The wife and I volunteer/support a few rescues here in Houston. Well she called me early last week to tell me that one of the rescues pulled a Mastiff out of Harris County as his time was up. He's heart worm positive and about 50lbs under weight (currently @ 115lbs, should be around 170lbs).
We told the rescue that we'd like to take care of his vet bills and get him back to health as we plan on keeping him. Turns out after he was fixed he contracted a upper respiratory infection
Big $$$ at the emergency vet and a Sunday later after a bloat scare he's back at home, cone and all. Basically told that his immune system is currently shot.
With all that he's been through these last couple weeks with being sick, fixed, and being extremely under weight he is still the happiest dog in the world. He's also steadily learning his place in the pecking order at our home (we also have heelers). All in all he's turning out to be a great dog.
He's scheduled for a vet appointment Friday to see how bad the heart worms are as there are two different treatments you can do. Once he gets a little chunkier we'll start him on that.
All the pictures are taken at a boarding facility here in Houston where my wife works.
Moose (dog's name) is registered as a Boerboel, or a breed of Mastiff out of South Africa.
Boerboel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'll be trying to update this thread periodically as his weight goes up. We've already got a few vets in town that would like to see some pictures of him after he fills out.
Thanks guys :beer:
We told the rescue that we'd like to take care of his vet bills and get him back to health as we plan on keeping him. Turns out after he was fixed he contracted a upper respiratory infection
Big $$$ at the emergency vet and a Sunday later after a bloat scare he's back at home, cone and all. Basically told that his immune system is currently shot.With all that he's been through these last couple weeks with being sick, fixed, and being extremely under weight he is still the happiest dog in the world. He's also steadily learning his place in the pecking order at our home (we also have heelers). All in all he's turning out to be a great dog.
He's scheduled for a vet appointment Friday to see how bad the heart worms are as there are two different treatments you can do. Once he gets a little chunkier we'll start him on that.
All the pictures are taken at a boarding facility here in Houston where my wife works.
Moose (dog's name) is registered as a Boerboel, or a breed of Mastiff out of South Africa.
Boerboel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'll be trying to update this thread periodically as his weight goes up. We've already got a few vets in town that would like to see some pictures of him after he fills out.
Thanks guys :beer:
