Herd U Needed a Home: Emergency Medical Grant Report
How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?
The money was used to pay for a portion of Mannie's medical bills to repair his broken leg and prevent him from having to have that leg amputated.
This grant helped make it possible for our organization to help Mannie and other dogs like him in need of additional medical care and to pull more dogs from overcrowded shelters in California, Idaho and Oregon.
How many pets did this grant help?
This grant directly helped one pet, but also helped the organization to be able to afford to pull more dogs from overcrowded shelters.
Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.
Mannie was the dog who was helped most by this funding. Mannie came to us from an overcrowded shelter in Alturas, Calif., in early July. He is a 3-year-old border collie with an active, outgoing personality. He is very friendly and loves to run and swim. He’s one of those velcro guys who just loves being by your side. We noticed almost right away that he was limping on his back left leg and inquired with the shelter as to whether or not he had an existing injury. The shelter informed us that he had indeed previously had a severely broken leg and that it had been repaired by a local veterinarian.
We took Mannie to our specialist, Dr. Colton, at Central Oregon Animal Hospital to examine Mannie’s leg. Dr. Colton recommended x-rays be taken to get a better look at how the leg had healed after the initial procedure. Dr. Colton was not pleased with what he saw on the x-rays. The repair had not fixed the problem, and Mannie’s leg had not healed properly. Dr. Colton felt that not only was Mannie in pain, but that if he did not undergo corrective surgery to repair the leg, he would likely need to have it amputated.
Mannie is doing well now as he has undergone the corrective surgery as you can see in the second photo showing his pre- and post-surgery x-rays. Dr. Colton (with Mannie in the first photo) says he has a very good prognosis and that he will likely walk and run almost normally once he is completely healed. Most importantly, he will not need to have his leg amputated! Mannie would have been adoptable with three legs, but having four legs makes life much easier for him now and in the future, and ensures that his new family will not bear the burden of having to pay for additional care for Mannie’s leg in the future.
Mannie is now recovering at the Herd U Needed a Home ranch in Paisley, Ore., where he gets to hike and swim every day, helping to build the strength he needs in that recovering leg. He will be available on our Petfinder site soon!
