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Rusty 4


November 10th Update:  Rusty is now running around and is very full of himself. His knee surgery was a complete success. He no longer has a limp and just goes and goes and goes!  A bonus -- now he has one of his old house mates, "Lucky", being fostered with him.  Luck is from the Animal Shelter.  Rusty loves having another dog around and his foster mom reports he adores children, too, and gets along well with cats. Rusty is now available for adoption and is looking for a home that will appreciate his enormous character and heart to match. This is a very fun dog that just leaves you smiling. He has a contagious, heart-warming personality.  Read on for more photos and for his whole rescue story!

October 23, 2004: UPDATES!     

 

Rusty showing off his shaved leg!      Luxuriating on his bed and banky.

 

Believe me, He's beggining!               Rusty resting and healing.....

Rusty has been doing good! We left him at the house yesturday for a little
while.  We have two different flights of stairs and they both have about 14 steps a piece. He's conquers them because he can't stand not being where we are! He's doing good. Like you said, he think's he's a pup! Sometimes it's hard to slow him down!! --Foster Mom, Allison

 

October 15, 2004: Rusty 4 surgery went very well and he is doing great.  His foster

mom is picking him up tomorrow night and a second foster mom is going to pick

him up Sat night till Wed and then back to his first foster mom's for convalesces.

October 8, 2004: Happy News! Two other Rescue Groups have arranged to rescue

Rusty's two canine buddies, Lucinda and Baby!  Rusty has two bad knees.  The

plan is to operate on the worst knee, let him recuperate and monitor to see if the

second knee improves.  Rusty's hips are not bad.  Rimadyl was prescribed and

after just one day it is obvious that Rusty feels much, much better (see the very

bottom picture of Rusty, below. This was taken before Rimadyl was administered.

All the remaining photos are taken after one day on Rimadyl).

October 7, 2004: Rusty, an overweight senior golden-lab cross, came to GRRF

from the Fairbanks Animal Shelter.  Rusty absolutely endeared himself to the

shelter staff with his gentle humor, and by carrying his food bowl around the

shelter grounds.  He has been an indoor dog, and is gentle and well-mannered.

Rusty had been relinquished to the animal shelter due to a tragic house fire which

rendered his former owner homeless.  Rusty was relinquished to the shelter along

with his two canine buddies, who are still at the shelter, due to be euthanized. 

Unfortunately, GRRF lacks foster families to be able to help out Rusty's buddies.

Rusty has a bad limp.  This appears to be caused by torn cruciate ligaments (bad

knees) which has caused atrophying of his leg muscles.  Rusty probably also has

bad hips; and since he is senior and overweight, he may be suffering from

arthritis.  Rusty will be undergoing a complete physical examination and extensive

X-raying today (Thursday) to find out if surgery can help him out.