Hero - Male Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix (Seymour, IN)

Hero - Male Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix

Name Hero Breed Hangin Tree Cowdog Age Adult Location Tennessee Coat Length Short Gender Male Size when grown Large Level of blindness Can see something Cause of eye issues Juvenile Cataracts General health Hero is in good health. He does have juvenile cataracts. The cataract in his left eye formed low so he can t see things low to the ground but can see something straight ahead and above. His is missing part of his lip and is showing his teeth on his left side. The vet thinks it was due to an injury. His eye tooth is slightly pulled outward. It s very slight and not really noticeable. Good with dogs Yes Good with kids Yes Good with cats Yes Information Hero is a sweet handsome and loving dog. With his ripped lip he looks kind of scary at first but only from the left side. He s only been here a week and I don t notice it much at all anymore His personality just shines through He was scared of my husband at first not aggressive... He would just walk away quickly. Since that first day of him being scared I now find him hanging out with my husband in different parts of the house Hero s story he came from a working cattle farm in upstate NY. Due to his diminishing vision his owners felt he would get hurt trying to work the cattle. He arrived here on 8 3. He is now friends with the other dogs and doesn t bother the cats at all. I have yet to hear him bark. He loves to walk around the yard in the morning just walking and smelling everything. He is very calm. You ll fall in love with him very quickly as he has a wonderful personality Update November 9 2014 there has been so much that has happened in the short three months since Hero has been with us. We and many other people including vets techs volunteers and Hero s fan club call him the MIRACLE DOG. About two weeks after he first got here he fell critically ill twisted spleen belly full of blood blackened intestines and kidney failure. He spent every night at the ER facility and every day at the vets. I began to bring him home in between transporting him between vets and ER to give him a sense of home even if it was just for an hour. He was on fluids 24 7. He had a feeding tube as he wouldn t eat for a week. He lost about 10 lbs. He had made it through the spleen operation and his intestines started to come back alive. The issue remained with his kidneys. He was in renal failure. I d spend hours with him on Saturday s and Sunday s at the ER when my vet was closed. We d sit outside together to get away from the hospital sounds smells. We d pray I d whisper in those big ears of his and he d lay across my lap on the blanket. I tried many different foods canned dog food a d organic chicken beef baby food. He didn t want any of it. Then about a week after he stopped eating someone suggested liver so I cooked that up one morning while waiting to take him to my vets for the day. I put the bowl down in front of him and walked away...and amazingly he ate what was in the bowl which was about a tablespoon of liver. I was so excited I mixed a little more of it with chicken and he ate that. He had about three tablespoons of food. I made more and took it to my vet when I dropped him off for the day of iv fluids. I started making up baggies of organic chicken beef and liver and bringing it with me to the ER for nights and my vets for the days. His creatinine at the highest point was 11.9 and slowly it started to come back down. He eventually stopped the IV fluids and we started him on subq fluids daily then dropped down to every other day then twice a week and currently we re on once a week. His creatinine is 1.8 and he goes back to the vet for another recheck onNovember 18. We had a whole month in between vet visits this last time. If his numbers drop again he ll be coming off the subq fluids. With all the needles being stuck in him and the operation and probing temperature taking etc he never once complained or growled. He let the vets techs do what they needed to do. He now plays with the other dogs outside and loves to chase Sunny my Aussie. He patrols the backyard when he goes out making sure all is in order out there. He does get scared when a loud noise happens and he ll duck down and try to disappear. He won t take any food from my hand including treats and he won t eat unless I walk away from the bowl to the other side of the room. I m working on all that with him. When he was in the ER every night I d bring his big bed with me and he was allowed to have the bed in his kennel. I don t know if he ever slept on a bed prior to coming to my house but he loved his bed. But just last week he discovered he could sleep on the loveseat in the living room and he gave up his precious bed for the loveseat without a moment s hesitation. He snuggles down between the pillows and looks so comfortable. He ll share the loveseat too with the other dogs.Hero is just the best dog. He runs around the backyard playing his little nub of a tail wags like crazy when I talk to him and he loves to greet me when I get up in the morning. Hero has earned his name .he is my Hero and a great one at that. If you are interested in adopting Hero please fill out our adoption application.The Board of Directors has voted to prohibit the use of Invisible Electronic fences on Blind Dog Rescue Alliance dogs. This policy will be effective immediately. If you would like to donate to Hero s care please send to BDRAPO Box 63401Philadelphia PA 19114... More Info