Glory

Glory has been adopted - August 29

Glory has found her forever home. She will be staying in Toronto with Victoria and her husband, Mike. Victoria is a vet tech in a local Vet's office. Glory will be joining a 1.5 year old black pug brother, Karl, and a 7 year old Mastiff sister, Cleo. Cleo has had many health problems and does physiotherapy at Canine Wellness Centre where Glory went for her physio. This will be nice for everyone as Glory's physiotherapist Tania will continue to work with both Cleo and Glory.

Victoria will be taking a trip to Italy in September so Glory will remain in foster care until her new mom returns. We will have pictures of the happy family at that point.

Glory is ready for adoption - July 28th

She is almost completely house broken, but does use pee pads when necessary. She needs a home with NO children under 6, could be an only dog, but would do well with another dog. If there is a younger dog in the house, it should be one that plays but isn't over the top as we don't want her re-injuring her leg. She's capable of a fair bit of playing, but shouldn't be with a dog that is a relentless player or a bully. She is easily intimidated by rough play.

She gets along well with cats and dogs. She is a very low key dog--especially for a puppy. Very affectionate and loves to snuggle.

Potential adopters should know that she may need more surgery in the first year following adoption. She may have to have her nares and soft palate done and her femoral head removal may have to be repeated if she develops new bone growth. This would be a substantial financial outlay--likely in the 3,000 to 4,000 dollar range for both surgeries. She plays happily with her fellow foster dog--a very young poodle and one of her foster mothers cats, Sonny.

Foster Update, July 8

Glory gains more and more use of her leg every week. She is going swimming in the lake a couple of times a week (with her life jacket on) in addition to her physiotherapy. She will be spayed in 4 weeks and then will be ready for adoption.

She is a,lovely little girl, quite self-confident and a bit of a bossy boots. She is almost completely house broken with only the very occasional accident at night--but she uses her pee pads and not the floor!

Foster Update, June 15

Glory has had her assessment for physiotherapy and her first physiotherapy session at Canine Wellness Centre and she thought the whole thing was more fun than a barrel of pugs. She even seemed to enjoy the water treadmill. She was cooperative and engaged for the whole time, but was a very tired little pug after she was done.

We have new exercises to work on at home. Her leg flexion is good, but her ability to extend the leg is not so good. The exercises are focussed on increasing her extension. We also have some massage techniques to keep the scar tissue from building up too much.

She is an extremely busy little girl in spite of her "handicap" and has lots of fun playing with her foster mother's 3 year old g inger cat. The resident pugs (being alot older and more staid) think Glory is the worst disaster since the Hindenburg, but can on occasion be caught playing with her.

She is currently in heat and will not be able to be spayed for another 4 to 6 weeks. She is house trained and uses potty pads when unable to get outside. She sits for treats and has pretty good recall. She is a smart little thing and loves to give kisses.

Foster Update, June 1

Glory is back in foster care and her physio work has begun. The cost of the operation came to $2,700. Blanche will be taking Glroy to the Canine Wellness Centre for her rehab excercises. Blanche will also learn what she can do at home to get little Glory's leg back to optimum condition.

Glory's leg/hip area

Foster Update, May, 30

UPDATE: The good news is that she came through her surgery very well and didn't have a cruciate injury--"just" the broken femoral head.

The not so good news is that because the muscles on her injured side have atrophied, her recovery time will be pretty lengthy-- 3 to 4 months of physio and rehab. BUT she will be mobile again and will likely not have any significant impairment-- or any impairment at all!

She goes in for surgery on her hip today. Dr. Boyd doesn't think she has a cruciate injury but won't know for sure until she can manipulate her leg and didn't want to do that while Glory was conscious. The injury has been there for awhile as the atrophy is severe. She will need to go to Physio and rehab after the surgery. Likely a three to four month time period before she is fully recovered.

Foster Update, May, 25

She does not bear weight on the right hind leg at all. We're meeting with Dr. Boyd at VEC on Monday at 10:30. She will for sure need a femoral head removal (she has snapped off the end of her femur). And she may need cruciate repair. I don't know if they will do both at the same time or not. I also don't know if they will spay her then or not--I'm guessing not. We should count on a bill of $3,000 to $4,000 is what my vet estimates.

It appears that the injury is one of some duration which may make the surgery more difficult. My vet feels that she will be fine after surgery and shouldn't have any long term effects other than being more prone to arthritis as she ages. She is 6 months old, is vaccinated and as busy as a little bee--but needs to have her activity restricted for the time being.

She is currently on Metacam for pain relief. She has some diarrhea which may be from the anaesthesia when she had the x-rays done on Tuesday-- or may be the heat combined with stress.

Introduction, May, 25

Glory (formerly Pookie) is a 6 month old female pug who has a broken hip and torn knee. Unfortunately, her owners are not in a positon to pay for the surgery required to restore Pookie's health so they called us to help this little one.

The estimated cost for these two operations will be about $2,000. If you can spare some money to help with her operations, click the Make a Donation button or send us a cheque to:
Box 1421, Station
Toronto, ON