[Dailydrool] An update on Shandy McCann

[bassetgrrl at yahoo.ca]

Thanks to you who have asked about Shandy McCann, the 14-year-old Basset who
slept his way from Lansing, Michigan to Toronto, Ontario last February.

 

I've had him for a wee bit over six months now and it feels as though he's
been mine forever.  All his fur has grown back (he had been missing the fur
over, oh, I'd say 70% of his body, including his ears) although the vet was
not at all hopeful that it would.  His hind legs are the slightest bit
rickety, but he still manages to walk for miles and miles through all kinds
of weather.  

 

The crazy barking has stopped with not one complaint from the other
tenants-I think his obvious separation anxiety was alleviated by having two
other dogs around.  I've managed his incessant drinking and peeing (numerous
tests have ruled out anything horrible.  He's actually in astonishingly good
shape, touch wood) by giving him water only at set times throughout the
day-he's well-housebroken now.  

 

You forget just how neglected he had been and I'm grateful for the memory
loss, to tell you the truth.  From being a dog who had been left outside
24/7 for seven years (in Michigan weather!) he must think he's in clover.  I
only regret that he's not overly affectionate, although he insists on his
morning cuddle.  

 

Really, he's an absolute darling and I still am astonished at what could
possibly have possessed his former owner to have treated him so cruelly.  He
is loved beyond measure (although I oughtta be whupped when it comes to
dereliction of ear-cleaning duties.  Sigh)-finally and forever.

 

 

Veronica Woodruff    

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