[Top two 8/17, bottom two 9/03] Update: We raised enough money for Canela and she went into surgery on the 17th of August. Everything went smoothly, she’s already more energetic and has a significantly increased appetite!! She’s been through so much this year but she’s a real tough girl, she made it through like a champ. Hoping to see her fully recovered and off of antifungals by January 2019
Thank you so,so much to everyone who donated and supported us through her treatment, we’re so lucky to have people be so moved and inspired by her story!
Dear husky lovers and owners, thank you so much for your love and support of my dogs and the blog! I’m happy to see my pups bringing joy to so many other people!
Unfortunately, tragedy has befallen our family at the start of this year.
On January the 2nd I noticed Canela was very lethargic, she wasn’t eating as much as she usually does. We booked the earliest appointment with our vet that we could, they saw her on January the 5th. She came in with a fever, a small skin lesion had developed just the day before, her left eye was looking red and irritated.
They prescribed her antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and some pain meds. Initially she was perkier, the pain meds were helping– but she wasn’t getting better, her condition was worsening. She wouldn’t open her left eye, her right eye started to look red, the lesion on her leg was swelling and two more were starting to appear. We brought her to an emergency pet clinic on the 9th.
After several expensive tests Canela was diagnosed with a bad case of Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal infection that was causing her a lot of pain. The disease progressed rapidly, she had several bad skin lesions, her lungs were coated with spores, she could barely stand and her left eye was looking even worse by the time we had gotten her to the emergency clinic.
She was hospitalized so they could treat her, the internal medicine specialist told us we needed to be prepared because there was a significant chance she wouldn’t survive. I was absolutely devastated. Nothing could have prepared me for this to happen to my ten month old puppy.
She was a very strong, brave girl; the first 48 hours were the hardest, she needed oxygen and IV fluids but once they started giving her the first few doses of the antifungal we really started to see her improve.
She was discharged yesterday on January the 12th, she’s doing much better and she’s able to walk again but she’s lost the ability to see in both of her eyes.
We took her to an ophthalmologist yesterday, there’s a possibility her sight may return in her right eye when the inflammation goes down but her left eye is permanently blind, it may even need to be surgically removed if there’s enough granuloma but it’s too early to tell.
Nothing in this world means as much to me as my dogs, I’m just so relieved to have her home and alive whether or not she can see. I’ll keep you guys updated on her condition, please send all your hope and well wishes our way!
Update on This: Canela has been on antifungals for seven months but she isn’t getting better and recently she’s getting worse, the skin lesions are reemerging and she’s been very lethargic. I’ve tried everything the vets have suggested, we’ve raised her fluconazole dosage twice and injected antifungals into her eyeballs, she takes 150 mg of fluconazole every twelve hours and gets three different eyedrops four times a day for inflammation, pain and to keep the pressure down. Her ophthalmologist and her vet think she’s not getting better because the fungal organisms are in her eyes still and the oral antifungal she’s on isn’t taking care of them. I need to get my dog’s eyes surgically removed, it’s the only way we’ll be able to ensure she won’t get reinfected. I won’t be able to pay for it with my current financial situation, it’s around $2,000. I’ve started a gofundme, if you can donate even a dollar I’d appreciate it and if you can’t please reblog to spread the word!! I’m terrified Canela won’t make it if we don’t get this surgery soon and by the time I’ll be able to afford it it might be too late for her. Thank you for reading this and thank you for spreading the word and helping us out! I’ll try to come up with a way to thank donors, the link to the GoFundMe is https://www.gofundme.com/canelas-surgery
My campaign is trending on gofundme!!! Please keep reblogging!!
Dear husky lovers and owners, thank you so much for your love and support of my dogs and the blog! I’m happy to see my pups bringing joy to so many other people!
Unfortunately, tragedy has befallen our family at the start of this year.
On January the 2nd I noticed Canela was very lethargic, she wasn’t eating as much as she usually does. We booked the earliest appointment with our vet that we could, they saw her on January the 5th. She came in with a fever, a small skin lesion had developed just the day before, her left eye was looking red and irritated.
They prescribed her antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and some pain meds. Initially she was perkier, the pain meds were helping– but she wasn’t getting better, her condition was worsening. She wouldn’t open her left eye, her right eye started to look red, the lesion on her leg was swelling and two more were starting to appear. We brought her to an emergency pet clinic on the 9th.
After several expensive tests Canela was diagnosed with a bad case of Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal infection that was causing her a lot of pain. The disease progressed rapidly, she had several bad skin lesions, her lungs were coated with spores, she could barely stand and her left eye was looking even worse by the time we had gotten her to the emergency clinic.
