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Ruby: 8 year old Female
Medical Needs:
Vaccinate, Tattoo, Deworm, Advantage, Bloodpanel, ECG, XRays,
Cardiac Ultrasound, Fecal culture, as well as antibiotics
for Colitis and Eye and Bacterial Skin Infections. |
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Ruby is a very loving little dog. Probably around 12
years old. No teeth. Tail up and wagging,
watching you constantly waiting to be noticed. Dances on her feet,
cuddles right in when picked up. She will probably just stay with me
as she has a terrible heart arrythmia, separation anxiety, and
colitis and an ongoing eye condition. She is starting to heal and settle in and I just don't
have the heart to move her again.
Ruby loves the sunshine and green grass at
her new home. |
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Ruby's bear-rug
impersonation as her dirty, tangled coat is shaved down. |
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She especially loves her new
haircut....no more tangles, just wash and wear hair. |
Ruby's baby raccoon look |
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I
took Ruby dressed as my Teddy-Bear to the extended care facility for
the staff/resident's Halloween get together. All the staff were
wearing costumes and we walked through all six floors. It was
really hard to keep up as the residents wanted to
hold Ruby once they realized she moved and wasn't a stuffed toy. |
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It was so heart-warming
to see residents respond to her. They just melted.
Ruby was so cute and so well
behaved. She loved sitting with the elderly people and didn't care
if they were in wheelchairs or beds, nothing fazed her. The
recreation department has some wonderful pictures of her with some
of the seniors.
Quite a transition for a little old puppy mill dog that was
living in filth and squalor. |
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Ruby's rescuer and new Mum
feels what all rescuers and adoptors of rescued dogs feel...
I love this little dog.
Dynamite couldn't break us apart at this point. She has been
through the wringer with neglect, abuse, skin infections,
heart issues, eye conditions and colitis yet is always
happy, happy, happy and loves to be close and cuddled. We
have made many trips to the veterinary clinic but Ruby never
complains. The staff affectionately call her "Little Bean"
and she always gets a pat and a cuddle from the girls. Ruby
has a never-ending capacity for forgiveness as evidenced by
her loving nature in spite of her previous life in the puppy
mill. If people could be the same we would have peace in the
world. |
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Jumping in the cat's bed |
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Checking out the AAS website.
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Ruby's colitis is finally coming under
control with antibiotics and special
food. Her hair is starting to grow back from where her
chest was shaved for
the ECG's and ultrasound of her heart and the bare spots
from her bacterial
skin infection are filling in with black fuzzy hair. Her
eye condition is
clearing up now and her little black eyes literally shine
when she grins.
It's been a long haul health wise but we're finally winning. |
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Is Santa here yet??
I just know I've been good. At least that's what my
mom always tells me. She loves me even though I don't have
teeth and my
heart is very tired. She says I have a beautiful smile that
lights up my
eyes and a heart of gold. I was going to ask Santa for some
new eyeballs
for my adoptive puppy mill sister Adele but mom said she
doesn't miss her
eyes anymore than I miss my teeth. That's okay, I think
she's beautiful and
we love her too. Some day she is going to come with mom and
I to the
Senior's residence to visit the nice people there.
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It's wonderful to watch Ruby play with my
other puppymill dog. Ruby doesn't seem to notice or care
that Adele is different and doesn't have eyes to see with.
They are best friends and sleep curled up on each side of me
all night long, waking only in the morning and running
pell-mell for the backdoor to see if it snowed.
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Ruby twinkles brighter than a Christmas
star. She is so happy, some days
it hurts to look at her. I don't need a tree or lights for
Christmas, I don't
need any presents at all, I have Ruby and Adele and they
encompass
all the season should be...Peace, Love, and Forgiveness. |
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