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iris lilies
2-8-21, 12:26pm
And now for something cute. Here is Minnie Mouse. She is our foster dog. She has been with us since September. I love her and would love to keep her, but my big dog beats up on her unpredictably. He has a wire in his brain that’s not hooked up properly. He also loves her and he plays with her and sometimes they sleep together. But he will go into an unpredictable rage and beat up on her. She’s not safe here.
She is an interesting little creature because she’s a dwarf. I’m not sure if you all can tell that from her photo. She was deliberately bred that way. And then her ears were cut with scissors when she was a baby because that is “the look.” These ghetto folks have....err...interesting ideas about dogs.
Her family dropped her off at the Humane Society dripping milk, saying that they had picked her up on the street. A huge lie of course. This dog doesn’t run anywhere she’s a house dog and she would stick close to home. They lied because if they had turned their own dog in, they would’ve had to pay $50. They are lying liars who lie and are disgusting humans.They kept her puppies of course although we wonder how many puppies there were because they decided she was not worth the trouble to keep any longer.
The Humane Society decided she was far too problematic with her physical limitations and so the Humane Society turned her over to bulldog rescue. Believe me when I say that particular organization turns over very few bulldogs to us because bulldogs are big money makers. They did not perceive this little one to be a money maker.
Despite living in less than optimal conditions she’s a happy little dog, well socialized, confident, flexible.
Now she is ready to place in another home and I think I know where she’s going. That will be lovely because I can continue to see her. She’s had three major surgeries in five months. She was spayed, and she had palate reduction surgery, then she had dental surgery. Humane Society knew nothing about the need for palate surgery and dental surgery because they are not well versed in bulldog health issues. They were seeing orthopedic problems but she’s gonna be fine with those.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk about Minnie mouse.
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She's sweet-looking little thing. I'm glad she's getting a good home and you'll be able to visit her.
Thank God this turned out to be pictures of an adorable doggie and not Minnie Mouse! I thought it was going to be some Disney video or something, but I couldn't imagine IL posting something like that.
Minnie is adorable!! Someday I am getting another dog.. someone here posted recently that "downsizing" dogs is important as you get older, and I agree--I love labs and border collies, but the next dog is going to have to be smaller. But I hate frou-frou dogs. Something like that little bulldog might do the trick. Such a shame how she was handled by her prior owners.
Cute little girl. Given the needed healthcare that she has received, how long do you consider her lifespan will be? The norm is 8 years, is it?
