|
more articles like this
Rosie
updated: Nov 03, 2012, 9:00 AM
By Edhat Subscriber
Rosie, a 17-month German Shepherd/Lab/Great Dane/Pit Bull mix, lives at the Vedanta Temple. She came
as a rescue from DAWG and despite serious setbacks on the way, has been living life joyfully and to the
fullest. After she moved to the Temple we discovered that she was born without a left hip socket. Then, a
few months later, the right leg came out of its socket . She also had severe elbow dysplasia.
Rosie never got grumpy, never complained, she just played as hard and as best she could. CARE repaired
her elbows and, after a few more months, performed a double femoral/hip ostectomy on her femurs/hips
that is allowing her to live a normal life. The funds for her surgeries came mainly from members of the
Santa Barbara Choral Society (in which Rosie's mother sings) as well as DAWG volunteers who had fallen in
love with Rosie when she lived at DAWG. Between the Choral Society, DAWG volunteers and Rosie's own
joyful exuberance, she's now leading a happy life in which she chases deer, coyotes, cats (if her mother
isn't watching) and, when she's desperate, birds.
Send this picture as a postcard
# # # #
Send this picture as a postcard
# # # #
Send this picture as a postcard
# # # #
Send this picture as a postcard
# # # #
Send this picture as a postcard
# # # #
13 comments on this article. Read/Add
# # # #
|
