As some of you may already know, a car that we had never seen before backed into our driveway the Friday night after Katrina, around 10:30PM. They turned off their lights, and got out of their car. They got back in their car, then turned on their car lights and left quickly. They had dumped a 3 month old black lab mix puppy on a white towel in our driveway. We assumed they may have been evacuees from New Orleans, and could not keep their puppy with them where ever they were staying. The picture below was taken the day after she was dumped in our driveway.
After awhile, the puppy developed these strange sores all over her legs, hindquarters, and ears. It turned out to be a bacterial/fungal infection which occured on some of the Katrina dogs after swimming in the New Orleans water. Thanks to a donor in California who paid all of her vet bills, we had her treated and she recovered just fine. We also had her vaccinated, spayed, and fully vetted.
Sakura is now 8 months old. No one ever came back to claim her, so we put her up for adoption through Labs4Rescue recently. She was adopted by a wonderful family in MA. She left last Thursday on a truck transport. I got an email from the new family. Sakura arrived safely in MA on Saturday. She is in quarantine at the vet foster for 2 days. The vet was very impressed with her health, and also with her mellow, sweet personality. I am so happy that the long drive did not seem to affect her attitude. She gets to be with her new family on either Monday or Tuesday. I'm looking forward to hearing how she adjusts to her new home.
If you would like to see pictures of Sakura that we took on the day she left for her new home, I posted them on My Cat Ranch Moblog. You can see them by clicking here.
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