Olive

I forgot some of the biggest news in my last post. I have a new dog. There have been several dogs that I have posted on that were at my house for a while, but they were all adopted out. This one, it seems, is going to be staying. Her name is Olive and she has a pretty crazy story.

Nancy's friend Belinda was out riding her horse in the woods and noticed flies thick and buzzing around something off the trail. Her other friend got down to see what it was. They could see some white fur and wanted to check it out. It blinked and then wagged. It was a little American Eskimo dog and she was in some seriously bad shape. She was torn up with multiple bite marks on her neck and back legs. She had been injured for at least 3 to 4 days because maggots were in her wounds. She also had a huge abcess in her mouth that actually burst through her cheek. She had lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time and was really dehydrated. Belinda picked her up and put her across the horse and took her into the clinic that she and Nancy work at. They doped her up with morphine, cleaned her wounds, and gave her some heavy duty antibiotics. Nancy brought her home and we put her in a quiet room alone, but figured she would be dead by the next morning. She wasn't. We kept her snowed on pain meds for about a week and then Nancy had ten teeth pulled. It was horrible. We have no idea what really happened to her. I would think that if coyotes had gotten her she would not have been left alive. And who ever had her totally neglected her. Her teeth were just horrible.

This little dog is amazing. I am just dumbfounded that she laid out in the hot sun with her injuries for several days and still survived. That is why they did not just put her to sleep at the clinic. They all felt that she had to be given a chance. She is most likely between ten and twelve years old and her hips and knees are really bad; so bad in fact that sometimes her legs fly out from under her. She never seems to be in pain though. She has totally blended in with the crew here. When I walk in the door she gets really excited and starts running around in circles. She is able to go up stairs but not down because of her hips. She is a funny little girl and likes to follow me from room to room and sit on the floor near me. I just decided that since she has gone through so much and is quite old, I want her to stay here for the rest of her days because she deserves to have a good home.

I do not want to post the first pictures because they are horrible, but this is Olive the day after she had ten teeth taken out. She is just a wonderful little creature.