Meeting & Adopting
After a day of Kayaking and pizza with friends , we spontaneously decided to stop by the Humane Society for a tour. While touring the facility we stopped by the unofficial “puppy room” . Right up front was the cutest 7 week old terrier puppy, but right behind this young pup was a bigger puppy who appeared to have no front legs. Upon checking with a shelter counselor we discovered this pup’s name was Olivia and she was recovering from having her front right leg and shoulder amputated. We waited and hour and half to be able to meet this little girl. She was the sweetest pup, without a doubt we wanted to take her home. However we had to wait until the ext morning to do a dog to dog meet with our current dog. Everything went well and we proceeded with the adoption.
Bringing Zoe Home
Upon bringing “Olivia” home we realized that she was going to need much more than you run of the mill bowls, water leash & collar. She spent her first day home just lounging around, not interested in food or water. After receiving her detailed medical records it was brought to our attention that her surgery was done 8/31 and here we were bringing her home 9/4. Before leaving with her , we were told her surgery was a little over a week old and that she no longer needed pain medication. Man, was this upsetting to find out her surgery was so recent and she was denied pain medication. Moving forward we not only changed her name from Olivia to ZOE, but we scheduled her for her first Vet Exam and are hoping to get her pain meds and a referral for physical therapy. Wish us luck! I’ll be back with an update soon.
Mama & Zoe