom got home I was just kind of lying around on the couch feeling kind of depressed without my two dog bro's; and today, until my bro's got home I was too lonely and miserable to do anything but just lie on the couch and feel sorry for myself.  Poor Mom and Dad were sure that I had come down with some awful disease until Melissa at Bear Brook said, "Maybe Chloe's just missing Atticus and Aslan."  And sure enough, just as soon as we three dogs were reunited I got right back to my bouncy, ear-nipping, rear-sniffing self (much to my parents' relief and At  ticus and Aslan's enormous irritation).  My mom was so worried about my not eating that she fed me--get this--HAMBURGER AND RICE for supper.  Ooooooh, do I love that stuff.  And Mom puts Worstershire sauce on it to make it taste better because she says just plain hamburger is too bland. . . 

Also, I'm scheduled to start formal obedience training on June 8th at Bear Brook with Lloyd.  (Mom is training me already with a clicker, though, and I am getting some darned good at sitting and "downing.")

UPDATE 3/31/10 - Hi SCBR Boxer Update Readers,

Sorry to blizzard you with so much news--I expect it to tail off in the next weeks.  Chloe went to see Dr. Farren yesterday because we were afraid that she might have puppy conjunctivitis, or something similar.  We are glad we took her.  She doesn't have conjunctivitis, but she was running a fever of 104, and was kind of wobbly in the doctor's office.  Dr. Farren did a lot of bloodwork on Chloe.  It turned out to be normal; but Dr. Farren prescribed an antibiotic prophylatically, and a pain medication.  Chloe took both last night with cream cheese (she LOVES cream cheese), and this morning with more cream cheese.  The difference in her energy (read "mischief") level is remarkable--she's boxing Atticus and Aslan, boxing Jeffrey, boxing Kristina, boxing everything and everybody in sight.  I'll send in another update in a couple of days, and then I'll give this whole update thing a rest for a while!

We are so glad Chloe is part of our household!!!  Thank you for trusting us to adopt her.

UPDATE 3/30/10 - We just got back from a vet appointment with Mademoiselle Chloe (make sure to pronounce the proper French accent when you say her name, please and thank you!  :)

Chloe has a fever, which explains the goopy eyes.  Dr. Farren is not worried about her though, because her blood work is fine.  We have antibiotics to give Chloe (we have discovered that she'll eat just about anything if it has cream cheese wrapped around it!), and anti-inflammatories to go with the antibiotics (ditto on the cream cheese).  We have also discovered that Chloe likes frozen fruit juice popsicles (who knew??).  Right now Aslan and Atticus are outside in their playpens barking their heads off while Chloe is snoozing in the chair; so in the interest of fairness I really have got to go bring the other two in or Chloe is going to begin to suspect that she is a princess, or something akin to it.  Hmmmmmm. . . . 

I'll update in a couple of days after the antibiotics have a chance to work.

UPDATE 3/29/10 - Hooray!  Social milestone this afternoon--Aslan and Chloe shared  neighboring spots on the couch! Woot!  Nobody has snarked at each other all day, and everyone seems (suddenly) to have figured out that everyone is here permanently.  I expect that there will be future outbursts of snarkiness, but today is encouraging.

Miss Chloe (a.k.a. "Clover," "Chlo-Chlo," "Hopalong," "BeeBee," and a variety of other nicknames) seems to be running a low-grade fever and has some gunky stuff in the inner corners of her eyes.  We suspect puppy conjunctivitis.  Dr. Farren is going to see her tomorrow afternoon--full report will follow.  I have got to say, Science Diet Lamb and Rice mixed with sardines is a huge dietary hit.  I wouldn't want to eat it, but then I'm not a boxer.  (Fermley the cat agrees with Chloe on the sardines thing.)

UPDATE 3/27/10 - A Chloe update:  Chloe has decided that since she has found her forever family she can take over one of her forever siblings' favorite spot on the couch.  This is an ongoing negotiation issue--stay tuned for the eventual resolution.  Chloe is eating well, sleeping through the night, and is completely housebroken.  We have not figured out her "I gotta go" signal, so when we're just hanging out in the house, after every couple of hours we take her outside.  She really can't figure out Fermely, the cat.  She hops up to Fermley and sniffs him--doesn't bark or growl or chase, just sniffs--and Fermley cuffs her and hisses.  (Frankly, we can't figure out Fermley either.  The other two dogs chase him, so you'd think that he'd welcome a non-chaser with open arms--er, paws.)  Her spay stitches came out last Tuesday.  We've taken her twice to PetCo for dog-related errands.  She gets in and out of the car easily, and loves to ride.  She had her first ice cream cone of the season yester  day on the way back from the store--oooooh, was she excited!  She was also very careful not to waste a drop, and ate every crumb of the cone.  Mobility gives her some difficulty--for example, the tiled floor in PetCo is very hard for her to walk on, and because our house has no rugs, her front foot slides out from under her when she sits.  We're on the lookout for some braided rugs that we can toss onto the floor to help her stay on her foot.  We're also on the lookout for another dog crate for inside our house because we think that we may need to rescue a boxer brother or sister for Chloe.  (I blame SCBR for hooking us on the boxer rescue thing!)

