"SPECIAL ED
Special Ed's family brought 2 other dogs in and when a volunteer was helping them get the dogs out of the car, the volunteer asked about the pup. The owners said nah, he's too young and the other dogs had just attacked him. They had to talk them into letting him get checked out and neutered. It wasn't until examination that they learned that he had a deformity to his skull.COCONUT HELMET FOR SPECIAL ED
Ed had a puncture wound on top of his head and, upon further examination, Dr. Roni discovered he has a soft spot on his head and his skull is separated halfway down his nose. They will be building him a helmet to prevent further injuries--the coconut shell was just a joke :-) Unfortunately he will need to be in a helmet for the rest of his life, but, on the bright side, vet tech Lindsay from Akin Hills Animal Hospital plans to care for him in her own home!"Eddie was about to get even luckier. He was featured on the blog in 2010 and 2011 as "Casey" with his three dog siblings in their Christmas photo card.
Then Karen received a note from Eddie/Casey's adopter, Tammy:Just curious - do you know who Casey is? He was "Eddie"..the 3 month old puppy that had a puncture wound in his head, and they found out his skull wasn't completely formed yet. I think they termed it "fontanel", and he had to wear a coconut helmet! Well, he did for awhile, but not long - we couldn't keep it on him, and he didn't like it. So it was a matter of just careful monitoring of him with all the other dogs until it healed.
One other interesting thing about Casey - 80% of the time he has a stuffed animal in his mouth. He's either playing tug of war with Dylan or Phoenix, or just carrying it around. Most don't have stuffings - he tries to open a hole & pull out the stuffing as fast as he can! 
I made the mistake of buying an indestructible squeaky toy. He loves to wake me up with that - and it truly is indestructible...what did I do? :)Sure love these guys and girl - not sure what I'd do without them.
Thank you again!
Tammy
KAREN'S RESPONSE:I remember Eddie at the clinic and had no idea he was Casey. Wow!! THANK YOU for taking such great care of him!
Karen :)
CASEY
3 comments:
I was at that clinic and also remember "special" Ed. I am SO happy to hear that his fontanel has closed and that he has such a wonderful home!!!
Seems that Eddie touched many
hearts at that clinic, and how
exciting to see that he has
adapted well and has an incredible
family, both human and furry.
Thanks for those updates and photos.
I loved Special Ed. I was also at that clinic and thought Ed would have a pretty tough life. So glad I was wrong. Thanks for giving a great pup such a great life.
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