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JAKE
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I was found on a First
Nations Reserve with my buddy Spirit.
Some nice ladies had come to the reserve
to feed the dogs and were leaving when
they saw Jake and I at the side of the
road. They stopped to feed us and
noticed that I had a hurt back leg, we were taken to the
Castledowns Veterinary Clinic where the nice people
there took care of my buddy Spirit and I.
My leg was badly infected and I was started on
medication, and I had my first x-ray. The doctor
found that I had been shot in my leg and the bullet
shattered the bone. If I was to survive and have a
healthly life the leg would have to be amputated.
The operation was very costly but the nice lady and
man (Joe and Claudie) said they would pay for my operation.
I stayed at the clinic for about a week to recover from
my operation, and Joe and Claudie tried to find me a
foster home. A foster home was found through SCARS and
I was off to my next adventure.
My foster home had lots of friends for me to play with and
I adapted really well on three legs. My new foster mom took
me places with her, and I got along well with all the animals
there, even the cats.
My foster mom fell in love with me and decided to adopt me...yeah...
so I have found my furever home.
My foster mom sends updates to Northern Spirit K9 and they will be posted
here...
Jake had an especially hard time this Winter. I think I told you he contracted Bronchitis
that just wouldn’t go away. After 4 rounds of Antibiotics he finally improved, but
the dryness kept him coughing. We ran humidifiers in the house 24 hours a day and that
would help a lot but as soon as he went outside in the dryness, his
cough would kick in. He is starting to act more like an adult dog now.
Before, his puppiness was very apparent, playing with everything…(even stuff that wasn’t a toy)
He is now more settled and calm and I am loving the guy he is turning into.
He is a big fella…weighing in at an even 135 pounds. (61 kilos)
At the moment, we are fostering a German Shepherd puppy,
about 9 weeks old. He took to Jake right away and now they are best buds,
which is a good thing since the cats (all 13 of them) don’t really like having a puppy in the house.
The 3 other dogs are quite put out with me for bringing in a PUPPY!! , as they are much older and
don’t want to be bothered, but Jake has taken it all in stride.
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