#2577 – Josie
| Status: | Adopted |
| Name: |
JOSIE |
| Type: | Tricolor |
| Age: | 4 months |
| Birthday: | September 1, 2008 |
| Gender: | Female |
| Spayed/Neutered: | Yes |
| Good with children: | Yes, but so exuberant she would likely knock over very small children |
| Good with other dogs: | Yes, but I can get in their faces – so any sibling dogs will need to be very tolerant of my puppy antics |
| Good with cats: | I will chase them if they run, but am respectful of dog-savvy cats |
| Housebroken: | Working on it… |
| Foster Location: | Valders, WI |
| Special needs: | I have hip dysplasia |
| Update: February 28, 2009
Hi Everyone,
Josie here again with another update on my favorite subject – ME!! :-) 2 weeks ago I went for my PennHIP x-ray to see how my hips really were. We just got the results yesterday, and I rank in the 30th percentile for collies. It means my hips are a bit loose, but Dr. Bruce (the orthopedic surgeon) doesn’t think I’m likely to need surgery or to develop crippling arthritis as a young dog. YAY! It does mean I’m likely to develop hip dysplasia, but Foster Mom says as long as I am kept very lean and very muscled I should do great! So, the doctors prescribe lots of exercise but not much food… hmmm, doesn’t seem fair, but it’s all good to me as long as lots of chew toys are included in that. Yesterday I went to the dentist. The good news is that my teeth don’t need braces! The bad news is that I had some weird thing happen and 4 of my adult teeth didn’t come in. Dr. Kressin took lots of x-rays of my mouth (FM told me, and I’ll have to take her word for it because I was asleep at the time) and found that two of them on the top just never formed. The two on the bottom were a bit stranger though… and even though there were no teeth present on the x-rays, my jaw had sockets forming. What can I say, I’m an overachiever. Dr. Kressin and FM decided it would be best to “explore” those sockets and make sure there was no abnormal tissue in them so I’ve got to have some minor oral surgery and biopsies. As soon as my stitches heal, I’ve got the green light for adoption. I’m not quite sure what that means, but FM assures me it’s a wonderful thing. The bad news is that I can’t have any chew toys for 10-14 days, and that makes me sad. FM told me it’s ok, I can still chew on my foster brother. :-) That’s all for now from Josie-ville. Woof! Update: February 4, 2009 Hi everyone, Josie here with an update about how I’m doing. Foster mom took me to the orthopedic surgeon on January 16 and he had really good news. He couldn’t pop my hip out of joint! Dr. Bruce said he didn’t think I was going to need surgery after all, but he wants to do a follow up exam and PennHIP x-ray (a special x-ray that checks for looseness in the hips) on Friday, February 13. I’m not a bit concerned about the exam or even the date it’s on :-). I am a bit put out that it means I won’t get breakfast – again – because they will have to sedate me… bummer! Foster mom says I’ve gotten really strong wrestling with my foster brother and doing my puppy zooming around the house in the evening. I can even climb up the steep narrow staircase to FM’s bedroom without help now! I’ve also learned I can jump onto the couch and even into FM’s lap if she’s in her recliner, but FM doesn’t think that is very ladylike behavior. Oops! I get to go see a veterinary dentist soon because FM is worried about my bottom canine teeth. She thinks they are coming in too narrow and may cause me some discomfort if they aren’t fixed. She says they are looking better than when they first started to come in, but she still wants an expert opinion on them. She likes to worry about me an awful lot, she says it’s her job. I think she just likes to poke around in my mouth… I’m not real keen on it, but I let her do it anyway, then I take it out on foster brother and chew on him a bit. :-) Well, that’s all for now from Josie-ville. Thanks sooooo much to everyone who is supporting both me and the rescue in general, we all really appreciate it. Description: Hello, my name is Josie and I’m a 15 week old rough collie girl. Unfortunately, my puppyhood hasn’t been as carefree as most. I have developed hip dysplasia at a very young age. I don’t have a lot of strength in my right rear leg because it tends to pop out of joint rather easily. It doesn’t seem to slow me down, though. Foster mom says I’m a rough and tumble kind of girl. I play pretty hard with my foster collie brother and I never cry. I jump up and go right back at him. I’m a very smart puppy, I already scratch at the door to tell my foster mom I have to go outside. This doesn’t mean that I don’t have the occasional accident, though. I’m learning sit and down, but I don’t have a clue what the word “stay” means. I am learning “wait” at feeding time, though. Foster mom says it’s a start. I’m a very food motivated girl so foster mom says I should be a quick learner. I am a typical collie puppy in that I really like to hear myself talk! I love to play tug with my foster collie brother, and sometimes he even lets me win. Because of the degree of my hip dysplasia, everyone (especially foster mom) is worried that I will have arthritis pain and trouble walking at a young age. Seeing as I’m quite an active girl, that would be really sad. |
