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Save Squirt - 5 Month Old American Bulldog/Bull Terrier
We work with rescue dogs that need behavior modification for commonly found issues: aggression, fear, anxiety, dominance, etc. We have recently adopoted a 5 month old American Bulldog/Bull Terrier puppy from a local rescue to be trained as our dog that will assist with aggressive dogs. Squirt was dropped off at the shelter when she was 3 weeks old with her brother and sister. Squirt was the runt of the litter and very sick when she was taken away from her mother. She was cared for by fosters with the rescue group Bullypaws (www.bullypaws.org) until she was adopted by us on Monday, December 7th.
Unfortunately, we found out the following Thursday that she is currently in kidney failure and the prognosis is unknown at this time without more tests. We have decided to keep Squirt regardless of the outcome and care for her and love her regardless of how much time she has left. We are trying to do whatever it takes to keep her alive and the vet has advised us that there are many other tests that we could do to try to figure out why she is in kidney failure, but we're looking at $2k or more for these tests.
Squirt is a very loving, playful puppy that makes little piggy noises when she's getting cuddles from any person that will love on her. She's happiest when she's curled up in a pile of legs and bodies and thinks play time with her new family is just the best. While we understand that her health issues may make it impossible for her to be the wonderful training dog we knew she'd be, we still want to give her the best life for as long as we can.
We've decided to create a donation page for Squirt so we can have the tests and treatment the vet has suggested. We'd like to keep her with us for a long time. We know we could easily return her to the rescue group we adopted her from and while we know they would give her lots of love, Squirt is already a member of our family. We can't give up on her and we want to be by her side regardless of how short or long her life is.
If you're able to help we hope you know that it's greatly appreciated. We know there are many out there in need and wish we weren't in this position to need help. We wish we could just say to do whatever it takes without worrying about the money, but sadly we aren't able to do so. Thank you for reading about Squirt and helping us do as much as we can for her.
Squirt's Journal: December 15, 2009
Squirt is hanging in here. We've been able to get her trained to use puppy pads 'most of the time' for her constant urinating. She's going to the bathroom about every two hours and makes it to the puppy pads 80% of the time. Unfortunately, the amount she's going is so much we're using 4 pads each time! Who knew such a little puppy could hold so much water. We're still not seeing any discoloration or scent with her urine, which is a concern. We spoke to the head vet at our clinic and he stated there appears to be some immature red blood cells in her recent tests so it's possible her body is attempting to regrow some kidney cells. This is great news! Hopefully, we'll be able to get some more tests done next week that will help us map out a game plan for helping her get her kidneys back on track.
As far as Squirt is concerned,she's having a blast with the daycare: toys, bones, treats and tons of snuggling. All we do is smile in her direction and she lights up in delight. We're trying to train her and spoil her at the same time and it's hard! All she wants to do is hug up on someone every times she sees them, which doesn't fit well with the 'no jumping' rules of the daycare. :p I'll get some pictures up of her today or tomorrow. Thanks everyone for following Squirt's page, for donating, and helping us save Squirt!