When I began fostering Gracie, we thought that her body condition was a result of malnutrition and given the financial difficulties faced by many people due to the pandemic, that was not such a far fetched idea. After spending time with Gracie, I knew that she had been very loved because of her sweet nature […]
Gracie passed away peacefully this afternoon. While she had improved in her ability to walk since last week, she never recovered the ability to get up on her own. Last night she started limping on her front left leg and this morning she was unable to bear weight on it at all. She was listless, […]
Gracie, the petite Golden Retriever, came to live with me on July 11, 2021 as a foster through Rescue City. Two days prior, she had been surrendered by her family to the NYC public shelter severely malnourished, weighing only 29lbs. While understandably needing a bit of time to decompress and adjust to a new home, […]
A lot has happened for Nori in the last 2 months! She had TTA (not TPLO) surgery on her left hind leg on May 24th, and came through like a champ! After trying a soft, padded cone for a few days, I bought a surgical sleeve that worked amazingly well (after I figured out how […]
This is Nori and she came to stay with me on May 1. She is an almost 6 year old Airedale Terrier (likely a mix due to her size, which is currently 107lbs). She has a cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) tear in her left knee and will undergo tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) surgery to […]
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