Update on Remy

I got this picture and update from Remy's new owner. She said Remy is doing great, running, tugging pinning Kinka (the cattle dog at her new home) and jumping up and over all sorts of things. They trust she knows how much she can do and have given up stopping her from doing all the things Labs love to do. If you want to read Remy's full story, click on the label below and it will bring up all the posts about her.

Remy's New Beginning

Remy's last pose with Ardi and Roxy before going to her new home


On Friday Remy went to her new home. Remy's new home is with a young woman who has a couple of cats, and an Australian Cattle Dog. Her tail has pretty much healed, but she has to take it easy for the pelvis and hip to heal, not too much playing with her house mates yet. Remy still needs help getting in and out of the vehicle, she can do a few stairs, but has to be careful. Her new owner built her a ramp so she will never have to jump in and out of the truck.
First reports from Remy's new owner say it is like Remy has always been there. One thing that made me happy is that Remy got to keep her name, that is all she came with so it is good she can keep it.

Remi's Smile

Remi’s mobility continues to improve as does her spirit. She has spurts where she tries to play with Roxy and Ardi. She knows she is not too mobile or agile, but doesn't miss many opportunities to dazzle Roxy and Ardi with some of her puppy moves.

We found out that Remi won’t be 6 months old until Sept 16th, so she was not even 5 months old when she had her accident. Hopefully the fact that she is so young and has a lot of growing to do will be to her advantage in healing.

Right now there is an open wound about the size of a quarter on the underside of her tail. We have been applying warm compresses 3 times a day and flushing it with a Saline solution. When we aren’t home she wears a cone, she is very good about putting it on, but when she gets it off you can tell she is glad to be rid of it.

We have been teaching Remi to take turns for treats and petting with our 2 dogs. Being a pup she gets away with sticking her nose where it doesn’t always belong , but the day will come when her puppy licence expires with the other 2 dogs. Remi sits and downs despite her sore hip and back end. She has also learned a hand touch and to back off things when asked to leave them. We have been teaching her to spin and turn, luring her with a treat in a slow controlled motion, this really has her thinking about and using her back feet and controlling her back end. Remi is a quick study and is pretty sure she can do what the other dogs can. In due time Remi!!

Special House Guest

Introducing Remi.....a 6 month old Black Lab.

Remi came to stay with us temporarily on August 21/07 after we heard she had been surrendered to a Vet's Office in Moose Jaw.

Remi was accidentally run over by her family and required work on her pelvis and 1/3 of her tail had to be amputated. She needs some time to recoup before she can find a good permanent home. Since we lost our 15 month old pup Kitt a month ago, we find ourselves with some time and energy to give to a young pup.

Remi has been here for 3 days and our 2 dogs have pretty much accepted her. At first Roxy the 13 year old growled at her, probably because Remi awkwardly lumbers around when she walks. By the next morning Roxy was cleaning Remi's ears and slapping the floor in bows trying to get her off the dog bed to play. Ardi is too snobby to acknowledge she exists, but that is what she did when we brought our pup home, in short time the two were inseparable.





Update.....August 24, 2007
Some Good News. We will have some help finding a home for Remi. Lianne Daradics is the breeder of Charmlees Golden Retrievers and does a lot of Golden Rescue. Although Remi is not a golden, Lianne has graciously offered to help find her a new home...after all a retriever is a retriever.

Some not so Good news Later this afternoon we had to take Remi to the vet. The base of her tail has swollen to an enormous size. The vet will do emergency surgery tonight to relieve an abcess and remove some more of her tail. We will pick her up tomorrow at noon. Remi is one brave girl.

Some better news...the vet and clinic staff all saw a huge improvement in Remi's mobility, Remi was so happy to see all her friends at the clinic. You could tell she must have gotten some pretty special treatment at the Bellamy Harrison Clinic.