Tricia2
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Miss Maddy came in today for her first official grooming in over a month. If you recall I posted about her here http://www.newf.net/Forums/showthread.php?t=100158&highlight=Maddy
I wish I had remembered my camera, she looked fantastic. When I first met her she was 72 lbs of skeleton covered in open sores and tufts of hair with goopy green eyes and nails that were beginning to turn under. With some great advice and support from NCNE Rescue's "K-Team" at the Spring Fling, I was able to gently persuade her owner to look into her health issues...and he DID!
In just a month she has been diagnosed with beef and lamb and several other food allergies, a systemic pyoderma staph infection and mild entropion. She completed a 21 day course of Clavamox for the pyoderma. She's thriving on Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Fish and with turkey recipe Satin Balls she has put on 14 lbs. She's getting fish oil and probiotics added to her diet. Her nails have been trimmed back and as of today...they are all just off the ground when she stands.
She has been getting medicated baths but today was her 'Spa-Day'. All the scabby scruff has finally been dispatched and after a soak with hypo-allergenic shampoo, a coconut lemon verbena hot oil treatment and a nail dremel, she was positively gleaming.
This little Newf is still painfully thin, her newly growing coat looks like a puppy cut. But her eyes are clear, her ears aren't red and weepy and she was interacting with the other dogs in the shop. Her owner brought her in without a single matt or tangle. He was so proud of his girl when he dropped her off and got a "Great Job, Dad. She looks like a different dog." He's been like a sponge with all the health and grooming advice...I'm proud of him for all he's done to help his 'Baby.'
Maddy is the sweetest. Just like a Newf, she's full of kisses and wiggles now that she's feeling better. I even gave her two little pink bows above her trimmed ears to match her new pink collar. What a little doll!
I wish I had remembered my camera, she looked fantastic. When I first met her she was 72 lbs of skeleton covered in open sores and tufts of hair with goopy green eyes and nails that were beginning to turn under. With some great advice and support from NCNE Rescue's "K-Team" at the Spring Fling, I was able to gently persuade her owner to look into her health issues...and he DID!
In just a month she has been diagnosed with beef and lamb and several other food allergies, a systemic pyoderma staph infection and mild entropion. She completed a 21 day course of Clavamox for the pyoderma. She's thriving on Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Fish and with turkey recipe Satin Balls she has put on 14 lbs. She's getting fish oil and probiotics added to her diet. Her nails have been trimmed back and as of today...they are all just off the ground when she stands.
She has been getting medicated baths but today was her 'Spa-Day'. All the scabby scruff has finally been dispatched and after a soak with hypo-allergenic shampoo, a coconut lemon verbena hot oil treatment and a nail dremel, she was positively gleaming.
This little Newf is still painfully thin, her newly growing coat looks like a puppy cut. But her eyes are clear, her ears aren't red and weepy and she was interacting with the other dogs in the shop. Her owner brought her in without a single matt or tangle. He was so proud of his girl when he dropped her off and got a "Great Job, Dad. She looks like a different dog." He's been like a sponge with all the health and grooming advice...I'm proud of him for all he's done to help his 'Baby.'
Maddy is the sweetest. Just like a Newf, she's full of kisses and wiggles now that she's feeling better. I even gave her two little pink bows above her trimmed ears to match her new pink collar. What a little doll!
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