We adopted a 3 year old Chi from our local shelter that had a Grade 4 luxation in both knees and required surgery as part of her adoption. It was an amazing success. You can email me privately with any questions. Sue MI
--- In [email protected], "Quinn" <wildbariwithspirit@...> wrote: > > Hi! I am so excited to have found this group!! > > 2 years ago, I adopted my first ever dog. Rylie, now 3 1/2, had been in a > shelter since she was found badly injured around 3 months old. She is an > amazing dog!! I am so thankful to have her. She quickly became my navigator > and constant companion. I had no idea how much I needed her in my life :) > > Rylie has lots of fear issues, mostly people of all ages, shapes and sizes :( > We have worked hard together over the last 2 years to get to take walks > around people and be generally less stressed and reactive around other people > and in public places. She has made huge progress since the afternoon I met a > little black dog cowering in the corner of the meeting room. > > The biggest changes in the way Rylie relates to the world have come in the > last 6 months. On April 23rd we adopted George! He was a little bag of > bones on the PTS list at the county shelter. The shelter estimated he was > around 3 months old. He had this amazing survivor spirit and as I drove him > home, I prayed he would be ok. He is now 10 months old and a very healthy, > silly, happy, friendly, and sweet boy. > > Since I was Rylie's only home and she had been an only dog, I didn't know how > she would do with having a puppy around. Rylie is an amazing big sister!! > Hooray Rylie! Rylie and George together make me laugh and feel loved every > day. > > I forgot to tell you, Rylie is 10 lbs, solid black chi mix about 10 inches > tall and George is a chocolate chi mix now 9 lbs and almost 13 inches tall!!! > George is all legs, our friends at dog park joke that he must be mixed with > giraffe :) > > Rylie and George are both thriving on a raw diet (Primal nuggets), and I > think we keep BaxterBoo in business finding fun ways to keep them warm :D > > One of the main reasons I was excited to find this group right now was to > find some stories of people who have been through luxating patella surgery > with their dogs. George has an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon and > "growth specialist" this week to talk about problems with his knees and maybe > hips. I am a sleepless wreck waiting to find out what the near future might > hold for my sweet boy. I am most worried about the recovery time and what > kind of activity level he could get back to after the surgery (his most > favorite thing to do is meet up with his pals at dog park and play chase and > wrestle for hours every night). > > I look forward to being an active member of this group. I will upload a photo > of Rylie and George tonight, and can't wait to meet everybody's fur kids > through the photos section. > > Wishing everybody an amazing week! > Quinn > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
