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My basic info
Breed
Boxer
Color
White
Age
Adult
Size
Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg) (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Female
Pet ID
4288
My details
Good with kids
Good with dogs
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
The first step in adopting me is to visit www.goboxerrescue.com and fill out the application to adopt.
Hi Everyone, my name is Abby Jean, and my ID number is 4288. With my Foster Mom’s help I’ll tell you as much of my story as possible. Wish we could communicate everything to tell you more.
I came in to GO Boxer Rescue a little over a month ago after a shelter called and said they had a 1 yo white girl that should come to rescue. Well, my Foster Mom and Dad, and one of my Foster brothers came to the shelter to meet me, and even though they knew I was much older than 1 yo, and that I had a couple tumors on me, and I’m missing my right front leg, they couldn’t leave me there cause I was so sweet. But I was nervous at the shelter because of all the noise from dog’s barking constantly.
I went home with all three of them and met my other foster brother. They are both white as well, so strange to be around all whites.
I was coughing and they figured I’d picked up kennel cough while at the shelter, even though they had given me a bordatella treatment when I first got there. The first vet I saw agreed with that, but also found I have some heart issues. So they said they can’t take the tumor off my face, between my eyes, nor the couple of mammary tumors. I was also way under weight and weak. I had trouble staying up on my three legs, and would fall over when I had to walk very much at all. The medicine for the kennel cough, upper respiratory infection, wasn’t stopping the coughing. So I went back to the vet clinic and saw a different vet. He, and my Foster Mom and Dad decided the cough was not kennel cough, but was from my heart issues. They switched me to heart meds, which are rather costly for the rescue to supply, but boy did they help me so much. I’ll be on those for the rest of my life, but they sure make me feel better. No more coughin! I’ve now gained weight, still could use a few more pounds but look so much better, and they don’t want me to gain too much because of my heart.
As you’ll see in my pictures, when I first got here I mostly laid around on a dog bed, but now I get up and run back and forth and have so much more energy. I am so happy that GO Boxer Rescue got me out of that shelter and are giving me meds, which I don’t mind taking because they are given to me in peanut butter (YUM). They give me all sorts of other treats besides my regular dog food too. I even had a couple of pieces of cantaloupe last night. Boy was that good.
As I said above the shelter told GOBR that I was 1 yo, maybe they just judged on my petite, and underweight size. My Foster Mom guesses I am around 7, and the Vet says between 7 and 10 years.
When my Foster Parents picked me up from the shelter I was so dirty, and weak. My Foster Mom says I had obviously been kept in a small area after my amputation surgery because I hadn’t really learned to walk with the three legs as I said above, and had no muscle tone. Now I do have some muscles and enjoy playing some with the boys and running, with big smiles on my face.
I know that most people aren’t interested in adopting a senior girl with the issues I have, but I am so sweet and get along so well with everyone, foster brothers, company that comes to visit and so on. So, my Foster Parents have assured me that if I don’t get adopted I will be staying with them for as long as I live, hopefully a long time still. It would help if some donations came in to help pay for the medicines they are giving me though. Thanks for any help you can give me!
Remember, the first step in adopting any dog from GO Boxer Rescue is to fill out the on line application that you will find on the website: http://www.goboxerrescue.org.
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