WARNING I'm giving background first which is horrific, skip to the next paragraph for the happy bits! Two years ago, animal control took a tiny, broken, extremely matted senior toy poodle away from his neglectful elderly owner. Graphic sad photo of his condition when taken by animal control. It is assumed that he never had a haircut in his entire life. The day after his rescue they sedated him to begin shaving him. His back left leg came off. It was a closed wound, and his leg had only been held to him by his fur. His front right paw was nearly off as well and was swollen and necrotic, just hanging on by a thread, so was amputated. His teeth were rotten and most were pulled- he developed an oral abscess a couple months after his rescue and the rest were pulled leaving only 4 teeth. Photo of nasty rotten teeth.
Other than his legs being removed and teeth being pulled he was surprisingly healthy and upbeat. They gave him a chance. Bobb was taken in by Synergy, which specifically rescues senior dogs and hospice dogs from shelters, and his physical and emotional healing began. My husband and I fostered Amaze-Bobb and within a couple weeks we knew we didn't want him to leave. We were about to move, so the rescue director held on to Bobb for a few months as we sold our house, moved, and settled in, then she flew with him to us. He's been officially ours since June 29th, 2015.
January 20th was the day he was rescued and the shelter guessed his age at 10 (good standard "dog is old" number) so today he is 12! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Amaze-Bobb!!!!. He is healthy, pain-free, and active. We do physical therapy exercises guided by an awesome team of professionals. He has been in dog agility classes with the approval of his rehab team for the past year, however next week will be his last lesson as he's kind of maxed out on his capabilities. He does sometimes plop and stumble during his agility runs so on the risk vs reward scale I feel the risk is a little higher than I'd like. It's been fantastic for him though. Bobb lives with his two sisters, Siberian huskies, and two cats. You can follow him on fb.
Other than his legs being removed and teeth being pulled he was surprisingly healthy and upbeat. They gave him a chance. Bobb was taken in by Synergy, which specifically rescues senior dogs and hospice dogs from shelters, and his physical and emotional healing began. My husband and I fostered Amaze-Bobb and within a couple weeks we knew we didn't want him to leave. We were about to move, so the rescue director held on to Bobb for a few months as we sold our house, moved, and settled in, then she flew with him to us. He's been officially ours since June 29th, 2015.
January 20th was the day he was rescued and the shelter guessed his age at 10 (good standard "dog is old" number) so today he is 12! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Amaze-Bobb!!!!. He is healthy, pain-free, and active. We do physical therapy exercises guided by an awesome team of professionals. He has been in dog agility classes with the approval of his rehab team for the past year, however next week will be his last lesson as he's kind of maxed out on his capabilities. He does sometimes plop and stumble during his agility runs so on the risk vs reward scale I feel the risk is a little higher than I'd like. It's been fantastic for him though. Bobb lives with his two sisters, Siberian huskies, and two cats. You can follow him on fb.
