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5\9\2012 - The next Adoption Days will be on
Tuesday, May 22nd at
Petco from
6:00 - 8:00pm.
Please come out and see some of the wonderful pets available for adoption. Come out and chat with volunteers to find out more about Adopt-A-Pet, including becoming a foster home.
Click Our Events to view our upcoming events.
Please come out and see some of the wonderful pets available for adoption. Come out and chat with volunteers to find out more about Adopt-A-Pet, including becoming a foster home.
Click Our Events to view our upcoming events.
Update 3\24\2012: Thank you everyone for your support and generous doantions to help with Bowie's medical expenses! We made our goal and raised a little over $2500 for his surgeries and care!
Bowie is walking well and at a brisk pace. He moderately favors his right limb, which is expected given the severity and duration of the fracture. His left hind limb is doing excellent. The re-check xray for his left limb was excellent, and better than expected. He still has some healing to do on his right hind limb and may have to have at least 1 pin removed once the fracture has healed some more.
He can continue with increased walking.
Update 3\2\2012: Bowie's staples have now been removed and his incisions have healed great. Bowie is having daily improvement on walking with both legs, less-and-less hopping, using the right leg almost as well as the left leg. He will continue his physical therapy and so far, he's doing great
Update 2\25\2012: Bowie spent his first week after surgery recovering in the veterinary clinic. He was closely monitored and has made good progress with the care and dedication of the veterinary staff. We are excited to have Bowie back in a foster home, where he continues to rest and heal. Bowie will be limited to brief leash activity for about four weeks and is receiving daily physical therapy. Bowie's hind legs are already moving more independently, with improvement to Bowie's "hop" even early on. Thank you to Bowie's many fans for making his recovery possible!
Update 2\16\2012: Bowie's surgical repair was more complicated than initially thought based on review of preoperative xrays -- the combined soft tissue and firm osseous/bony structures that were trying to heal the improperly aligned chronic fractures were difficult to realign. The veterinary surgical specialist started on Bowie's right femur and initially had concerns they would not be able to achieve proper alignment. It was mentioned that if not aligned on xrays amputation (or euthanasia) would need to be considered, or potentially allowing this leg to heal then coming back to perform the left knee in 2-3 weeks. Fortunately though, the post-operative x-rays showed acceptable alignment on his right hindlimb so proceeded to repair/realign his left hindlimb, which was much more straight-forward and ended up resulting in excellent alignment. As you can tell, this was a serious and complex issue to try to resolve. Provided Bowie can avoid unanticipated complications (infection, loosening/migration of pins, etc), the prognosis appears good. Bowie has a long healing road ahead of him and will likely have to deal with arthritis due to the past joint trauma, but that can be successfully managed routinely.
Here is Bowie’s road to recovery for now:
• Icing surgical regions several times daily for 24 hours
• Passive range-of-motion exercises starting in 48 hours (if Bowie will tolerate)
• 2 wks cage rest -- outside on leash only for purposes of elimination
• Suture removal in 14days
• More gradual walking leash activity after 2 wks
• Re-xray in 4 wks
• After 4 wks can resume normal activity
Thanks all for the continued support.
As he progresses, we will post additional photos on his fundraising page at http://www.razoo.com/story/Help-For-Bowie and on our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/AdoptAPetFM
Additionally, donations can also be sent to our P.O box:
P.O. Box 865
Moorhead, MN 56561
Bowie is walking well and at a brisk pace. He moderately favors his right limb, which is expected given the severity and duration of the fracture. His left hind limb is doing excellent. The re-check xray for his left limb was excellent, and better than expected. He still has some healing to do on his right hind limb and may have to have at least 1 pin removed once the fracture has healed some more.
He can continue with increased walking.