Thank God this turned out to be pictures of an adorable doggie and not Minnie Mouse! I thought it was going to be some Disney video or something, but I couldn't imagine IL posting something like that. She leaves all the literal stuff to me: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hkPxvQjfUHjiRy5lNjYbIAorMXwr6kp_26TnzM9cIp7iZ9VPEL GjOtbBgNGruXatMr4uwX6sX5DqWOrmMitDPF_0EJTSZtxljOva __MsUPAF8VRzmcWsSWXAFKjCrrPdYCzLoyNbRh9u7kc7NT5cvb fCME8_GwYTreCdNsmhK2yYd_NrozApsj7jc02TG5PpUSB4lnmC eRdE5r6Q3_9CbeYBqg9T2IebPbwzIEnOpvW0OyOFEhLv8jm_OZ 8AeE4OCNR0-SksHZSnU890E-clgqSR-C476MeiigSjwFdOmF4YI-zuJLAOU6Sz2qUPZdXlxlICIyvIAKeuWSMFYoWPuUo59iaV2vN2 nFXnX8jfIEWHAhC20_PLG6bVhQzS6JVbNeAp84nRd5qAbY-jhdBk_nQEy3O_-gKj4xPkDTTZMc0SHktm7lJyzgEyOtwLadZw668g07rLWo_lRIT ayqoqDIn2Hp2H-DWAiLtTGqS6qFbZaC0uAmJjepUM66YaVydjupsv-wQ8-zYYSTSdcRKrUYaK-69dC7PfDUgZh7RnTXjyFtPh3WondquGXEM1X5qhoLEEjRjfcsn RPivtamqoReiml_rtiGZdcrknx2PxSGlAY09IRzUZNPEFZi13p VdUXdkzhoStL7UlooMRHYwEcREiH4QOi03iUyuVelgiHNMdnnG ehn8BtJTcCCUZweo=w877-h657-no?authuser=0
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iris lilies
2-8-21, 2:03pm
She leaves all the literal stuff to me: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hkPxvQjfUHjiRy5lNjYbIAorMXwr6kp_26TnzM9cIp7iZ9VPEL GjOtbBgNGruXatMr4uwX6sX5DqWOrmMitDPF_0EJTSZtxljOva __MsUPAF8VRzmcWsSWXAFKjCrrPdYCzLoyNbRh9u7kc7NT5cvb fCME8_GwYTreCdNsmhK2yYd_NrozApsj7jc02TG5PpUSB4lnmC eRdE5r6Q3_9CbeYBqg9T2IebPbwzIEnOpvW0OyOFEhLv8jm_OZ 8AeE4OCNR0-SksHZSnU890E-clgqSR-C476MeiigSjwFdOmF4YI-zuJLAOU6Sz2qUPZdXlxlICIyvIAKeuWSMFYoWPuUo59iaV2vN2 nFXnX8jfIEWHAhC20_PLG6bVhQzS6JVbNeAp84nRd5qAbY-jhdBk_nQEy3O_-gKj4xPkDTTZMc0SHktm7lJyzgEyOtwLadZw668g07rLWo_lRIT ayqoqDIn2Hp2H-DWAiLtTGqS6qFbZaC0uAmJjepUM66YaVydjupsv-wQ8-zYYSTSdcRKrUYaK-69dC7PfDUgZh7RnTXjyFtPh3WondquGXEM1X5qhoLEEjRjfcsn RPivtamqoReiml_rtiGZdcrknx2PxSGlAY09IRzUZNPEFZi13p VdUXdkzhoStL7UlooMRHYwEcREiH4QOi03iUyuVelgiHNMdnnG ehn8BtJTcCCUZweo=w877-h657-no?authuser=0
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Your travel trailer’s name was long forgotten in my brain!
Our little dog’s nickname is “the rodent.” She is mouse colored and tiny.
iris lilies
2-8-21, 2:28pm
Cute little girl. Given the needed healthcare that she has received, how long do you consider her lifespan will be? The norm is 8 years, is it?
8 is average for bulldogs, but mineusually live well beyond that. I expect mine to live 10 anyway.
We do not know how old she is (because her lying family could not be bothered to share that info) but we guess 7. She will easily live to be 10, and likely beyond, having the small dog thing going for her.
Her orthopedic problems will not cause her to die. We just have to watch her so that she doesn’t start experiencing pain and when she does we put her on Rimadeyl. We want to limit the number of of steps she has to navigate in her life. But she will be fine.
Teacher Terry
2-8-21, 3:21pm
She’s adorable. So glad you will be able to visit her.
Cute little thing! Too bad you can't keep her! But it sounds like she'll end up in a good home
iris lilies
2-9-21, 10:46am
Cute little thing! Too bad you can't keep her! But it sounds like she'll end up in a good home
Minnie is very popular in any crowd. For one thing, she is a freak and she turns heads. For another thing, she walks up to people, looks them in the eye, and expects petting.
The Humane Society could have realized big bucks for her. Their loss. They would not have carried out the health treatments we had for her.
i paid for all of her surgeries and allergy testing. She came with itchy skin, now resolved. Bulldog Rescue is not out any $ for her. Her dental surgery was ridiculously cheap at $35. I asked the vet’s office to double
check that number because it was stupid low. But Doc Ragan gives us discounts on these rescue dogs. Her palette suregery was pricer at around $500. Her allergy testing was around $125 and results were nothing terribly unusual.
Hugs to you for your support of this little girl to make her life better.
