[Dailydrool] Oops, forgot an update

[Esther Strom]

I haven't been posting much lately, but had to say welcome to Ada. She looks 
very much like my dearly departed Waldo, including the "Cleopatra" eyes. There's 
just something about the seniors that will worm their way into your heart!

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB



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From: Carmen Kraus <kdbeads at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 11:15:59 PM
Subject: [Dailydrool] Oops, forgot an update


I should add to our update, I got distracted by the news and hit     send too 
fast.....

Due to Curie's extreme reaction to loosing her bonded buddy we     decided we 
needed to find her a friend, ASAP.  We have been ok'ed     for 4 dogs where we 
are moving already (which is why this relocation     took so long, had to find a 
place to let us bring everyone), so     helping Curie was priority number one.  
I searched for a basset who     needed help, had to be a female due to Gus and 
his male dog issues     and hubby wanted a younger dog.  So after a day of 
searching I came     across a relinquish 3 hours (one way) from us.  Made a 
call.  She     was either a puppy mill or BYB breeder surrendered to the shelter     
after the area enacted a few anti mill laws.
I took Curie with me but when we got there the girl we were going     for had 
already been adopted.  The shelter manager directed me to     another that All 
Ears Basset Rescue had been working to get pulled     but had not found someone 
to step up yet.  I stepped up.  They had     her labeled at 2 years old.  She 
was in heat.  She was TINY, only 37     pounds.  She was not trained at all, 
house training or behavior.      Her boobs drug the floor, really, all 9 of 
them.  I thought she was     maybe 5 or 6 years old.
And for the first time since we lost Tesla, Curie was quiet.      Blessedly 
silent.  She watched this basset.  Didn't act like she     wanted to play, just 
watched while she begged for attention from the     shelter staff.

I bailed that basset out immediately.

I named her Ada on the way home.  Since everyone here is science     related in 
name, think Ada Yonath, Nobel chemistry winner in 2009.
She was spayed 6 days later, already about 2 or possibly 3 weeks     pregnant 
and her uterus was in terrible shape, all kinds of scar     tissue and 
infection.  Vet pulled 3 teeth, all either infected or     worn down to the 
nerves (from itching so much we think).  She had to     have a 'power wash' for 
her ears, as I couldn't work out the amount     of impacted wax on my own.  Vet 
says she's 10 years old.
She is finally mostly house trained.  Mostly.  She's still tiny but     vet 
wants to keep her near 38 pounds due to how tiny she actually is     in bone 
structure.  

She has a massive yeast and bacterial infection in her ears, vet     thinks she 
has an allergy to ear mites and the yeast.  It's gone on     so long she may be 
deaf on one side.  She's one heck of an itchy     dog.  After a week of 
intensive anti yeast therapy she is starting     not to itch so bad and is 
starting to play with Curie.  She is an     escape artist.  She is a very very 
very active basset, especially     for an older girl.  She keeps up with Curie 
and the cats.  She loves     the cats too, all of them.  She climbs into the 
window constantly to     sit with them.  

She has learned that grass is good and is edible.  She has learned     that she 
can sit on the couch if she wants to.  She does not however     understand why 
she has to have a bath every other night or why her     ears have to be cleaned 
out every morning.  She's getting better     with me, at first I was the evil 
one, now she'll at least take a     treat from me.  Verbal commands are going 
very slow, visual commands     are a little better, and she's not too fond of 
the leash.

She has officially hit pay dirt.  No more breeding.  No more cramped     
kennels.  Food on a regular basis (she's still getting used to     that).  And 
no more of whatever she had to deal with before that     caused her to fear 
people.
She will in no way replace my Tesla, I'm still not ready for another     
companion but I think Tesla would approve of what we needed to do     for her 
buddy.  I know Curie approves, she's eating and drinking     again and has 
calmed down from the howling until her throat swelled     almost shut or whining 
until she was hoarse or the wailing until she     passed out from exhaustion.

If you'd like to see her:
http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0840a.JPG
http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0836a.JPG
http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0834a.JPG

Carmen and herd
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