Kimmie
October 2010:
- I was contacted by a Westie owner on Oct 5th.
She informed me that her dog groomer had a shampoo girl that worked
at the salon and also worked as kennel help in a puppymill half time for
income. The woman (Mary)
was homeless and lived in her car.
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- She told the salon owner that animal control came and issued a summons
to the mill that they had to downsize from 70 dogs to 30 dogs in 10 days or
be closed down. The woman
started to dump her dogs.
Two of her Westies had given birth about 6 wks prior and she was going to
dump the older breeding bitches who were about 5 yrs old.
She was going to dump them in the woods.
The mill breeder gave Mary the two dogs to dump in the woods, and
Mary wound up taking them to the grooming salon asking for help. They called me and I picked them up. Both dogs were in bad shape, (Kimmie/Lesley) and the vet bills for
both were $1131.67. Both
girls have the best personalities and are very social little butterflies.
Always happy and smiling.
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- Both had severe yeast infections and needed dental.
Kimmie was the worst, and she had a severe skin infection and
required dental and extractions, spaying and an x-ray of her leg. (Lesley was
in much better shape). Kimmie
does not use her right back leg. She
currently hops around on three legs.
She has a severe luxated patella but I think its kind of not even
able to go back in the socket at this point and we suspect a cruciate
ligament. Vet will not know more until
she cuts inside
Karin Parish
Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue
Update November 1, 2010:
- Kimmie had her surgery and it was unsuccessful.
She had such severe cartilege damage, and bone spurs, and other damage that
it could not be repaired. It was hard to see on an xray - but once the
surgeon got inside, she said it's comparable to: If you knee broke and the
tissue around it tore and you have your knee flexed and it healed that way
for years to the point where now the bone density is so thick, you really
can't do much about it, its permanently affixed that way. She can balance
on it, but she is never going to use it. The upside is that she isn't in
pain and we don't have to amputate it. My vet is going to find time to
write a report up, but everything was fast and furious this weekend, and she
didn't get to that part.
Karin Parish
Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue
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