UPDATE 3/16/10 - Chloe has moved right in and made herself at home.  She was a little subdued at first, but sniffed her way around our house and eventually staked out her spot on the couch.  She spent her first night snuggling with David and me, which meant that she slept great but we didn't!  (She takes up a lot of bed!)  Chloe has already met our neighbors, visited Hampden Academy twice (we sneaked her in for half an hour on Monday--the kids LOVED her), and met the staff at our veterinarian's (Dr. Farren's) office.  (Chloe is impressed that Dr. Farren gives out puppy treats--oh yeah.)  Aslan and Atticus, our two other dogs, came back from Bear Brook Kennels today, and have been figuring out with Chloe how they all fit into the family dynamic.  So far so good, with only a growl or two when Chloe forgets that she's the only one who thinks that humping is a good idea.  She is a beautiful, funny, affectionate beebee, and we are so glad that we adopted her that we can hardly stand it!  Her sti  tches will come out next week, and she's due to make her registration trip to the Hampden Police Department on Friday.  (Chloe says that the word on the street is that the Hampden police give out puppy treats too--yum yum!)
Hi everybody, Chloe here! My new family is great. They have two really big dogs and a cat. The dogs are big softies so I can bully them all I want. The cat mostly avoids me. My human brother, Jeff, took me to something he called "Middle school". I don't know what it is but it smells great! Anyway, I have to go now because everyone is saying it's "bedtime" whatever that is.
Bye everybody!!!!!
More in a couple of days--for now, Chloe says, "Good Night, Chet."

3/14/10 - I was adopted today!

2/21/20 - Web chick's note: I made some pictures of Chloe small. They were taken before her amputation and she was in so much pain- frankly, those pictures look nothing like her! She looks so sad in them. You can still click on them and see the enlarged photo. The picture of her with her head on the afghan- with bright eyes and mush face- was taken after her pain was gone and she was running around the room. She's a tiny little peanut, with a head not much bigger than a softball. She's a darling and has no idea that anything is different about her body. Click HERE to see a short little video of her playing fetch.

2/17/10 - Chloe came into rescue a little over a week ago as an owner surrender. The owner could not afford Chloe's care and wanted to get her the help she deserved, so she turned her over to us. The Saturday that we got Chloe from the transport, we took her to the emergency vet.  Her foot was so badly swollen, I had never seen anything like it.  We knew she needed to be on antibiotics to get through the weekend.  They evaluated her and said she had a really bad infection on her front leg.  They sent her home with the understanding that she had an appointment with our orthopedic vet on Monday. We had instruction to soak her leg in  warm water every few hours to help with the swelling and infection.  She was a trooper and let you do it even though it was extremely painful to touch.  Over the weekend she seemed to be in a lot of pain, so I called the vet's office first thing Monday and we took her over before work so they could have all day to do the x-rays and blood work.  I spoke with them a couple of times through the day from work.  The x-rays showed nothing was broken in the leg or knee.  It was just a really bad infection that had gotten into the leg bone itself.  The people at the vets office fell in love with chloe and did everything they could to make her comfortable. 
     When we picked her up, we were told that over the next week we should see improvement if the antibiotics were going to work. We brought her  home with the same instructions to soak her leg and with some even more potent antibiotics and heavy duty pain meds to keep her as comfortable as we could.   Over the week the leg continued to swell, and Chloe stopped wanting to eat.  I tried to get her to eat by hand feeding her canned food.  She would only nibble at it.  I was really beginning to worry that the infection we spreading to the rest of her body, as the odor from the leg infection was more noticeable.  I called the vet's office back and explained what was going on with her.  They said they would do blood work to see if the infection had spread any further, but it was time to seriously decide if she would be better off without the leg. 
     After the vets evaluated her leg they both agreed that the infection would not go away and it was seriously compromising her overall health.  Chloe stayed at the vet's and had surgery that afternoon to remove her front leg.  The vets called that afternoon to say the surgery went well and she was recovering nicely.   Well we picked Chloe up today the day after her surgery, and we were greeted by a different girl.  This Chloe was wiggly and happy!!  This Chloe was full of kissing and acting like the young boxer girl we should have seen all along! This Chloe dragged us out of the vet's office pulling hard on her leash, moving along on 3 legs like it was not even an issue!!  This Chloe jumped in the car and as soon as we started moving hoped over the seat to sit up front!!!!!  After all that excitement Chloe is resting comfortably on the couch she seems like she has a whole new lease on life.  I can only imagine the pain this girl had to have been in.  She is looking at us now as if to say, "why didn't you get rid of that infected leg sooner? Duh."  It is amazing how quickly animals can adjust to a missing limb. 
     Chloe still needs to be spayed once her leg has healed, but then she will be ready for her forever home.  This is one amazing girl! Stay tuned for more adventure from iss Chloe as she continues her journey on 3 legs.
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Chloe's leg upon arrival