Loss of an eye doesn't impair Athena's happiness

Athena arrived at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue with quills in her face. She was lucky to move to ACT V Rescue and Rehabilitation for foster care and medical treatment. 

She lost her eye, but found an amazing dad who renamed her Abby!

Check out her original story here:
http://redlakerosie.blogspot.com/2011/07/athena.html

Looking for your lucky dog?

In June of 2011, Red Lake Rosie's Rescue took in a litter of twelve pups. Two rescues each took six of them. TLC Canine Rescue have two darlings waiting for their perfect homes.

ATHENA IS ON PETFINDER.COMRUSTY IN ON PETFINDER.COMTheir four siblings have found forever homes.

MEGARAKODIAKHERCULESZEUSThanks again, TLC!!

TEN MONTHS AGONo doubt puppies are adorable, but after a few months of peeing and pooping and chewing and training, they are all dogs for the next decade or two. You can skip a lot of aggravation by choosing an adult dog. Think about it.

I hope my readers will comment about their experiences adopting adult dogs :-)

Growing pups at TLC

TLC Canine Rescue took in six pups from a litter of twelve from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue and we were pleased to get an update on the little darlings.

LITTER OF 12 PUPSHere is an update on the little ones. They are getting so BIG. Poor little ones all had Parvo. We fought that and won; now, poor little Athena got an infection and we are fighting with that.
MEGKODIAKHERCULESZEUSRUSTYATHENAThank you Mike they LOVE the food we just got. So do we ;~}

Thank you and Dog Bless
Lisa
TLC Canine Rescue

RUSTY & HERCULESOh Lisa and Bob- they are beautiful.

I don't know how you do it- to pull through all 6 from parvo- especially them being orphaned so young- I am very surprised you were able to save them all. I have not heard that the other 6 had parvo, but I will contact SFAAR and find out.

Must say that TLC always does the best for the Red Lake puppies. Have a great day!!

Karen RLRR

Athena

We are so happy that Athena got to go to Dr. Vickie at Act V on Saturday July 9th.

Athena and one of her pups was rescued by DeeDee during the May MN SNAP clinic at Red Lake. Athena has 2 injured legs, and was full of quills when Dee Dee found her. She was starving and dehydrated and had no energy to even get up. Dee Dee carried her to her car and her journey of healing began.

After her quills were removed, she was spayed and vaccinated. Her legs, front and rear were injured, possibly an old injury. She was bearing weight on her front leg and would hop on 3 legs. As she gained strength and got better she started bearing weight on the rear leg too.

Her eye began to show redness a few days ago, and then it got white and infected. Thankfully Dr. Vickie was able to take Athena and we are hoping to save her eye and also to help her with her legs. We think that her eye infection is related to perhaps a quill that is deep in her face.

Athena is a very sweet dog, and is well worth all the efforts to make her life more pleasant after all that she has been through. Whomever adopts Athena is going to quickly realize they have a real gem!

Thank you Dee Dee and Act V for helping Athena.

Karen

UPDATE FROM ACT V:
Sooo..unfortunately Athena is going to lose her right eye. A quill nicked the lens in her eye and fluid leaked out causing a cataract and glaucoma. The ophthalmologist is hoping to put in an artificial eye so she'll look better. Her surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday.

Otherwise she is doing well. I think she was walking so badly because of Lymes disease. I'll keep you posted with pics!!

Dr. Vickie