Meet Mamas! Mama's is currently in medical foster care and available for pre-adoption/adoption. Below the foster has to say the following!
"When she came to us, she was in pretty bad shape with a raging ear infection. Neither of her hind legs were working and her front paws are deformed. It was painful for me to watch her try to stand on her poor front paws trying to keep her hind feet off the ground. She basically walks on her wrists. Her joints were very painful and she yelped if picked up.
Since living with me, she has room to roam and travels very slowly in the house and outside. Her hind legs are working better now and she walks instead of hops. Our home is quiet with my husband and I home most of the time. When we're gone, my little dogs are kenneled. Mammas stays in the guest bathroom with a baby gate because it hurts her to try to come out of a kennel. She lives with one very polite big dog and four small ones her size. She gets growly with them if they crowd her while getting petted or eating. I have no cats but I don't think it would be a problem cause she can't chase it. These days when I want to move her, I pick up her round bed with her in it folded like a taco. She's more comfortable that way and doesn't act so afraid to be dropped. She's house broken if you take her outside every three hours or so. I have seen her walk to the back door and wait to be let out a couple of times, but she's had an accident in the house when I wasn't paying attention. When I let her out the door, she needs help getting up and down 4" steps. Outside she will lay in her bed looking around listening to the birds and smelling the scents. If the other dogs start barking, she will bark along with them. She sounds like my dachshund. Otherwise she's very quiet. She'll get out of her bed to pee and walk a little ways to poop then either lays down or heads back to her bed to be carried back into the house. If she's laying in the yard, I'll put her bed next to her and usually she'll get back in it on her own. I'll pick it up slowly to give her time to get comfortable then pick my puppy taco up to go back in the house. She knows that they all get a treat after their bedtime pee and lately she's right there in line with the others smiling for her treat. She knows what no-no means and minds pretty well mostly. When she hears no-no, her eyes get big and her ears go back. So cute.
At meal time she will sit around with the others and watch me make supper. She gets lots of meds so takes me awhile.
If I'm careful with her I can put her bed on my lap in the recliner. She loves belly
skritches and her ears and head rubbed. If I stop, she'll push her nose under my hand for more rubs. Or I'll lay on the floor by her and pet her. She'll give me kisses and has been a little playful. She's got an appointment at the clinic next week. She'll get another joint tap and they'll see if we can wean her off Prednisone. Six weeks after she gets off Prednisone, she will need another surgery to remove a line of mammary tumors and get her dental. Two weeks after that she'll get staples removed.
This little girl will need pain meds for the rest of her life. I feel like the best family for her will be an older person or couple who has a lot of time to give her lots of TLC. Someone who wants a baby to take care of. No kids or maybe older kids who understand how fragile she is. With great care she might be a lap dog, but probably will want to be in her bed on your lap. She would really enjoy walks in a stroller. She's a smart girl and a lot happier than when she first came to me. I love her and wouldn't have a problem fostering her again if an adoption didn't work out. "
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