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The Story of Golden
Meet Golden, (Known by his friends as Gordie) a Pomeranian Mix that has recently been surrendered to ARC. Golden is thankfully fostered by a staff member of Westwood Animal Hospital, because he has had to see a vet almost every day…
His journey began by being diagnosed with Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS - commonly known as dry eye).
ARC started with the basics of artificial tears (Viscotears, Hypromellose and Lacrilube) and antibiotic to fight the infection. With that not working we tried Cyclosporin A in hopes to stimulate his own tears, but that didn’t work either. All this time, there has been inflammation of the inner eyelids on both of his eyes causing sores and ulcers. Next we decided to do Parotid Duct Transposition (very rarely done) a surgical procedure to move the outflow from the salivary glands and the parotiod gland its self into the eye.
The surgeons made an incision in his jaw, pulled the parotid duct (salvia gland) up through his head, and stitched it in the upper part of the eyelid. Days later, because his eyes and lids were so irritated they decided to put a button on his eye lid which unfortunately, became infected. After several other options to try and keep his eyes closed so they could heal from the years of neglect and dryness the surgeons decided to put in contacts to keep in moisture and stitched the eye shut, this worked!!!! After some time the contacts were removed and the surgeons did a dye test on his eyes. Unfortunately the lesions in his eyes were so deep that the dye wouldn’t even settle (turn into gel) on the eye. After a second dye test a week later his eyes showed staining that meant the “craters” were decreasing in size and becoming only scratches.
Golden has shown tremendous fighting strength through his whole ordeal and the volunteers at ARC are remaining optimistic that he will continue to recover and his eyes will heal. He is a true inspiration and we’re all cheering for him. If you feel you can help our organization with the payment of Golden’s vet bills please contact arc@seabright.ca for a list of donation methods. This little man can use all the help he can get.
Thank you for reading his story.
UPDATE SECTION:
Update: March 30, 2011 - Golden has both ducts functioning and producing tears. He will always require drops and continual vetting for this condition. One of his eyes is larger than the other, and he does have cataracts and scaring on the eyes, but this has not affected his personality at all.
The Story of PO. He has gone to a wonderful new home. Please scroll down to read his story and see how this handsome dog started out his life!!!
Waiting for a walk!!!
Have I mentioned I love Camping!!!
What a Handsome Boy!!!!!!!
This is the story of Po!!
Poor Po This is how he was forced to live for a long time.....he was barking to try to get somone to pay attention to him. Many people complained but still he lived his life on the end of a six foot chain. His owners went so far as to build a fence to block their view of him......he was thrown some food and water every once and a while....people just passed by and said god that dog barks so much..........no one paid attention to the poor miserable soul that was left to live life out of site out of mind. Then one day a woman decided she would not take it anymore and something should be done and she kept checking on him and feeding him and finally got a certain group that "speaks for those that cannot speak for themselves" to finally pay attention. She made sure people knew about it and made sure the "group" knew she was keeping an eye on the matter. The owners even went so far as to take the dog for a "drive" probably the first "drive" of his life to a lake and they left him there. of course thats what cowardice does to you. anyway this Lady is a saint and contacted us to help out and find Poor Po a new home with people that will love him..................... Po is now rescued from this horrible life He is at the groomers and will be shaved down bathed and even massaged............... More people have to come forward about this kind of neglect it is unacceptable. This kind of behavior makes me ashamed to say I'm from the Island that shall remain nameless.
How easy it must be to tie a dog out and forget about him
Throw him a pot full of water every now and then
Its pretty lonely when no one cares about how you feel
Not even a soft bed to lay on or a warm voice to tell you goodnight
Sadly this is something that could have gone on for
years for this poor dog, even longer than he has already endured. Dont
ignore this and go about your day, contact the powers that be when you
see this going on. It is torture to tie a social, loving animal away
from its "pack". Lets face it if you do not have the time or the knowledge to look after a dog properly then let him go to someone that does. Dont let him lead a long miserable life in your backyard......
Waiting for a walk!!!
Have I mentioned I love Camping!!!
What a Handsome Boy!!!!!!!
How easy it must be to tie a dog out and forget about him
Throw him a pot full of water every now and then
Its pretty lonely when no one cares about how you feel
Not even a soft bed to lay on or a warm voice to tell you goodnight