She was hospitalized so they could treat her, the internal medicine specialist told us we needed to be prepared because there was a significant chance she wouldn’t survive. I was absolutely devastated. Nothing could have prepared me for this to happen to my ten month old puppy.
She was a very strong, brave girl; the first 48 hours were the hardest, she needed oxygen and IV fluids but once they started giving her the first few doses of the antifungal we really started to see her improve.
She was discharged yesterday on January the 12th, she’s doing much better and she’s able to walk again but she’s lost the ability to see in both of her eyes.
We took her to an ophthalmologist yesterday, there’s a possibility her sight may return in her right eye when the inflammation goes down but her left eye is permanently blind, it may even need to be surgically removed if there’s enough granuloma but it’s too early to tell.
Nothing in this world means as much to me as my dogs, I’m just so relieved to have her home and alive whether or not she can see. I’ll keep you guys updated on her condition, please send all your hope and well wishes our way!
Update on This: Canela has been on antifungals for seven months but she isn’t getting better and recently she’s getting worse, the skin lesions are reemerging and she’s been very lethargic. I’ve tried everything the vets have suggested, we’ve raised her fluconazole dosage twice and injected antifungals into her eyeballs, she takes 150 mg of fluconazole every twelve hours and gets three different eyedrops four times a day for inflammation, pain and to keep the pressure down. Her ophthalmologist and her vet think she’s not getting better because the fungal organisms are in her eyes still and the oral antifungal she’s on isn’t taking care of them. I need to get my dog’s eyes surgically removed, it’s the only way we’ll be able to ensure she won’t get reinfected. I won’t be able to pay for it with my current financial situation, it’s around $2,000. I’ve started a gofundme, if you can donate even a dollar I’d appreciate it and if you can’t please reblog to spread the word!! I’m terrified Canela won’t make it if we don’t get this surgery soon and by the time I’ll be able to afford it it might be too late for her. Thank you for reading this and thank you for spreading the word and helping us out! I’ll try to come up with a way to thank donors, the link to the GoFundMe is https://www.gofundme.com/canelas-surgery
My campaign is trending on gofundme!!! Please keep reblogging!!
Dear husky lovers and owners, thank you so much for your love and support of my dogs and the blog! I’m happy to see my pups bringing joy to so many other people!
Unfortunately, tragedy has befallen our family at the start of this year.
On January the 2nd I noticed Canela was very lethargic, she wasn’t eating as much as she usually does. We booked the earliest appointment with our vet that we could, they saw her on January the 5th. She came in with a fever, a small skin lesion had developed just the day before, her left eye was looking red and irritated.
They prescribed her antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and some pain meds. Initially she was perkier, the pain meds were helping– but she wasn’t getting better, her condition was worsening. She wouldn’t open her left eye, her right eye started to look red, the lesion on her leg was swelling and two more were starting to appear. We brought her to an emergency pet clinic on the 9th.
After several expensive tests Canela was diagnosed with a bad case of Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal infection that was causing her a lot of pain. The disease progressed rapidly, she had several bad skin lesions, her lungs were coated with spores, she could barely stand and her left eye was looking even worse by the time we had gotten her to the emergency clinic.
She was hospitalized so they could treat her, the internal medicine specialist told us we needed to be prepared because there was a significant chance she wouldn’t survive. I was absolutely devastated. Nothing could have prepared me for this to happen to my ten month old puppy.
She was a very strong, brave girl; the first 48 hours were the hardest, she needed oxygen and IV fluids but once they started giving her the first few doses of the antifungal we really started to see her improve.
She was discharged yesterday on January the 12th, she’s doing much better and she’s able to walk again but she’s lost the ability to see in both of her eyes.
We took her to an ophthalmologist yesterday, there’s a possibility her sight may return in her right eye when the inflammation goes down but her left eye is permanently blind, it may even need to be surgically removed if there’s enough granuloma but it’s too early to tell.
Nothing in this world means as much to me as my dogs, I’m just so relieved to have her home and alive whether or not she can see. I’ll keep you guys updated on her condition, please send all your hope and well wishes our way!
