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We picked up Jillian from animal control and instantly noticed she was not feeling well.  She seemed very lethargic. We immediately went to our vet and they ran an in-house blood test as well as a Hematocrit test.  Many of her values were quite off and her blood would not clot even after 10 minutes.  She has a small cut on her foot and we have had to rebandage  twice in 2 days as she has soaked through the bandage. Right now we are waiting on the blood test results that were sent out to get more of a break down and she also had a vWD test done. Over the weekend we were given antibiotics, Vitamin K and Sub-Q  fluids to give to her and we are to  return on Monday for another Hematocrit level and to find out the results of the other tests.
Update 5/12/12: After bleeding all last weekend she seemed to stop so the vet is thinking rat poison since you cannot have vWD and get better plus she is about 5 years old and would have died by now with the way she bled with such a small cut.  Her Hematocrit count on Monday had only gone up 1 point so she was only at 24 and should be more like 35. On Friday I brought her back to the vet and she was at 32 so she is on the way. Still on Vitamin K and Baytril. Of course she is Heartworm positive so at some point that will need to be addressed but not now obviously.  She has now had a much needed bath and seems to be more energetic. She is bit of a shy girl and good with the dogs.

Gee Gee is a 7 year old, 48 pound, female (light) brown colored Standard Poodle that was recently removed from a puppy mill situation.  The elderly owner was being admitted into a nursing home.  We were told by the local animal control that there were at least 40 dogs (mostly small breeds) on the premises, and fortunately the majority have already gone to various rescue groups/shelters.  Gee Gee was apparently the “house dog” were she lived more like a “normal” dog opposed to her other canine friends who were housed in crates & kennels inside a barn type building.  Gee Gee is understandably shy but warms up very nicely.   We will not place her with young children, as it appears she has never been exposed to any, but do feel she would do best living with at least another canine companion. She is wonderful with the dogs both large and small.  She came to us with  a large growth in her mouth that had to be removed. Due to its size, the vet had to remove some of her maxilla and 3 teeth. A biopsy has been sent out but the vet does not believe it is cancer. We also noticed she bunny hops when running and had the vet assess her hips while under and he did say she has severe hip dysplasia and will need to have an FHO done on at least one of  her hips. Through all this, Gee Gee has been nothing but a perfect foster girl.  We will do her hip in a few weeks after she recovers a bit from the first surgery.  Email inquiries to Pam at: orphandobe@ameritech.net