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Monday, August 2, 2010 early morning we went to start Maggie on a new day. Maggie died sometime during the night. All that she had going against her was just too much on her little body. Our hearts are very heavy with her loss. Please spay and neuter your pet family and please keep your canine family on heartworm preventative.
I want to introduce Maggie. We pulled Maggie from Powhatan County VA animal control when no individual or rescue group would even take a look at her for potential adoption. No, we are not special for doing this, rescue groups do this every day. So many hounds face this same situation it is truly heartbreaking.
It is often asked how we choose a dog to come into rescue. There are thousands each day that are sent to us, begging for us to help them. Our rescue is quite small and sometimes all we can rescue is just one.
Somebody named this little hound girl Sonia. One of my favorite names for a girl is Maggie and she just had to be a Maggie and she just had to be given a chance.
We actually got the initial contact about a young male Min Pin at the shelter, a very handsome and healthy little two year old. We could have taken him and moved on but for some reason the decision was made to wait. Another rescue group saved the little Min Pin. A volunteer and her son went and got Maggie for us and took her to the vet clinic.
Maggie has had a rough life, like so many hounds in our community and all over this country. Hounds are considered one of the sweetest and most loyal canines who help us and make such wonderful family members.
Hounds are also one of the most over bred dogs in this country and one of the least appreciated. Hunting hounds are bred, used for hunting, not vetted, not cared for, set loose to run and never find their way back, they are considered disposable by many.
Maggie weighed 48 pounds, her spine about 2 inches across. Maggie is heartworm positive. Maggie tested positive for Lymes disease. Maggie tested positive for Ehrlichia (another tick borne disease). Maggie is estimated to be only three years old. At some time part of Maggie’s tail has been taken, who knows why.
Maggie had x-rays to see how significant her heartworm disease is. Maggie had an x-ray also to see if she might be pregnant. The x-rays indicated that she was not pregnant.
Due to her condition, there are a lot of concerns. She could have extreme blood loss if she goes into heat. She could have extreme blood loss if she was spayed.
Maggie had her vaccines and was put on an antibiotic commonly used for tick borne diseases and also for swelling around the heart with heartworm disease.
Three weeks later when Maggie went back for a re-check, another x-ray determined that she was pregnant and due to give birth any day. The lack of nourishment had made for some very weak puppies who had just started to form prior to delivery. But Maggie could die from blood loss and she isn’t making milk to nurse puppies. Maggie went to be in the care of very qualified folks to help her with delivery. Maggie’s situation is not good. Maggie had a c-section and lost eleven puppies and was spayed and we were very fortunate to save her.
Maggie has a very large incision and she is extremely underweight. She has a very long ways to go.
Maggie is very shy and when we took her into rescue she wouldn’t walk. She was placed into a travel kennel and the kennel was carried into the vet clinic and the top was removed and Maggie carried to the back to be vetted. That evening when I went to get her and take her home, she was carried and put in my car. We carried Maggie inside. For the next week Maggie was carried out of the house and walked in a fenced yard on lead for breaks and then carried back inside.
After a week, she wouldn’t walk to go outside, but driven by fear, she would walk back inside. To her to walk inside was to get back to safety.
During that first three weeks Maggie wagged her tail, smiled, rolled onto her back so she could get a belly rub, walked outside on her own, walked back inside on her own, started to trust us. There isn’t a better feeling than to have a dog, a very loyal hound dog who is terrified, to trust you.
Maggie has so far to go. She still has to undergo heartworm treatment. She has so much to learn about being in a home and being a loved family member.
We feel fortunate to have Maggie with us.
If you are interested in adopting, fill out our adoption application. Adopt page gives guidelines, top right corner has application to fill out online and it emails it to us.
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