Caledonia Animal Rescue

24th November 2008

Caesar has been adopted!

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22nd November 2008

Paloma has been adopted!

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19th November 2008

Lakota has been adopted

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8th November 2008

Pet Food Warehouse Pet of the Month

November 2008
Pet of the Month

Name: Rusty
Owned By: Wanda Senter of St. Johnsbury
Story:
Rusty is a shar-pei/bluetick coonhound mix that we adopted from Central Vermont Humane Society. We think he is about five years old. We automatically fell in love with his unique “look”. Once Rusty was home, we realized that he had a major dislike for cats. We have twelve cats. Not a good thing when you have a cat hating dog! Not long after he came to stay with us, we noticed that Rusty walked a little strange. We would go for walks and he would just stop and lie down. We took him to our vet, who was puzzled by his symptoms. Knowing how special our animals are to us, our vet sent us to a neurosurgeon in Portland, ME. We had to wait about a week for the results to come back. When they did, I swear my heart stopped beating. My vet told me that Rusty has a disease called Peripheral Nerve Degeneration. There is no cure. He wanted to know if I needed some time or if I wanted to make the appointment now. I asked if he knew what the progression of the disease would be and he told me no. Most people just put the dog down when it has this diagnosis. I told him that as long as Rusty is still happy, I am not going to kill him! At this point, I was already helping Rusty by using a sling and a harness to hold him up. The disease has progressed to the point that he is unable to walk at all. He can not bear any weight on any of his legs. I contemplated buying him a quad cart, but at the cost of $1000 plus, I couldn’t see spending that kind of money just to stand him up. We went out and bought a huge dog stroller instead. Now I know some of you may be feeling sorry for Rusty. Don’t. This dog has taught me more about life than any human I have ever known. He deserves to be your pet of the month because he has such a strong will to live. I make sure that he doesn’t miss out on anything. We take our walks in his stroller and everyone has to stop and talk to me and pet Rusty. I take him out at the park and we play tug or just sit and enjoy the day. He has taught so many people that a disability for a dog doesn’t have to be a death sentence. I even caught him curled up with a cat the other day! He truly is an inspiration to anyone that meets him.

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