Location: Montevallo, AL
Supporting Shelter: Chilton County Humane Society
Supporting Rescue: German Shepherd Rescue of Central Alabama
Pets: 12
10:05pm
This weeks weigh in is up one pound! I am happy with steadfast progress. This week he really started acting like a 5 month old puppy should. He was playing with the big dogs, barking at them, trying to catch the ball and chasing bugs! He's really smart too. He learned sit in about 5 minutes with the use of a clicker. read more
11:15pm
I weighed the boy on Thursday and he's gained six pounds. He now weighs 19.6. That is still very low for a five month old gsd pup. His sister weighs 35 pounds and his big brother weighs 50. But Dag feels so much better. He's eating better and playing like a normal puppy would. The lady that was interested in adopting him backed out because of his health issues. She had a lot going on and taking care of him is nearly a full time job in itself. read more
9:30pm
On April 3rd, Linda and I took Dagwood to see an internal medicine specialist, Dr. Lothrop at the Acton Road Specialty clinic. He weighed in a 13.1 pounds. He was 15 pounds the week prior at Dr. Honeycutts office. He was losing weight rapidly. He didn't feel too well either. He was weak and just laid around. I had been trying to feed him by hand, anything he would eat and it just wasn't appealing to him. I guess his body knew he could absorb it, so why try. At the time we went to… read more
9:34pm
EPI - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
I volunteer with German Shepherd Rescue of Central Alabama. I have been affiliated with them for 5 years. I am their secretary, website manager, photographer and foster parent. I have a darling little boy here for adoption named Dagwood. He came from a local shelter. His sorry owner/breeder dumped him and three of his littermates at ten weeks of age because he didn't want to fool with them anymore. I guess he had already made all the money he wanted by selling their other ten lit… read more