*Update Sam's Profile is up -- Saved a life yesterday, and now I need to save my carpet!!

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Update#2: Sam's profile is up. If you know anyone in the Ottawa area please share: http://www.hopefulhearts.ca/adoptables/2013-139.htm

Update with Pictures.

Yesterday I went to a certain shelter to scoop up a sweet boy that was about to be sentenced to the gas chamber (yes that's right, :-(  the gas chamber). Not sure how anyone could deem this sweet special boy as unworthy of being put up for adoption but they say black dogs take too long to get adopted so they don't try.  Other than having black fur, which is apparently a grave crime, he is amazing. Sweet as pie, trained, obedient, cuddly, playful, friendly with my dogs and cat, ... perfect. And when he got home, he was STARVING.

I was told by the rescue I'm fostering him for that when the dogs are scheduled to be euthanized they don't bother feeding them anymore. (They also don't bother walking them it seems as he had peed and pooped in his cage and wasn't cleaned up. So he got a good bath when we got home.)

He ate up a whole bowl of food, and then took all of winston's and sophie's leftovers. I stopped him eventually but man he was so hungry I felt sorry for him. Even after eating some of the homemade chicken parmasean dog buscuits that Sophie and Winston made for him ;-) he was still famished. I tried to offer him Peanut Butter in a kong as a bedtime snack but he wasn't interested in PB. So I popped more of the homemade treats into the kong and put him in his crate. He was fine at first but started making a fuss halfway through the night. I caved and let him out. I kept him in my room instead. He went out in the yard before bed and again at 1am so I thought he should be good till morning.

I woke up this morning to the sound similar to the the last bits of ketchup being squeezed out of the bottle. 'Torrential' is the only way to describe what occurred in my bedroom this morning (and then subsequently all over my back yard).

After going through constant bouts of diarrhea with sophie for her first year or so I know I should have known better, but this guy needed all the love (and food) he could get and I couldn't say no to a little extra food and leaving him in a crate just seemed so mean after all he's been through.  Anyway, he is resting now and feeling much better, but I have a literal 'sh!t storm' to clean up in my bedroom. I am tempted to just brun my bedroom to the ground and cordon it off permenantly. I'm not really sure how I'm ever going to sleep in there again, and I may end up with PTSD when this is all done, but I will go out today and finally buy myself a steam cleaner. I don't think a simple spot bot is going to do as I have a lot of area to cover. I'm thinking of getting a more powerful upright carpet cleaner like the Hoover Power Scrub Delux Cleaner or something along those lines.

I know from previous discussions that the spotbot is well recommended, but does anyone have good bad experiences with upright carpet cleaners? ...anyone know where I can get a hazmat suit? ...

Otherwise, words of sympathy and encouragement are welcome to help me get through the clean up. This is not going to be a fun day (although, totally worth the experience of saving a life!)

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

One dog I had was infected with Whipworms. So, for that situation I had to use the garage covered in potty pads.  It worked great. The dog was trained in a day to go out of the crate and straight to the pads in the garage~ not my yard.

This may also be an idea for you.

You should have seen Spud's face.  You could hear him say, " OMD, what the hell are you doing pooping in the garage? Disgusting"

[Robin and Libby Louise]

Thank you for this Joanne - I will someday be able to rescue/foster and I saved this list and will begin to fill in what I don't already have!

 

[jenn D]

My vet also did a lot of the samples and blood work on jake for free. A lot of vets want to help reduce the cost for rescues.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Good news, there was an intake volunteer who visited him in the shelter before I came to pick him up. He got his flea and worm treatment and his vaccinations are up to date.  I think they may have mentioned this but in all the craziness I just forgot. I think the reason why that person didn't take him right away was because I hadn't officially confirmed I would take him or sent in my foster paperwork yet. Phew, one less thing to worry about. I'm still nervous about giardia but they are booking him a vet appointment and the foster coordinator is going to call me tonight to go over everything.

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Ugh, feel so so bad for you.  Hoping positive Kharma comes your way for your wonderful thoughtful good deed!  I still don't know what the deal is with Black dogs ... I love them.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

thanks so much. black dogs are beautiful, i love them too.

[BG and Gavin]

Aww, sorry Sherri about the mess.  Luckily it is Friday right?  Thanks for saving this guy.  Looking forward to a picture once you (eh-hum) "come up for air."

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

thanks BG. I'm taking a breather for a bit, then off to the store to buy a machine. wish me luck!

[Anja]

Sherri, Thank you for saving the dog. Sorry to hear about your carpet. I have the Bissell DeepClean Premier Pet Deep Cleaner (http://www.target.com/p/bissell-deepclean-premier-select-pet-deep-c...). It works very well. The tough stain tool that is included does a great job.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

thanks!

[Becka]

Sherri, you are my hero for helping this boy. I'm sure if he could he'd happily replace all the carpeting himself out of gratitude. ;) I have no useful advice, but I wanted to tell you how awesome you are.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Awe, thanks Becka! :o)