Final days to purchase a collar for this wonderful dog - we so want to meet our goal of 50 collars by the end of the month! Check out new fabric choices! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15800155
Update 10/25/08: Sarah goes at noon on Tuesday to have her stitches removed. The large slit in the sack under her neck where the drain tube came out is healing well. The swelling continues to go down. Instead of the cantaloupe-sized "turkey neck", she now has a sophisticated double chin! As the swelling goes down, it should shrink a little more. Her hair is starting to grow in and she is a happy girl. She has a captivating smile and looks at you with those big eyes, tilting her head to see through her abundant blonde bangs.
The sweet pretty girl is a countersurfer. She "borrowed" my Timbits off my desk at the office when I went out to take care of a customer. I think she is feeling a lot better. She romps in the backyard a little with the others now. One is a little shy of her ever since she stole his dentabone - walked right up and took it out of his mouth! But he likes to play and he runs a lot, so she is right there behind him going back and forth across the yard. She has been really good with the other dogs. I have them together most of the time, but separate them for feeding and for brushing, sleeping, etc.
Below are pictures of her neck post-op as well as the lump that the vet will remove during the next surgery. It is like one mammary gland has this large sack. It is not hard, so the vet suspects it is glandular. The rest of her body seems very normal, and free of growths.
She is very affectionate. She follows me everywhere and lies down close by. She refuses to get up on the bed when Dave is in the room. She readily sleeps on the bed when alone, or when I am there. Perhaps a man in her previous life didn't allow her on the bed. She has a pad next to the bed and sleeps there through the night. She is really afraid of things that beep, so I am convinced she had an underground fence and that it severely shocked her. I disconnected the buzzer to the front door at work. Trying to get her through the door was like pulling a two hundred pound mule!
She learns quickly. I heard her bark for the first time this week when she saw a rabbit on the other side of the fence. She is very gentle taking treats from your hand. Compared to my two little monsters, she is nearly perfect. I don't see how anyone could have dropped this sweet girl at a shelter...
Susan (Sarah's Foster Mom)
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