Update on This: Canela has been on antifungals for seven months but she isn’t getting better and recently she’s getting worse, the skin lesions are reemerging and she’s been very lethargic. I’ve tried everything the vets have suggested, we’ve raised her fluconazole dosage twice and injected antifungals into her eyeballs, she takes 150 mg of fluconazole every twelve hours and gets three different eyedrops four times a day for inflammation, pain and to keep the pressure down. Her ophthalmologist and her vet think she’s not getting better because the fungal organisms are in her eyes still and the oral antifungal she’s on isn’t taking care of them. I need to get my dog’s eyes surgically removed, it’s the only way we’ll be able to ensure she won’t get reinfected. I won’t be able to pay for it with my current financial situation, it’s around $2,000. I’ve started a gofundme, if you can donate even a dollar I’d appreciate it and if you can’t please reblog to spread the word!! I’m terrified Canela won’t make it if we don’t get this surgery soon and by the time I’ll be able to afford it it might be too late for her. Thank you for reading this and thank you for spreading the word and helping us out! I’ll try to come up with a way to thank donors, the link to the GoFundMe is https://www.gofundme.com/canelas-surgery
My campaign is trending on gofundme!!! Please keep reblogging!!
Dear husky lovers and owners, thank you so much for your love and support of my dogs and the blog! I’m happy to see my pups bringing joy to so many other people!
Unfortunately, tragedy has befallen our family at the start of this year.
On January the 2nd I noticed Canela was very lethargic, she wasn’t eating as much as she usually does. We booked the earliest appointment with our vet that we could, they saw her on January the 5th. She came in with a fever, a small skin lesion had developed just the day before, her left eye was looking red and irritated.
They prescribed her antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and some pain meds. Initially she was perkier, the pain meds were helping– but she wasn’t getting better, her condition was worsening. She wouldn’t open her left eye, her right eye started to look red, the lesion on her leg was swelling and two more were starting to appear. We brought her to an emergency pet clinic on the 9th.
After several expensive tests Canela was diagnosed with a bad case of Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal infection that was causing her a lot of pain. The disease progressed rapidly, she had several bad skin lesions, her lungs were coated with spores, she could barely stand and her left eye was looking even worse by the time we had gotten her to the emergency clinic.
She was hospitalized so they could treat her, the internal medicine specialist told us we needed to be prepared because there was a significant chance she wouldn’t survive. I was absolutely devastated. Nothing could have prepared me for this to happen to my ten month old puppy.
She was a very strong, brave girl; the first 48 hours were the hardest, she needed oxygen and IV fluids but once they started giving her the first few doses of the antifungal we really started to see her improve.
She was discharged yesterday on January the 12th, she’s doing much better and she’s able to walk again but she’s lost the ability to see in both of her eyes.
We took her to an ophthalmologist yesterday, there’s a possibility her sight may return in her right eye when the inflammation goes down but her left eye is permanently blind, it may even need to be surgically removed if there’s enough granuloma but it’s too early to tell.
Nothing in this world means as much to me as my dogs, I’m just so relieved to have her home and alive whether or not she can see. I’ll keep you guys updated on her condition, please send all your hope and well wishes our way!
Update on This: Canela has been on antifungals for seven months but she isn’t getting better and recently she’s getting worse, the skin lesions are reemerging and she’s been very lethargic. I’ve tried everything the vets have suggested, we’ve raised her fluconazole dosage twice and injected antifungals into her eyeballs, she takes 150 mg of fluconazole every twelve hours and gets three different eyedrops four times a day for inflammation, pain and to keep the pressure down. Her ophthalmologist and her vet think she’s not getting better because the fungal organisms are in her eyes still and the oral antifungal she’s on isn’t taking care of them. I need to get my dog’s eyes surgically removed, it’s the only way we’ll be able to ensure she won’t get reinfected. I won’t be able to pay for it with my current financial situation, it’s around $2,000. I’ve started a gofundme, if you can donate even a dollar I’d appreciate it and if you can’t please reblog to spread the word!! I’m terrified Canela won’t make it if we don’t get this surgery soon and by the time I’ll be able to afford it it might be too late for her. Thank you for reading this and thank you for spreading the word and helping us out! I’ll try to come up with a way to thank donors, the link to the GoFundMe is https://www.gofundme.com/canelas-surgery
Dear husky lovers and owners, thank you so much for your love and support of my dogs and the blog! I’m happy to see my pups bringing joy to so many other people!
Unfortunately, tragedy has befallen our family at the start of this year.
On January the 2nd I noticed Canela was very lethargic, she wasn’t eating as much as she usually does. We booked the earliest appointment with our vet that we could, they saw her on January the 5th. She came in with a fever, a small skin lesion had developed just the day before, her left eye was looking red and irritated.
They prescribed her antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory and some pain meds. Initially she was perkier, the pain meds were helping– but she wasn’t getting better, her condition was worsening. She wouldn’t open her left eye, her right eye started to look red, the lesion on her leg was swelling and two more were starting to appear. We brought her to an emergency pet clinic on the 9th.
