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Lowie's Diary

Update 4/21/08

I am feeling much better now. I have gained quite a bit of my weight back and am making lots of friends in my foster home.

The good/bad news is I started my HW treatment today (I'm glad that I get to get rid of the HWs, but sad that I will have to keep quiet for a month).

There might be a family that is interested in adopting me when I am healthy. My FM is talking to them right now, so hopefully I will have a home soon!! = )

My First Vet Visit

My First real Vet Visit was on 1/22/08 (the first time I went to a vet was just to see if they knew me or if I had a microchip). This time I got neutered, UTD on my shots, tested for intestinal worms and tested for heartworms. I tested positive for Whipworms, Hookworms, Coccidia, and have a low case of Heartworms. = ( The good news is that I gained 2lbs. I was VERY under weight when my foster mom found me (59lbs, my foster mom thinks I will weigh in at 70 - 80lbs when I am at my ideal weight). The vet put me on Panacur for the Whipworms and the Hookworms and Albon for the Coccidia. I have an appointment to start heartworm treatment on Feb 4th.

How I Came to Rescue

It is quite confusing how I ended up on the street. But, I remember those days and nights well. At first it was exciting, being free and able to run. But then I grew tired of running and wanted to go home. I searched for my master, but he could not be found. I tried to go to people for help, but they would just say "shoo" and chase me away. A few days and nights went by and I still could not find my master. I was getting hungry, so I started looking everywhere for food. I found a building where people would pull there cars up to these machines, stop and get out of there car for a little while and then leave. Sometimes people would go inside, and everyonce in a while someone would come out and toss some food on the ground for me. There was a creek right behind this building, so I figured I would just stay here for a while. Well, that same day one lady pulled her car up to one of those machines and when she got out of the car she looked at me. She went into the store (when she went in the store I walked behind the store to my creek), she then came out and she must have been watching me through the window because she know where I had gone. She came around the store and said "hear puppy" in a really nice, happy voice. I came running to her and gave her kisses to show her I was friendly. She took me to her car, put a slip lead on me and let me get in the car. Then she went back to the machine for a few minutes (I learned that it is called a gas pump) and got in the car and we left. She said that she had gone into the store to make sure I didn't belong to anyone in there and to leave her phone # incase anyone came by looking for me. They had told her that I had been running around town for a few days and they didn't know who I belonged to. She brought me to feed stores and vet offices in the area as well as calling all the local animal shelters, nobody knew me and knowbody had heard of anyone missing a Husky, she also checked all the papers and many online sites. While at the vet's I was scanned for a microchip and that was negative. My foster mom looked for my owner for a little over a week before she decided that I had been dumped. So now she is my foster mom and is going to help me find a better home. = )