Budika - an update

   For those of you that have been following, here's an update on what's going on in Budika's life right now. She was lucky to spend a week with a very nice family, Janice and Mike and their two Rottweilers, a 7 year old and a 7 month old!  She spent her days getting to know the "blonde lady and the nice guy" and the ways of the two dogs that were new to her life.  The dogs spent their days playing and exploring the hobby farm, having a great time with each other. At night when everyone went to bed, the two family Rottweilers got to go to bed with the humans and Budi, still being new to the family spent her nights in her kennel. Wow, that made her sad! She cried and wanted to be with the humans. See, she likes dogs and thinks they are just fine and dandy, but she really LOVES humans! At the end of the week, Janice called Kathy and said, " This dog is so sweet, we really like her a lot, but she deserves a family where she can be the only dog and get all the love and care lavished on just her."  That was actually GREAT news to Kathy as she had gotten very attached to this sweet dog. So the next day, Kathy and her daughter Emily went to pick up Budi and bring her home. Budi now lives with Emily and her husband Michael and they ALL have fallen in love! The Sherels family has learned that Budika is quite the escape artist, she is very smart about getting out of her kennel. Emily  and Michael made Budika her very own fleece tied blanket (black and tan of course) and they like to snuggle. Budi is also learning that nothing comes free, she has to sit before every treat and every bowl of food. She has blossomed into a confident and happy dog - so good to see! Last week we were making plans for Budi's spay surgery and did some pre-anesthetic bloodwork. Since Budi had spent most of her life in northern Minnesota we weren't too surprised to find out that she was positive for Lyme disease. She now is on a monthly topical tick prevention product and also received her Lyme vaccination. The good news was that she was negative for Heartworm disease and is on her monthly heartworm prevention as well. X-rays showed a little bit of arthritis in her elbows so she was also started on Dasuquin and Welactin to help. During her pre-anesthetic exam Dr. Viren found a skin tag (growth) on the underside of her tongue which he promptly removed. Budi made it through her spay surgery with flying colors and is recovery very nicely!
Budi is very grateful to all the people that have helped along the way and is very thankful to have found her Forever Home with Michael and Emily.  Kathy is happy too, she now has a Grand Pup!! :-)