Success Story from Marshall’s family
My husband and I adopted our then one-year old puppy on July
22, 2010 from the Okanagan Collie Rescue! It is hard to believe a whole
year has gone by, but we have just passed the one year mark with
Marshall as a member of our family! Marshall has fit in so well with
our 10 year old lady collie named Kayla. It didn’t take him long to
figure out that Kayla really has an alpha personality, and he has such a sweet
nature, that he just accepted that. He loves walks and likes to
“talk” during them, doing a kind of chatter-y bark as he trots along…this is
magnified if Kayla is along, too, as he apparently needs to tell her lots,
too! To date, he has only had two thieving episodes…one bun off the
dining room table, and most recently he got into the large box of milk bones
(the one in the basement that we fill the smaller upstairs container from) and
ate half the box one afternoon while we were out! Our first clue was when
he didn’t want his supper! He is a snuggler, and adores belly rubs! We
love him very much, and he seems very settled with us.
Just before Christmas time, Marshall had to have major
surgery for a “sub-luxated tendon” in his right hind leg – the specialist had
to reconnect the tendon to the bone using a permanent pin, and permanent
sutures. Needless to say, this was extremely costly, and it took awhile
for Marshall’s leg, and our bank account, to recover. We still have to
take it really easy on walks, as I can tell that it hurts him sometimes.
I don’t think he will ever be a dog who can gallop at large in the dog park, as
I just can’t afford to have this tendon come apart again, nor do I want it
happening to the other leg. The specialist remarked that this is a fairly
common problem in collies, and greyhounds. Marshall is my 5th
collie, so I obviously was lucky up until this point with this
issue. He went to the specialist for a re-check visit last month,
and the report was good…the pin is staying in place nicely, and the scar tissue
is forming properly around the site.
We are blessed to have him with us. Yesterday was
Marshall’s second birthday, so we baked doggy oatmeal/beef bouillon cookies,
plus human sugar cookies in the shape of collies and paws!! He is a
sweet, dear dog.
Thank you for all you did to facilitate bringing Marshall to
us!
From: Sharon, July
2011
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