Our elderly Chihuahua foster that hovered near death from starvation
made a remarkable comeback in the three months she was with us. Candi
once gained a little over a pound, which moved her status from emaciated
to a-little-too-slender. Her eyes became clearer, her walk steadier and
her poops healthier (yeah, we’re as bad as new moms, convinced everyone
will find the analysis of our toddler’s bowel movements as fascinating
as we do.)
Gimme some tongue!
The sweet girl needed a more appropriate foster environment. Candi took
an enormous amount of time and energy to monitor, feed, medicate, clean
up after and worry over. It was an ego-puncture, admitting that I could
not keep it up indefinitely. After I hung my Superwoman cape up in the
closet, I called the rescue group’s foster coordinator and told her the
situation. Within a few days, Candi moved in with her new foster mom, a
nice woman who did not have to split her attention among 5 or 6 other
dogs all day.
For one whole day, I got to enjoy an office that
did not reek of Candi pee. Although the floors were covered in large
pads, Candi never quite got the aim down. Then I got an email about a
dog needing hospice care. But, that is another story for another time.
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