Mickey's Musings

Kelly

It's been a long time since I did my own Carnival post! We have 6 dogs, this week I'm featuring Kelly, Queen of the couch.

For long time readers, you may remember that Kelly is the pup who came up to us from North Carolina as one of our foster puppies. Somewhere in her past, Kelly had broken her leg and it was never repaired, she was probably never even taken to a vet prior to ending up in foster care in NC. Those nice people did take her to be x-rayed etc, but the vet apparenty felt that she was fine. Her leg turns out a bit and when she first came to us, she would experience pain when running and sometimes even when walking. We took her to the vet here who referred us to a specialist. The specialist felt that she had learned to live with it and that no surgery was needed. Basically, since she had broken it at an early age, she had learned to work around it and it was actually a good thing that the break had occurred at that age, rather that when she was older. He suggested glucosamine and possibly later in life arthritis type treatments. We had to be very careful with Kelly, it would cause her pain if you didn't pick her up the right way, or even prod her in the right way to move along (ie: go in her crate) and no one wanted to take on the responsibility of her care. As other dogs came and went, including her brother and sister, Kelly remained. Oscar, our abused little shy guy, who's brother had been adopted along with Moose's brother, was bonding with Kelly and they made a solid pair, each with their own handicaps. Kelly was a little reticent herself when people would come in the house and we eventually realized that she didn't want to leave and that she thought that the people coming to visit us were actually people who were there to adopt her, which they weren't, but she'd seen people come in the house and leave with pups and I guess she didn't want to be one of them. Her only bad trait, she likes to eat Mommy's crocheted blankets! Actually anything hand knit, including Mommy's beautiful hand knit sweater from Ireland. So, Kelly can't be a sleepy dog in anyone's bed if they are using Mommy's crocheted blankets! But she loves when the couch is opened into a bed.

Today - Kelly is a healthy little girl who can not only run and play with the best of them, but is able to launch herself over a 6 foot fence by rearing back on her hind legs! She runs, plays and tackles with the rest and only occasionally is forced to slow down a bit. She loves her brothers and sisters and is even trying to overcome her shyness around others. She's very vocal and a beautiful little girl!

Posted by Mickey at May 26, 2006 4:26 PM