(Ottawa Dog of the Week for April 13th/09)

“Belle is a mini-schnauzer. She’s only 8 months old but is very smart and was house trained at 3 months. She’s very good house dog and alerts us with her cute quiet little barks when a stranger walks by. She loves playing in the snow and can’t get enough of it.

She is very affectionate with people once she is familiar with them and is so playful. She loves going to Grandma’s house when Mommy and Daddy go to work because Grandma has a Bull Terrier named Maggie and they’ve become the best of friends.

Her favorite place to go is to Bruce Pit on the weekends and puppy class at Petsmart. She loves playing with other dogs, especially bigger dogs because she thinks she’s a big dog herself.” – Belle’s Owner, Tran

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(Ottawa Dog of the Week for Aug 18/08)

“I have always loved the look of the bully…their crazy egg heads are too cute for words. Moses was born April 25, 2008, we adopted him from a wonderful breeder in Ontario, Canada June 30, 2008. At only 9 wks old he’s huge, his father was a champion weighing in at 75 pounds…should be interesting to see if he takes after his dad.” – Moses’s mom, Meika

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Zeus was rescued from being put down by a lovely family in Ottawa who loves him dearly. A little while back Zeus got sick and they took him to the vet who thought he had pancreatitis – it actually turns out that he got into and ate a bunch of kitty litter and he had to be operated on with 2 feet of his intestines being removed due to a blockage in his bowels due to ingestion of the litter. The vet bill is now approximately $4100 and still climbing. The vet has now refused to treat him further until the family comes up with the money.

UPDATE

Total costs has of the morning of the 12th was $4143.55. As of Aug 12th there is $1710.54 still owed on the bill for Zues. This unfortunately does not include the daily cost for his care at the hospital witch are around $600 a day for the 13th and 14th. The vet was going to stop all care on the 11th if we were unable to come up with another $1500 for a plasma transfusion they needed to do. We were able to come up with that thanks to a generous donation from the Willy Foundation in the states and the procedure was a success. As of this morning Zues is off intravenous drugs and walking around and eating small amounts. There is still some concern since is blood pressure is still high. He maybe be ready to be discharged on the 15th but the next 3-5 days are important. If the suechers holding the intestine together should leak or fail to hold he will need a far more expensive surgery from a specialist at the Alta-vista Animal Hospital since the Ottawa Veterinary Hospital does not have a board certified specialist. We hope to have Zues back home soon and back to his old self. All donations do need to go to the Ottawa Veterinary Hospital. It is important that it is made clear that it is for Zues. THANK YOU! ~Zeus’ Family

If you would like to help save Zeus, please donate directly to the Ottawa Veterinary Hospital at 900 Boyd Avenue, 613.725.1182 or thevet@ottawavet.com

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