My name is Sadie!

Meet Sadie, an 8 year old Italian greyhound/ Chihuahua mix who was picked up in southern Indiana as a stray. She spent nearly 2 months at the shelter waiting, like so many others, for her humans to come for her. No one showed up to claim her and still she waited. When an adoption happened in a foster home up north, Sadie was selected as the dog who would next go to rescue. After she tested negative for heartworm, plans were put into place to get her transported to a foster home with Rover Rescue.

Sadie arrived to a bustling home filled with kids and dogs everywhere. Her foster family re-named her Sadie which means “Princess” as they felt her dainty features were that of a fairy princess. She does well with the household but the foster mom noted by evening, Sadie seemed to have lost some of her patient attitude that she had in the morning. Her foster mom had been told that Sadie had a slight limp, however the foster mom felt it was something more than that and began closely monitoring her gait and tolerance. About this time, Sadie's original owners surfaced but declined to bring her back to their home. This news was heartbreaking since her presence in a foster home keeps another dog from being rescued – another dog who does not have owners. They did offer up some history as to her age and leg injury. They told animal control that she had injured her leg as a puppy while jumping off the bed.

Immediately, Sadie was taken to a surgical veterinarian who ran a series of diagnostic x-rays on her leg. The head of her femur bone had for years been jammed into the socket causing her immense amounts of pain with every hop she took. When the foster mom presented Rover Rescue with the expensive surgical option, without hesitation Rover Rescue replied, “Definitely”. She had her surgery on December 22nd and the surgery went very well. During the surgery, there were some nodules found on her mammary glands and those were removed. Sadie returned to the foster home and went on complete crate rest for weeks which resulted in a successful surgery! She never pulled out any staples and tolerated their removal by a vet.

Sadie does best with other dogs that are calm. She has encountered many in-your-face puppies and she is not afraid to tell the young whippersnapper to leave her alone :) She also lives with a cat who thinks he is a dog and Sadie enjoys napping with him. Sadie lives in a busy home that has an ever changing group of dogs and kids. Besides the 5 kids in the home, friends are often visiting (and their dogs visit too!) and there seems to be a steady stream of loud noises in the foster home. Sadie tolerates this but she is not as comfortable with all the commotion. She much prefers the quieter time when she can sleep on a dog bed uninterrupted. One thing noted post-surgery by the foster mom was Sadie's tolerance was great morning to night. Sadie gets run over sometimes by well meaning puppies & bumped into by clumsy larger dogs, and she no longer flinches in pain. Prior to surgery in the evening if Sadie was bumped, she would yelp and jump back causing her body even more stress. Now, she is more agile and able to steady herself when she is accidentally bumped into by another dog.

Sadie is housetrained and goes outside every 4-5 hours. Typically, she goes in the morning, around lunch, around dinner, and at night time. She would love to have more attention and less commotion in her new home. Sadie has to share her foster mom with a lot of dogs and kids and she would like her own humans to love in a quieter home. She joined her foster family on a mini-vacation over Easter weekend. She slept in the car, loved country life, and had no problems adjusting to being leashed (as opposed to the fence yard in her foster home). Most of the smaller children were intimidated by the larger dogs and they thought Sadie was just a puppy. She did very well with all their hands coming at her to be petted and she was often found sitting happily by a child who was enjoying the rewards of an Easter egg hunt. She really loves having attention showered on her and just soaks it up!!

Sadie puts weight on her back leg nearly 99% of the time! The only time she carries her leg is when the ground in super cold. She has lived many years on 3 legs and weighs about the same as a bag of feathers so she gets around with no problems. She can do stairs and has no problems, even in the cold, going out by the fence line to do her business. Sadie is very quiet in the foster home and her foster family said it seems like she just ‘appears’ in a room. The first thing one sees are her big eyes looking at you followed by her big ears! She has a big heart too and she is ready for my own family :) She's the kind of dog who will follow her caregiver around the house - in each room she enters, she looks around for something to rest on while she waits. Her foster mom has watched her curl up on some of the oddest things - pile of shoes, jacket left on the floor, a piece of paper. Sadie is a very loyal dog who was meant to be a companion.

Sadie is spayed and fully vetted. She was given a dental upon her arrival so she is complete from head to toe! Sadie is missing most of her teeth and eats small kernel grain-free dog food. She does well with the roommates in her foster home but what Sadie truly deserves is her own home to live out the rest of her life with her own fur-ever family. Her foster mom promises to save another older rescue once Sadie is adopted into a forever home. Her adoption will save more lives! Her adoption fee is $100 and she has been microchipped . If you would like to give Sadie her fur-ever home, please call her foster mom Mary at 630-585-7927 for a phone interview. She will have some questions for you as well as answer any questions you have about this little princess!