We
got a call from Vicki, a member of PROS who works at a pet clinic.
She said they had a client who had a little dwarf Pug with a serious
problem and he could not hold down food. The pug was diagnosed with
a hiatal hernia and the people did not want to do the surgery, but
at the same time couldn't stand the fact that he threw up 20 times
a day and recently was throwing up blood. All the while, Vicki kept
trying to get them to call PROS so that we could take proper care
of him. FINALLY, we received THE CALL! Mary and Tony Bova picked
the little pug up and brought him to Nadine McAfee's home, and then
Nadine arranged a foster situation with Ed and Cecilia Hartley.
Junior's situation was awful and the poor little guy was sweet as
can be, but he could not hold down food which is why he was so thin
and his growth had been stunted. Nadine called Veterinary Surgical
Associates and they were kind enough to offer the services of one
of their surgical interns to perform the surgery at a greatly discounted
rate (original estimate was about $3,000.00) The Hartley's drove
Junior to San Mateo where he had the surgery and the Dunker's fostered
and cared for him during his recovery, which was incredible. He
improved by leaps and bounds, and with patience, attention to medications,
numerous feeding times, proper exercise and a whole lot of TLC,
Junior was soon ready to be adopted. As soon as Junior's picture
was on the website, Maria and Scott Cyphers saw him and fell in
love, and their adoption of Junior took place shortly thereafter.
This little Pug touched many lives, at least 8 PROS volunteers and
the wonderful couple that adopted Junior... who by the way is now
called Vito. And speaking of Vito... here is a photo of him with
his new dad, Scott.
We
got a call from Vicki, a member of PROS who works at a pet clinic.
She said they had a client who had a little dwarf Pug with a serious
problem and he could not hold down food. The pug was diagnosed with
a hiatal hernia and the people did not want to do the surgery, but
at the same time couldn't stand the fact that he threw up 20 times
a day and recently was throwing up blood. All the while, Vicki kept
trying to get them to call PROS so that we could take proper care
of him. FINALLY, we received THE CALL! Mary and Tony Bova picked
the little pug up and brought him to Nadine McAfee's home, and then
Nadine arranged a foster situation with Ed and Cecilia Hartley.
Junior's situation was awful and the poor little guy was sweet as
can be, but he could not hold down food which is why he was so thin
and his growth had been stunted. Nadine called Veterinary Surgical
Associates and they were kind enough to offer the services of one
of their surgical interns to perform the surgery at a greatly discounted
rate (original estimate was about $3,000.00) The Hartley's drove
Junior to San Mateo where he had the surgery and the Dunker's fostered
and cared for him during his recovery, which was incredible. He
improved by leaps and bounds, and with patience, attention to medications,
numerous feeding times, proper exercise and a whole lot of TLC,
Junior was soon ready to be adopted. As soon as Junior's picture
was on the website, Maria and Scott Cyphers saw him and fell in
love, and their adoption of Junior took place shortly thereafter.
This little Pug touched many lives, at least 8 PROS volunteers and
the wonderful couple that adopted Junior... who by the way is now
called Vito. And speaking of Vito... here is a photo of him with
his new dad, Scott.