Teacher Terry
2-9-21, 11:09am
Wow IL those prices are ridiculously low. Nice of the vet to give you a break plus prices probably cheaper to start with.
iris lilies
2-9-21, 11:17am
Wow IL those prices are ridiculously low. Nice of the vet to give you a break plus prices probably cheaper to start with.
I know about the prices! Crazy.
Our head of rescue developed this relationship with Dr. Ragan and they have been tag teaming it for a decade now. She is very picky about bulldog vets and knows a lot for a layman, and she has mad respect for him and his surgical skills. He actually owned bulldogs and bred a litter or two 20 years ago. He likes the breed.
I know about the prices! Crazy.
Our head of rescue developed this relationship with Dr. Ragan and they have been tag teaming it for a decade now. She is very picky about bulldog vets and knows a lot for a layman, and she has mad respect for him and his surgical skills. He actually owned bulldogs and bred a litter or two 20 years ago. He likes the breed.
That sounds like the relationship the founder of Tiny Kittens has with their vet at Mountain View, and Shelly could easily be a vet tech if not more, by now. I admire and respect people like this for the incredible work they do.
iris lilies
2-9-21, 1:46pm
That sounds like the relationship the founder of Tiny Kittens has with their vet at Mountain View, and Shelly could easily be a vet tech if not more, by now. I admire and respect people like this for the incredible work they do.
Our rescue head has diagnosed some doozies. One little dog, a dog from a respected breeder, was ill throughout his short life. None of the vets who treated him could figure it out. She hypothesized something obscure, and when the dog died, autopsy found her theory to be correct.
Another time a puppy broker gave a tiny puppy to us because he had a cleft palette that interfered with him eating correctly. We don’t take serious medical cases, but she could tell from the photo of the puppy that it was X problem he would grow out of in a few weeks. she was right.
Our rescue head has diagnosed some doozies. One little dog, a dog from a respected breeder, was ill throughout his short life. None of the vets who treated him could figure it out. She hypothesized something obscure, and when the dog died, autopsy found her theory to be correct.
Another time a puppy broker gave a tiny puppy to us because he had a cleft palette that interfered with him eating correctly. We don’t take serious medical cases, but she could tell from the photo of the puppy that it was X problem he would grow out of in a few weeks. she was right.
Tiny Kittens deals with feral cats and when one in their colony is found to be pregnant (despite their near-constant TNR), she is brought in for the length of her confinement (or longer, if she is amenable to adoption). One of the kittens was found to have a huge palate cleft that required tube feeding and then hand feeding until she could be operated on. She was given part of the palate of a puppy who unfortunately died. I would hate to see the cost of that operation. She's the little cutie in the video at the top of the page: https://www.facebook.com/tinykittens
iris lilies
2-9-21, 3:59pm
Tiny Kittens deals with feral cats and when one in their colony is found to be pregnant (despite their near-constant TNR), she is brought in for the length of her confinement (or longer, if she is amenable to adoption). One of the kittens was found to have a huge palate cleft that required tube feeding and then hand feeding until she could be operated on. She was given part of the palate of a puppy who unfortunately died. I would hate to see the cost of that operation. She's the little cutie in the video at the top of the page: https://www.facebook.com/tinykittens
Oh my. That is extensive surgery. I hope that worked for the little kitten since so many resources were spent on that solution.
I’m really hardnosed when it comes to extensive veterinary care for newly born animals. I vote “no” in fixing mother nature’s problems.
We don’t take spina bifida dogs. There is another person who runs a bulldog spina bifida rescue group and she’s very good, but those dogs are diapered for life. I’m not taking that on. We do adopt out dogs that have lifelong medication needs, but those are things that are common with our breed such as eyedrops for dry eye and Allergy meds. I will do both as not a big deal.
Aura's operation was a success, fortunately. She's been adopted by the rescue.
Teacher Terry
2-9-21, 8:20pm
I agree IL. I will diaper a old dog but not a young one for life.
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