Update 3\2\2012: Bowie's staples have now been removed and his incisions have healed great. Bowie is having daily improvement on walking with both legs, less-and-less hopping, using the right leg almost as well as the left leg. He will continue his physical therapy and so far, he's doing great
Update 2\25\2012: Bowie spent his first week after surgery recovering in the veterinary clinic. He was closely monitored and has made good progress with the care and dedication of the veterinary staff. We are excited to have Bowie back in a foster home, where he continues to rest and heal. Bowie will be limited to brief leash activity for about four weeks and is receiving daily physical therapy. Bowie's hind legs are already moving more independently, with improvement to Bowie's "hop" even early on. Thank you to Bowie's many fans for making his recovery possible!
Update 2\16\2012: Bowie's surgical repair was more complicated than initially thought based on review of preoperative xrays -- the combined soft tissue and firm osseous/bony structures that were trying to heal the improperly aligned chronic fractures were difficult to realign. The veterinary surgical specialist started on Bowie's right femur and initially had concerns they would not be able to achieve proper alignment. It was mentioned that if not aligned on xrays amputation (or euthanasia) would need to be considered, or potentially allowing this leg to heal then coming back to perform the left knee in 2-3 weeks. Fortunately though, the post-operative x-rays showed acceptable alignment on his right hindlimb so proceeded to repair/realign his left hindlimb, which was much more straight-forward and ended up resulting in excellent alignment. As you can tell, this was a serious and complex issue to try to resolve. Provided Bowie can avoid unanticipated complications (infection, loosening/migration of pins, etc), the prognosis appears good. Bowie has a long healing road ahead of him and will likely have to deal with arthritis due to the past joint trauma, but that can be successfully managed routinely.
Here is Bowie’s road to recovery for now:
• Icing surgical regions several times daily for 24 hours
• Passive range-of-motion exercises starting in 48 hours (if Bowie will tolerate)
• 2 wks cage rest -- outside on leash only for purposes of elimination
• Suture removal in 14days
• More gradual walking leash activity after 2 wks
• Re-xray in 4 wks
• After 4 wks can resume normal activity
Thanks all for the continued support.
As he progresses, we will post additional photos on his fundraising page at http://www.razoo.com/story/Help-For-Bowie and on our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/AdoptAPetFM
Additionally, donations can also be sent to our P.O box:
P.O. Box 865
Moorhead, MN 56561
1\18\2012 - Did you know that in 2011:
*1073 dogs were admitted to the local pounds
*407 of those dogs were NOT claimed and left to die
*912 cats were admitted to the local pounds
*774 of those cats were NOT claimed and left to die.
Local rescue groups were able to save many pets this year. 383 of the unclaimed dogs and 331 of the unclaimed cats at local pounds were saved by local rescue organizations in 2011.
There is more work to do and lives to save in 2012. Thank you for your continued support and adopting homeless animals.
Please Spay/Neuter your pets.
Please don't let your pets roam.
Please Adopt, don't shop.
Lets continue to drive these pound numbers down!
See our Pound Stats page for the 2011 numbers and ideas on how you can help.
*1073 dogs were admitted to the local pounds
*407 of those dogs were NOT claimed and left to die
*912 cats were admitted to the local pounds
*774 of those cats were NOT claimed and left to die.
Local rescue groups were able to save many pets this year. 383 of the unclaimed dogs and 331 of the unclaimed cats at local pounds were saved by local rescue organizations in 2011.
There is more work to do and lives to save in 2012. Thank you for your continued support and adopting homeless animals.
Please Spay/Neuter your pets.
Please don't let your pets roam.
Please Adopt, don't shop.
Lets continue to drive these pound numbers down!
See our Pound Stats page for the 2011 numbers and ideas on how you can help.
1\18\2012 - We are now registered with
http://adoptashelter.com/ where we
can receive donations based on your online purchases to many top name online
stores. If you are shopping online, stop there and select us by choosing
Minnesota for the state and clicking search. After
selecting us, click the Shop Now button to see if the online store you
are going to shop at is listed. If you start your shopping through
adoptashelter.com, for any purchases you make we receive a donation from a
percentage of your purchase. How easy is that! Many major stores
are listed, such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc.