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I should add to our update, I got distracted by the news and hit
send too fast.....<br>
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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.<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
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I bailed that basset out <i>immediately</i>.<br>
<br>
I named her Ada on the way home. Since everyone here is science
related in name, think Ada Yonath, Nobel chemistry winner in 2009.<br>
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.<br>
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. <br>
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. <br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
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If you'd like to see her:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0840a.JPG">http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0840a.JPG</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0836a.JPG">http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0836a.JPG</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0834a.JPG">http://www.krausdesigns.com/images/Dogs/IMG_0834a.JPG</a><br>
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Carmen and herd<br>
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