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Auction Information Page - August/Sept. 2000
Charley's Story!
How to tell the story of the puppy Charley? Well, she was such a little thing- only 3 lbs with such a short and tragic life it seems to start. As everyone knows, I was going through a rough time with having Cookie admitted to OSU Intensive Care just a couple of days after finding out that the at that time "Mom and Pups" were in great need in North Carolina. We hurried to get them out of the shelter, the Mom and two pups; and Amanda (Rigsby) wanted one of the pups. She drove to pick her up and emailed me how small the other pup was and how wonderful the Mom was, both were being cared for by one of the volunteers, Blair Hancock, while we could make arrangements to pick them up.
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Picking up the Mom, now named Muffin, and the pup who became
named Charley was difficult and a blessing as Cookie had gone
to the rainbow bridge that morning 1:30 am. When I saw them both
they were so precious you had to love them both instantly, but
I had never seen a puppy so small for being 8 weeks old. When
we returned to Columbus, we were having difficulty getting the
puppy to eat and she had a cough, my vet Dr. Karen thought they
both had kennel cough so we treated them for that, a couple of
days later the puppy was starting to act unusual so back to the
vet we went, still not wanting to think the worst they gave her
some other antibiotics as she had a small seizure, later that
same afternoon there were more seizures and we returned to the
vet again, with all of the symptoms and actions she was diagnosed
with distemper.
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The decision we
had to make then was very difficult and with Dr. Karen's help
(she called the OSU Vet Hospital for me as she is a graduate
from there) we asked two other specialists the best course of
action. With her age, weight and symptoms there was little hope
with only a 5% chance she could possibly recover and live and
then with the possibility of constant seizures or brain damage
for the rest of her life. My daughter and I made the decision
to let her go and have Cookie watch over her at the bridge. Charley
was absolutely precious and her sister Cara, who is with Amanda
is adorable. Muffin went through some not so great times in her
past life I think, she recovered from kennel cough just fine,
lost all of her hair, it was in terrible shape, she was spayed
about 3 weeks ago and Dr. Karen notices a slight uterine infection
which was treated at the time. Now she is happy, has a great
fluffy coat and big Eskie Smile and a new 10 month old just to
keep her on her toes.
We know that Cookie and the puppy are playing in the fields and
flowers together watching over us all.
Janet, Muffin and Cotton Girl.
