'Bo' - A Special Dog needs a Special Home

I'll start by telling you the reason for this blog and then if you want to go ahead and read his story you can.  We have been fostering Bo, a 3 year old medium mixed breed for ~2 months.  He is in need of a very special home.  I would love to have him, but if you follow my blog you know I have 5 pets!  And to top it off Ebby the Diva has told me she will tolerate no more pets!! 

Bo came to us as  hit-by-car.  He had some very significant wounds that required aggressive-repetitive surgeries to get them to healed up.  It was shortly following one of these surgeries that Bo threw a blood clot.  This blood clot lodged in a blood vessel that supplied both of his rear legs.  Initially he was very painful and had no pulse or feeling in his rear legs.  Within 24-48 hours he was less painful, pulses had returned and he could feel his legs.  The problem was he had long term damage to the muscles and nerves of his rear legs.  This kind of trauma would require long term care and management.  Bo had a very compassionate owner that decided at that time she wouldn't be able to provide the care Bo was going to need.  So she signed him over to me to continue on with his care and recovery. 

At this point I had no idea as to what to expect in terms of Bo's eventual outcome.  We contacted several veterinary surgeons and internal medicine specialists, but they had never seen a case likes Bo's.  They reported most dogs with his condition had to be put to sleep because they never regained any function in their back legs.  I think Bo's un-ending spirit and wonderful personality is what has allowed for him to make it through this.  He has the whole staff here doing his bidding and he makes instant friends with any new person he meets. 

He has slowly began to learn to use his rear legs some and depend more on his front legs when needed.  He is currently receiving daily physical therapy and goes to the animal physical therapist once to twice a week.    He gets around un-assisted now and even goes up and down stairs without help!! (I included a video of him going up and down stairs when there was snow on the ground!)  He is so independent, sometimes you forget he has a disability.  As one of my clients said the other day, "He doesn't know he's disabled, he's just a happy dog".  He just doesnt' let anything get him down!! 



Cherry and Bo

 He absolutely loves other dogs!  He loves big and little dogs, he is equal opportunity.  Him and my dog Cherry(she's big-50#), love to play tug-of-war and chase around my house!!    Cherry doesn't treat Bo like his is disabled and he loves that!  I would recommend Bo doesn't go to a house with kids.  They seem to stress him out (I can understand this, they stress me out a little to!!)  If the kids are bigger and not such scary little creatures I think he would be ok with that!!!  LOL!!



I feel like Bo will always have some degree of disability with his rear legs.  This is why he needs an extra special owner.  Someone who is willing to accept this and love him for it!  As of right now he is having physical therapy 3 times a day and on pain management.  I don't know what long term care he will need, Bo will have to let us know as time goes by.  He really is a great dog and with all he's been through he deserves an great home!!  Please feel free to comment back or contact us here at the clinic if your interested in Bo.  He is taking interviews Monday-Friday!  Phone here is 817-465-1401