After several expensive tests Canela was diagnosed with a bad case of Blastomycosis, a systemic fungal infection that was causing her a lot of pain. The disease progressed rapidly, she had several bad skin lesions, her lungs were coated with spores, she could barely stand and her left eye was looking even worse by the time we had gotten her to the emergency clinic.
She was hospitalized so they could treat her, the internal medicine specialist told us we needed to be prepared because there was a significant chance she wouldn’t survive. I was absolutely devastated. Nothing could have prepared me for this to happen to my ten month old puppy.
She was a very strong, brave girl; the first 48 hours were the hardest, she needed oxygen and IV fluids but once they started giving her the first few doses of the antifungal we really started to see her improve.
She was discharged yesterday on January the 12th, she’s doing much better and she’s able to walk again but she’s lost the ability to see in both of her eyes.
We took her to an ophthalmologist yesterday, there’s a possibility her sight may return in her right eye when the inflammation goes down but her left eye is permanently blind, it may even need to be surgically removed if there’s enough granuloma but it’s too early to tell.
Nothing in this world means as much to me as my dogs, I’m just so relieved to have her home and alive whether or not she can see. I’ll keep you guys updated on her condition, please send all your hope and well wishes our way!
Update on This: Canela has been on antifungals for seven months but she isn’t getting better and recently she’s getting worse, the skin lesions are reemerging and she’s been very lethargic. I’ve tried everything the vets have suggested, we’ve raised her fluconazole dosage twice and injected antifungals into her eyeballs, she takes 150 mg of fluconazole every twelve hours and gets three different eyedrops four times a day for inflammation, pain and to keep the pressure down. Her ophthalmologist and her vet think she’s not getting better because the fungal organisms are in her eyes still and the oral antifungal she’s on isn’t taking care of them. I need to get my dog’s eyes surgically removed, it’s the only way we’ll be able to ensure she won’t get reinfected. I won’t be able to pay for it with my current financial situation, it’s around $2,000. I’ve started a gofundme, if you can donate even a dollar I’d appreciate it and if you can’t please reblog to spread the word!! I’m terrified Canela won’t make it if we don’t get this surgery soon and by the time I’ll be able to afford it it might be too late for her. Thank you for reading this and thank you for spreading the word and helping us out! I’ll try to come up with a way to thank donors, the link to the GoFundMe is https://www.gofundme.com/canelas-surgery
GALTx eNews: GALT Welcomes A Special Hound To The Family!
On January 22nd, we welcomed a special boy to the GALT family, Darrell! Darrell is a one year old staghound from Oklahoma. He weighs about 83 pounds.
Darrell’s prior owner witnessed him in a head on-collision with another dog and took him to the vet for assessment. The vet determined Darrell is completely blind but found no retinal detachment. They tried some treatment which proved unsuccessful. Darrell’s owner asked the vet for assistance with placing Darrell in a new home because Darrell could not hunt as a blind dog. Word reached our Oklahoma connection and our volunteers were on the road to get him. Our vets took a look at Darrell’s eyes and didn’t find any damage explaining his blindness. His pupils are, however, fixed and dilated. He will soon visit an ophthalmologist to see if any treatment is available.
Darrell settled right into a foster home in the Dallas area with blind dog experience. Within three days, he learned to navigate around the house and backyard. Darrell found the doggie toy box on his own and loves to pick out different toys to chew on. Click here to watch him play with dog friends he met on his journey to GALT. He is trying to learn his best boy polite manners around the kitties (but it isn’t clear yet he should live with them long term), knows how to “leave it,” ignores the family’s small dog, and gets along with the family’s Greyhound. Darrell is definitely a fan of kisses and hugs and sticks to his people like velcro. He is content just to sleep at his foster mommy’s feet. He has not had a single accident in the house since his arrival and, for whatever reason, he likes to eat lying down!
Watch for Darrell to be available to our approved applicants after he is neutered and we get to know him a bit better. Blind dogs adapt well but adopters should be prepared not to rearrange their furniture often and to pick up obstacles regularly. He will likely prefer to live with another dog to play with and to help him find his way. Thanks to all who helped him reach us!
De-stressing after a not-great walk. A kid skidded his bike right in front of him, startling him. He would have recovered, except he immediately turned to brush against an abandoned water bottle with his nose. Then even my hand startled him. Once he accepted it, though, it helped enough to turn around and head to the car. Of course, just as he was walking tall again, a kid fell off his scooter to our right, causing quite the ruckus. He didn’t really recover until he was in the car, head out the window.
He’s fine now. Any one of those scenarios would have been okay on their own, but one right after the other was just too much.
At first I couldn’t get him to settle down (he clearly didn’t understand that Momma needed a nap) and now I can’t wake him up. His routine is going to be so screwed up.
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