Princess' Story

A call came from a wonderful and caring owner who wanted to surrender her dog to us because the dog had bred again, and the family could not see her keep on having puppies.

Luckily we had just had a wonderful person volunteer to foster, and she agreed to take Princess into her home.

The rescue crew, four of us, went to the community on Jan. 25th, after work, and persuaded Princess (with her owner's help) to get in the car! That completed, we dropped off some food to another family who had called us, and drove carefully down the winter roads, on to the pavement, and to the Sylvan Lake Vet Clinic, for examination and vaccination. We were concerned about her being pregnant but Dr Mattson determined that she was only barely pregnant and the time to spay her was now!

Princess was spayed the next day, spent overnight recovering and was picked up Saturday by her foster mom and the coordinator! The report from Dr. Mattson included "well behaved, calm, easy to get along with"

Princess got into her temporary "mom's" truck, met her 6 year old border collie cross without incident, and off they went home! So far, "Princess" has been an absolute delight. She has never seen cats before now, and has been very respectful of them. The cats have "catittude" which helps train our doggy friends!

Princess has incredible blue eyes, probably from the Siberian Husky or Australian shepherd side of her. She has rotti in her as well, and likely other breeds too. Her fur is as soft as a bunny's, and her disposition is too. She is about 3 years old, and has been shot with a pellet gun at some time. The pellet is still in her ear, but is doing no harm. It's hard to think such a fabulous dog had to go through being shot.

Princess is spayed, vaccinated, tatooed, and gorgeous. She is excellent with kids, other dogs, and does not appear to have any issues at all.

Thanks to the rescue crew - Barb, Brian, Stacey, and to Carla for fostering her, and to the owner for graciously thinking of the needs of the dog.
Update 03 Feb 07: Princess has been adopted.

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