CROSSPOSTING FOR LULU***PLEASE READ ALL ABOUT HER BELOW****IF YOU CAN NOT HELP, PLEASE CROSSPOST FAR AND WIDE (NO CRAIGSLIST) THANK YOU.
Ryan's contact Info
e-mail (as cc'd on this communication) - rkingsriter@gmail.com
my cell number is 952-393-3926
Located in Lakeville, MN 55044
LULU is 2.5 yrs/mini dapple/ w/a managed diagnosed liver shunt condition.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ryan Kingsriter <rkingsriter@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: Need your help in posting a mini doxie who needs re homing
Hi,
Here is the information about Lulu. I wrote this email (below) back
before we had our baby so some parts might be out of date but the
descriptions of Lulu will be accurate still. I wanted to include all
issues so that a new home has no surprises, but I don't want to give
the wrong impression either. Overall she is a very happy, doing very
well, and loves people. (She is a bit scared of little kids though)
I've also attached some pictures of Lulu. Let me know if you need any
more info and feel free to reword this or change it as you see fit.
Thanks for all of the help,
Ryan
------------
Thank you so much for helping us find a good home for Lulu! I've
attached some pictures (some recent and some as a puppy) and I have
written a short description about her condition and our situation.
Please let me know if anyone you know is interested. We would give
away her for free (including all of her belongings) to a good home
that would be willing to take care of her and give her lots of love.
Description:
Lulu is a beautiful, 2 year old silver dapple miniature dachshund. She
is very friendly, playful, and likes to be held and sit on laps. She
has had all of her vaccinations, but has not been spayed (It may not
be possible to spay her because of her health condition, but we also
don't think that she is fertile as she has not had any cycles). I
would describe her as being a happy dog that has a fun personality. We
would love to find a good home for Lulu, but want to make sure that
the prospective new home knows her situation.
Heath Issues:
We found out that Lulu has a health problem a couple of months after
owning her. Our Vet says that Lulu has a liver shunt that is not
allowing proteins to be broken down properly and causing toxins to
build up in her body. Before we discovered this she would get very
sick and act very neurologically imbalanced. Our Vet recommended
putting her on a special prescription low protein diet and giving her
Lactulose and Amoxicillin with each meal to help with the toxins. (It
has not been too costly because she is pretty small and I takes her
along time to eat a whole bag of food) This has really helped and Lulu
has lived way beyond the Vets expectations and seems to be doing very
well.
Because of her health issues, we keep her away from regular dog food,
and treats. We usually give her some human snack item like a cracker
or chip as a treat.
There is an optional surgery that may be able to fix the liver shunt
problem, but it is not a guarantee. At the time we first tested her
the Vet thought it might be unsafe to use anesthesia, but her
condition has improved greatly and that may be an option now.
Lingering Issues and Side Effects:
Although, I would say that a vast majority of the time Lulu seems to
be doing great, she does seem to have times when she is not doing
well. It is usually just a couple hours span where she seems a bit off
and distant. She will wander around the house a lot when she is like
this. There have been some times where this lasts for a day or more
and we have had to increase the amount of medicine she was getting but
she has been pretty stable for a long time now.
When she is not feeling well she does not like to be touched and will
growl if someone gets to close. We try not to touch her or pick her up
when she is like this. She will growl and has even bitten a couple of
times. For this reason, we would not recommend that she goes to a
house with very small children that would not understand to stay away
during these times. She will still generally listen and obey commands
like "go outside" or "kennel".
One other issue which is a side effect of her medicine is that she
always thinks she is really thirsty. We have learned that we cannot
give her as much water as she wants, because she will fill up
completely on water then have to go to the bathroom so bad she won't
even make it to the door. We usually give her water with each meal and
at routine times during the day. She will let you know if she is
really thirsty, but you'll need to know when to cut her off because
she will sometime keep asking for more when you know she's had enough.
Although though she is potty trained, she does have some accidents.
This is especially true when she is not feeling well or is in a new or
strange place. Most of the time she does well.
Our Situation:
My wife and I really enjoy having Lulu, even with her condition, and
it really makes us sad to give her up, but we are expecting a baby in
June and have decided that we cannot risk an accident with her and the
new baby. We would love to stay in contact and hear how Lulu is doing
if the new owners are open to that, but understand if that is not
possible. We would give away her for free (including all of her
belongings) to a good home that would be willing to take care of her
and give her lots of love.
Thanks,
Ryan
--
Heather Clemmer- reddachshundmom@gmail.com
Transport Coordinator
All American Dachshund Rescue
www.allamericandachshundrescue.org
| |
0 comments:
Post a Comment