Echo was adopted!
Update October 2014:
Ginny, Just wanted to let you know the Neeley's had a very good 3 dog night with our new canine addition. He seemed to fit right in with the other two dogs. He has a wonderful appetite and manages eating and drinking just fine with the collar, altho I know he will be so happy to get it off when that time comes. Meds go down so easy with food.
Going potty outside without problem and no accidents inside. He will be house trained in no time. His ears look ok and the drains are working with some ooze. When he shakes his head, the drainage goes all over the inside of the cone collar and then pools near his neck. So he got cleaned up and brushed this am..... he really, really loves the attention.
I have to wait till Monday to schedule the follow up appts with the surgeon. Will send you future emails to let you know how he is doing.
By the way we are changing his name. He is such a regal looking shepherd, we chose Baron.
Again thank you for everything you and your staff have done for Echo, and esp for allowing us to adopt such a wonderful dog.
Update November 2014:
My husband and I wanted you to know that Echo (we have renamed him Baron) is progressing very, very well. It has now been 3 weeks since his ear surgery and he has really turned a corner on his health.
Four days post-op we returned to New Castle for the drains to be removed, but then continued his care at our local vet in Laurel, DE. We have been very pleased with the care of the vet there, who is familiar with this type of surgery. He had to be sedated on two occasions to have his wounds cleaned. On arrival to our vet the antibiotics were changed to stronger ones.
Baron is quite a big boy as you know, and hates the cone collar, but has managed to deal with the inconvenience of it. He runs into things continually since the cone width is wider that he realizes. We are waiting for the wounds to be completely healed before we remove it. Maybe only a few more days.
Remarkably Baron was immediately house broken and has never had any accidents in the house. We find this amazing since he was in shelters for quite a while. Another amazing item is the complete acceptance of him by our two dogs and his positive adjustment to all of us.
We are very happy to see his playful personality come out as he is, as far as we can tell, without any ear pain. And wonderfully enough, we are finding he can hear certain sounds, like the phone, a whistle, saying NO loudly, door closing and other loud noises. Tell Eric that he remembers to sit and give a paw when a treat is offered. Learning new tricks will be easy since he is food-driven.
Our adoption seems to be a mutual admiration society. He needed us and we needed him. Thank you again for the opportunity to care for this wonderful dog.
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