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| MEET: CHLOE |
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| STATE: ME 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 |
| 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 |
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